Posted by Bill Boeringer on January 27, 2019 at 20:38:37
The TAS walk this morning looked like it might be a encore of last weekend's washout, but despite threatening skies we had no rain at all. Only 2 intrepid birders ignored the gray clouds and came out, but we enjoyed a nice morning's walk in the cool temperatures. The highlight was a spectacular show put on by NINE Blue-and-yellow Macaws which circled, screaming, just above and around us, for a solid 5 minutes, occasionally landing on palm trees. It's too bad everyone left their cameras home and dry! Nothing uncommon was seen during the trip, though we did end up with 7 warbler species. A likely Yellow-throated Vireo is not included: 2 of us heard a brief scold but we could never track the bird down, and did not hear enough of it. Our list: 5 Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Mourning Dove 1 Common Gallinule 1 Tricolored Heron 1 Green Heron 50 White Ibis 1 Black Vulture 12 Turkey Vulture 1 Cooper's Hawk 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 9 Blue-and-yellow Macaw 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue-headed Vireo 6 Blue Jay 29 Fish Crow 11 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Gray Catbird 5 Northern Mockingbird 3 European Starling 3 Common Grackle 1 Common Yellowthroat 3 American Redstart 2 Northern Parula 8 Palm Warbler 4 Pine Warbler 11 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 2 Northern Cardinal