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Posted by Nancy Freedman on 11:08:30 03/14/05
We started the day with a line up of swallows in the parking lot at Wakodahatchee-Tree, Cave and Northern Rough-winged and Martins one wire over. After being scolded by a House Wren, we entered the boardwalk and had a smattering of Common Yellow-throats, Catbirds, a Cardinal or two, Red-winged blackbirds and lots of Myrtles. In the ponds we had Snowy and Great egrets, Moorhens and Coots, Forster's tern, Blue-winged and Green-winged teal, Mottled ducks and four Sora. John Boyd heard a Least Bittern. Also FOS Black-necked Stilts! There was a flyover of 4 Nanday Conures and later on a Sharp-shinned Hawk. One of two Wilson's Snipes provided a nice close up. The Martin houses were all occupied with the exception of the one shaped like a pyramid, it didn't even have a Starling. All the other usual suspects were present including a huge "baby" Great Blue Heron in a nest on top of a tree as well as Purple Gallinule. On to Green Cay Wetlands. The entrance was impressive as was the place itself. Once all the plantings have grown, this place will more than rival Wakodahatchee - it is huge! We walked the 1.5 mile boardwalk which added one Northern Shoveler (male, can't say anything about how nice it looked for fear of sanctions); tons of Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs; lots of Glossy Ibis; one Barn Swallow who buzzed us out of hundreds of Tree Swallows; and a lot more Palms here than our first stop. A distant Merlin raised havoc over the Australian pines. The 4 Black-bellied Whistling ducks had been seen earlier in the day by one of the volunteers but we failed to find them.
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