Posted by Brian Rapoza on November 17, 2002 at 11:33:47:
Due to the front that moved through yesterday, bringing heavy rain, strong winds,
and lightning to all of south Florida, the Tropical Audubon carpool trip to Marco Island
was cut short before even reaching Marco Island! Despite being prevented from
reaching a sure century day, all who participated had a soggy yet otherwise profitable
experience, including the Sea Explorers from Ship 320. Here's what we saw or heard:
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Muscovy Duck
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Osprey
Snail Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Kestrel
King Rail
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Limpkin
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Common Snipe
Caspian Tern
Rock Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Monk Parakeet
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Northern Parula
Myrtle Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Swamp Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle