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Our birding group (9 people)
traveled north to the Celery Fields this morning. Our first stop was
the Fruitville Library parking lot, where we saw several Monk Parakeets
building their nests. We then traveled to Palmer Road and parked at the
Gazebo. The area to the right of the gazebo is roped off for all of the
earth construction going on.
We walked south on the pavement
along Palmer Road and eventually got onto the trail between the ponds.
We walked a good mile along this trail and returned the way we came, due
to the construction. We saw quite a few birds. Some highlights
included one immature Bald Eagle, several Barn Swallows (first of the
season), a Black-necked Stilt, several Limpkin, and a bunch of Savannah
Sparrows. On the way back to the gazebo, we saw two Sora near the south
end of the pond. We ate our lunch by Ackerman Pond, where we saw a
single Caspian Tern (black tip at end of red bill). Following is a list
of birds seen.
Location: Celery Fields Observation date: 3/18/10 Number of species: 43 Mottled Duck 6 Sora 2 Blue-winged Teal 25 Common Moorhen 10 Lesser Scaup 25 American Coot 60 Hooded Merganser 3 Limpkin 3 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Sandhill Crane 3 Brown Pelican 2 Black-necked Stilt 1 Double-crested Cormorant 8 Laughing Gull 24 Anhinga 2 Ring-billed Gull 5 Great Blue Heron 2 Caspian Tern 1 Great Egret 5 Forster’s Tern 3 Snowy Egret 3 Royal Tern 2 Little Blue Heron 4 Monk Parakeet 4 Tricolored Heron 3 Belted Kingfisher 1 Cattle Egret 2 Fish Crow 4 White Ibis 6 Purple Martin 2 Glossy Ibis 16 Tree Swallow 20 Roseate Spoonbill 1 Barn Swallow 3 Wood Stork 2 Palm Warbler 5 Black Vulture 2 Savannah Sparrow 8 Turkey Vulture 5 Red-winged Blackbird 5 Osprey 1 Boat-tailed Grackle 26 Bald Eagle 1
Following are a few images taken during our trip. (For a larger view, double click on the desired image.) |
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