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Posted by Bill Boeringer on 13:00:47 10/05/08
As the last birder (it seems) in Dade to not see the Least Grebes, I finally got the chance to go on Saturday. Not anxious, but I did arrive at 6:45am. It was dark gray and rainy, but I was pleased to find on my way to the pond a Great Horned Owl sitting on a pine snag to the left of the path, about 2/3 of the way between the bridge and the grebe pond. As an aside, there are some sticks in a crook in the tree--the remains of an old Osprey nest? or the start of an owl nest? Those who frequent the area can probably keep checking.
Then, the grebes. Could they have been more cooperative? Two sitting out in the open when I arrived. Calling. Feeding young. The babies even climbing down and swimming around a bit. A great state bird....
Also seen in the park were my FOTS Palm Warbler, Redstart, Prairie, and Indigo and Painted Bunting. I saw Linda McC there and she gave me directions to a small nearby park called Orchard View Park in Delray (off Old Germantown Rd, which is off of Congress Ave.) That park had a good variety of migrants, including Scarlet Tanager (2), Swainson's Thrush, Red-eyed Vireo, B&W, Parula, Redstart, Ovenbirds, Prairie, BT Blues, and Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
On my way back south on Congress, I pulled over in another small park called Delray Oaks Park. There, I added Summer Tanager, E Wood-Pewee(2), Magnolia, Worm-eating, and Yellow-throated Warblers, White-eyed and Red-eyed Vireos.
Some of the neotrop migrants were new for my Palm Beach county list, and I passed the 200 mark on Saturday! Thanks, Linda, and thanks to Lee & David Hasse for finding those grebes!
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