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Posted by Rangel Diaz on 12:46:34 09/24/12
Started the day before dawn at the Marathon Airport hoping for a late Antillean Nighthawk. I dipped on the bird but was able to notice an abundance of warbler activity. Mostly Common Yellowthroats, Prairie and Palm Warblers. When 8 am rolled around I went over to Curry Hammock and witnessed TONS of birds making their way south. I added a few birds to the day list here before joining Hawkwatch for a couple hours. It was amazing to see Peregrine Falcons just zipping by as the day went on. Afterwards I headed further south to Key West and birded Indigenous Park. Here I was able to pick up Tennesse, Blackburnian and Yellow Warbler. I finally ended at Fort Zachary Taylor and relocated the Smooth-billed Ani. I only found one even though earlier reports state two birds being in the area.
Marathon Airport:
Cattle Egret
Osprey
Pectoral Sandpiper
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Merlin
Northern Mockingbird
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Palm Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Common Grackle
Curry Hammock added:
Magnificient Frigatebird
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Brown Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Royal Tern
White-crowned Pigeon
Common-Ground Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-gray Gnatcather
Worm-eating Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Baltimore Oriole
Indigenous Park:
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Swainson's Thrush
Tennessee Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
Ft Zachary:
Smooth-billed Ani
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