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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    I have not been able to bird as much as I'd like in the month of December, but I still got several great birds during this month. Perhaps the last bird of the year will be this one, American Woodcock, found during a Christmas Bird Count in the state. Everglades National Park (12/22/08) 344)...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    I haven't been birding all month due to final exams. This weekend, I decided to take a little break and bird the Treasure/Space Coast and participate in the Merritt Island CBC. I picked up 11 more birds on this mini-trip: Pelican Island NWR (12/14/08) 333) Virginia Rail 334) Common Loon 335)...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    This Thanksgiving weekend turned into a big birding weekend for me! On Friday, I headed off to Lucky Hammock before first light and got three life/year birds. At noon, I was at Cutler Wetlands where I picked up another bird. Nearby at Black Point, I got another one. At twilight at Dump Marsh, I...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    Today, I went to the Miami Canal Area and Stormwater Treatment Area 5. My primary goal was to concentrate on the waterfowl. I also saw a pair of the exotic, invasive Purple Swamphen. I added three new birds to my year list: Miami Canal (11/15/08) 310) Red-tailed Hawk Stormwater Treatment Area...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    On the first of November, Peter (a British birder) and I decided to head off to Lucky Hammock in search of sparrows, chat, and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Although we got neither the chat or the flycatcher, we had an amazing day. Our first bird was a Swainson's Hawk, a rare migrant in extreme...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    Birding this morning at Bill Baggs State Park produced several raptor and warbler species, plus a migrant Ruby-throated Hummingbird and a Hermit Thrush - a very rare wintering bird for South Florida! Bill Baggs State Park (10/21/08) 291) Hermit Thrush Just south of the Fort Lauderdale...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    Had a great birding weekend! I went on a Tropical Audubon Society walk on Saturday to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary and Fort Myers Beach. On Government Road in Broward County, we saw many Crested Caracara, Mottled Duck, Sandhill Crane, Wild Turkey, Roseate Spoonbill, Belted Kingfisher, and most of...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    Thursday was a very strange day, but a very productive birding day! I had classes cancelled for the afternoon, so I decided to spend the extra time doing a second round of birding. I went to two parks I usually do not visit -- Bill Sadowski and Kendall Indian Hammock Park. Got four new year/life...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    September 20th was the North American Migration Count. I decided to participate in the Matheson Hammock County Park portion of the walk. Throughout the park, we managed to see 59 different species of bird, including six species of raptor, ten species of migrant warbler, six species of shorebird...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    My first ever pelagic trip was a great success today. I left in the morning from Crandon Marina with four other intrepid birders to the waters around the Fowey Rocks Lighthouse. I got eight life/year birds added to my list! Miami-Dade Pelagic Trip (9/13/08) 236) Red-necked Phalarope 237) Sooty...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    A morning stop at Matheson Hammock before class produced a great life warbler along the first puddle on the trail: Matheson Hammock Park (9/4/08) 232) Kentucky Warbler A trip Friday afternoon to Crandon Beach Park produced many shorebirds, terns, cormorants, and gulls. Among the Laughing and...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    Today, I went along with the Tropical Audubon Society to the Palm Beach Everglades Agricultural Area. I had a great time and got a lot of lifer/year birds! I believe the bird of the day was a pair of Wilson's Phalaropes and an American Golden-plover. There were about 18 different shorebirds seen...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    Went to Marco Island -- Tigertail Beach with a fellow birder to see how shorebird migration is going here in Florida. We tallied 15 species of shorebird, 2 species of tern, Reddish Egret, and Black Skimmers among others in just a little over an hour of birding. Added four more birds to my year...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    Went to Crandon Park Beach early afternoon to see what the storm (Tropical Storm Fay) blew in. It was still quite windy with distant squalls, so the birding was very quick. However, it was very productive as I saw American Avocet, nearly a hundred Royal Tern, Magnificent Frigatebird, Black...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    What a difference a couple months of rain makes to this portion of the Everglades from bone dry prairie to extensive shallow marshland. Birds are also very different, with lower numbers of Red-winged Blackbirds and no Eastern Meadowlarks found. On the other hand, Loggerhead Shrike and Northern...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    I spent a little over an hour today at Cutler Wetlands. Migration is definitely underway here in South Florida, as a good variety of shorebirds were present at this migration stop. American Avocet, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Short-billed Dowitcher, Black-necked Stilt, and "peeps"/"stints"...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    My fourth day of birding was spent at La Macanilla, a moist foothill forest, which is considerably drier and warmer than Rancho Grande at Henri Pittier. My grandparents, Italian immigrants, built there home in this area which was originally extensive and beautiful forest habitat. Now, it is...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    My second and third days of birding were spent at Rancho Grande Biological Station at Henri Pittier National Park. I basically spent one afternoon and one early morning, birding mainly around the building's terrace and surrounding area. Do NOT visit this place in July like I did -- it is the...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    I was in Venezuela visiting family from July 7 to July 22, 2008. I managed to do a little bit of birding during the two weeks I was there. However, I got no where near as many species as I would have liked to have seen. My first day of birding was on July 12 at Parque del Este in Caracas. This...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    Today, I drove all the way up to Lake Kissimmee State Park to see all the birds we normally do not get in South Florida. The results were mixed. I missed out on Bald Eagle, Crested Caracara, Wood Duck, and Wild Turkey. Amusingly, I did manage to see all the smaller passerine target species on my...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    A very hot day at Matheson Hammock Park, a coastal park featuring mostly coastal beach and mangrove habitat. It was a slow day for birding, producing only a couple of gulls, a Magnificent Frigatebird, a Brown Pelican, and a couple dozen Double-crested Cormorants. As far as land birds go, there...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    Loxahatchee is a little north of the Green Cay/Wakodahatchee Wetlands. It features a boardwalk running through some old, Spanish moss covered cypress trees. The forest was absolutely overrun with woodpeckers, mostly Red-bellied Woodpeckers. I also saw my first Downy and Pileated Woodpeckers of...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    Green Cay and Wakodahatchee Wetlands, May 19, 2008 (amazing birding at both of these locations!) 89) Glossy Ibis 90) Spotted Sandpiper 91) Mottled Duck 92) Limpkin 93) Least Tern 94) Purple Martin 95) Purple Gallinule 96) Solitary Sandpiper 97) Sora 98) Black-bellied Whistling-duck Green Cay and...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    Birded with the local Audubon Society into Big Cypress Preserve, again, hoping to see a Pileated Woodpecker among other birds. No Pileated Woodpecker, but did manage to add six more species to my year list. The most exciting birds on this trip included close-up views of Barred Owl, which perched...
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    csanchez7's 2008 list

    Birded Bill Baggs State Park on Key Biscayne late in the morning and early afternoon. Not the best time to be out birding, but still productive. Seven more new species to my year list: Bill Baggs State Park (5/14/08) 76) Common Ground-dove 77) American Redstart 78) Chimney Swift 79) Connecticut...
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