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Posted by Rangel Diaz on 07:47:41 10/22/12
Yesterday was a beautiful day on the beach here at Crandon Park. 16 birders came out to join me on the walk. Things seemed as if they were going to be good when we started with a Merlin heading south over the North Beach parking lot and a Great Crested Flycatcher near the Crandon Park Visitor and Biscayne Nature Center. Unfortunately the weather may have been TOO good. Most of the neo-tropical migrants seen while scouting on Saturday were no where to be found and we only finished with 3 warbler species.
Merlin
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Palm Warbler
Osprey
Prairie Warbler
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Mockingbird
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue Jay
Black-bellied Plover
Sanderling
Great Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Caspian Tern
Brown Pelican
Laughing Gull
Magnificent Frigatebird
Boat-tailed Grackle
Fish Crow
Royal Tern
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Piping Plover
Reddish Egret
Dunlin
Semipalmated Plover
White Ibis
Wilson's Plover
Mourning Dove
Pied-billed Grebe
American Coot
Anhinga
Red-bellied Woodpecker
After work I was considering going to Big Pine Key but got out a little late so instead went after the Red-headed Woodpecker. The bird was seen between 4pm and 5pm working the Oak grove described by Dan. To celebrate I went over to the Doc Thomas House for a Crazydilla and Franziskaner Hefe-Weiss Hell. All in all a good way to end the day!
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