Lincoln's Sparrow at Eco Pond

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Posted by Bryant Roberts on April 11, 2004 at 23:25:50:

The high point of a weekend trip to Everglades National Park was a Lincoln's Sparrow near the culvert Saturday afternoon at Eco Pond. Other birds of interest on Saturday were: About eight Western Kingbirds at Flynn's. Painted Buntings and a Yellow-breasted Chat at Lucky Hammock as well as Magnolia and Prothonotary Warblers at the Annex. A couple of Black-throated Green Warblers and a Louisiana Waterthrush at Royal Palm Hammock and a White-tailed Kite along Research Road. A Cape May Warbler at the Flamingo Visitors Center.

Sunday morning I heard and got a brief look at a Mangrove Cuckoo and heard or saw several Black-whiskered Vireos on Bear Lake Trail. Indigo Buntings put on a good show at Eco Pond and an American Bittern as well as a Grasshopper Sparrow were still there. I was able to flush three Sharp-tailed Sparrows in the sparrow fields north of the Coastal Prairie Trail but only saw one Nelson's well enough to identify. At Snake Bight in the afternoon there were about seven American Avocets and four Gull-billed Terns along with the usual shorebirds. There was also an interesting mixed morph Reddish Egret with almost all white primaries and secondaries on an otherwise dark morph bird. On the way out of the park I checked the Swallow-tailed Kite nest on Research Road and saw a kite sitting on the nest.

Interesting missed birds this weekend were Ovenbird as well as Yellow-throated and Black-throated Blue Warblers and no swallows at all were seen. The rookery at Paurotis Pond is still going strong and the Red-shouldered Hawk nest at Eco Pond has two nearly grown young. Painted Buntings were at most of the places I visited and with a large proportion of males. There was a report of a Panther at Eco Pond Sunday morning which was a bit more convincing than most; the observer I spoke with gave a good description of the cats tail. The fresh water pools on Cape Sable have dried up and if there is a Panther in the area and Eco Pond would be the best place to find water.

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: The high point of a weekend trip to Everglades National Park was a Lincoln's Sparrow near the culvert Saturday afternoon at Eco Pond. Other birds of interest on Saturday were: About eight Western Kingbirds at Flynn's. Painted Buntings and a Yellow-breasted Chat at Lucky Hammock as well as Magnolia and Prothonotary Warblers at the Annex. A couple of Black-throated Green Warblers and a Louisiana Waterthrush at Royal Palm Hammock and a White-tailed Kite along Research Road. A Cape May Warbler at the Flamingo Visitors Center. : Sunday morning I heard and got a brief look at a Mangrove Cuckoo and heard or saw several Black-whiskered Vireos on Bear Lake Trail. Indigo Buntings put on a good show at Eco Pond and an American Bittern as well as a Grasshopper Sparrow were still there. I was able to flush three Sharp-tailed Sparrows in the sparrow fields north of the Coastal Prairie Trail but only saw one Nelson's well enough to identify. At Snake Bight in the afternoon there were about seven American Avocets and four Gull-billed Terns along with the usual shorebirds. There was also an interesting mixed morph Reddish Egret with almost all white primaries and secondaries on an otherwise dark morph bird. On the way out of the park I checked the Swallow-tailed Kite nest on Research Road and saw a kite sitting on the nest. : Interesting missed birds this weekend were Ovenbird as well as Yellow-throated and Black-throated Blue Warblers and no swallows at all were seen. The rookery at Paurotis Pond is still going strong and the Red-shouldered Hawk nest at Eco Pond has two nearly grown young. Painted Buntings were at most of the places I visited and with a large proportion of males. There was a report of a Panther at Eco Pond Sunday morning which was a bit more convincing than most; the observer I spoke with gave a good description of the cats tail. The fresh water pools on Cape Sable have dried up and if there is a Panther in the area and Eco Pond would be the best place to find water.

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