We started along Beach Road in the afternoon. We saw along this road turkey vulture, great egret, snowy egret, great blue heron, double-crested cormorant, lesser yellowlegs, and laughing gull. We spent a little time near the area of the Tom’s Cove Visitor’s Center and found …
We spent the day throughout the refuge and covered seven areas. Near the Visitor’s Center, we identified northern cardinal, blue jay, northern flicker, and gray catbird. We picked up the most species (20) in Raymond Pool including American avocet (more than 100), lesser yellowlegs, northern …
We covered three areas of the park this morning. First, we went to The Point area below the parking lot. The tide was low and there were hundreds of laughing gulls on the mudflats. Some of the other birds we saw there were semipalmated sandpiper, …
Our second stop in Palm Harbor today was Wall Springs Park. We walked along several trails including a climb to the top of the observation deck. Some of the birds we saw included little blue heron, brown pelican, bald eagle, osprey, great blue heron, white …
This was our second trip to in three days to Largo Central Park Nature Preserve. We took mostly the same trails along the boardwalk around the pond and then the trail by the creek and around past the golf course to the shortcut to the …
We went to Honeymoon Island State Park and birded in three areas. The first stop was the Nature Center area. The tide was very low but some of the birds we identified included American white pelican, tricolored heron, yellow-rumped warbler, red-breasted merganser, killdeer, roseate spoonbill, …
After our morning trip to Largo, we spent part of the afternoon walking along the Dunedin Causeway from near the hotel by Alt.19 to just over the far end of the bridge. We also walked through a small park on the south side of the …
We visited Fort De Soto Park. Birding was not as good as in previous years—the Bay Pier was closed for renovations, the East Tip Turnaround was mobbed with vehicles and people for a kite-surfing festival, and it was very windy. The first of our four …
Our first stop was at the Indian River Inlet. The tide was about halfway between low and high and was coming in. We saw a flock of about 20 Bonaparte’s gulls in the inlet on the west side of the bridge. Other birds seen in …
Our first stop at the Visitor’s Center yielded only five species: turkey vulture, American crow, house finch, Carolina wren, and tufted titmouse. The Leeds Eco-Trail only yielded blue jay and American crow. We identified 24 species along Wildlife Drive. The two highlights were a flock …
