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The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 66Black Skimmer 7 Jun 2000 20 pairs 1% (B)Yellow-billed Cuckoo 22 Oct 1993 50 birds (M)Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Nov 1996 40 birds (M)Hermit Thrush 3 Nov 1996 40 birds (M)Gray Catbird 28 Sep 1993 6000 birds Florida record count, by far (M)White-throated Sparrow 3 Nov 1996 25 birds (M)1989 Snowy Plover data from +Gore and Chase (1989); Least Tern and skimmer data provided by Gary Sprandel(Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission); all other data from observations of Duncan Evered and LylaMessick published in Florida Field Naturalist.Lanark Reef:SPECIES DATE NUMBERS COMMENTSBrown Pelican 25 May 199931 May 2000375 pairs377 pairs4% (B)4% (B)Black-bellied Plover winter 1993–1994 153 birds (W)Snowy Plover 29 Jan 1997Jan–Feb 200122 birds2 birds5% (R)
The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 67GREATER APALACHICOLA BAYApalachicola Bird Island (8 acres; 3.2 ha), Cape St. George State Reserve (2294 acres; 917 ha), Dr.Julian G. Bruce St. George Island State Park (1962 acres; 784 ha), St. George Island Causeway(50 acres; 20 ha), St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge (12,489 acres; 4995 ha), and Yent Bayou(50 acres; 20 ha)Franklin County16,853 acresLOCATION: off the coast of southwestern Franklin County, where the Apalachicola River and severalbarrier islands form Apalachicola Bay. Apalachicola Bird Island is located about 0.5 miles (0.8 km)south of the western end of the John Gorrie Bridge. St. George Island Causeway is about 4 miles(6.4 km) long and connects the island with the mainland at Eastpoint. St. George Island is about 4–8miles (6.4–12.8 km) south of the mainland; Dr. Julian G. Bruce St. George Island State Parkoccupies the eastern end of the island, about 4 miles (6.4 km) from the causeway. Cape St. George isbetween St. George Island and St. Vincent Island, about 6–8 miles (9.6–12.8 km) off the mainland.St. Vincent Island is the westernmost island, a few miles (km) off the mainland. Yent Bayou is onthe mainland about 7 miles (11.2 km) east of Eastpoint and about 6 miles (9.6 km) west of CarrabelleBeach, bounded on the west by Royal Bluff. The Greater Apalachicola Bay IBA is just west of theDog Island–Lanark Reef IBA.DESCRIPTION: This IBA contains six islands (two artificial) in Apalachicola Bay, one of the mostproductive estuaries in the Northern Hemisphere. Apalachicola Bird Island is a “spoil” island at themouth of the Apalachicola created in 1995 from dredging activities. Cape St. George State Reserveencompasses all of Little St. George Island, which was formed when a channel was dug in 1957through the western third of St. George Island. It is inaccessible except by private boat and waspurchased by the State in 1977. No formal IBA nomination was submitted. The St. George IslandCauseway is about 4 miles (6.4 km) long, and a 1 mile (1.6 km) stretch of shell and grass supportsnesting American Oystercatchers and a larid rookery. The causeway is designated by the Florida Fishand Wildlife Conservation Commission as a Critical Wildlife Area. Dr. Julian G. Bruce St. GeorgeIsland State Park was purchased beginning in 1963 and opened to the public in 1980. It protectsmore than 9 miles (14.4 km) of beaches and dunes at the eastern half of St. George Island. DuringWorld War II, the island's dunes were used by troops for training exercises. Most of the eastern end ofSt. George Island has been proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as Critical Habitat for thePiping Plover. St. Vincent Island National Wildlife Refuge encompasses all of St. Vincent Islandand is inaccessible except by private boat. No formal IBA nomination was received; the limited datahere were provided by others or were taken from the Refuge website. It is four miles wide (6.4 km) atthe eastern end and nine miles (14.4 km) long, and is composed of several ridges that representdifferent shorelines over the past 5000 years. Yent Bayou is mostly private property, part of theHidden Beaches and Victorian Village developments. The areas below mean high tide is Statesovereignland. Annual visitation to the sites are: ____ for Bird Island, ____ vehicles on thecauseway, ____ to the State Park, ____ to the State Reserve, ____ to the National Wildlife Refuge,and ____ to Yent Bayou.OWNERSHIP: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (St. Vincent Island National Wildlife Refuge), State ofFlorida (submerged acres of Yent Bayou), Florida Department of Transportation (St. George IslandCauseway [and Bird Island, or U.S. Army Corps of Engineers?]), Florida Division of MarineResources (Cape St. George State Reserve), Florida Division of Recreation and Parks (Dr. Julian G.Bruce St. George Island State Park), and private owners (uplands adjacent to Yent Bayou).HABITATS: Bird Island: *artificial (spoil island). St. George Island Causeway: *artificial (grassycauseway). St. George Island State Park: *slash pine flatwoods, *coastal strand, temperatehammock, sand pine scrub, sawgrass marsh, tidal marsh, estuarine, coastal grasslands, artificial. YentBayou: *estuarine, coastal strand, private (housing lots)
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