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Posted by Rick Schofield on 15:13:52 11/23/12
Numbers picked up this past Wednesday at Loxahatchee. We had 9 people on the walk and 47 total bird species along with multiple butterfly species and 1 otter.
The C-6 impoundment (bordered by the Marsh Trail access road and Lee Road) has very high water levels and much more vegetation than last year and has resulted in few bird sightings. We had our first ducks of the season (Blue-winged Teals) here and an assortment of waders, Gallinules (both Common and Purple), and Coots but in much lower numbers than last year.
We had a quite decent number of little birds around the Visitors' Center including Palm, Pine, Prairie, and FOS Yellow-rumped Warblers, White-eyed and Blue-headed Vireos, large numbers of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and a very cooperative female Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
While walking the Marsh Trail, we had an assortment of waders but no Snowy, Green, or Cattle Egrets. Overhead we had multiple Northern Harriers and Red-shouldered Hawks with one each Merlin, American Kestrel, and Osprey. A large flock of American Robins returned over and over sometimes lighting in the almost-bare Cypress trees.
Until next Wednesday,
Rick
Loxahatchee NWR--Marsh Trail, Palm Beach, US-FL
Nov 21, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Weekly Wednesday morning birdwalk, Marsh Trail, Loxahatchee NWR, Boynton Beach, Florida. 9 birders. Rick Schofield, leader.
47 species
Blue-winged Teal 3 (First of season for Wednesday morning walk)
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 5
Purple Gallinule
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Limpkin
Killdeer (heard)
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 (photogenic female)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
Tree Swallow
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (abundant)
American Robin (large flock circled overhead most of the morning)
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
Yellow-throated Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
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