Posted by Brian Rapoza on October 03, 2016 at 10:10:44
The following birds were tallied at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden yesterday, the final day of the festival: Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Cattle Egret, White Ibis, Solitary Sandpiper, Mourning Dove, Merlin, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Eastern Wood-Pewee, White-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, Fish Crow, Barn Swallow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Northern Mockingbird, Tennessee Warbler, Northern Parula, Cape May Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Prairie Warbler, American Redstart, Black-and-white Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Northern Cardinal, Boat-tailed Grackle and Common Grackle. If you were at yesterday's festival and saw birds not listed above, please post additional birds below.