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Posted by Bill Boeringer on 22:17:01 05/08/10
Paul Bithorn and I did the count from US41 west of Shark Valley to Monroe Station and then all of Loop Road. High water and high temps were the order of the day. The water levels resembled more the Fall Count, and limited the number of birds because they were far more dispersed. Although birding was slower than normal, we managed most of our targets (Prothonotary Warbler, Red-eyed Vireo, Titmouse, Gnatcatcher, Barred Owl) but missed in 2 attempts for Snail Kite, and fanned on pineland specialties.
Loop Rd is currently more flooded pothole than road in most of the back sections, and caution should be used in making this trip.
The list, divided into Dade (D) and Monroe (M) sections:
Double-crested Cormorant - 4D
Anhinga - 2D
Great Blue Heron - 5D 1M
Great Egret - 13D
Snowy Egret - 3D 1M
Little Blue Heron - 3D 1M
Tricolored Heron - 13D 1M
Green Heron - 9D 2M
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1D 1M
White Ibis - 13D 2M
Glossy Ibis - 1D
Black Vulture - 96D 4M
Turkey Vulture - 9D 6M
Osprey - 3D
Swallow-tailed Kite - 1D 1M
Red-shouldered Hawk - 3D 9M
Limpkin - 1D
Killdeer - 1D
Eurasian Collared-Dove - 4D
Mourning Dove - 1D
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 3M
Barred Owl - 4M
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1M
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 9D 12M
Downy Woodpecker - 3M
Northern Flicker - 2M
Pileated Woodpecker - 1D 2M
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2D 37M
White-eyed Vireo - 5D 18M
Red-eyed Vireo - 2M
Blue Jay - 1M
American Crow - 3D 2M
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1D
Tufted Titmouse - 5M
Carolina Wren - 3D 9M
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2D 7M
Northern Mockingbird - 5D
European Starling - 7D 2M
Northern Parula - 1D 4M
Prairie Warbler
American Redstart - 3M
Prothonotary Warbler - 2M
Common Yellowthroat - 4M
Northern Cardinal - 3D 13M
Red-winged Blackbird - 11D 1M
Common Grackle - 28D 3M
Boat-tailed Grackle - 51D
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