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Posted by Rick Schofield on 19:56:49 11/24/11
There was no official birdwalk on Thanksgiving eve day but I was curious to see how many, if any, people would show up anyway. Well wouldn't you know that there were three others who didn't know there was no walk but we all decided to do our own and I was elected leader.
We started with some great close-up views of a single female Hooded Merganser (where were her friends from the day before?). Further out in the same impoundment were Wood Storks; Great and Cattle Egrets; Great Blue, Little Blue (both immature and adult), and Tri-colored Herons; White and Glossy Ibises; several groups of Blue-winged Teals (no Cinnamon); a single Wilson's Snipe and a Killdeer; and several Anhingas. I'm sure I'm forgetting others -- but these were ALL in the same not-so-huge impoundment. They were joined soon after by a spectacularly colored Roseate Spoonbill who knew it was missing a great party and flew in so as not to miss anything.
We picked up several warblers (not as many as last week) and other small birds as we continued our walk. At one point there was a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers sharing their pole with a Red-bellied Woodpecker.
Please feel free to browse some photos that I've taken on our Wednesday walks but I'm still selecting and uploading more.
Rick Schofield
Loxahatchee NWR--Marsh Trail, Palm Beach, US-FL
Nov 23, 2011 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: Weekly Wednesday morning birdwalk, Marsh Trail, Loxahatchee NWR, Boynton Beach, Florida. 4 birders. Rick Schofield group-appointed leader.
49 species
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Wood Stork
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Purple Gallinule
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Limpkin
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet
Eastern Screech-Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
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