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Posted by Brian Rapoza on 18:06:34 04/20/09
Nine birders joined Paul Bithorn and me for our annual spring migration trip to Ft. DeSoto in St. Petersburg. From Tropical Audubon s headquarters at Doc Thomas House, we meandered to the west coast via the back roads of Hendry, Collier and Lee Counties, stopping in the Alva area in Lee County, as well as Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area and Oscar Scherer State Park, before reaching Ft DeSoto late in the afternoon on Friday. Migrant activity at the fort s hotspots was high, so we spent the next day scouring every corner of the park. By the end of the day, our warbler total alone had reached a highly respectable 24 species! Participants also had excellent opportunities to sharpen their migrant thrush identification skills. On Sunday we visited Sawgrass Lake County Park before returning to the fort a final time. On the way back to Miami, we returned to Babcock-Webb to try for species missed during our visit on Friday.
Here s our complete species list for the trip:
Muscovy Duck
Mallard
Mottled Duck
Lesser Scaup
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Magnificent Frigatebird
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Bald Eagle
Cooper s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Limpkin
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
Wilson s Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
SanderlingWestern Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Forster s Tern
Least Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Black-hooded Parakeet
Monk Parakeet
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Florida Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson s Thrush
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Swainson s Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
House Sparrow
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