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First iNaturalist record.

With Graham Armstrong, Pete Ellis, Steve Guy, Guy Langan, Paul Harvey, Phil Heath, Ian Lewis.

Seen for more than an hour after dawn, in a small loose group of Eur. Curlews, feeding in a short-grass field on the south side of the main lake. This was "limpy" - the bird that had been shot about 3 weeks earlier, but seemed to make a recovery.

This location is the last known wintering site for this species. The last record from here was in February 1995.

Here is a link to the last video taken at this site, in January 1995:

http://www.hbw.com/ibc/video/slender-billed-curlew-numenius-tenuirostris/bird-foraging-short-grass

Video showing sheet: https://youtube.com/shorts/nitx43SqXrE?feature=share

Observed while blacklighting during the 2023 South Florida City Nature Challenge (CNCSOFLO). I set up three sheets in this area as described below. Moon at 60% illumination, winds weak. This observation is from the first sheet.

1: Near bathroom, facing parking area/pines to the north and pines to the south. Lit by Bioquip blacklight (connected to electrical outlet in bathroom with long extension cable) and two cheapy DJ blacklights connected to USB battery packs.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2023-04-28&d2=2023-04-29&nelat=25.400839729728457&nelng=-80.65816136347864&order=asc&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.400173425657673&swlng=-80.65904246914003&user_id=joemdo

2: Picnic area facing lake to the south and pineland to the north. Three (or four?) DJ blacklights connected to USB battery packs
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2023-04-28&d2=2023-04-29&nelat=25.39985844427061&nelng=-80.65881582247827&order=asc&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.399192134781178&swlng=-80.65969692813967&user_id=joemdo

3: Inside Mosier Hammock along the trail. Three or four DJ blacklights connected to USB battery packs
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2023-04-28&d2=2023-04-29&nelat=25.400764619271772&nelng=-80.65999331223581&order=asc&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.399315705182623&swlng=-80.66138671981905&user_id=joemdo

Project page for CNCSOFLO 2023: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2023-south-florida-cncsoflo/
Website: https://www.cncsoflo.com/
Instagram: @ cncsoflo

All of my blacklighting observations from tonight: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2023-04-28&d2=2023-04-29&nelat=25.604175458202164&nelng=-80.55882594286926&order=asc&place_id=any&project_id=blacklighting-florida&swlat=25.302237257122066&swlng=-80.83691737353332&user_id=joemdo

Info about the cheapy DJ blacklights I used, great for getting started with blacklighting: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/damontighe/11836-diy-moth-light

Here's a video showing the DJ blacklights in action at the Pinecrest campground (Big Cypress) from Summer 2019: https://youtu.be/tavmTa7WoPk

Blacklighting project for Florida on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blacklighting-florida

Spotted and identified by Steve Woodmansee when we were walking back to the truck after working in the HID. This would be the first record for Miami-Dade according to the Florida Plant Atlas: https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Genus.aspx?id=357
I almost convinced Steve to change the route we walked, which would have led us away from this area, so I'm glad he stuck to the original plan!

Seen while completing plant monitoring with Steve W in the Hole-in-the-Donut, Restoration Area 2003 in Everglades National Park. Location is accurate.

More info about this amazing area here: https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/hidprogram.htm

Project that includes most of the restoration areas: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/everglades-national-park-hole-in-the-donut-restoration

My other observations from today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&on=2023-01-22&order=asc&place_id=any&preferred_place_id=127553&user_id=joemdo