We covered a lot of ground today. Our first stop was at the Nature Center. The feeders attracted many birds including nanday parakeet, painted bunting, and boat-tailed grackle. Other birds in the area included western cattle egret, purple martin, bald eagle, and loggerhead shrike (on …
This was our first time visiting the Venice Audubon Society Rookery. Some birds were nesting on the rookery island and we saw a double-crested cormorant with a juvenile in the nest. Other birds we saw included common gallinule, anhinga, bald eagle, black-crowned night heron, northern …
We started our Florida bird trip in Myakka River State Park. The first stop was Stop 16 near the bridge over the Wild and Scenic River. Some of the birds we identified there were red-shouldered hawk (pale South Florida phase), roseate spoonbill, red-bellied woodpecker, common …
Our next stop in Florida was Myakka River State Park in Sarasota and we picked up 36 species. We started in the Weir area on the southern part of the lake. Some of the birds we saw were limpkin, black-necked stilt, sandhill crane (two flying …
Our first stop on our Florida birding trip was The Celery Fields in Sarasota. It was also the stop that we counted the most species—45 of them. We started by the Nature Center where some of the birds we saw were boat-tailed grackle, painted bunting, …
