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Posted by Steve Paez on 10:13:18 11/07/09
In Reply to: Barnes 11/7 a.m. posted by Bill Boeringer
Started out this morning at Cutler Wetlands. Lots of birds but nothing really outstanding.
Full list:
Mottled Duck
Blue-Winged Teal
Feral Muscovy
Coot
Moorhen
Pied-Billed Grebe
Double-Crested Cormorant
Laughing Gull
Red-Shouldered Hawk
Short-Tailed Hawk (light)
Osprey (taking a bath in marsh)
N. Harrier
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Sharp-Shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Am. Kestrel
Glossy Ibis
White Ibis
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Greater Yellowlegs
Common Snipe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Collared Dove
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Loggerhead Shrike
Fish Crow
Palm Warbler
E. Starling
Red-Winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-Tailed Grackle
Brown-Headed Cowbird
House Sparrow
The homes just across the street from the marsh, to the north, must have feeders. They were busy/noisy with blackbirds, doves etc... When they became silent and started flying all over invariably a Cooper's Hawk was flying in. Once it was a Sharp-Shinned Hawk. Seems the hawks know where the food is. Thought it was weird that when an immature Red-Shouldered Hawk perched on a pole among the birds, no one panicked. Seems they are not afraid of Red-Sh. Hawks. The doves and others were perched no more than 2 feet away from it. I have seen a Red-Shouldered Hawk take a bird in the past though.
Afterwards I headed to AD Barnes and birded for just an hour. Was quiet (birdwise) and windy. Had a Black-Throated Blue Warbler and later a mixed flock of Gnatcatchers, Redstart (female), Magnolia Warbler (female) and 2 Black-White Warblers, one which was singing, only the 2nd time I have heard it sing.
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