I have just six sleeps left until I am back in my own bed and really only 4 days of birding (and 2 of driving). The week before I left, I decided to spend a full day at Fort DeSoto in St. Petersburg. Unfortunately that day yielded no new life birds -- partly because I couldn't walk in the 25-35mph winds. I did see lots of birds and got 4 new Florida birds.
Also yesterday I (albeit it briefly) cracked the Top 100 for Florida in 2023.
I share that 91th place ranking with @7 other birders. I suspect my new birds will move me up a bit, but within a few days after I leave, I will drop into oblivion again.
Here are some of the birds who braved the wind today at Fort DeSoto.
American White Pelicans
Royal Tern
Laughing Gull with crazy feet???
Osprey
Semipalmated Plover
Wilson's Plover
Willet
Least Sandpiper
Black-bellied Plover
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Plover
Sanderling
Ruddy Turnstone
Don't worry I have some time to go back in the morning when the winds are supposed to calm down. I also checked a local duck pond and finally got my photos of the Nanday Parakeet.
Mostly Redheads
Lesser Scaup
Nanaday Parakeet
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