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Posted by Vince Lucas on 19:09:55 04/16/07
All:
Quite a few of the winter birds had moved on at STA-5 in Hendry County south of Clewiston this past Saturday, April 14th, 2007. Nonetheless, the 28 or so intrepid birders, photographers and observers, led by yours truly, Alan Murray and Margaret England still managed to see some nice birds as usual. Highlights were a late American Wigeon and only the second record (for STA-5) of a Swallow-tailed Kite seen by most folks. A full list will follow.
On the drive out to STA-5 from Naples, Alan Murray and I found a few birds at the nearly dried-out "ponds" near the Seminole Casino in Immokalee: Wood Stork, Long-billed Dowitcher, Least Sandpiper, both yellowlegs, Sandhill Crane, Mottled Duck, Killdeer and a few others. The CR846-to-CR833-CR835-to-Blumberg Rd.-to-STA-5 route turned up the "usual" Crested Caracara, Limpkin, Eastern Meadowlark, Sandhill Crane and a lone Roseate Spoonbill being the highlights.
The bird list for STA-5 (including Blumberg Rd.:
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck >25
Fulvous Whistling-Duck >20
AMERICAN WIGEON
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican >20
Anhinga
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron -- 3
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill 16 (including one with an orange band i.e. reported previously and found to be banded at Alafia Banks in the Tampa area)
Wood Stork -- only 1!
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite (2nd record for STA-5)
Snail Kite -- >3
Northern Harrier (quite a few still present)
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Crested Caracara
Peregrine Falcon
Purple Swamphen >6
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Limpkin >5
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt >75
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher >25
Caspian Tern 3
Black Skimmer >100
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Common Nighthawk -- One bird seen "napping" on the powerline along Blumberg Rd.
Loggerhead Shrike
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee -- several heard and one seen along Blumberg Rd.
Savannah Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Boat-tailed Grackle
On the way back to Naples from STA-5, Alan and I saw two Western Kingbirds along CR835 in Hendry County not far from Canon Hammock Park. Likewise, on CR858 on the Collier County-Hendry County line, we found two more Western Kingbirds.
Good birding!
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