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Posted by Rock Jetty on 00:01:29 01/05/10
Hello folks,
Here's a summary of what I have already seen in the first four days of 2010. An unabridged version will be available on my blog site (eventually).
Jan 1
Lucky Hammock Area:
A quick visit in the morning produced the first birders seen for 2010: Jocelyn and Gary, as well as the following birds (the first two species listed were my first and second birds for the year, the ones that follow are in no particular order):
(1) Savannah Sparrow
(2) Grasshopper Sparrow
(3) Eastern Meadowlark
(4) Sandhill Crane
(5) Common Ground-Dove
(6) Palm Warbler
(7) Blue Jay
(8) Great Crested Flycatcher
(9) Western Kingbird
(10) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
(11) American Kestrel
(12) Northern Harrier
(13) Eastern Phoebe
(14) Cattle Egret
(15) Short-tailed Hawk
(16) Mourning Dove
I drove back home to pick up wife and son for a weekend camping at ENP.
Snapper Creek Area:
(17) Cooper's Hawk
(18) White-crowned Pigeon
(19) Monk Parakeet
Back to Everglades National Park for great camping at Long Pine Key.
Jan 2 (Coot Bay CBC)
Flamingo Area, Main Park Road (with Dan Irizarry):
(20) American Redstart
(21) Northern Parula
(22) Prairie Warbler
(23) Magnolia Warbler
(24) Black-and-white Warbler
(25) Orange-crowned Warbler
(26) Black-throated Blue Warbler
(27) Yellow-rumped warbler
(28) Common Yellowthroat
(29) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
(30) Caspian Tern
(31) White-eyed Vireo
(32) Downy Woodpecker
(33) Red-bellied Woodpecker
(34) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
(35) American Crow
(36) Great Egret
(37) Great Blue Heron
(38) Anhinga
(39) American Coot
(40) Blue-winged Teal
(41) Belted Kingfisher
(42) Northern Cardinal
(43) Northern Mockingbird
(44) Gray Catbird
(45) Broad-winged Hawk
(46) Red-shouldered Hawk
(47) Osprey
(48) Turkey Vulture
(49) Wood Stork
(50) American White Pelican
Other birds seen but not mentioned were species I saw earlier in the day. Carolina Wren, Northern Waterthrush, and Ovenbird were heard but not seen so I'm holding back on those.
Marina Area:
(51) Bald Eagle
(52) Peregrine Falcon
(53) Black Vulture
(54) Laughing Gull
(55) Brown Pelican
(56) Tri-colored Heron
Visitor Center Breezeway (with Bill Boeringer):
(57) Willet
(58) Marbled Godwit
(59) Royal Tern
(60) Little Blue Heron
(61) Double-crested Cormorant
(62) White Ibis
Research Road (with Bill and other birders):
(63) Red-winged Blackbird
(64) Glossy Ibis
(65) Black-crowned Night-Heron
Short-eared Owl was heard.
Jan 3
Long Pine Key Area:
(66) Pileated Woodpecker
(67) Northern Flicker
(68) European Starling
(69) Eastern Towhee
(70) Eastern Bluebird
(71) Pine Warbler
(72) Tree Swallow
Anhinga Trail:
(73) Green Heron
(74) Common Moorhen
(75) Purple Gallinule
Main Park Road:
(76) Snowy Egret
Florida City/Homestead Area:
(77) Common Myna
(78) Boat-tailed Grackle
(79) Eurasian Collared-Dove
(80) Ring-billed Gull
(81) Loggerhead Shrike
Drove back home after a great meal at Toro Taco.
Snapper Creek Area:
(82) White-winged Dove
Jan 4
Palmetto Bay Village Center:
(83) Pied-billed Grebe
Target Retention Pond in Davie:
(84) Canvasback
(85) Ring-necked Duck
(86) Mottled Duck
Drove to Lucky Hammock after work.
Luck Hammock Area:
(87) White-tailed Kite
(88) Great Horned Owl
(89) Killdeer
More to come in the next few days. See ya out there.
-RJ
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