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Posted by Vincent Lucas on 11:38:32 03/19/11
I spent a few hours this morning, March 19, 2011 birding Sugden Regional Park here in Naples, Collier Co., FL. Highlights were 10 species of warblers including one of my nemesis warblers for my Collier County Big Year (CCBY) i.e. Yellow-breasted Chat! I previously chased that bird at least four times from other reports around the county and always came up empty handed! It and a Rose-ringed Parakeet (finally) were numbers 175 & 176 for my CCBY. Yes, I know Rose-ringed Parakeet isn't ABA-countable. . . . Other good birds seen at Sugden Regional Park this morning were Northern Waterthrush, Brown Thrasher, both Indigo & Painted Buntings and Pileated Woodpecker among others. Apparently, the Common Loon that was on Lake Avalon earlier in the week has flown the coop. I could not find a single Blue-gray Gnatcatcher nor an Eastern Phoebe so perhaps they have also moved on as well. Before I forget, I saw a Peregrine Falcon late yesterday afternoon soaring over Orange Blossom Rd. between Livingston Rd. & Airport-Pulling Rd in North Naples. It now looks like my jinx or nemesis birds for this winter on my CCBY are House Finch, King Rail, Sharp-shinned Hawk & Broad-winged Hawk. I'd ask that anyone seeing any of these birds in Collier County during the rest of this year to please notify me asap. I can provide my cell number on request. Thanks! Here's my day list from Sugden Regional Park this morning:
Muscovy Duck
Mottled Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
White Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle (adult)
Red-shouldered Hawk
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
House Wren
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Northern Parula
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler (both Western & Eastern although only one of the latter)
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
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