A small group of Birders saw a lot of species today at Cedar Key even though the tide did not cooperate with us as low tide came in at 2:44pm and was only 2 inches lower than high tide. Once again the cemetery was great with 3 Great Horned Owls making an appearance. The Cedar Key count came in at 77 species. My car plus one finished the day at Goethe St. Forest in search of the Brown-Headed Nuthatch and Red Cockaded Woodpecker with great success. First pass through the forest we missed the side road for the WP and my car turned back for a second try, sorry the second car did not as we were treated to a lengthy viewing of the three RCWP foraging in the trees. Paul took many pictures that I hope he will share with all. The Woodpeckers were seen at aprox. 5pm (great light). What a great birding day!

Birds Seen Today:

Anhinga, Red-Winged Blackbird, Cardinal, Catbird, Carolina Chickadee, Cormorant, Brown-Headed Cowbird, Fish Crow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Ground Dove, Mourning Dove, Mallard, Bald Eagle, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Great-Crested Flycatcher, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Boat-Tail Grackle, Laughing Gull, Ring-Billed Gull, Red-Shouldered Hawk, Swallow-Tailed Kite, Osprey, Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, White Ibis, Blue Jay, Florida Scrub Jay, Belted Kingfisher, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Common Loon, Purple Martin, Mockingbird, Orchard Oriole, Great Horned Owl, American Oystercatcher, Brown Pelican, American White Pelican, Black Bellied Plover, Long-Billed Dowitcher, Short-Billed Dowitcher, Dunlin. Marbled Godwit, Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Willet, Black Skimmer, Common Snipe, European Starling, Barn Swallow, Northern Rough-Winged Swallow, Eastern Towhee, Ruddy Turnstone, Caspian Tern, Forster's Tern, Royal Tern, Brown Thrasher, Blue-Headed Vireo, Red-Eyed Vireo, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Black & White Warbler, Palm Warbler, Pine Warbler, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Yellow-Throated Warbler, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-Bellied Woodpecker And House Wren


Birds Heard Today:

Chuck-Will's Widow, Northern Parula Warbler, Northern Flicker, Carolina Wren And Marsh Wren

Goethe State Forest

Birds See Today:

Eastern Meadowlark, Brown Headed Nuthatch, Common Yellow-Throat, Downy Woodpecker And Red-Cockaded Woodpecker

Next up:
Moss Bluff-Rookery, Wednesday April 12, meet in front of Belk's 7:15am. Back to The Villages by noon or earlier, optional breakfast/lunch at the Dam Diner.