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Posted by Bryant Roberts on 20:54:11 10/13/14
I visited the Big Cypress Swamp last Saturday hiking the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge trails and Jones Grade in Fakahatchee Strand State Park. There was a nice mix of migrants but the most exiting sighting was a Blue-striped Spreadwing at Florida Panther NWR, it is a tropical damselfly found in the United States only in south Florida and extreme southern Texas. At Florida Panther NWR the short loop was dry but the longer loop through the pine flatwoods had ankle deep water in places and Jones Grade had calf deep water flowing over the road about a third of the way out. The highlights of the trip home via Oil Well Road working back to Snake Road were Sandhill Cranes and a Snail Kite in Collier County and a Peregrine Falcon in Hendry County.
Species identified at Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge 10/10/14
Birds:
Anhinga - 1
Green Heron - 1
White Ibis - 4
Black Vulture -10
Turkey Vulture - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 9
Downy Woodpecker - 6
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 3
White-eyed Vireo - 7
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 6
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 2
House Wren - 8
Carolina Wren - 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 12
Gray Catbird - 23
Brown Thrasher - 1
Ovenbird - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 4
Palm Warbler - 8
Pine Warbler - 2
Northern Cardinal - 5
Painted Bunting - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 8
Common Grackle - 30
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
Odonata:
Blue-striped Spreadwing (Lestes tenuatus) - 1
Citrine Forktail (Ischnura hastata) - 15
Twilight Darner (Gynacantha nervosa) - 2
Phantom Darner (Triacanthagyna trifida) - 20
Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina) - 2
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) - 2
Little Blue Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax minuscula) - 9
Band-winged Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata) - 23
Hyacinth Glider (Miathyria marcella) - 8
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) - 7
Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina) 1
Butterflies:
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) 1
Cloudless Sulfur (Phoebis sennae) - 1
Zebra (Heliconius charitonius) - 4
Julia (Dryas iulia) - 2
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) -5
White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) -6
Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethlius) 3
Species Identified at Jones Grade Fakahatchee Strand State Park 10/11/14
Birds:
Anhinga - 3
Great Blue Heron - 1
Little Blue Heron - 1
Green Heron - 3
White Ibis - 4
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 3
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 10
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Acadian Flycatcher - 2
Yellow-throated Vireo - 2
Blue Jay - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 6
Carolina Wren - 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 23
Swainson's Thrush - 3
Gray Catbird - 12
Ovenbird - 20
Worm-eating Warbler - 2
Louisiana Waterthrush - 3
Northern Waterthrush - 5
Black-and-white Warbler - 5
Common Yellowthroat - 1
American Redstart - 5
Northern Parula - 2
Magnolia Warbler -1
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2
Palm Warbler -1
Northern Cardinal - 9
Common Grackle - 6
Odonata:
Carolina Spreadwing (Lestes vidua) - 6
Citrine Forktail (Ischnura hastata) - 6
Regal Darner (Coryphaeschna ingens) - 2
Twilight Darner (Gynacantha nervosa) - 55
Cyrano Darner (Nasiaeschna pentacantha) - 3
Phantom Darner (Triacanthagyna trifida) - 15
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) - 1
Little Blue Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax minuscula) - 1
Band-winged Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata) - 19
Hyacinth Glider(Miathyria marcella) - 1
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) - 30
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) - 1
Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina) - 1
Butterflies:
Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes) - 2
Barred Yellow (Eurema daira) - 1
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) - 1
Zebra (Heliconius charitonius) -20
White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) - 3
Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus) - 3
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus) - 2
Twin-spot Skipper (Oligoria maculata) - 3
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