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Posted by Brian Rapoza on 13:54:08 10/06/13
Sixteen birders, including several out-of-state birders, joined me for today's TAS walk at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park. Shortly after the walk began, I received a call from Robin Diaz, who reported that a Sharp-shinned Hawk had just been banded at the park's banding station. The hawk was brought out for the group to photograph and to witness its release. Robin gave the group a tour of the banding station's open area nets, after which a just-banded Ovenbird was brought out for the group to see.
It seems that last night's clear weather allowed most migrants to depart overnight, as we found only scattered migrants during our walk, which took us south along the nature trail to the lighthouse, then back to No Name Harbor via the bike path. here's what we saw:
Magnificent Frigatebird
White Ibis
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Merlin
Common Ground-Dove
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Tree Swallow
Swallow sp. (fuzzy photographs taken, either Cave or Cliff)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Parula
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Painted Bunting
Bobolink (heard overhead)
Northern Cardinal
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