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Posted by Rick Schofield on 16:08:26 03/14/10
I took some first time birders to Wakodahatchee this afternoon hoping they would enjoy the experience. It took us probably a full 20 minutes just to get to the first turn because they were so engrossed in all they were seeing. At that first turn were 3 black-necked stilts -- the first of the season for me, the first ever for them (as were most of the birds they saw, actually). I lent them my binoculars and spent most of the time explaining what it was that they were seeing so I didn't have an exhaustive survey of the wetlands. By the time we left, the stilts had multiplied into 7 and my friends were totally hooked on "this nature thing".
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Green Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Black-necked Stilt
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Palm Warbler
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
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