Bird walk report - Ponce Inlet
Date: Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008
Great to get to the Atlantic Ocean again with 47 species seen, and the weatherman warmed things up for us. Once again a great day of birding but missing all the ducks seen on the Halifax river last year. This trip delivered a first for the club as amongst the swarm of birds diving around the fishing boat at sea was a Pomarine Jaeger. The Purple Sandpiper was a no show. Also a gull that has been questioned, sorry no picture was taken. I I.D.ed it as a Lesser Black-backed Gull but John Affleck thinks it was a California Gull as he is certain that the gull had a black spot on the end of it's bill, both gulls are the same size. I did not see this and this bird was darker gray than the California. I don't know if a California Gull has ever been seen in Florida, I will have to do my homework, but at this time my call is the Lesser Black-backed Gull. I would sure like John to be right as this would bring in birders from all over the country. But with out a picture we are at a stand still unless another birder see's it and posts it on the web site. If there is a correction I will send it out to all. How fun is this! Birds Seen Today: Brown Pelican, Double-Crested Cormorant, Anhinga, Magnificent Frigatebird, Northern Gannet, Pomarine Jaeger, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Cattle Egret, Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron, White Ibis, Wood Stork, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Red-Shouldered Hawk, Red-Tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Sandhill Crane, Black-Bellied Plover, Killdeer, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Dunlin, Laughing Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, Ring-Billed Gull, Lesser Black-Back Gull, Great Black-Backed Gull, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Forster's Tern, Black Skimmer, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collard-Dove, Mourning Dove, American Crow, Fish Crow, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Palm Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Red-Winged Blackbird And Boat-Tailed Grackle
Next Up This years Christmas Bird Count will be held on Monday Dec. 15th. Thanks to all participants and have fun! |