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Posted by Toe on 14:32:08 08/28/11
oxanne Featherly, Carlos Sanchez, and I headed to the Palm Beach sod farms early this morning to link up with Tropical Audubon's first birding adventure of the fall. We bypassed the first stops the group made and heading straight for the shorebirds, stopping first at Kings Ranch on US-27 south of the intersection with 827A. Here we found 5 Upland Sandpipers and a few other shorebirds, but only small numbers. Our next stop was the flooded field 1.5 mile east of Duda Rd. on CR-880. This field has been the most productive one this season and today was no exception. Best birds here were Wilson's Phalaropes and a Red-necked Phalarope, along with many Avocets and scores of Yellowlegs and Stilt Sandpipers and more. The TAS group made a
stop here later in the afternoon and counted at least 30 Wilson's Phalaropes and 2 Red-necked Phalaropes!
We then proceeded to Browns Farm Rd, where a field just after crossing the first bridge had thousands of birds, including a Marbled Godwit, a really nice find for such an inland site. Back on 880 just east of the Browns Farm turnoff is a sod field that had at least 20 Upland Sandpipers. We heard that a field along Gladeview Rd also had big numbers of birds, but we were
pressed for time so we didn't make it that far. Still, we had a very enjoyable shorebird fix. Attached is a photo of one of the Wilson's Phalaropes. I never get tired of seeing my favorite shorebird.
Our shorebird tally:
1. Black-bellied Plover
2. Semipalmated Plover
3. Killdeer
4. Black-necked Stilt
5. American Avocet
6. Greater Yellowlegs
7. Lesser Yellowlegs
8. Solitary Sandpiper
9. Willet
10. Spotted Sandpiper
11. Upland Sandpiper
12. Marbled Godwit
13. Semipalmated Sandpiper
14. Western Sandpiper
15. Least Sandpiper
16. Pectoral Sandpiper
17. Stilt Sandpiper
18. Short-billed Dowitcher
19. Long-billed Dowitcher
20. Wilson's Phalarope
21. Red-necked Phalarope
Yes, we did see the birds in taxonomic order, a feat all onto itself.
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