Posted by Rangel Diaz on October 15, 2015 at 01:48:19
I have been working for Parks and Rec since 2006 but in 2011 I started an annual tradition of doing a big day in October at the park I worked. My first year got me 50 birds at Crandon. Then 55, and finally 60 (I lived in NC during Oct 2014). Today I set out to to give it a go at Deering Estate. I started at 6:15am and by noon hit 70! At that point I went to lunch and got back at one to try for a couple species I knew were around but were just being difficult. Unfortunately, I got caught in the rain and was technically scheduled to start work at 2pm but not before I got three more species. I finally left the park at 7:30pm and on the way out picked up #74 - Chuck-will's-widow (73 were ABA countable - sorry Scaly-breasted Munia)! With enough time and effort, 80 species is definitely a possibility at this location. 1. Blue-winged Teal 2. Double-crested Cormorant 3. Brown Pelican 4. Great Blue Heron 5. Great Egret 6. Snowy Egret 7. Little Blue Heron 8. Tricolored Heron 9. Reddish Egret (first for me at the estate) 10. Cattle Egret 11. Green Heron 12. Black-crowned Night-Heron 13. White Ibis 14. Glossy Ibis 15. Black Vulture 16. Turkey Vulture 17. Osprey 18. Short-tailed Hawk 19. Northern Harrier 20. Sharp-shinned Hawk 21. Cooper's Hawk 22. Broad-winged Hawk 23. Black-bellied Plover (first for me at the estate) 24. Spotted Sandpiper 25. Laughing Gull 26. Caspian Tern 27. White-crowned Pigeon 28. White-winged Dove 29. Mourning Dove 30. Eastern Screech-Owl 31. Chuck-will's-widow 32. Chimney Swift 33. Ruby-throated Hummingbird 34. Belted Kingfisher 35. Red-bellied Woodpecker 36. Downy Woodpecker 37. Northern Flicker 38. Pileated Woodpecker 39. American Kestrel 40. Peregrine Falcon 41. White-eyed Vireo 42. Yellow-throated Vireo 43. Red-eyed Vireo 44. Blue Jay 45. Fish Crow 46. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 47. Gray-cheeked Thrush (first for me at the estate) 48. Swainson's Thrush 49. Gray Catbird 50. Northern Mockingbird 51. European Starling 52. Ovenbird 53. Worm-eating Warbler 54. Northern Waterthrush 55. Black-and-white Warbler 56. Tennessee Warbler 57. Common Yellowthroat 58. Hooded Warbler (first for me at the estate) 59. American Redstart 60. Northern Parula 61. Magnolia Warbler 62. Black-throated Blue Warbler 63 Palm Warbler 64. Pine Warbler 65. Prairie Warbler 66. Yellow-throated Warbler 67. Summer Tanager 68. Scarlet Tanager (first for me at the estate) 69. Northern Cardinal 70. Rose-breasted Grosbeak 71. Indigo Bunting 72. Common Grackle 73. Boat-tailed Grackle 74. Scaly-breasted Munia Yep, that's two thrushes, two tanagers, three vireos, a grosbeak, a bunting and 15 warblers!