A strange bird showing up and causing excitement!
Jan 13, 2017 07:07:40 #
All birders living in or visiting Brevard County Florida are excited about the arrival of a smooth-billed ani. He showed up last week just outside the gates of the Viera Wetlands, where it is probably building a nest, since it has been hanging around the same spot. It may be the same one spotted there a few years ago. This bird normally lives in the Caribbean and is a fairly common visitor to the Keys and southern Florida.
Jan 13, 2017 07:13:03 #
Thanks for the report. Nice photo. Many years ago I saw one near Homestead, Florida. If this one hangs around I may have to make a trip to find it. Seems like each year something unusual turns up in S. Florida. Last year it was a flamingo near Sanibel.
Jan 13, 2017 07:23:10 #
sb wrote:
All birders living in or visiting Brevard County Florida are excited about the arrival of a smooth-billed ani. He showed up last week just outside the gates of the Viera Wetlands, where it is probably building a nest, since it has been hanging around the same spot. It may be the same one spotted there a few years ago. This bird normally lives in the Caribbean and is a fairly common visitor to the Keys and southern Florida.
If "ani" is the plural, would "anus" be the singular?
Jan 13, 2017 07:51:45 #
Jan 13, 2017 07:57:43 #
sb wrote:
All birders living in or visiting Brevard County Florida are excited about the arrival of a smooth-billed ani. He showed up last week just outside the gates of the Viera Wetlands, where it is probably building a nest, since it has been hanging around the same spot. It may be the same one spotted there a few years ago. This bird normally lives in the Caribbean and is a fairly common visitor to the Keys and southern Florida.
Always fun to photograph a bird that is not "normal" for a given location.
Jan 14, 2017 19:57:28 #
sb wrote:
All birders living in or visiting Brevard County Florida are excited about the arrival of a smooth-billed ani. He showed up last week just outside the gates of the Viera Wetlands, where it is probably building a nest, since it has been hanging around the same spot. It may be the same one spotted there a few years ago. This bird normally lives in the Caribbean and is a fairly common visitor to the Keys and southern Florida.
how exciting it must have been to see the ani and get a shot too!
Jan 15, 2017 00:01:02 #
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