The birds were out for us on this nice warm day for a boat ride as we logged 49 species including both Night Herons. Also present were 32 Manatee, some napping and some lunching and a quick glimpse of an Otter. Hope you all had a great time.

Birds Seen Today:

Wood Duck, Wild Turkey, Double-Crested Cormorant, Anhinga, American Bittern, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Cattle Egret, Green Heron, Black-Crowned Night-Heron, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron, White Ibis, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Red-Shouldered Hawk, Purple Gallinule, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Limpkin, Sandhill Crane, Mourning Dove, Belted Kingfisher, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, White-Eyed Vireo, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Yellow-Throated Warbler, Pine Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, N. Cardinal, Red-Winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Boat-Tailed Grackle And American Goldfinch

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Birds heard today:

Carolina Wren

NEXT UP:

Our first walk of 2007 will be to Sunnyhill on Friday, January 5, meet in Belk's parking lot 8 AM depart 8:15.

Many thanks to all who participated in this years CBC, hope you all had fun. You will receive the total report when received, around Feb 1.

Here are some totals done by areas covered by our members:

Area 10, Sunnyhill Interior, Norm Lantz's team: 53 species and 938 total birds.
Area 15, Ocklawaha River/Upper Lake Griffin by boat, Dick Rickards team: 47 species and 1133 total birds.
Area 14, Griffin View Rd. to Rt. 42, Barb Gay's team: 62 species and 1342 total birds.
Area 12, Rt. 42 to Moss Bluff, Paul Nistico's team: 60 species and 982 total birds.
Area 12a, E. exterior of Lake Weir to Rt. 25, Jim Dinsmore's team: 48 species and 293 total birds.
Area 9 The Villages & Water Oaks, Gene Eide's team: 75 species and 3611 total birds.