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Posted by Bryant Roberts on 21:47:58 02/18/14
In Reply to: Arthur Marshall & GC update posted by Justin Miller
The most interesting birds seen during a visit to the A. R. M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge this Sunday were a fly by Cave Swallow over the impoundments and a Black-throated Green Warbler along the boardwalk. A River Otter put on a good show while hunting in the pond behind the visitor center. A Palamedes Swallowtail behind the visitor center was the best butterfly seen that day and the annoying little grass skippers and yellows were surprisingly absent along the impoundment trails. Odonata provided the most interesting sightings with Cyrano Darners patrolling over the visitor center parking area and Furtive Forktails lurking around the boardwalk while Florida Baskettails flew low over the canals along the marsh trails.
Here are the boring details:
Birds identified on 2/16/14 at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Mottled Duck - 6
Blue-winged Teal - 40
Pied-billed Grebe - 2
Anhinga - 9
Great Blue Heron - 2
Great Egret - 18
Snowy Egret - 13
Little Blue Heron - 22
Tricolored Heron - 23
Cattle Egret - 13
White Ibis - 25
Glossy Ibis - 6
Black Vulture - 8
Turkey Vulture - 25
Osprey - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 3
Purple Gallinule - 2
Common Gallinule - 36
American Coot - 22
Limpkin - 25
Killdeer - 5
Mourning Dove - 10
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 3
Eastern Phoebe - 8
White-eyed Vireo - 2
Blue Jay - 3
Fish Crow - 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Tree Swallow - 50
Cave Swallow - 1
House Wren - 3
Carolina Wren - 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 12
American Robin - 55
Gray Catbird - 33
Northern Mockingbird - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 45
Northern Parula - 1
Palm Warbler - 30
Pine Warbler - 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 140
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 4
Northern Cardinal - 12
Red-winged Blackbird - 27
Common Grackle - 6
Boat-tailed Grackle 100
Butterflies identified on 2/16/14 at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes) - 1
Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea) - 2
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) - 23
Julia (Dryas iulia) - 4
Zebra (Heliconius charitonius) - 10
Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon) - 4
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) - 18
White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) - 15
Viceroy (Limenitis archippus) - 2
Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus) - 18
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) - 2
Soldier (Danaus eresimus) - 1
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus) - 2
Baracoa Skipper (Polites baracoa) 3
Dragonflies and Damselflies identified on 2/16/14 at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
Florida Bluet (Enallagma pollutum) - 2
Lilypad Forktail (Ischnura kellicotti) - 5
Furtive Forktail (Ischnura prognata) - 3
Rambur's Forktail (Ischnura ramburii) - 15
Common Green Darner (Anax junius) - 1
Cyrano Darner (Nasiaeschna pentacantha) - 2
Florida Baskettail (Epitheca stella) - 10
Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina) - 11
Scarlet Skimmer (Crocothemis servilia) - 3
Pin-tailed Pondhawk (Erythemis plebeja) - 1
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) - 40
Great Pondhawk (Erythemis vesiculosa) - 3
Band-winged Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata) - 25
Needham's Skimmer (Libellula needhami) 1
Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea) - 8
Hyacinth Glider (Miathyria marcella) - 10
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) - 18
Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) - 1
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) - 3
Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina) - 1
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