It's really to bad we only had 4 driver's and 16 people sign up for this special event as Ocklawaha Prairie is a special place and it would be nice to put it on the winter calendar as more birds arrive. St. John's Water Management will only give us a permit for 6 vehicles to enter at a time, but I determined today that any car can drive it with ease as long as we enter through the 100th St. entrance. We can take two trips, an A.M. and a P.M. so 48 people could be on this trip. If this is to be scheduled again in the future we need better participation so please let Steve Norton (chairman: Bird Walk/Special Event Committee) know. You can email him at : stevador75@earthlink.net . Today's folks were treated to 46 species and our first of the season Robins, and those who continued on after the board-walk viewed a beautiful Baltimore Oriole. What a great day at the Prairie!

Birds Seen Today:

Lesser Scaup, Pied-Billed Grebe, Double-Crested Cormorant, Anhinga, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, White Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Red-Shouldered Hawk, Red-Tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Sandhill Crane, Mourning Dove, Belted Kingfisher, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Blue Jay, Tree Swallow, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Palm Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Swamp Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-Winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Boat-Tailed Grackle And Baltimore Oriole

Birds Heard Today:

Pileated Woodpecker, Carolina Chickadee, and Carolina Wren.

Next up:

Sable Bluff, Friday Nov. 17, meet at Belk's parking lot 7:30 am. This is a new location for the club and is located on the southeastern shore of Lake Griffin off of Hwy. 441 in Leesburg.