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Posted by Paul Bithorn on 11:25:18 08/21/05
Bruce Purdy, Juan Villamil and I headed north on Saturday, August 20, 2005, on a scouting mission for next Saturday's TAS field trip.The heat was oppressive at times with the car temperature gauge reaching 109 degrees at one point! Sixty-five species were seen in all.
Our first stop was the Holeyland/Rotenberger Tract on the Broward/Palm Beach County line. High waters continue to push many White-tailed Deer up on to the levee. A pair of Yellow-billed Cuckoos,Belted Kingfisher,Eastern Kingbird, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and Prairie Warbler were seen near the SFWMD structure near where the pavement turns to a dirt road. highlights.
The sod farms along US 27 had American Bittern,Yellow-crowned Night-Heron,Glossy Ibis,Mottled Ducks,King Rail,Purple Gallinule,Upland Sandpiper,Black-necked Stilts along with Bank,Barn and Cliff Swallows.
Heading west on CR 827 from US 27 Black Terns were found in a flooded field. Further west on SR 880 we found a field that was being drained and was loaded with shorebirds including Semi-palmated Plovers,Kildeer, Black-necked Stilts,Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Semi-palmated, Least, Pectoral and Stilt Sandpipers along with Short-billed Dowitchers.A trip to Browns Farm Road produced a juvenile Cooper's Hawk.
We headed back east of US 27 on CR 827 and picked up a single Least Bittern.The stand of Bald Cypress trees on the Miami Canal had seven Barn Owls and a Louisiana Waterthrush. After a belly full of BBQ at Sonny's in Clewiston we headed home and located a pair of Gull-billed Terns flying along the canal parallel to US 27. The birds landed on the levee and the adult fed a shiner to the juvenile.
Life is good............
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