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Posted by Brian Rapoza on 08:48:34 02/25/07
A dozen birders joined me for yesterday's carpool trip from Miami to Marco Island via Tamiami Trail. During a quick stop at the abandoned airboat concession one mile west of Shark Valley, we spotted a single Snail Kite. Good numbers of waders, including several Black-crowned Night-Herons, were seen along Tamiami Trail as we made our way through Big Cypress National Preserve. We stopped to view a small flock of Roseate Spoonbills on the south side of Tamiami Trail in Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve. Also seen there were Mottled Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Glossy Ibis, both yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher and Wilson Snipe. This was also the location where Trey Mitchell photographed Paul Bithorn as he demonstrated his ability to multitask.
At Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, we met up with Roberta Martin, Mike Owens and their group from Collier Audubon. Highlights from this location included Bald Eagle (on nest), Pileated Woodpecker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Northern Parula (singing), Worm-eating Warbler, Ovenbird and Northern Waterthrush. A Hooded Warbler and Louisiana Waterthrush were seen by others, just before our group arrived at the end of the boardwalk.
No Burrowing Owls were visible at any of the marked burrows we passed on Marco Island. After lunch at Tigertail Beach, we hit the beach in search of shorebirds, etc. Among the species seen there were Red-breasted Merganser, Reddish Egret and Red Knot. No Snowy Plovers could be found, nor did we see any of the larger shorebirds such as American Oystercatcher, Whimbrel or Marbled Godwit.
We failed to find any Bronzed Cowbirds at Eagle Lakes Community Park. Our final stop on our way back to Miami was Kirby Storter Wayside in Big Cypress National Preserve, where we saw Tufted Titmouse, Great Crested Flycatcher, etc. We failed to relocate the Louisiana Waterthrush that was seen earlier in the day by a couple that joined us from Utah.
Here's the day list (thanks to John Boyd for compiling):
Muscovy Duck
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Red-breasted Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron (heard)
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Snail Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Barred Owl (heard)
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker (heard)
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
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Northern Parula
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler (heard)
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark (heard)
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
House Sparrow
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