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Posted by Rick Schofield on 09:34:48 02/02/12
We had a much more manageable crowd on Wednesday -- 22 birders. And a pretty decent variety of birds as well -- 58 species.
Warblers included: Black-and-white, Orange-crowned, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, Palm, Pine, Yellow-rumped, and Prairie. Also thrown in were Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. We dipped on the female/juvenile Black-throated Green that was there on Tuesday (but Tom said that it had been hanging around for many weeks now, so maybe next week's group will get a sighting.) And, speaking of dipping, no owls today. :(
We had only one lonely Wood Duck in the same area as last week (north of the line of cypresses just before the boat launch parking area). But there were plenty of Blue- and Green-winged Teals in C-6 along many Wilson's Snipe, a few Lesser Yellowlegs and Least Sandpipers and the standard waders (though the Roseate Spoonbills must have packed up and left as they haven't been seen for a couple of weeks now).
A pair of Nanday Parakeets were on the wires next to the pole at the bus parking area just as they were on Tuesday. Jan mentioned that two years ago a pair kicked the Pileated Woodpeckers out of their nest cavity on that very pole. Whether these guys will do the same remains to be seen. (Maybe they already have.)
We checked out the pond behind the Visitors Center for the Louisiana Waterthrush but could only come up with a Green Heron. That is until after the group broke up to leave and Beth and I went back to give it the Olde College Try. And our efforts were rewarded! The little guy had been hiding under a log the whole time and must not have seen us chatting. He only made a brief appearance before flying off to the far end of the pond but long enough for us to get a positive ID.
Rick
Loxahatchee NWR--Marsh Trail, Palm Beach, US-FL
Feb 1, 2012 7:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: Weekly Wednesday morning birdwalk, Marsh Trail, Loxahatchee NWR, Boynton Beach, Florida. 22 birders. Fred Test, Bob & Janet Phillips, Jan & Dave Conley leaders.
58 species
Wood Duck
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Wood Stork
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Kestrel
Purple Gallinule
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Limpkin
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Mourning Dove
Nanday Parakeet
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Louisiana Waterthrush (Still present in pond behind Visitors Center)
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
Prairie Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
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