Month: December 2019

Ibis Performance

Posted on December 24, 2019 by Linda

Category: UncategorizedTags: white ibis, wood stork

GTM Reserve

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Linda

Regis and I went to the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve today. It is one of our favorite places. The three names (Guana, Tolomato, Matanzas) are the three rivers within the reserve. It is one of 29 national estuarine research reserves in the country.… Continue Reading “GTM Reserve”

Category: UncategorizedTags: alligator, Glossy Ibis, GTM National Estuarine Research Reserve, GTM NERR, GTM reserve, guana river, House Wren, tolomato river, Yellow-rumped Warbler

On the Matanzas River

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Linda

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I had a great opportunity today to get out on the water on a pontoon boat on the Matanzas River to scout in preparation for the upcoming Christmas Bird Count. I was accompanied by several folks who will be conducting the official count on… Continue Reading “On the Matanzas River”

Category: UncategorizedTags: black-bellied plover, brown pelican on matanzas river, Greater Yellowlegs, larus delawarensis, pelecanus occidentalis, pluvialis squatarola, ring-billed gull, tringa melanoleuca

Great-horned Owls

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Linda

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A couple weeks ago, we began to hear a great-horned owl hoot for hours in the early morning between midnight and sunrise. This owl hooted non-stop for hours. About a week after all that hooting, we noticed that there were now two owls hooting… Continue Reading “Great-horned Owls”

Category: UncategorizedTags: great-horned owl, little blue heron, Osprey, praying mantis eating butterfly

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