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Posted by Carlos Sanchez on 12:53:23 09/28/11
Today, I birded Kendall Indian Hammock because of traffic -- my original plan was to get to Matheson but there was more mayhem there today than usual. Diversity and numbers were good, with tanagers and thrushes still present along with a Caribbean assortment of warblers:
3 Yellow-throated Vireo
13 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Swainson's Thrush
20 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
5 Ovenbird
1 Worm-eating Warbler
1 Northern Waterthrush
3 Common Yellowthroat
3 Black-and-white Warbler
3 American Redstart
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
7 Northern Parula
2 Yellow-throated Warbler
9 Prairie Warbler
1 Scarlet Tanager
1 Summer Tanager
An interesting sighting was a Yellow-fronted Canary (Serinus mozambicus), most likely a recent escapee, perched in a strangler fig along with various migrant songbirds.
Most interesting was a possible Yellow-bellied Flycatcher in the main hammock. When entering the hammock on the far west side trail, take the first spur on your left and walk about half way down. The bird was sallying and actively foraging (and very hard to photograph!) right under the canopy. It would 'disappear' for long stretches of time. The bird seemed smaller than an Acadian Flycatcher with a less prominent bill, a cream-colored eye-ring, and mostly yellow-olive underparts with a bit of a darker breastband. The back was very green -- almost grass green -- although I am sure it might have had something to do with the lighting. The tail was relatively short. It would not respond to any tape of any Empidonax (Yellow-bellied, Acadian, Alder, Least). I hope someone is able to relocate it and take reasonable pictures, because mine are just not diagnostic...
Carlos
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