STA-5 Birding 02/18/2006


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Posted by Vince Lucas on 21:06:32 02/18/06

All:

Six or so birders made the trek from the Naples/Ft. Myers area to STA-5 today to do some birding at the impoundments there. We saw some great birds at STA-5 as well as some others, both going to STA-5 and on the return home. Here is our day list. Others who were there (30+ photographers I'm told) may wish to add any additions or corrections. These birds will be posted to the GBBC website as well.

(Hendry County) STA-5 birds (includes birds seen on Blumberg Rd. as well)

Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican (>25)
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (10)
Fulvous Whistling-Duck (>1000)
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail (>25)
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck (>10)
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk (1)
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk (2)
American Kestrel
Purple Swamphen (>20)
Purple Gallinule (>6)
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt (2)
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher (>40)
Wilson's Snipe (1)
Caspian Tern (1)
Black Skimmer (3)
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove (>15)
Belted Kingfisher
Loggerhead Shrike
American Crow
Purple Martin (1)
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow (>6)
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Painted Bunting (1)
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird


Seen on CR 835 after heading west from Blumberg Rd. going toward CR833 (Hendry County)

Snail Kite (1)
Peregrine Falcon (1) at the L-1 Canal
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (6) at the L-1 Canal
Crested Caracara (2)


Seen on CR833 before its intersection with CR846 (Hendry County)

Limpkin (8)
Sandhill Crane (2)
Crested Caracara (4)


Seen on the north-south leg of CR 858 (Collier County):

Western Kingbird (3)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (3)
Vermilion Flycatcher (0)

Seen on the east-west leg of CR 858 (Collier County)

Roseate Spoonbill (5)
Northern Pintail (8)
American White Pelican (2)
Sandhill Crane (heard)
Eastern Meadowlark (heard)

A great morning of birding!



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