Date and Time: February 7, 2010, 9-11 AM

Location Name: Jetty Park, Port Canaveral

Day Rating: B

Special Encounters: Northern Gannets, Flocks of Black Skimmers and Bonapart’s Gulls

Report:
Jetty Park is a great place for me. This Sunday was cold, overcast, and particularly windy. However there were quite a few things going on.
On the fishing pier were Royal Terns, Ruddy Turnstones, Boat Tailed Grackles, and Brown Pelicans. Looking off the pier I found lots of Gannets of varying ages, Bonaparte Gulls, Royal Terns, Common Terns, and Cormorants. I often find Green Sea Turtles bobbing next to the pier as well, today was no exception.
On the beach, Royal Terns, Sandwich Terns, Common Terns, Least Terns, Sandpipers, Ruddy Turnstones, Black Skimmers, Herring Gulls, fully hooded Laughing Gulls, and Ring-billed gulls. Overhead you could see Osprey and Black Vultures. The Bonapart’s gulls were feeding in the waves with the Least Terns. Really nice!
Always look out for banded birds in this area, I find a large number of them here. Report those to USGS Bird Banding Site and Bandedbirds.org.

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submitted by: JamieD