Parks & Natural Resources
Coastal This week Coastal staff finished GPSing all of the coastal shorelines, including the cut off portion of Stump Pass Beach State Park, for the County’s beach renourishment project and end of year data analysis. Staff still continues their Bald Eagle monitoring, and out of the 35 Bald Eagle nests being monitored by County staff, 19 are officially considered “Occupied”. While this may mean we have no eggs just quite yet, the Eagles are working hard on their nests with sticks and other nesting materials, and some Eagles have also been observed courting. Staff also helped the Florida Master Naturalist Program while one of the teachers is out for a bit with a birding field trip at Ollie’s Pond. Some species observed were Pileated Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Black-and-white Warbler, Green Heron, Tricolored Heron, Common Gallinule, Purple Gallinule, Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, and Red-winged Blackbird. Staff also gave the Freshwater Bird presentation for the FMNP, going more in depth on the birds observed during the field trip.
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