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Posted by Bryant Roberts on 16:14:01 11/02/08
A late Pectoral Sandpiper was the only real surprise at the H. A. Campbell Public Use Area today. Other interesting sightings included three FOS American Bitterns, nine Roseate Spoonbills, five FOS American Pintails, one Snail Kite, two Peregrine Falcons, six FOS Marsh Wrens, FOS Savannah Sparrows and a FOS Swamp Sparrow.
The H. A. Campbell Public Use Area is located about five and a half miles west of US 27 just north of the Broward Palm Beach County line just east of the Holy Land WMA. Here is a list of species observed there today with a few numbers and notes.
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Tricolored Heron
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Least Bittern - (about eight heard)
American Bittern 3
Wood Stork
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill 9
Green-winged Teal 10
Mottled Duck
Northern Pintail 6
Blue-winged Teal 1000+
Lesser Scaup
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Snail Kite (one male northwest of the northwest corner)
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon 2
Sora (one heard)
Purple Swamphen (two seen several more heard)
Common Moorhen
American Coot (several thousand)
Black-bellied Plover 1
Killdeer
Wilson s Snipe
Dowitcher (sp)
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper (one in the northwest quadrant)
Caspian Tern 1
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Phoebe
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 150
House Wren 2
Marsh Wren 6
Loggerhead Shrike
European Starling
Palm Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow 12
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
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