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Posted by Rick Schofield on 09:36:03 02/24/11
We had 28 birders in the group this Wednesday morning. After views of a male Painted Bunting we began by checking the ducks in the first impoundment (both Blue- and Green-winged Teals along with assorted American Coots, Common Moorhens, and Purple Gallinules) and then the area near and around the pavilion where we continue to get a good variety of warblers and vireos.
Then we were off to find the Great Horned Owl, the Limpkin family, and the Red-shouldered Hawk nest. We were successful with the owl but struck out on both the Limpkin family (though there were lots of limpkins around) and, while the Red-shoulders were present, they have not set up shop in last year's nest. Either they just haven't gotten around to it yet or they are planning on a new location this year.
Today's photo is of a cooperative Gulf Fritillary.
Rick
Location: Loxahatchee NWR--Marsh Trail
Observation date: 2/23/11
Notes: Weekly Wednesday morning birdwalk, Marsh Trail, Loxahatchee NWR, Boynton Beach, Florida. 28 birders. Fred Test, leader.
Number of species: 61
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Pied-billed Grebe
Wood Stork
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Snail Kite
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Merlin
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Limpkin
Killdeer
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs
Wilson's Snipe
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Northern Parula
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
Palm Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Painted Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
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