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Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger

Photo by LivanEscudero
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25.7161, -80.1494

Field Notes

Habitat:

open sandy beaches, on gravel or shell bars with sparse vegetation, or on mats of sea wrack in saltmarsh

Notes:

There was a large flock of these this morning at the beach (with a few Laughing gulls mixed in, see pic 2, can you find the gull?). It was very exciting as I've never seen this birds before. In Florida they are listed as special concern due to nesting beach habitat loss.

Reference Links:

Black Skimmer, Life History, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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Comments (1)
Maria dB
Nice series; they are striking birds and it always seems to me that their bills are just a little too big. :)

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Birds of the Southeast U.S.
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Birds of the World
Mission
Florida's Flora & Fauna
Photographed
PublishedJuly 29, 2014

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