Key West 10/26-29

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Posted by Alex Harper on 23:07:43 10/29/05

After cleaning up here after Wilma, I decided to go down to Key West with family to help out friends in Key West. In the early morning and afternoon I was able to loaf around the island for a while before going back to work (our friend's house flooded up to 18 inches). I birded Little Hamaca Park, Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, and Indigenous Park. Little Hamaca was only 2 minutes away on bike from our drive way. I ended up with 88 species, including 16 warbler species today.

Reddish Egret
Blue-winged Teal
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk; year bird- thanks to Mark Hedden
American Kesrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
White-crowned Pigeon
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Eastern Wood-pewee
Alder Flycatcher; gave "reee" call, usually heard on breeding grounds; life bird
Eastern Phoebe
Western Kingbird- two
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher- five; Little Hamaca (4) and Ft Zach (1)
Bell's Vireo; life bird; hung out with Orange-crowned Warbler for two days
Red-eyed Vireo
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow; Mexican race
Barn Swallow
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
Tennessee Warbler; at least five
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler; Little Hamaca and Ft Zach
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler; common at Ft Zach
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler; huge numbers; one eastern race at Ft Zach
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Summer Tanager
Clay-colored Sparrow; year bird- Little Hamaca
Savannah Sparrow; seen at all locations, even in city streets
Grasshopper Sparrow; two at Ft Zach
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Bobolink
Baltimore Oriole; two

Life is good... especially when Gadwall, American Avocet, and Franklin's Gulls (all potential life birds) are just 45 minutes away.

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Comments:	: After cleaning up here after Wilma, I decided to go down to Key West with family to help out friends in Key West. In the early morning and afternoon I was able to loaf around the island for a while before going back to work (our friend's house flooded up to 18 inches). I birded Little Hamaca Park, Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, and Indigenous Park. Little Hamaca was only 2 minutes away on bike from our drive way. I ended up with 88 species, including 16 warbler species today. : : Reddish Egret : Blue-winged Teal : Bald Eagle : Northern Harrier : Sharp-shinned Hawk : Cooper's Hawk : Broad-winged Hawk : Short-tailed Hawk : Swainson's Hawk; year bird- thanks to Mark Hedden : American Kesrel : Merlin : Peregrine Falcon : White-crowned Pigeon : Yellow-billed Cuckoo : Chimney Swift : Eastern Wood-pewee : Alder Flycatcher; gave "reee" call, usually heard on breeding grounds; life bird : Eastern Phoebe : Western Kingbird- two : Scissor-tailed Flycatcher- five; Little Hamaca (4) and Ft Zach (1) : Bell's Vireo; life bird; hung out with Orange-crowned Warbler for two days : Red-eyed Vireo : Tree Swallow : Northern Rough-winged Swallow : Cliff Swallow : Cave Swallow; Mexican race : Barn Swallow : House Wren : Blue-gray Gnatcatcher : Gray Catbird : Tennessee Warbler; at least five : Orange-crowned Warbler : Northern Parula : Yellow Warbler : Magnolia Warbler; Little Hamaca and Ft Zach : Black-throated Blue Warbler : Yellow-rumped Warbler : Black-throated Green Warbler; common at Ft Zach : Yellow-throated Warbler : Prairie Warbler : Palm Warbler; huge numbers; one eastern race at Ft Zach : Black-and-white Warbler : American Redstart : Ovenbird : Northern Waterthrush : Common Yellowthroat : Summer Tanager : Clay-colored Sparrow; year bird- Little Hamaca : Savannah Sparrow; seen at all locations, even in city streets : Grasshopper Sparrow; two at Ft Zach : Indigo Bunting : Painted Bunting : Bobolink : Baltimore Oriole; two : : Life is good... especially when Gadwall, American Avocet, and Franklin's Gulls (all potential life birds) are just 45 minutes away.
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