Sightings for the Week of September 30, 2013

October 8th, 2013 | Category: Sightings
Pine Tree Spur-throat Grasshopper Photo by: Brenna Ehmen

Pine Tree Spur-throat Grasshopper
Photo by: Brenna Ehmen

This week at Grand Bay:

28th – Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Bobcat with two kittens (Lynx rufus), Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon), Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris), Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Visit our Facebook page to see photos from our event honoring National Estuaries Day, “Seaside with a Scientist“!

30th – Box Turtle # 130 (Terrapene carolina)

OCTOBER

1st – Box Turtle # 128 (Terrapene carolina), Pine Tree Spur-throat Grasshopper (Melanoplus punctulatus)

2nd – Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)

3rd – Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), White Ibis (Eudocimus albus), White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

 

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