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Posted by Vincent Lucas on 16:11:46 01/10/12
Highlights of today's Collier County birding with Ohio friend and "master" birder Bernie Master are as follows:
Bird Swamp Sanctuary -- American Bittern, Painted Bunting, Yellow-throated Warbler, (Western) Palm Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Pine Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler, Red-tailed Hawk, Pileated Woodpecker, White-eyed Vireo, Northern Cardinal, Great Crested Flycatcher, Carolina Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Barred Owl (heard), Downy Woodpecker, Gray Catbird, Tufted Titmouse and Belted Kingfisher
Farm Pond .5 miles east of Oil Well Grade on CR846 (Immokalee Rd.) -- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (75+), Roseate Spoonbill (x2), Blue-winged Teal (40+), Pied-billed Grebe (4)
On CR846 near the Immokalee Ranch -- Snail Kite
On CR858 (Collier/Hendry County Line) near the M.E.D. Ranch -- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
On Wainwright Rd near the Hendry County Correctional Institution -- Eastern Meadowlark
On Oil Well Rd (CR858) near the set of two bridges west of the now closed Hendry County Correctional Institution -- Limpkin (12+), Northern Harrier
On Oil Well Rd (CR858) 1 mile west of SR29 -- Crested Caracara
On Oil Well Rd (CR858) just west of Ave Maria -- Common Ground-Dove
On Oil Well Rd (CR858) just east of the intersection with Oil Well Grade -- Wild Turkey (x6)
Retention Ponds near the intersection of Oil Well Rd (CR858) & Everglades Blvd -- Least Sandpiper (x2), Killdeer (x10), Mottled Duck (x2), Pied-billed Grebe (x3)
Palmetto Ridge High School (Pond in back of school) -- American Wigeon (x1), Ring-necked Duck (x40), Blue-winged Teal (x30)
Other nice birds seen at various places were Wood Stork, Anhinga, Double-crested Cormorant, all of the typical waders i.e. herons, ibis, egrets, etc. and the expected Red-shouldered Hawks, as well as both vultures, American Kestrel (ubiquitous), Common Gallinule, American Coot, Tree Swallows (many), Loggerhead Shrike, Common Grackle and American Crow.
We dipped on the Monk Parakeets at the Gulf Coast High School even though their nest is still intact. We also failed to find the small group of these birds at Palmetto Ridge high Scool. What is it about Monk Parakeets and high schools?
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