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Posted by Rick Schofield on 10:10:05 04/14/11
When the birding gets slow, this birder goes butterflying. ;)
As most of you know, birding has really slowed recently. And while we had 43 species today, they were still few and far between -- only two warblers (Black-throated Blue and Common Yellowthroat), two woodpeckers (Red-bellied and Pileated -- but both on the same tree!), a couple of Great Crested Flycatchers, and a Carolina Wren that was singing in a slow southern drawl.
Waders included the standard set for Loxahatchee but no bitterns or night-herons. Two flyovers each for both Wood and Black-bellied Whistling- Ducks. The Sora is always in the same spot so we think it might be nesting there. We even heard what we think might be its mate whinnying behind us.
Raptors included another flyby of a single Swallow-tailed Kite and the resident Red-shouldered Hawk but no Snail Kite for us today. Two Monk Parakeets were still gathering nesting material.
If anyone can ID the Skipper in the photos linked below, I'd appreciate it. (His wings have sure seen better days!)
Rick
Location: Loxahatchee NWR--Marsh Trail
Observation date: 4/13/11
Notes: Weekly Wednesday morning birdwalk, Marsh Trail, Loxahatchee NWR, Boynton Beach, Florida. 10 birders. Fred Test leader.
Number of species: 43
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Wood Duck
Mottled Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Wood Stork
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Red-shouldered Hawk
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Limpkin
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Wren
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
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