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Posted by Alex Harper on 20:21:57 04/21/14
Bill Baggs Cape Florida was very birdy this afternoon. Between 4:15 and 7:30, I came up with a number of migratory species, including fourteen warbler species. Robin gave me the lowdown on the best locations in the park. I started at Area A (first left once entering the park) before parking at No Name Harbor and walking south along the nature trail to the lighthouse and back. Several fruiting ficus trees in these areas may contain up to twenty-five birds at a time. Migrants could be found everywhere. Blackpoll Warbler was the most abundant bird; normally a bird found in the upper levels of trees, they could be found feeding near the ground and in secondary growth anywhere in the park.
Merlin- still snacking on male Blackpoll Warblers
Barn Swallow- 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo- 5
Gray Catbird- 25
Ovenbird- 16
Worm-eating Warbler- 4
Prothonotary Warbler- 1(just outside of the bathrooms between nature trail and bike trail)
Northern Waterthrush- 4
Hooded Warbler- 1 (south end of the nature trail)
Black-and-white Warbler- 15
Common Yellowthroat- 45
American Redstart- 30
Cape May Warbler- 115+
Northern Parula- 20
Blackpoll Warbler- 175+
Black-throated Blue Warbler- 45
Palm Warbler- 23
Prairie Warbler- 25
Indigo Bunting- 18
Painted Bunting- 3
Scarlet Tanager- 1 (male in fruiting fig beside revolving gate to lighthouse area)
Blue Grosbeak- 2
Bobolink- 1 (male on the No Name Harbor mound)
Alex Harper
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