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Posted by Marcello Gomes on 09:29:34 06/26/13
Last week I went to Riverbend Park in Jupiter. The park is 8 miles from the coast and I was surprised to see a seemingly pair of Black-whiskered Vireos flying back and forth from tree to tree on the south end of Reese trail. I have done some homework here and checked the very informative Florida Bird Atlas and I did not see an indication of possible nesting for this species there. I am aware that the first Florida Bird Atlas was done awhile back and they may be working on a more updated version - yeah! At any rate, it was great to have witnessed the one bird collecting nesting material ( spider web and what seems to be plant material or some type of man-made fibers. I have read that in Puerto Rico they have done research and they indicate the female being the nest builder - under HABITS below if you wish.
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/elyunque/learning/nature-science/?cid=fsbdev3_042996
The little that I know about birds is that most all the singing is usually done by males. I captured a picture of the bird without any nesting material and it was the one doing the singing. I thought it was a great find because I have been told that Red-eyed vireos can be found there but there has been NO reports of Black-whsikered vireos at that location. I have been back there a few times this weekend and this past Monday and I have had no luck encountering them again...could they be nesting? I don't know!
I have also added a few other birds I found around my area: Bronzed Cowbird (male and female) - You will see a courtship flight where the male is hovering and within that picture you can see two others (shows the red eye and the female) around Lake Osborne area in Lake Worth.
Got an interesting looking Red-tailed Hawk. It looks like awfully white and it does look like it is young and it is molting feathers (seen at Three Lakes Wildlife Management area - south-central Florida. On the way home I Had 2 Crested Caracaras right next to each other.
Not usually lucky with owls but had a Barred Owl hunting at 2 pm at JW Corbett and a Burrowing Owl with a cricket at the FAU campus in Boca.
Let me know if you have any further questions.
Marcello
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