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Posted by Alex Harper on 18:02:43 12/12/12
I returned last night from a 37 day birding trip to Thailand (with a few days in Cambodia) only to see that I had some catching up to do in Florida. I woke up only fairly jet lagged and made it to Boyton Beach Inlet before 7:30. The tide was high and the seas were three feet. A number of birders trickled in from St. Petersburg, Orlando, Brandon, and South Florida, but news of a confirmed Razorbill at Ponce Inlet sent some of them north around noon. I stayed until 1:30, and no one had seen the bird. It looks like I should have stuck it out an extra two hours or so.
Notable species included five scoters (likely Black; Bob Pace identified one as a Black), Northern Gannets, Common Tern, and both black-backed gulls. Up to thirty-one Nanday (Black-hooded) Parakeets were on the wires at the inlet parking area. I had another flock of about thirty cross I-95 as I made my way south.
Before heading over to Enchanted Forest, I swung by Haulover Beach to scan the inlet to find my own Razorbill.
I ran into Jim King at Enchanted Forest in North Miami, who was doing some scouting for the Miami CBC. We had a large flock of passerines in the extreme southwest corner of the park, where we ended the afternoon. A Short-tailed and Broad-winged Hawk were seen along with thirteen warbler species.
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ovenbird
American Redstart
Tennessee Warbler- surprise
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow-throated Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Palm Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Western Tanager
Painted Bunting
Alex Harper
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