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Posted by Alex Harper on 19:41:37 09/18/14
Kerry Ross and I couldn't relocate the Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher this morning at LKSP. However, Moe Morrissette was able to relocate it shortly after Kerry and I left. We did have a large influx of thrushes and Bobolinks: Swainson's Thrush (29), Gray-cheeked (14), Veery (12), Bobolinks (255). Prothonotary (2), Tennessee (1) and a late Louisiana Waterthush were the highlights among the nine warbler species detected. Other migrants: Pectoral Sandpipers (2, flyovers), Red-eyed (7), Yellow-throated (1) and White-eyed Vireos (2) and Acadian Flycatcher (1).
At Curry Hammock State Park, we had several waves of passerines. Between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm, we detected 80 species just from the platform in the campground and the immediate vicinity. Notice that the migrating passerine numbers are not too high, but diversity wasn't too shabby.
Blue-winged Teal 39
Magnificent Frigatebird 92
Double-crested Cormorant 11
Anhinga 5
Brown Pelican 14
Great Blue Heron 12
Great Egret 3
Little Blue Heron 35
Tricolored Heron 12
Reddish Egret 1
Cattle Egret 2
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1
White Ibis 34
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 24
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 6
Black-bellied Plover 2
Wilson's Plover 2
Semipalmated Plover 23
Piping Plover 1
Willet 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Whimbrel 1
Ruddy Turnstone 18
Sanderling 11
Least Sandpiper 41
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Western Sandpiper 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 16
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 6
Laughing Gull 8
Caspian Tern 2
Royal Tern 5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 8
White-crowned Pigeon 37
Eurasian Collared-Dove 7
Common Ground-Dove 6
Mourning Dove 6
nighthawk sp. 972 (presumably all Common)
Belted Kingfisher 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Merlin 6
Peregrine Falcon 33
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 27
Gray Kingbird 1
Red-eyed Vireo 10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10
Purple Martin 318
Bank Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 604
Cliff Swallow 17
Cliff/Cave Swallow 6
swallow sp. 1563
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14
Northern Mockingbird 7
Ovenbird 10
Worm-eating Warbler 3
Northern Waterthrush 4
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Hooded Warbler 1
American Redstart 2
Northern Parula 9
Blackburnian Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 4
Prairie Warbler 11
Northern Cardinal 11
Dickcissel 2
Bobolink 7
Red-winged Blackbird 72
Baltimore Oriole 6
After finishing up at 4:00 pm, Kerry and I picked up Moe and headed to Long Key State Park to relocate the flycatcher. We could not find it, granted we searched for about 35 minutes. A Kentucky Warbler was picked up in the parking lot just as we were pulling out. Back near our residence, we picked up another Hooded Warbler and a calling Alder Flycatcher.
Alex
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