Posted by Trey Mitchell on December 26, 2016 at 00:47:26
I covered Cutler Wetland, Sadowski and the Canoe Launch Judd covered Palmetto Bay Village and Lakes by the Bay Park We both finish around noon. I just realized I have to fill out a FLORIDA CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT DOCUMENTATION FORM for the Black Scoters. 15 Muscovy Duck 3 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (new for Count???) 2 Egyptian Goose 5 Wood Stork 5 Mallard 4 Mottled Duck 1 Blue-winged Teal 5 Black Scoter *** 8 Pied-billed Grebe 4 Brown Pelican 22 Double-crested Cormorant 4 Anhinga 1 American Bittern 1 Great Blue Heron 4 Great Egret 2 Snowy Egret 7 Little Blue Heron 5 Tricolored Heron 184 Cattle Egret 2 Green Heron 293 White Ibis 7 Glossy Ibis 23 Black Vulture 196 Turkey Vulture 3 Osprey 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 American Kestrel 4 King Rail 1 Sora 3 Common Gallinule 5 American Coot 21 Killdeer 3 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Royal Tern 3 Rock Pigeon 2 White-crowned Pigeon 3 Eurasian Collared-Dove 19 Mourning Dove 2 Common Ground-Dove 4 Monk Parakeet 1 Barn Owl 1 Eastern Screech-Owl 1 Chuck-will's-widow 6 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 10 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 3 Eastern Phoebe 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Loggerhead Shrike 2 White-eyed Vireo 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 2 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 25 Fish Crow 2 House Wren 49 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 20 Gray Catbird 7 Northern Mockingbird 67 European Starling 1 Common Myna 5 Northern Parula 1 Yellow Warbler 8 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Cape May Warbler 8 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Yellow-throated Warbler 9 Pine Warbler 29 Palm Warbler 4 American Redstart 1 Northern Waterthrush 18 Common Yellowthroat 13 Northern Cardinal 18 Red-winged Blackbird 35 Common Grackle 2 Boat-tailed Grackle 3 House Sparrow 1 Indian Peafowl 2 Domestic goose sp. 2 Yellow-chevroned Parakeet 3 Blue-and-yellow Macaw 25 Mitred/Red-masked Parakeet 1281 Total 85 Species