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Posted by Marcello Gomes on 20:31:05 03/19/13
This past Sunday, i joined the Audubon Society of the Everglades on my first organized trip with them from 8-12. It was worthwhile every second of it. Linda Humphries did a terrific job as always organizing the logistics of the trip. Chuck Webber, expertly led the group and spotted lots and lots of good birds. He without hesitation gladly shared his scope with the group and had answers on the tip of his tongue. I was impressed with his vast knowledge about birds!
The day was started mostly cloudy and the bird count was hovering around the 70 mark. We saw the following:
Whistling Ducks: Black-bellied (dozen or so)
Fulvous Whistling Ducks - 6 flying. * There was one of them at the last leg of the tour that i photographed and Chuck Webber remarked an unusual looking individual - It might be a hybrid of some sort that we haven't figure it out - experts around? With a head being mostly white makes me wonder if it is a hybrid with a white-faced Whistling duck
American Avocet - few pairs
Tons of American Coots
Anhingas
Some killdeers in flight
2 Bald Eagles - A few years from full maturity
American Bittern
Gray Catbird
DC Cormorant
Fish Crow
Long & Short-billed Dowitchers (lots of it)
Mottled Duck
Egrets and Herons abundant of course ( did not see Cattle Egret, Reddish Egret, or Yellow-crowned Night Heron). About a dozen Black-crowned Night Heron
Common Gallinule
Purple Swamphen
PB Grebe
BT Grackle
Red-tailed Hawk
Osprey
White and Glossy Ibis
Eastern Meadowlark
American and Brown Pelicans
Eastern Phoebe
Snail Kites -a few
Northern Shoveler ( dozen or so both M&F)
Black Skimmer - 100's
Sparrows - Grasshopper, Savannah, & Swamp
Roseate Spoonbills - Half a dozen or so
Swallows: Northern-rough winged and Tree
Teals: Green & Blue - some
Terns: Royal, Caspian, Forster's Gull-billed (all stages), possible Common
Eastern Towhee - heard
Vultures:Turkey and Black
Palm Warblers
Marsh Wren - heard
Yellowlegs: Lesser and Greater - some
Common Yellowthroat - adults and juveniles
Black-necked Stilts - many
There were some other types of Sandpipers and i am sure a few others.
The above is what i got from my trip. I apologize in advance if there is something wrong with my report. I am thankful for Linda Humphries for organizing a great trip to STA-1E and Chuck Webber for his terrific guidance on the trip - he knows that place like the palm of his hands!
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