I love being part

. . . of citizen science. I contribute photos to eBird, iNaturalist and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI). Over the years I have reported fish bands, bird bands and horseshoe crab tags. Occasionally I hear back about the history of the critter associated with the band/tag. This is the first time I have received an email like this one from eBird that included the following:

American Kestrel, Oxbow Eco-Center,
Port St. Lucie FL

And so it goes. This week we visited Oxbow Eco-Center and hiked the trails along the canal and river where we found lots of birds. I took the time to submit an eBird survey along with some pictures like this one. Who knows? Maybe they will be in the next Merlin training session.

For more images from this week around the ‘hood, click here.