Florida Beach Birding: Playalinda Beach

Playalinda Beach: https://www.google.com/maps/place/28%C2%B039'44.8%22N+80%C2%B038'10.8%22W/@28.662456,-80.636345,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en

Fall migration is a good time to head to the beach. On weekdays there aren't a lot of people there and the birds are moving through in good numbers. Plus the birds are relatively easy to photograph in the open on the beach. I feel like I'm cheating taking pictures there.

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Wilson's Plover: I'm always pleased to see a Wilson's Plover which are scarce around here

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Wilson's Plover

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Wilson's Plover

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Red Knot

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Black-bellied Plover

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Willet

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Sanderling

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Sanderling

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Ruddy Turnstone

I tend to take a lot of tern pictures, and here are more of them:

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Black Tern

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Black Tern

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Black Tern

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Sandwich Terns with a few Common Terns & a Laughing Gull

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Sandwich Tern

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Sandwich Tern

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Sandwich Tern with a fish to feed its youngster

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Sandwich Tern adult feeding its youngster: it appears the youngsters migrate south with their parents. Sandwich Terns don't breed around here.

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Common Tern

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Common Tern flying over Black Tern

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Royal Tern