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Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida

10,000 Birds

The Dry Tortugas National Park , seven bits of lands comprised of coral and sand, is home to seven nesting avian species, 40 winter visitors, and 250+ fly-through bird species during spring and fall migrations. This particular bird (whom I had never even heard of before the trip) only comes to land a few times per year. Brown Booby.

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Failure to launch

10,000 Birds

Birding blog trip reports usually are rousing stories of success against incredible odds, or at the very least spectacular failures that make the reader laugh. A pretty place no question but not very bird. The objective wasn’t even birds, it was fur seals. Which brings us to yesterday.

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