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Posted by Brian Rapoza on 18:58:15 04/05/07
This morning I headed west to Tigertail Beach on Marco Island. On the way back I stopped at the former Briggs Nature Center, Eagle Lakes Park, Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk (Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park)and Kirby Storter Wayside, then drove Loop Road in Big Cypress Preserve before heading home. Tallied were the following (91 species):
Muscovy Duck
Mallard (feral)
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Snail Kite
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Limpkin
Black-bellied Plover
Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Sandwich Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern (fots)
Black Skimmer
Eurasian Collared Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Monk Parakeet
Burrowing Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo (fots)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Northern Parula
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
House Sparrow
Best mammal sighting: three River Otters, at Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk, entertaining visitors in front of the trail sign that says "River Otters." This is not the first time I've seen them at this spot. Are they on the park payroll?
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