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Posted by Alex Harper on 16:18:24 09/03/05
Today, several birders assembled at 7:30 at the Miami Seaquariam Parkinglot. This TAS walk was going to be held at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on Key Biscayne. A little after 8:00, we were in the park and ready for a morning of migrating passerines. We parked at No Name Harbor, and walked a circle around the Pond Trail then down to the Bike Bath. Our group somehow splintered into two smaller groups. Here are some of the more notable birds and migrants:
Reddish Egret
Cooper's Hawk
Osprey- at least ten (one group consisted of eight)
Spotted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Ruddy Turnstone
Common Ground-dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Great-crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Bank Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Brown Thrasher
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Bobolink
After everyone headed off home and to Barnes, Paul Bithorn, Bruce Purdy, and I wandered around Virginia Key.
On Virgina Key Beach Road, we found some rock pits full of shorebirds:
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs- three
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Then it was off to A.D. Barnes. The north part of the park was hopping even at mid day...
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Wood-pewee- near the fountain
Red-eyed Vireo- everywhere
Tufted Titmouse
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Swainson's Thrush- boardwalk
Tennessee Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler- boardwalk
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush- boardwalk
Baltmore Oriole
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