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Systematic list - part 8: Plovers and Stilts

 

Black-bellied Plover (Grey Plover) Pluvialis squatarola (64)

Fairly common along the coastlines. The largest counts were 20 Ding Darling 16th and 21 Dry Tortugas (Garden Key) 21st.

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Black-bellied Plover, Ding Darling, 16th April

 

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Black-bellied Plover, Flamingo Amphitheater, 18th April

 

Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia (4)

1 Fort Myers Beach (lagoon south of Holiday Inn) 17th, 2 Big Pine Key 19th and 1 Boca Chica 19th.

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Wilson's Plovers, Long Beach Drive, Big Pine Key, 19th April (left) and Fort Myers Beach, 17th April (right)

 

Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus (73)

4 Ding Darling 16th, 60+ Fort Myers Beach (lagoon south of Holiday Inn) 17th, 3 Dog Beach 17th and 6+ Bahia Honda State Park 23rd.

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Semipalmated Plover, Fort Myers Beach, 17th April

 

Piping Plover Charadrius melodus (1)

1 Fort Myers Beach (southern lagoon) 17th.

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Piping Plover, Fort Myers Beach, 17th April

 

Killdeer Charadrius vociferus (11)

Not as common as I had expected: 4 Tamiami Trail (S-333) 14th, 2 Babcock-Webb 15th, 1 just outside the Everglades 18th, 1 Markham Park 25th, 1 Green Cay 25th and 2 Kendall 27th.

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Killdeer, Tamiami Trail (S-333), 14th April

 

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Killdeer, Green Cay, 25th April

 

Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus (150)

Recorded at about 10 well-spread sites, the best counts being 45 Tamiami Trail (S-334) 14th, 26 Everglades (Eco Pond) 18th, 25 Everglades (Snake Bight) 24th and 20 Green Cay 25th. Birds were nesting at Wakodahatchee.

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Black-necked Stilts, Eco Pond, Flamingo, 24th April (left) and 18th April (right)

 

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