The Important Bird Areas of Florida - National Audubon Society

The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 238LOXAHATCHEE RIVER AND SLOUGHAtlantic Coastal Ridge CARL–FF Project (13,112 acres [5244 ha], 5971 acres [2388 ha] acquired),City of West Palm Catchment Area (14,592 acres; 5836 ha), Dupuis Reserve (21,935 acres; 8774ha), J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area (60,224 acres; 24,089 ha), Jonathan DickinsonState Park (11,573 acres; 4629 ha), Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area (10,838 acres; 4335 ha),Loxahatchee Slough SOR Tract (1426 acres; 570 ha), and the Pal-Mar CARL–FF Project (35,409acres [14,163 ha], 12,737 acres [5094 ha] acquired). [and Loxahatchee Greenway?]Martin and Palm Beach counties169,109 acres (67,634 ha), with 139,296 acres (55,718 ha) acquired[This IBA needs additional information]LOCATION: in southern and eastern Martin County and northern Palm Beach County, encompassingseveral sites south of St. Lucie Canal between Lake Okeechobee and the Atlantic Ocean. Near theLake Okeechobee IBA to the west and the Northern Everglades IBA to the south.DESCRIPTION: ____ Visitation to the sites is: ____ recreationists and 12,000 [check this!] hunters forCorbett Wildlife Management Area, ____ recreationists and ____ hunters for Dupuis Reserve, and____ recreationists for Jonathan Dickinson State Park.OWNERSHIP: Florida Division of Recreation and Parks (Jonathan Dickinson State Park), Florida Divisionof Wildlife (J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area), South Florida Water Management District(Dupuis Reserve, Loxahatchee Slough SOR Tract), Palm Beach County Department ofEnvironmental Resource Management (Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area), West Palm Beach (Cityof West Palm Beach Water Catchment Area), and private owners (remaining acreage of the AtlanticCoastal Ridge CARL–FF Project and the Pal-Mar CARL–FF Project)HABITATS: slash pine flatwoods, freshwater marsh, sawgrass marsh, sand pine scrub, xeric oak scrub,riverine, and lacustrine [need to identify the primary habitats]LAND USE: ____IBA CATEGORIES: significant populations of Endangered, Threatened, Special Concern, and FCREPAspecies; significant numbers of wading birds; and significant natural habitats.AVIAN DATA: ____ Bird diversity for all sites combined is ___ native species. [Is a bird list available forany site?].City of West Palm Beach Water Catchment Area:SPECIES DATES NUMBERS COMMENTSGreat Egret Apr 1999 600 pairs 4% (B)Snowy Egret Apr 1999 300 pairs (B)White Ibis Apr 1999 600 pairs 3% (B)Wood Stork Apr 1999 300 pairs 5% (B)Wading birds Apr 1999 >2700 pairs (B)Snail Kite 12 Jun 1985May 19891991372 birds212 birds11 nests37% (N)21% (N)2% (B)Wading bird data from [where? not in South Florida Wading Bird Report]; Snail Kite data from +Rumbold andMihalik (1994)