Re: Birding @ A.D. Barnes and Crandon Park

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Posted by Balladares on 21:25:48 12/04/04

In Reply to: Re: Birding @ A.D. Barnes and Crandon Park posted by Brian Rapoza

At first I thought it was a Red-breasted Merganser, but after a long look at it, about 20 mins, Davis and I ruled out Red-breasted and agreed on Common Merganser. We did get really good look at the field marks and their for said a Common Merganser.

Here at the Deering Estate we have about 8 Common Mergansers hanging around. They don't hang around together, there usually in pairs of two. They have been here for about a week now.

: Your "Common Merganser" on Key Biscayne was much more likely a Red-breasted Merganser, common here in winter in coastal waters. I'm still looking for my first Common Merganser in Florida.
:
: : What a great birding day it was today. Davis Noble, from Boston and I went to A.D. Barnes Park and Crandon Park, since we could not go on the Audubon trip. We where looking for wilson plovers, but we could find any. Davis, did get a short tail hawk as a life bird today.
: :
: : Birds seen at A.D. Barnes Park, Davis and I saw a total of 26 birds.
: :
: : 1.Belted Kingfisher (heard)
: : 2.White Ibis
: : 3.Gray Catbird
: : 4.Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
: : 5.Palm Warbler
: : 6.Common Moorhen
: : 7.Mascovy Duck
: : 8.N. Mockingbird
: : 9.Osprey
: : 10.Green Heron
: : 11.Redstart
: : 12.Common Yellowthroat
: : 13.Common Grackle
: : 14.RT Hummingbird
: : 15.Pelican
: : 16.Cardinal
: : 17.Blue Jay
: : 18.White-eye Vireo
: : 19.White-wing Dove
: : 20.Eastern Phobe
: : 21.Laughing Gull
: : 22.Black and White Warbler
: : 23.Hermit Thrush
: : 24.T-Vulture
: :
: :
: : Birds seen @ Crandon Park
: : Again the morning was beautiful and birding was great at Crandon. We were able to get 42 bird species in total.
: :
: : 1.Monk Parakeets
: : 2.Eurasian Collared Dove
: : 3.European Starling
: : 4.Common Grackle
: : 5.Black Vulture
: : 6.Turkey Vulture
: : 7.Osprey
: : 8.Double-crested Cormorant
: : 9.Brown Pelican
: : 10.Great Egret
: : 11.F-crow
: : 12.BT-grackle
: : 13.Laughing Gull
: : 14.White Ibis
: : 15.Red-bellied Woodpecker
: : 16.N. Cardinal
: : 17.N. Mockingbird
: : 18.Anhinga
: : 19.Mourning Dove
: : 20.Royal Tern
: : 21.Herring Gull
: : 22.Lesser Black-backed Gull
: : 23.Great Black-backed Gull
: : 24.Western Sandpiper
: : 25.Ruddy Turnstone
: : 26.Dunlin (I saw only one)
: : 27.Piping Plover
: : 28.Caspian Tern
: : 29.Reddish Egret (immature)
: : 30.Short-tail Hawk (dark morph and life bird for Davis)
: : 31.Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
: : 32.A. Kestrel
: : 33.Red-shoulder Hawk
: : 34.Great Blue Heron
: : 35.Gray Catbird
: : 36.Common Merganser
: : 37. Northern Harrier
: : 38.Common Yellowthroat
: : 39.Prairie Warbler
: : 40.Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
: : 41.Palm Warbler
: :
: :
: : In total we saw 54 bird species. It was a great day for us. Our day ended at 12:30pm, because Davis had to catch a plain at 3pm. We had a great.
: : Great Birding to and hope to see you around.
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Comments:	: At first I thought it was a Red-breasted Merganser, but after a long look at it, about 20 mins, Davis and I ruled out Red-breasted and agreed on Common Merganser. We did get really good look at the field marks and their for said a Common Merganser. : : Here at the Deering Estate we have about 8 Common Mergansers hanging around. They don't hang around together, there usually in pairs of two. They have been here for about a week now. : : : : : Your "Common Merganser" on Key Biscayne was much more likely a Red-breasted Merganser, common here in winter in coastal waters. I'm still looking for my first Common Merganser in Florida. : : : : : What a great birding day it was today. Davis Noble, from Boston and I went to A.D. Barnes Park and Crandon Park, since we could not go on the Audubon trip. We where looking for wilson plovers, but we could find any. Davis, did get a short tail hawk as a life bird today. : : : : : : Birds seen at A.D. Barnes Park, Davis and I saw a total of 26 birds. : : : : : : 1.Belted Kingfisher (heard) : : : 2.White Ibis : : : 3.Gray Catbird : : : 4.Blue-gray Gnatcatcher : : : 5.Palm Warbler : : : 6.Common Moorhen : : : 7.Mascovy Duck : : : 8.N. Mockingbird : : : 9.Osprey : : : 10.Green Heron : : : 11.Redstart : : : 12.Common Yellowthroat : : : 13.Common Grackle : : : 14.RT Hummingbird : : : 15.Pelican : : : 16.Cardinal : : : 17.Blue Jay : : : 18.White-eye Vireo : : : 19.White-wing Dove : : : 20.Eastern Phobe : : : 21.Laughing Gull : : : 22.Black and White Warbler : : : 23.Hermit Thrush : : : 24.T-Vulture : : : : : : : : : Birds seen @ Crandon Park : : : Again the morning was beautiful and birding was great at Crandon. We were able to get 42 bird species in total. : : : : : : 1.Monk Parakeets : : : 2.Eurasian Collared Dove : : : 3.European Starling : : : 4.Common Grackle : : : 5.Black Vulture : : : 6.Turkey Vulture : : : 7.Osprey : : : 8.Double-crested Cormorant : : : 9.Brown Pelican : : : 10.Great Egret : : : 11.F-crow : : : 12.BT-grackle : : : 13.Laughing Gull : : : 14.White Ibis : : : 15.Red-bellied Woodpecker : : : 16.N. Cardinal : : : 17.N. Mockingbird : : : 18.Anhinga : : : 19.Mourning Dove : : : 20.Royal Tern : : : 21.Herring Gull : : : 22.Lesser Black-backed Gull : : : 23.Great Black-backed Gull : : : 24.Western Sandpiper : : : 25.Ruddy Turnstone : : : 26.Dunlin (I saw only one) : : : 27.Piping Plover : : : 28.Caspian Tern : : : 29.Reddish Egret (immature) : : : 30.Short-tail Hawk (dark morph and life bird for Davis) : : : 31.Blue-gray Gnatcatcher : : : 32.A. Kestrel : : : 33.Red-shoulder Hawk : : : 34.Great Blue Heron : : : 35.Gray Catbird : : : 36.Common Merganser : : : 37. Northern Harrier : : : 38.Common Yellowthroat : : : 39.Prairie Warbler : : : 40.Yellow-bellied Sapsucker : : : 41.Palm Warbler : : : : : : : : : In total we saw 54 bird species. It was a great day for us. Our day ended at 12:30pm, because Davis had to catch a plain at 3pm. We had a great. : : : Great Birding to and hope to see you around. : : :
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