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Posted by Rick Schofield on 13:48:11 12/18/10
Both birders and birds were up this week -- probably because of the holidays. :) Snowies have been scarce (with none today) but all the other standard waders were present as were both Green-winged and Blue-winged Teals. Raptors were well represented as well: Osprey, Red-shouldered Hawk, Northern Harrier, Snail Kite, Cooper's Hawk, and Merlin.
Today's highlight, though, had to be the pair of Great Horned Owls that had been heard in past weeks but were in full view today. I don't understand why they can't give us photographers a break and perch without the strong back-lighting that they chose today. Excuse the attached poor quality photo but I just wanted to document their return for yet another year. (We believe this is same pair that has been present for the last few years.)
Rick
P.S. While the Refuge will be open, there are no organized walks scheduled for the next two Saturdays, December 25th and January 1st.
Location: Loxahatchee NWR--Marsh Trail
Observation date: 12/18/10
Notes: Weekly Saturday morning birdwalk, Marsh Trail, Loxahatchee NWR, Boynton Beach, Florida. 12 birders, Pat Canning, leader.
Number of species: 53
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Snail Kite
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Merlin
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Limpkin
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
Blue Jay
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
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