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| Pied billed Grebe, Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL, Dec 6, 2014 |
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| Northern Harrier, Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL, Dec 6, 2014 |
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| Little Blue Heron, Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL, Dec 6, 2014 |
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| Purple Swamphen, Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL, Dec 6, 2014 |
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| Great Egret, Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL, Dec 6, 2014 |
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| Wood Stork, Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL, Dec 6, 2014 |
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| Blue winged Teal, Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL, Dec 6, 2014 |
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| American Coot, Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL, Dec 6, 2014 |
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| American Bittern, Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL, Dec 6, 2014 |
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| Anhinga, Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL, Dec 6, 2014 |
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| Black bellied Whistling Duck, Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL, Dec 6, 2014 |
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| Common Gallinule, Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL, Dec 6, 2014 |
I
just got back from a very brief trip (Friday-Sunday) down to Florida for a
family event. I still managed to get in
a few hours of birding on Saturday morning and enjoyed some warm, sunny
weather. The original plan was to fly in
to Florida early on Friday and have the afternoon to go out and about but an
emergency diversion to JFK on our flight down squashed that idea as we sat in
New York for 4 ½ hours waiting for a new plane to continue the journey. With just a small window of time left to bird on the trip I
headed to Loxahatchee NWR for dawn on Saturday morning to watch the morning flight of waders
leaving their roosts and heading out to feed for the day…always impressive to
see. I then headed just a little east to
nearby Green Cay Wetlands in Boynton Beach where you can get really great looks
(and photos) of a variety of species. I
then spent the next few hours on the boardwalk there before heading back to
meet up with the family around noon.
Lots of good stuff (as always) at Green Cay and I have included the full
eBird list below: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20806873
Lots more photos from the short trip down there at my Flickr site:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54277284@N05/sets/72157649662376445/
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| Clay colored Sparrow, Belchertown, MA, Dec 8, 2014 |
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| Clay colored Sparrow, Belchertown, MA, Dec 8, 2014 |
I
managed to finally make it over to Devin, Rae and Aidan’s house to see the Clay
colored Sparrow that has been present at their feeders for several days
now. The bird was quite cooperative as it fed under the feeders and various spots around the yard. All the photos are from inside shooting through a sliding glass door. A very infrequent visitor from the
western US and a really great bird to have in your yard.
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