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Posted by Larry Manfredi on 17:41:33 10/20/09
I had the pleasure of leading 14-members of the Audubon Society of the Everglades on a tour of the keys. I thought that with all of the hot steamy weather that we had in the last few days, that it would not be that great of a trip. We were all pleasantly surprised that a strong cold front made it down, we had excellent weather with tons of birds. I decided that we should go to Key West because of the front, I knew that there would be a lot of birds there. We were only going to do the middle keys and then bird northward along the way. I am glad that the group decided to go with my plan of heading to Key West. Fort Zachary Taylor was the place to be and we were there! We arrived at about 9:00 a.m., we had birds everywhere, it was a fallout! We had only a half a day to bird but were not disappointed in the large numbers of all kinds of birds. We had 13-species of warbler and numerous other migrants with lots of raptors. A trip report can be see here: http://www.southfloridabirding.com/html/Audubon_Society_of_the_Everglades.htm
It was a wonderful half day of birding that I wish was a full day, oh well, it was good while it lasted. Carl Goodrich was able to stay out until dark and can up with 19-species of warbler!
Larry Manfredi
Homestead, FL.
E-mail: birderlm@bellsouth.net
http://www.southfloridabirding.com
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