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Posted by Justin Miller on 09:46:28 01/02/13
On Saturday and Sunday I went out to a few locations throughout Palm Beach county and wanted to update what I spotted and where for those interested...
Started with Daggerwing Nature Center, where I spotted an ovenbird (possibly two) among some palm warblers and yellow-rumped warblers. Pileated woodpecker, osprey, moorhen, blue-grey gnatcatcher, and lots of palm warblers also spotted.
Went to Boca's South Inlet beach, and found lots of sanderlings, several laughing gulls, tons of ring-billed gulls, pelicans, and quite a few sandwich terns mixed in with a couple of royal terns.
Stopped by Gumbo Limbo next, and spotted a white-eyed vireo, yellow-crowned night herons, eastern phoebes, and little blue herons.
Went to Boynton Inlet to hunt down the rare wintering birds...no luck on razorbill this time, but did see several scoters at a distance, the common loon still hanging out in the boat dock basin with some nice closeup photos (and as an aside, a lovely pair of manatees that popped up in the boat basin right in front of me), then out on the fishing pier were quite a few ruddy turnstones.
At Green Cay Wetlands, lots of palm and yellow-rumped warblers, eastern phoebes, and painted buntings are present. Also spotted blue-headed vireos, blue-grey gnatcatchers, black-and-white warblers, and a lone indigo bunting. There are vast quantities of sora there now - well over 2 dozen. Also, purple swamphens confirmed to still be there - one came out in the open for 15 minutes or so witnessed by several dozen birders and photographers...I wonder if they're going to try to get them out of there? Kestrel, red-shouldered hawk, and cooper's hawk all present and prominent as well. Several belted kingfishers heard, but not seen - they must be staying well out in the middle.
At Wakodahatchee, sora also present in good numbers, northern harrier still hunting there regularly and flying over the wetlands, roseate spoonbill returned and was hanging out near the entrance, belted kingfishers also heard in the northern pond, neotropical cormorants still nesting on the north island with two present at the time, the wurdemann's/mix still nesting on the end of that same island. Black-bellied whistling ducks, blue-winged teals, mottled ducks, pied-billed grebes all present in good numbers. Common yellowthroats seem to be fairly populous at both Wako and GC right now.
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