Tropical Audubon Society

South Florida’s Voice of Conservation

I birded Bill Baggs SP this morning with Nico Salino. We had an excellent morning starting out in the swampy area behind the lighthouse compound where we had 3 thrush species (Veery, Swainson's Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's) and a nice Connecticut Warbler walking around.

We then moved over to the nature trail where we had 2 Red-eyed Vireos near the south end of the trail and were shocked to see a Mississippi Kite circling not far above about mid-way down the nature trail. We found another Connecticut Warbler just before the grassy mound and enjoyed nice numbers of warblers and Yellow-billed Cuckoos throughout. Here is a link to the ebird checklist with a sub-par photo (into the light) of the Mississippi Kite:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29463958