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Posted by David S. on 19:23:57 01/19/14
8 TAS members arrived at Crandon Park Beach at 7:30, but had to wait until 8:00 for the gates to open to get in. After meeting at the Nature Center, we waited for our trip leader until 8:30, then we decided to go on our own. We walked south along the beach from the nature Center to the roped-off bird sanctuary at Life Guard Station # 10. Most of the small shore birds were in the sanctuary. Competition from the high tides, the beach-cleaning machine , and bird-chasing dogs & kids made birding a challenge. We did find several of the banded Piping Plovers, though.
From there we went inland to Crandon Gardens, where we located a small Canada Goose in the northernmost large pond of the gardens. We concluded the closest match was a Cackling (or minimas race). It is not countable, according to John Boyd. Other species of birds observed were as follows:
Crandon Park Beach, Miami-Dade, US-FL
Jan 18, 2014 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Cool, winds- calm, Sunny
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: TAS field trip of Crandon Park Beach and Gardens
44 species (+1 other taxa)
Egyptian Goose
Muscovy Duck
Indian Peafowl Peacocks, Rooster
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Purple Gallinule
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover several were banded.
Killdeer
Sanderling
Dunlin
Least Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Royal Tern
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Fish Crow
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula
Palm Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Boat-tailed Grackle
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