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Posted by Brian Rapoza on 17:32:23 11/14/09
Twelve birders carpooled with me to Hendry County, where we met with Margaret England of Hendry-Glades Audubon Society for today's tour of Stormwater Treatment Area 5. Other birders met us at STA-5; also present for the tour were birders from Calusa Bird Club and St. Lucie Audubon Society.
Here's the unofficial list of birds seen by the TAS group:
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
American Wigeon
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican
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 (one area had 100+!)
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Snail Kite (many, including four at once!)
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Purple Swamphen
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Limpkin
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Caspian Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Phoebe
Western Kingbird
American Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
House Wren
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Palm Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Birds reported by others included American Bittern, Great White Heron and White-rumped Sandpiper. Participants, feel free to add other birds seen but not listed above..
As always, thanks to Margaret England for her tireless efforts to coordinate tours of STA-5, one of Florida's top birding destinations.
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