Posted by John Boyd on April 19, 2004 at 11:19:16:
While my teammate was off to Ft. DeSoto, I spent Sunday doing a practice birdathon. Next weekend we will be trying to top the standard set by both the Bithorn/Purdy/Rapoza team and by Alex. They are not making it easy!
The day ended up being cut a bit short after Tigertail due to a combination of inadequate planning (I had more time than planned birding locations) and the dubious condition of my left rear tire (sporting 2 nails!). Nonetheless, I managed 128 species (probably 129, but I wasn't 100% sure on the silent Long-billed Dowitcher), including some parrots seen the previous evening. Interestingly, I didn't get the migrants being seen at Ft. DeSoto.
Here's the list:
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron (includes Great White)
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Muscovy Duck
Mallard
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Snail Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk (dark morph)
Crested Caracara
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Limpkin
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper (in good color)
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Monk Parakeet
Mitred Parakeet
Red-masked Parakeet
Chestnut-fronted Macaw
White-winged Parakeet
Orange-winged Parrot
Red-crowned Parrot
Lilac-crowned Parrot
White-fronted Parrot
Blue-fronted Parakeet
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Burrowing Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Gray Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Florida Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Purple Martin
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Spot-breasted Oriole
House Sparrow