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Birding in the Everglades and Lucky Hammock
Posted by Luis Gonzalez
over 6 years ago
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Yesterday I spent the day birding the Everglades with a friend and it wasn't the best day for it. Outside of some unexpected White-tailed Deer in Research Road, and lifers in the form of Blue-headed Vireo in West Lake and Marbled Godwit in Flamingo, both showing after midday once it finally warmed up, I'd the day was average to good but not great.
However a stop in Lucky Hammock yielded some great birds in the form of multiple Scissor-tailed FLycatchers, one Western Kingbird, and a local rarity in a Tropical Kingbird.
I left a link with a picture of the Kingibird in case that Brian wants to confirm the rarity like eBird did.
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How did you eliminate Couch's? Did it call? The bill on this bird would be on the smaller end for Tropical to my eye, but that is only an indication and not definitive.
The Lucky Hammock Tropical Kingbird has been present since November and has been confirmed by vocalizations, most recently on 1/22/18: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S42222645
Ok thanks. The bill looks more "normal" for TRKI in the photo in the eBird link, so assuming it is the same bird, the difference can probably be explained by photo angle.
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