Dade Birding/Everglades Trip 1/4-6 (Part Two)


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Posted by Alex Harper on 18:19:44 01/06/07

In Reply to: Dade Birding/Everglades Trip 1/4-6 (Part One) posted by Alex Harper

Woke up at 4:30 and were up and at 'em by 4:45.
Research Road in early morning-
Burrowing Owl
Common Nighthawk- open area at the end of road
Whip-poor-will- one

Anhinga Trail in early morning-
Least Bittern- several
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
King Rail- several
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl

King Rail sitting on road en route to get breakfast in Florida City. Best looks I've ever gotten.

After a hot dog for breakfast at the Circle K in Florida City, I was ready to bird Lucky Hammock even before the birds were up. Nice...

Lucky Hammock-
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane- fifteen!
Northern Flicker
Least Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
American Robin
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Ovenbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Painted Bunting

The Annex-
Northern Flicker
Least Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Lincoln's Sparrow- very beginning of Annex
Indigo Bunting

Anhinga Trail-
Black-crowned Night-heron
Short-tailed Hawk- two
Louisiana Waterthrush

Mahogany Hammock-
nothing!

Snake Bight Trail-
American White Pelican
Reddish Egret
Roseate Spoonbill
Clapper Rail
Black-bellied Plover
Willet
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Prairie Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird

West Lake-
Common Loon- being released by ranger and rehaber
American White Pelican
Short-tailed Hawk

Got over to Flamingo with several hours of daylight to go. It probably deserves a post of its own though...








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