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Posted by Rick Schofield on 09:50:43 04/09/11
Things were pretty slow this week at Loxahatchee. Our group size was only 8 (down from a high in the 30s). There were very few warblers (Palm, Pine, Common Yellowthroat) and fewer Grebes (i.e., none). We listed most all of the waders but there were very few of each (and no American Bitterns but that might be attributable to a different route we took this week) and there were flyovers of Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Wood Dock, and Mottled Duck.
We had very good views of a pair of Great Crested Flycatchers high up in the Cypress trees, several dozen Northern Rough-winged Swallows in the air and on the wires, and the slate-gray male Snail Kite and his brown female friend. And we re-found the Sora that went missing last week.
But the best -- by far -- was near the end of the walk when a trio of Swallow-tailed Kites swooped down and performed some aerial acrobatics for us. They landed in the Cypress trees and even looked as if they were carrying nesting material but eventually sailed slowly off to the south. Please excuse the quality of today's photo of one of the Kites -- it is not easy to get a good action photo into the early morning sun. Other photos in the link.
Rick
Location: Loxahatchee NWR--Marsh Trail
Observation date: 4/6/11
Notes: Weekly Wednesday morning birdwalk, Marsh Trail, Loxahatchee NWR, Boynton Beach, Florida. 8 birders. Fred Test and Becky Garcia leaders.
Number of species: 47
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Wood Duck
Mottled Duck
Wood Stork
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Swallow-tailed Kite (3)
Snail Kite
Red-shouldered Hawk
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Limpkin
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet (8)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher (2)
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
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