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Posted by Brian Rapoza on 07:57:23 02/08/15
Yesterday, several TAS members participated in an Audubon of the Everglades tour at STA-1E in Wellington, Palm Beach County. The tour was led by Rick Schofield. The TAS group tallied the following during the tour:
Black-bellied-whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Muscovy Duck
American Wigeon
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
American White Pelican
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Snail Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Purple Swamphen
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Limpkin (abundant!)
Black-necked Stilt
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Common Ground-Dove
Monk Parakeet
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-weinged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
After the tour, we visited the Sem-Chi rice plant off CR 880, but failed to find any Yellow-headed Blackbirds. After lunch, we visited Peaceful Waters Sanctuary in Wellington, where we found a continuing Lark Sparrow near the bench at the t-intersection on the berm along the southern edge of the sanctuary.
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