Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Is a Winter Haven for Migratory Birds
A variety of avian species inhabit the mixture of cypress swamp and pineland.
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A Pileated Woodpecker breaks the silence on a winter morning in south Florida鈥檚 . A mixture of cypress swamp and pineland, this National 爆料公社 sanctuary is birdy at any time of year, but in winter it comes alive with migratory songbirds. On a warm, sunny morning, birds are active all around us from the tops of the tall cypresses to the shrubs along the boardwalk.
There鈥檚 a , foraging in a willow. It has flown to Corkscrew from a similar swamp in Georgia. Higher up in a cypress, a (PAIR-uh-luh)鈥攔esplendent in blue, auburn, and gold鈥攃alls repeatedly. It may have come from the same Georgia swamp.
An calls from a dead branch over the water. The phoebe has made a longer flight, from its nest site on a Pennsylvania stream.
Another small bird moves through the undergrowth, wagging its tail as it hops from branch to branch. It鈥檚 a , all the way from Ontario to spend the winter in a place where insects are common and there鈥檚 no chance of snow.
The 14,000-acre Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary was set aside in the 1950s. Today many birds find the habitats they need there. To learn more, begin at .
Bird sounds provided by at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Pileated Woodpecker call recorded by D.S. Herr; call of Blue-gray Gnatcatcher [94293] recorded by W.L. Hershberger; Eastern Phoebe call [61882] by W.W.H. Gunn; Northern Parula [34515] recorded by E. Morton; and Corkscrew ambient 122429 recorded by T.J. Walker.
Palm Warbler chip call recorded by Todd Wilson TDWilson.org
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