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| 8/15+16/2015 Amelia Island, FL: A couple of Loggerhead Sea Turtle excavations yielded two live hatchlings; they were anxious, of course, to make it to the water where we saw them come up often to breathe. On 8/16 We had a leucistic hatchling and 4 live ones at another nest site. Thanks again to Amelia Island Sea Turtle Watch gang who make the excavations public and take the time to inform the public! Also shown: our own dune Gopher Tortoise, who prefers land, thank you very much! |
| 8/11/2015 Huguenot and Amelia Island, FL: Migration in progress! What fun! Roseate Spoonbill (mostly juv), American Oystercatcher , Little Blue Heron (juv), Black-bellied Plover , Sandwich Tern (and juv), Whimbrel , and Wood Stork . |
| 8/16/2015 Huguenot Memorial Park, FL: Osprey are migrating and offered us some poses. ALso, Whimbrel , Semipalmated Sandpiper , Sandwich Tern , Ruddy Turnstone , and a Lesser Black-backed Gull who, after showing us its nice yellow legs, promptly lay down and went to sleep. |
| 8/16/2015 Huguenot Memorial Park, FL: This was fun to watch. Normally, a parent Royal Tern will swoop in with the catch and it vanishes almost instantaneously down the young one's gullet. This incoming shrimp was a bit awkward, however, and the parent took a fun few seconds to transfer the food to its young. |