BIG MARCO PASS (Sand Dollar Island)
CRITICAL WILDLIFE AREA
Bird Sanctuary
Nesting Sites (March – September):
Least Tern Threatened
Snowy Plover Threatened
Black Skimmer Species of Special Concern
American Oystercatcher
Over-Wintering (March – September):
Black Bellied Plover
Semi-palmated Plover
Piping Plover Threatened
Year-Round Residents:
Brown Pelican
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Peregrine Falcon
Osprey
Bald Eagle (occasionally)
Other Species Noted Utilizing the Big Marco Pass CWA:
Royal Tern Greater Yellowlegs Snowy Egret
Sandwich Tern Lesser Yellowlegs Reddish Egret
Caspian Tern Great Egret
Forster’s Tern Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper Great Blue Heron
Ring-billed Gull Little Blue Heron
Herring Gull Sanderling Tri-colored Heron
Black Skimmer Marbled Godwit White Ibis
Wilson’s Plover Willet
Red Knot Ruddy Turnstone
Dunlin White Pelican
Short-billed Dowitcher Double-crested Cormorant
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