Tropical Audubon Society

South Florida’s Voice of Conservation

Fifteen birders joined me for today's birding trip to the Islamorada area in the Florida Keys. We met at the Cracker Barrel (CB) in Florida City and visited three state parks in the Upper Keys: Key Largo Hammocks (KLH), Windley Key (WK) and Curry Hammock (CH), which included a visit to the Keys Hawkwatch). Our day started with thunderstorms and 15-20mph winds, but ended mid-afternoon with sunny skies. We tallied the following birds:
White-crowned Pigeon (KLH, WK)
Eurasian Collared Dove
Mourning Dove
Chuck-will's-widow (WK)
Ruddy Turnstone (CH)
Least Sandpiper (CH)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (CH)
Western Sandpiper (CH)
Laughing Gull
Magnificent Frigatebird
Double-crested Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
White Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite (CH)
Short-tailed Hawk (CH)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Merlin (CH)
Peregrine Falcon (CH)
Great Crested Flycatcher (WK)
Eastern Kingbird (CH)
White-eyed Vireo (KLH)
Red-eyed Vireo (WK)
Black-whiskered Vireo (WK)
Blue Jay (WK)
Barn Swallow (CH)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Ovenbird (WK)
Black-and-white Warbler (KLH)
Common Yellowthroat (WK)
American Redstart (WK)
Cape May Warbler (WK)
Northern Parula (KLH, WK)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (WK)
Palm Warbler (KLH)
Yellow-throated Warbler (CB)
Prairie Warbler (WK)
Northern Cardinal