Sightings for the week of November 4, 2013
November 12th, 2013 | Category: Sightings
Salt Panne in bloom. The light purple patches (especially noticeable against the dark red in the upper left) are Sea Lavender. Photo by Christina Mohrman.
This week at Grand Bay:
4th – Whitetail Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
5th – Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus), White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
7th – Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri), Willet (Tringa semipalmata), Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor), White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus), Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
9th – Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus), White Ibis (Eudocimus albus), Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Great Egret (Ardea alba), Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps), Willet (Tringa semipalmata), Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca), White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor), Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon), American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), Sea Lavender (Limonium carolinianum)