Bradenton Area Birding Guide - 16

Rare area birds.
American Oystercatcher

Spotted
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You'll find these birds in the area's
salt marshes and shorelines using
their long bright-orange bills to feed
on oysters, clams and other bivalves
under the muddy shore. A rather
large bird, and more prevalent in
the winter, it's distinctively marked
with a black head, brown wings, and
white underbelly.

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Brown Thrasher

Spotted
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Brown Thrashers are best found in
scrubby fields, dense regenerating
woods and forest edges. They rarely
venture far from thick undergrowth.
Rust-brown birds with heavy,
dark streaking on their whitish
underparts. The face is gray-brown
and the wings show two black-andwhite wing bars.

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LIMPKIN

Spotted
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Found in area swamps and
marshes, the Limpkin feeds almost
exclusively on apple snails, which it
extracts from their shells with its
long bill. Its screaming cry is loud
and evocative, and usually heard at
night. Large with a long neck and
long bill, Limpkins are brown with
white streaked dots.

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