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Posted by Vince Lucas on 21:50:12 01/10/09
Today, 01/10/2009, I was fortunate enough to be part of a Collier County Audubon Society fieldtrip to the Immokalee area lead by two of the nicest and most gracious folks you're ever going to meet -- Paul & Reina Midney of Immokalee. The trip was organized by CCAS fiedtrip chairperson Roberta Marten. All birds seen were in Collier County. We saw some very good birds to say the least and after the "official" fieldtrip ended, Alan Murray, visiting birder Bob Schmidt from the Seattle area and I, saw some even rarer birds for the county! I am not at liberty to disclose all of these locations so please do not ask. Beside, some are on private or government land and access is restricted. Not all birds were seen by all fieldtrip participants. Unless otherwise indicated, all birds were seen in the Immokalee area. Species preceded with an asterisk (*) were seen after the official field ended by Alan, Bob and myself. Species in ALL CAPS are uncommon or rare species for Collier County. Here's our day list:
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK -- x75
*Muscovy Duck (Naples)
Mottled Duck (Immokalee & *Naples)
Blue-winged Teal
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant (Immokalee & *Naples)
Anhinga
American Bittern (x1)
Great Blue Heron
GREAT WHITE HERON (x1)
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
*Black-crowned Night-Heron (Near Sunniland in extreme eastern Collier County)
White Ibis
*Glossy Ibis (Near Sunniland in extreme eastern Collier County)
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
*Osprey (south of Immokalee on SR29)
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Sora (x3)
Purple Gallinule (x1)
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Sandhill Crane (x2)
Killdeer
*Greater Yellowlegs (x2) (Ave Maria)
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
*Laughing Gull (Naples area)
*Ring-billed Gull (Naples area)
*Herring Gull (Naples area)
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (x1)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
*RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER (x3) (Naples area)
*Northern Flicker (x1) (Naples area)
*Pileated Woodpecker (x1) (Naples area)
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
*WESTERN KINGBIRD (x5) (CR858 on Collier County/Hendry County line)
*SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (x2) (CR858 on Collier County/Hendry County line)
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
FLORIDA SCRUB-JAY (x3)
*American Crow (x1) (Near Sunniland in extreme eastern Collier County)
Tree Swallow
*BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH (x2) (Naples area)
Marsh Wren (x3)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Northern Parula (x1)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler (x1)
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler (x1)
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow (x10)
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow (x2)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting (x12)
Painted Bunting (x6)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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Total Species: 90
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