{"id":1938,"date":"2009-01-01T21:42:02","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T02:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2009-01-01T21:42:02","modified_gmt":"2009-01-02T02:42:02","slug":"le-ballet-des-oiseaux-shorebirds-of-southwest-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=1938","title":{"rendered":"Le Ballet des Oiseaux (Shorebirds of Southwest Florida)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Corps de Ballet of White Ibis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Strolling\u00c2\u00a0Vanderbilt Beach in Naples,\u00c2\u00a0observers encounter a\u00c2\u00a0wide variety of shorebirds working the Gulf of Mexico inter-tidal zone.\u00c2\u00a0 White ibis strut down the beach in chorus line fashion, dancing in corps de ballet<\/em> synchrony to the gentle waves.\u00c2\u00a0 A snowy egret\u00c2\u00a0takes solo stage as\u00c2\u00a0diva ballerina<\/em>, followed closely by a towering great blue heron as\u00c2\u00a0lead danseur<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 Brown pelicans engage in slapstick\u00c2\u00a0antics and\u00c2\u00a0waddle in flatfooted\u00c2\u00a0rhythm\u00c2\u00a0as\u00c2\u00a0comic relief.<\/p>\n

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Southwest Florida Shorebirds<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This video montage salutes the diversity and the density\u00c2\u00a0of feathered life along the\u00c2\u00a0Gulf coastline from\u00c2\u00a0Vanderbilt Beach in North Naples to the Naples Pier\u00c2\u00a0in the south.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

With splashy red face, long curved red bill and red legs\u00c2\u00a0offsetting pure white feathers, white ibis group together in corps de ballet<\/em> to forage for prey in the shallow surf.<\/p>\n

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Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Straight black bill and black legs with yellow feet, sometimes called golden slippers, and a splurge of bright yellow eye shadow, the snowy egret dances the waves alone as a diva ballerina<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A\u00c2\u00a0welcomed friend whose company\u00c2\u00a0we\u00c2\u00a0enjoy all summer on Cape Cod, the\u00c2\u00a0great blue heron stands superhero tall among\u00c2\u00a0other shorebirds\u00c2\u00a0and takes his place as the lead male\u00c2\u00a0danseur<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 He stakes claim to\u00c2\u00a0a large\u00c2\u00a0corner of the shoreside stage and other dancers give him wide berth.<\/p>\n

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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Great Bard recognized the need for comic relief.\u00c2\u00a0 Even in his\u00c2\u00a0most tragic tragedies, clowns abound to break tension between clash of swords and duel of wits.\u00c2\u00a0 And so our ballet des oiseaux<\/em> offers clowns, too,\u00c2\u00a0in comedic\u00c2\u00a0acrobatics and lumbering strides\u00c2\u00a0of brown pelicans, rightfully celebrated by Lousiana as its state bird.<\/p>\n

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Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Today’s performance\u00c2\u00a0earned a regal audience.\u00c2\u00a0 Royal terns, recognized by carrot-orange, dagger-like bills and scruffy black tuffs of head feathers resembling a serious case of male patterned balness, command front row seats as they stare intensely at the Grand ballabile<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Standing Room Only (SRO) for Le Ballet Des Oiseaux<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Overture for Le Ballet des Oiseaux<\/em> begins\u00c2\u00a0in the\u00c2\u00a0morning at sunrise with final curtain falling with\u00c2\u00a0the setting sun into the Gulf each evening.\u00c2\u00a0 No reservations are required, but SRO is the rule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Corps de Ballet of White Ibis Strolling\u00c2\u00a0Vanderbilt Beach in Naples,\u00c2\u00a0observers encounter a\u00c2\u00a0wide variety of shorebirds working the Gulf of Mexico inter-tidal zone.\u00c2\u00a0 White ibis strut down the beach in chorus line fashion, dancing in corps de ballet synchrony to the gentle waves.\u00c2\u00a0 A snowy egret\u00c2\u00a0takes solo stage as\u00c2\u00a0diva ballerina, followed closely by a towering great […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[654],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1938"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1957,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions\/1957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}