Another HOT day in Florida but the birds were out for us with a day total of 45 species. If you have to pick a bird of the day mine would be the cute little Ovenbird that skulked along the side of the path but popped up on the low branch for all to see. He didn't seem to care that 30 people were admiring him. Thanks little Ovenbird! We followed up the mornings birding with a nice lunch & conversation at Gator Joe's, where more birds joined us.
Birds Seen Today:
Mallard, Wild Turkey, Pied-Billed Grebe, Double-Crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Sandhill Crane, Ring-Billed Gull, Forster's Tern, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Mourning Dove, Belted Kingfisher, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, White-Eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Fish Crow, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Hermit Thrush, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Black-And-White Warbler, Ovenbird, Northern Cardinal, Boat-Tailed Grackle And Brown-Headed Cowbird
Birds Heard Today:
Northern Flicker, Eastern Bluebird And Eastern Towhee
Next Up:
Cedar Key (one of our best venues), Friday November 6, meet at Wal-Mart on Rt. 466 at 6:30 am. This is a full day with lunch in Cedar Key. If anyone wants to stop at Goethe St. Forest, on the return trip, for the Brown-headed Nuthatch just let me know before we leave Cedar Key.
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