Birding Blitz Results: Virginia Key Environmental Restoration Area


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Posted by Alex Harper on 19:59:49 12/07/14

In Reply to: Birding Blitz Results December 6-7 posted by Alex Harper

Robin Diaz
Virginia Key Ecosystem Restoration Area, Miami-Dade, US-FL
Dec 7, 2014 7:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.6 mile(s)

59 species

Egyptian Goose 2
Muscovy Duck (Established Feral) 1
Magnificent Frigatebird 2
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 2
Great Egret 6
Little Blue Heron 1
Tricolored Heron 1
Reddish Egret 1
Cattle Egret 11
Black-crowned Night-Heron 4
White Ibis 1
Black Vulture 12
Turkey Vulture 24
Osprey 5
Great Black Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Short-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Common Ground-Dove 4
Mourning Dove 38
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 18
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
American Kestrel 8
Blue-crowned Parakeet 10
Eastern Phoebe 9
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 At north end of Arthur Lamb, Jr. Road. This area is historically good location to see this species in winter.
Loggerhead Shrike 1
White-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 7
Fish Crow 5
Barn Swallow 1
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 27
Gray Catbird 13
Northern Mockingbird 10
European Starling 10
Ovenbird 3
Northern Waterthrush 6
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
American Redstart 1 female-type plumage next to boardwalk
Northern Parula 2
Palm Warbler (Western) 50
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2 Virginia Key Beach Park
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 5
Grasshopper Sparrow 1 surprise bird in brushy reeds in construction area
Northern Cardinal 11
Painted Bunting 2
Boat-tailed Grackle 9

Alex Harper had to omit details because the TAS board filter was tripped. In order to post, it needed to be trimmed a bit. A full report with links to photos can be read by following this link:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20817844



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