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Posted by John Hutchison on 12:58:00 02/08/09
TAS Trip Report: Shark Valley/Loop Road Feb 7, 2009
11 Participants 65 species
While gathering at the Air Boat Station ,we were treated to two Snail Kite feeding very close and open snails in a Dwarf Cypress less than seventy feet away. One bird was banded with a red band on the right foot and a black left band, the second bird was not banded.
We continued into Shark Valley where the group got great views of most of our native wading birds. We also phi shed in two Carolina Wrens a declining Florida resident that now to me seems more common in New England than in Florida. Many in the group got there first ever great views of this colorful wren.
On to loop road where we got most of the day s warblers, Tufted Titmouse and we called in a Barred Owl that was just 20 feet away and provided great views. Photos than to Ron Kern (http://www.ronkern.com/Birds/index.html)
List
Pied billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black crowned Night Heron
Yellow crowned Night Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill (fly over seen by a few)
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Snail Kite
Red shouldered Hawk
Kestrel
Purple Gallinule
Moorhen
Limpkin
Killdeer
Eurasian collared Dove
Mourning Dove
Eastern Screech Owl
Barred Owl
Kingfisher
Red bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Phoebe
Great crested Flycatcher
White eyed Vireo
Blue headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Ruby Crowned Kinglet
Blue gray Gnatcatcher
Catbird
Mockingbird
Starling
Orange crowned Warbler
Parula Warbler
Yellow rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black and White Warbler
American Redstart
Black throated Green Warbler
Yellow throated Warbler
Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Cardinal
Redwing Black bird
Boat tail grackle
Common Grackle
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