Matheson and Cutler Wetlands (3/18)


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Posted by Carlos Sanchez on 20:46:26 03/18/10

Matheson was very birdy today with a total of 50 species seen in the course of 3 hours. On the east side of the road in the hammock and around the brackish pond, highlights included:

Wood Stork (soaring high in the thermals)
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk (light morph)
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Brown-crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo (singing)
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula (many, singing)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (many)
Yellow-throated Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Palm Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat

On the west side of the road, things were no where near as active but there were many Hill Myna, Broad-winged Hawk, and a couple Pileated Woodpeckers.

Around the marina and mangroves, there were three Willets in alternate plumage.

At Cutler Wetlands, a single drake Northern Shoveler was feeding amongst the Blue-winged Teal. There were hundreds of gulls (Herring, Laughing, Ring-billed, Lesser Black-backed) and shorebirds (Long-billed Dowitcher, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilts, and two Stilt Sandpipers).

Carlos



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