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Posted by Vince Lucas on 12:19:12 04/20/08
All:
Yesterday, under the leadership of Alan Murray, about a dozen or so Collier Audubon Society + Hendry-Glades Audubon Society members spent the day looking for migrants and other birds in parts of Hendry & Glades Counties. Margaret England, as usual, did the groundwork for the outing. Thanks Margaret! We didn't see anything earth-shattering, but we did see (and hear) some nice birds totaling some 60 species, and I, for one, added some new birds to both of my lists for those two counties. Everyone seemed to have a good time despite the near 90 degree heat. Before I forget, on the way out to LaBelle, several of us stopped off at the White's residence in Alva (Lee County) to check-out their feeders and to see if the Lazuli Bunting was still around. The White's have returned North but there is still bird seed in the feeders, for how long, I don't know. We didn't see the Lazuli, which was still being seen as of last week per Lois White. However, we did see several Indigo Buntings, (Painted Buntings seem to have left), White-winged Doves, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Parula (singing) and a few other common birds in our 15 minutes there. Anyway, here's our day list:
Areas visited -- Hendry County (HC):
Margaret England's backyard (situated on an old oxbow along the Caloosahatchee in LaBelle) + the Historic Hendry House
LaBelle Nature Park
Barron Park
Bob Mason Park
Areas visited -- Glades County (GC):
Passive Recreation Park
Areas along S.R. 78 east to Ortona
Wetherspoon Wetlands
Ortona Lock
Muse and surrounding areas
Birds seen:
Mottled Duck (GC)
Mallard (HC)
Northern Bobwhite (GC -- heard only)
Double-crested Cormorant (GC)
Anhinga (HC)
Great Blue Heron (HC)
Great Egret (HC & GC)
Snowy Egret (GC)
Little Blue Heron (GC)
Tricolored Heron (HC)
Cattle Egret (HC & GC)
Green Heron (HC & GC)
White Ibis (GC)
Glossy Ibis (GC)
Black Vulture (HC & GC)
Turkey Vulture (HC & GC)
Swallow-tailed Kite (HC & GC)
Red-shouldered Hawk (HC & GC)
Red-tailed Hawk (seen along S.R. 78 in Lee County)
Crested Caracara (GC)
Purple Gallinule (GC)
Common Moorhen (GC)
Killdeer (HC & GC where we saw an active nest)
Spoted Sandpiper (GC)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (HC & GC)
White-winged Dove (HC & GC)
Mourning Dove (HC & GC)
Common Ground-Dove (GC)
Chimney Swift (HC)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (HC & GC)
Downy Woodpecker (HC)
Pileated Woodpecker (HC)
Great Crested Flycatcher HC & GC)
Loggerhead Shrike (GC)
White-eyed Vireo (GC)
Blue-headed Vireo (HC)
Blue Jay (HC & GC)
American Crow (GC)
Purple Martin (GC)
Tree Swallow (GC)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (GC -- nesting in pipes along weir at Ortona Lock)
Tufted Titmouse (HC)
Carolina Wren (HC)
Gray Catbird (HC & GC)
Northern Mockingbird (HC & GC)
Brown Thrasher (HC & GC)
European Starling (HC & GC)
Northern Parula (HC)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (HC)
Pine Warbler (GC -- heard only)
Black-and-White Warbler (HC)
Eastern Towhee (GC)
Savannah Sparrow (GC)
Northern Cardinal (HC & GC)
Indigo Bunting (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird (GC)
Eastern Meadowlark (GC)
Common Grackle (HC & GC)
Boat-tailed Grackle (HC & GC)
House Sparrow (HC)
If I omitted anything or any errors are found, those in attendance at yesterday's fieldtrip can bring the necessary corrections to my attention. Thanks to all for a good day of birding in the interior counties of Florida!
Oh yeah, almost forgot. . . . Added a beautiful male Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps) to my Odonate list. It was seen at Ortona Lock (Glades County) on the Calooshatchee.
Cheers.
Vince
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