Lucky Hammock, Annex, Everglades National Park

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Posted by Alex Harper on 15:56:37 01/22/06

Paul Bithorn and I turned onto Aerojet Road at about 7:45 after we drove through "Flynn's". Between Lucky Hammock and the Annex, we saw two light morph Swainson's Hawks sitting in the fields, with another sitting on a nearby tree. Two Sandhill Cranes were out there as well.

The Annex was fairly quiet. The Bell's Vireo was seen on two occasions about forty-five minutes from eachother. Both times we saw it in the shrubs directly lined up with the "Bump Ahead" sign on the western side of the road. A dark-morph Short-tailed Hawk, three Purple Gallinules, both bunting species, and four American Goldfinches.

It was late when we arrived at Lucky Hammock, and the east wind was keeping birds low. A Krider's Red-tailed Hawk flew over the hammock and then a Peregrine Falcon started dive-bombing it! What a sight.

We then headed into The Park. After a bathroom break at Coe's Visitor Center, we headed onto Research Road. Instead of turning right on the T-intersection on Research Road, we went stright down to Hidden Lake, At gate 15, we got out and immediatly heard and briefly saw a Marsh Wren. Walking west, we found some flooded area containing many waders and some shorebirds. Killdeer, two American Golden-Plovers, one American Avocet, both yellowlegs and Long-billed Dowitchers were on the mud flats. A Bald Eagle and Peregrine Falcon also made appearances. A Marsh Wren or two called and flitted around the marsh for a couple minutes, giving it's blackbird-like call, but we were never able to get bins on it/them. Five White-tailed Deer were seen standing on the mound the mound to the west. It wasn't until later when I got home and spoke to Andy Bankert that I found out there is even more habitat and more birds on the north and west side of the mound.

Research Road had Short-tailed Hawks, the nominate race of Red-shouldered Hawk, two Eastern Bluebirds, at least four Brown-headed Nuthatches (this is a lifer, but I'm not sure if it's countable in The Park) and Pine Warblers.

A walk around Anhinga Trail and Gumbo Limbo produced almost nothing. The only new day birds were Anhinga and Black-and-white Warbler.

We had eighty-three species by 2:30, which is pretty good considering it was windy and we stayed inland.

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Comments:	: Paul Bithorn and I turned onto Aerojet Road at about 7:45 after we drove through "Flynn's". Between Lucky Hammock and the Annex, we saw two light morph Swainson's Hawks sitting in the fields, with another sitting on a nearby tree. Two Sandhill Cranes were out there as well. : : The Annex was fairly quiet. The Bell's Vireo was seen on two occasions about forty-five minutes from eachother. Both times we saw it in the shrubs directly lined up with the "Bump Ahead" sign on the western side of the road. A dark-morph Short-tailed Hawk, three Purple Gallinules, both bunting species, and four American Goldfinches. : : It was late when we arrived at Lucky Hammock, and the east wind was keeping birds low. A Krider's Red-tailed Hawk flew over the hammock and then a Peregrine Falcon started dive-bombing it! What a sight. : : We then headed into The Park. After a bathroom break at Coe's Visitor Center, we headed onto Research Road. Instead of turning right on the T-intersection on Research Road, we went stright down to Hidden Lake, At gate 15, we got out and immediatly heard and briefly saw a Marsh Wren. Walking west, we found some flooded area containing many waders and some shorebirds. Killdeer, two American Golden-Plovers, one American Avocet, both yellowlegs and Long-billed Dowitchers were on the mud flats. A Bald Eagle and Peregrine Falcon also made appearances. A Marsh Wren or two called and flitted around the marsh for a couple minutes, giving it's blackbird-like call, but we were never able to get bins on it/them. Five White-tailed Deer were seen standing on the mound the mound to the west. It wasn't until later when I got home and spoke to Andy Bankert that I found out there is even more habitat and more birds on the north and west side of the mound. : : Research Road had Short-tailed Hawks, the nominate race of Red-shouldered Hawk, two Eastern Bluebirds, at least four Brown-headed Nuthatches (this is a lifer, but I'm not sure if it's countable in The Park) and Pine Warblers. : : A walk around Anhinga Trail and Gumbo Limbo produced almost nothing. The only new day birds were Anhinga and Black-and-white Warbler. : : We had eighty-three species by 2:30, which is pretty good considering it was windy and we stayed inland.
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