From the East Beach Turnaround at Ft Desoto
Limpkin
An unusual bird of southern swamps and marshes. It feeds almost exclusively on apple snails, which it extracts from their shells with its long bill which is uniquely adapted to foraging on these snails. The closed bill has a gap just before the tip that makes it act like tweezers. The tip itself is often curved slightly to the right so it can be slipped into the right-handed chamber of the snail.
It's screaming cry is unmistakable and haunting.
Florida is the northern limit of its range.
Sign in a restaurant window:
"Don't stand there and be hungry; come on in and get fed up."
It's screaming cry is unmistakable and haunting.
Florida is the northern limit of its range.
Sign in a restaurant window:
"Don't stand there and be hungry; come on in and get fed up."
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