Posted by John Boyd on March 08, 2020 at 12:37:39
Over 20 birders participated. The list includes a few easily seen species from between Florida City and ENP. Other than that, I haven't included anything seen/heard prior to the start of the walk. I may have missed a few species seen or heard by others during the walk. The winds reduced the overall total, but we had a good day anyway. In order, we visited the following locations: Coe Visitor's Center, Lucky Hammock, Anhinga and Gumbo Limbo Trails, Hidden Lake Road, Research Road, Long Pine Key (lunch), Mahogany Hammock, Paurotis Pond, Nine Mile Pond, West Lake, Mrazek Pond, Flamingo Visitor's Center, Eco Pond, and the Amphitheater and nearby shoreline at Flamingo. Some of us saw White-tailed Deer on Research Rd and Manatee at Flamingo. Mourning Dove Eurasian Collared-Dove Rock Pigeon Common Gallinule American Coot Purple Gallinule (a few at Anhinga Trail) Wood Stork Anhinga Double-crested Cormorant White Ibis Glossy Ibis Roseate Spoonbill American White Pelican Brown Pelican American Bittern Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Snowy Egret Green Heron American (Great) Egret Great Blue Heron Great White Heron (two at Flamingo) Black-necked Stilt (Eco Pond) American Avocet (Shoreline near Amphitheater) Marbled Godwit Western Willet Caspian Tern Laughing Gull Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Osprey Swallow-tailed Kite (double digits!) Northern Harrier Bald Eagle (3 or 4 locations) Red-shouldered Hawk Short-tailed Hawk (both morphs) Red-tailed Hawk Belted Kingfisher Pileated Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker (heard) American Kestrel La Sagra's Flycatcher (Hidden Lake Rd) Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe White-eyed Vireo Loggerhead Shrike Blue Jay American Crow Tree Swallow Purple Martin Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Northern House-Wren (heard) Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird House Sparrow Savannah Sparrow (heard at Missle Base) Eastern Towhee (heard during lunch) Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Boat-tailed Grackle Black-and-white Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Northern Parula Palm Warbler Pine Warbler Myrtle Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Northern Cardinal Indigo Bunting Painted Bunting