Saturday, January 23, 2016
GREATER FLAMINGO, BUNCHE BEACH PRESERVE/SAN CARLOS BAY, FT. MYERS, FL
We learned that there were sightings of a flamingo at Bunche Beach from the last couple of ebird's Florida Rare Bird Alerts emails. We got to Bunche Beach about 8:15 am and there was no sign of the flamingo, although there were many birders looking for it. It was extremely windy. We went back to the car and about 20 minutes later we tried again. Low and behold in the distance were a group of birders observing the Greater Flamingo. We got to the spit of sand sticking out into the water and got a good view of the flamingo. It even cooperated with us after awhile by flying even closer. We eventually evacuated the spit due to the very high winds and the high tide coming in fast.
The Greater Flamingo is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 261.
Friday, January 22, 2016
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