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Posted by David S. on 08:50:52 03/18/11
On a combined birding expedition covering my place, a kayak trip at 9-mile pond, and Everglades National Park down to Flamingo, we tallied a total of 66 birds yesterday.
At my place we picked up a pair of nesting Red-bellied Woodpeckers and a nesting Screech owl, along with Black and White Warblers, a Redstart, several Painted and Indigo Buntings, Starlings, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Blue Jays, Catbirds and a Cardinal. We proceeded to Everglades National Park and when kayaking at 9-mile Pond, we saw White Ibis, Glossy Ibis, several White Pelicans flying in formation, Green Herons, Little Blue Herons, Tricolored Herons, Snowy Egret, Palm Warblers, Great Blue Herons, Wood Storks, Great Egret, Ospreys, Black and Turkey Vultures, American Coots, Pied-billed Grebes, a Swallow-tailed Kite, White-eyed Vireo, Boat-tailed Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds, Belted Kingfishers, American Crows (Thief-crow stealing part of our lunch!), Anhingas and Cormorants. A Limpkin was heard, but not seen. At Mazrak Pond we observed Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal and an adult & immature Black-crowned Night Heron, At West Lake were about 30 Blue-winged Teal and about 20 Northern Shovelers.
We finished the day traveling to Flamingo where we observed a Immature Bald Eagle sparring with 2 Ospreys, a Kestrel, Red-shouldered Hawks, Brown Pelicans, Reddish Egret, Roseate Spoonbill, Willets, Spotted Sandpipers, Marbled Godwits, Dunlins, Laughing, Ring-billed, and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Caspian Terns, about 200 Black Skimmers, Mourning Doves, White-winged Doves, European Starlings, Great-crested Flycatcher, House Wren (heard), and Prairie Warblers. Eco Pond produced Black-necked Stilts, Least Sandpipers, and Lesser Yellowlegs. At dusk, we arrived at the toll booth where we heard a Chuck-will's-widow calling in the pinelands.
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