FC LIFE

For our new members, the B’s are Drs. Burt Greenberg and Bob Gleiber, our resident bird watchers.  April 6th, a beauƟful day for golf……… and for birding! So our resident birders, B (urt) ad B(ob) decided to do  both. While maintaining pace of play and keeping track of their golf balls, they searched the creeks and  ponds, bushes and trees, and the sky for signs of bird life. It tuned out to be a glorious day. Not only did they  play well (we do not know how with all they had to do), they idenƟfied 24, yes twenty‐four, different spe‐ cies by sight and 3 more by sound. Their playing partners thought maybe they had each seen 2 birds, neither  of which they could idenƟfy. Highlights of the day included the Sandhill cranes with their babies, a red tail  hawk, brown thrashers, wood stork and loggerhead shrikes. The next day, one of the B’s saw a bald eagle  and a pair of Killdeer. Several of the regular seen birds were not seen that day or the count could have been  higher. Editor’s note, I saw a red headed bird in my tree, thought it was a  female cardinal at first but then  thought it was a woodpecker unƟl the good Dr. Burt told me red headed woodpeckers are not in Florida and  he idenƟfied it as a cardinal by the sound I heard. This column has definitely had me look at nature different‐ ly– hope you do the same and have fun with it.  We thank Burt Greenberg  for this arƟcle and the both B’s for the great  pictures. 

LiƩle Blue Heron  

Killdeer 

Bald Eagle 

Tri Colored Heron 

Rosy Spoonbill – spoƩed by bobbe wiener

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