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 Tern
238) Brown Booby
239) Cory's Shearwater
240) Bridled Tern
241) Pomarine Jaeger
242) Brown Noddy
243) Mississippi Kite
Stopped by at Bill Baggs State Park for some warbler migration. It was a nine warbler species day. Three more birds added to the year list.
Bill Baggs State Park (9/14/08)
244) Cape May Warbler
245) Black-throated Blue Warbler
246) Canada Warbler
I passed by the Annex Tuesday afternoon, after hearing that migration was really heating up in the extreme southern part of the county. Birds seen include Northern Flicker, Great Crested Flycatcher, Gray Kingbird, Prairie Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Northern Parula, and a beautiful male Baltimore Oriole.
The Annex (9/16/08)
247) Baltimore Oriole
I visited Castellow Hammock in the late morning hours to look for migrant warblers and hummingbirds in particular. I was not disappointed with the hummingbirds, as there were three feeding in the firebushes in front of the nature center. Migrant birds were few and far between, with Red-eyed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and Northern Parula being the most numerous. Ovenbird, American Redstart, Yellow-throated Vireo, and White-eyed Vireo rounded out the lot.
Castellow Hammock (9/17/08)
248) Ruby-throated Hummingbird
I made a plan to go to the C-111E Canal area in the Southern Glades Wildlife Trail just south of Florida City/Homestead Friday morning. I got up very early to make it there on time to have a couple of hours of birding before I had to head back to Miami for classes. As promised, this spot was very birdy with 4 species of flycatcher, 8 species of warbler, 3 species of raptor, Belted Kingfisher, Blue Grosbeak, Common Ground-dove, and many others represented. I had a great time birding this spot.
Southern Glades Wildlife Trail, C-111E Canal (9/19/08)
249) Hooded Warbler
250) Alder Flycatcher
251) Blue Grosbeak
252) Northern Harrier
Miami-Dade Pelagic Trip (9/13/08)
236) Red-necked Phalarope
237) Sooty Tern
238) Brown Booby
239) Cory's Shearwater
240) Bridled Tern
241) Pomarine Jaeger
242) Brown Noddy
243) Mississippi Kite
Stopped by at Bill Baggs State Park for some warbler migration. It was a nine warbler species day. Three more birds added to the year list.
Bill Baggs State Park (9/14/08)
244) Cape May Warbler
245) Black-throated Blue Warbler
246) Canada Warbler
I passed by the Annex Tuesday afternoon, after hearing that migration was really heating up in the extreme southern part of the county. Birds seen include Northern Flicker, Great Crested Flycatcher, Gray Kingbird, Prairie Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Northern Parula, and a beautiful male Baltimore Oriole.
The Annex (9/16/08)
247) Baltimore Oriole
I visited Castellow Hammock in the late morning hours to look for migrant warblers and hummingbirds in particular. I was not disappointed with the hummingbirds, as there were three feeding in the firebushes in front of the nature center. Migrant birds were few and far between, with Red-eyed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and Northern Parula being the most numerous. Ovenbird, American Redstart, Yellow-throated Vireo, and White-eyed Vireo rounded out the lot.
Castellow Hammock (9/17/08)
248) Ruby-throated Hummingbird
I made a plan to go to the C-111E Canal area in the Southern Glades Wildlife Trail just south of Florida City/Homestead Friday morning. I got up very early to make it there on time to have a couple of hours of birding before I had to head back to Miami for classes. As promised, this spot was very birdy with 4 species of flycatcher, 8 species of warbler, 3 species of raptor, Belted Kingfisher, Blue Grosbeak, Common Ground-dove, and many others represented. I had a great time birding this spot.
Southern Glades Wildlife Trail, C-111E Canal (9/19/08)
249) Hooded Warbler
250) Alder Flycatcher
251) Blue Grosbeak
252) Northern Harrier
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