Thursday March 6th
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| Wild Turkeys on Display |
Visited Myakka River State Park near Sarasota on a rather breezy day. Windy days can sometimes make birding more challenging but today was okay.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S216885229
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| Palm Warbler |
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| American Avocets |
Sunday March 2nd
Today was my second visit to Atlantic Mill Road, east of Clewiston, in search of the reported Smooth-billed Ani. Had dipped on my first visit so I needed to return. The location is a popular birding hot spot.
Smooth-billed Anis had moved into south Florida from the Carribean sometime back about a hundred years ago. By the 1940s and 1950s they had become rather common in Florida. But their population collapsed so that today they have become rare to uncommon in Florida.
Spent two hours exploring along the canal, along with a few other birders, and as I was leaving I luckily got flagged down by a couple who had located the bird. Nice.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S216249800
https://myfwc.com/media/19790/bba_sban.pdf
https://www.10000birds.com/the-fate-of-the-florida-anis.htm