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Posted by Warren Whaley on 11:22:04 09/20/06
It was my first trip to the Dry Tortugas yesterday. Went aboard the Yankee Freedom for the day trip. I was the only birder there and I had the parade grounds to myself as everyone else was snorkeling. Overall not great numbers, but a good variety of birds for the day. The only dissapointment was the lack of pelagics during the 5 hours on the boat.
Here is what was seen on Garden Key in and around the fort.
Masked Booby 5+ thru 60x Swarovski pointed at Hospital Key
Brown Pelican many
M Frigatebirds many
Cattle Egret 5
BW Teal 2
Merlin 1
BB Plover 2
Piping Plover 1, a beauty!!
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Sanderling 2
SB Dowitcher 3
Laughing Gull Many
Royal Tern 2
Sandwich Tern 21
Brown Noddy 1, north coal dock
EC Dove 2
Mourning Dove 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
GC Flycatcher 1
E Kingbird 1
Barn Swallow many
WE Vireo 1
Tennessee W 1
Nashville W 1
N Parula 1
Magnolia W 2
Palm W 2
"Baypoll" W 1
Cerulean W 1
Am Redstart 2
Prothonotary W 1 (Possible, not a great look into the brick pile)
Ovenbird 4
N Waterthrush 1
C Yellowthroat 1, male
Hooded W 2, male and female
Wilson's W 1
Lark Sparrow 1, a surprise
Baltimore Oriole 3
Larry and Brennan, thanks for convincing me to make the trip!Hope others bird this great park this fall!!!!!!
Warren Whaley, Galesburg, MI
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