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Posted by Rafael A. Galvez on 22:45:27 04/24/11
Migratory birds were present in pleasant-to-good numbers through the Upper Keys into the Middle Keys. Birded several locations, below include the highlights.
Dagny Johnson:
Warblers were in relatively low numbers compared to past week.
Both breeding cuckoo species were vocal.
Windley Key State Park had quite a nice surprise of songbirds, including:
Northern Parula
Prairie Warbler (various)
Cape May Warbler (various)
Blackpoll Warbler (most common warbler migrant in Upper Keys today)- seen nearly everywhere down to Bahia Honda
Black-throated Blue (various)
Black-throated Green Warbler
The surprise was a female Blackburnian Warbler - great for spring in SFL.
Black-whiskered Vireos - quite vocal - were easy to locate.
I encourage anyone going through the area to give this great hammock park (Windley Key, MM 85) a try. Can't beat the $2. entrance fee (weekend), free Mondays and Thursdays, closed Tue & Wed.
The majority of the above-mentioned birds were found behind the visitors' center, near the watering Wild Coffee area - ask the park rangers about it. Birds were congregating to bathe, great looks. Was joined by a merry group of California birders to enjoy the feast.
Elsewhere in the keys, picked up the following:
Black-and-white Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Yellow Warbler
White-eyed Vireo
Best to all!!
Rafael
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