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Posted by Cory Gregory on 20:13:07 05/29/11
Thank you all for your tips on some of those target species. Here are some of our sightings since then.
White-winged Parakeet: We parked in a neighborhood near the Ocean Bank (S Le Jeune Rd & NW 7th St) and walked around the block to the east of the bank. We heard then saw and photographed a pair of White-winged's circling fairly high up. This was late morning.
Snail Kite: We had fantastic luck up at Loxahatchee NWR. Even during mid-afternoon we found several kites south of Lee Road on our way into the refuge. We later found a couple more working a canal along 441/7 just north of Lee Road. Limpkins were common in the area, we saw 6+.
Antillean Nighthawk: Behind the fire station building at the Marathon Airport, 2 starting calling right at 7:30 PM. Even the fairly loud AC unit couldn't drown those guys out.
Mangrove Cuckoo: Had great luck at a dead-end on No Name Key. We eventually got looks at 2 birds together in the same tree.
Black-whiskered Vireo: Pretty common throughout the keys. Knowing the song helped us a lot.
Roseate Tern: We saw just a few at the Marathon Government Center amongst the many Least Terns. It took a little bit of patience.
White-crowned Pigeon: Very common throughout the keys. Flocks were hard to miss as they were commuting overhead; flocks of 5-15 were commonplace.
Gray Kingbird: Very common throughout the keys. We saw them perched in the middle of towns and just about everywhere else too!
Burrowing Owl: We saw two on the Sombrero Country Club golf course in Marathon.
At Key West, we toured through Fort Zachary Taylor and found a couple of lingering migrants like American Redstart, Swainson's Thrush, and Gray-cheeked Thrush. We didn't see any Roseate Terns despite lots of looking through Least Terns.
Short-tailed Hawk: Out of the Miami area; we saw one dark-morph adult soaring overhead at the Walk in the Water unit of the Lake Wales Ridge State Forest.
Thanks again for your help,
Cory Gregory
Ames, Iowa
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