Marilynne's Wetlands and Other Stuff - 2021

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According to my Sibley book, this Mockingbird is trying to scare insects out of the ground.

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Highly cropped

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Got closer

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Mom BNS sitting on the nest while dad forages

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At first I thought it was the Sandpiper, then I saw it was a Killdeer

Looked down and saw another one a whole lot closer

 

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Feeding time

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Based on the bands, I found the same hawk in a different location

 

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There's gonna be one less butterfly at Loxahatchee

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I think they were walking together

One stayed on the right

The other went to the left

 

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I turned my back so they wouldn't feel trapped and they walked away

 

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