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    Wednesday, 7 January 2015

    More Visitors on the Bay

    Two more bird types turned up on Sarasota Bay this sunrise.  A mutual loon, down from the lakes of Alaska, Canada or the Northernmost U.S., finished much of the day fishing nearby our sea wall.  Commonly seen alone during the winter months, these Northern tourists’ kindness large inland reservoirs or comparatively shallow bays and estuaries beside the coast.  Their prominent yodeling is hardly caught until their spring movement begins and they will persist on open water up until nesting season is below way.
    A couple of pied-billed grebes also enhanced the bay this sunrise.  Though stable residents throughout most of the mainland U.S., as well as Florida, these small, stocky grebes favor freshwater lakes and salty inlets; in my knowledge, they are infrequently observed on great, open coastal bays and today's tourists were undoubtedly unexpected.  Quick to sink below the surface if disturbed, pied-billed grebes spend much of their time jumping for small fish and aquatic invertebrates.

    In adding to the bird findings, great schools of mullet are presently moving through Sarasota Bay, charming dolphins from the Gulf of Mexico.  A trio of those active animals, always welcome and enjoyable tourists, fed near our condo this sunrise.
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