Our new Willet

We recently welcomed a species of bird we don't see very often in the Keys: a Willet. The Eastern Willet is a shore nesting bird. We have a lot of shoreline in the Keys, but it isn't great for nesting unless you are a bird who likes mangroves.

This Willet came in with a broken wing and the wing has been treated in our infirmary. Our goal, as always, is to rehabilitate the bird back into the wild so it can reproduce and strengthen the species.

You can find out more about the Willet at this link in Wikipedia and you can hear the call of the Willet at this link from the excellent Cornell Ornithology Website.