Bird Board
Kirby Storter Boardwalk and Big Cypress
Birded yesterday 5/30 with Dany Garcia and Elizabeth Bonnell. At Kirby Storter we had:
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (female)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
N. Parula
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Heard but not seen were E. Meadowlark, Common Yellowthroat. A Southeastern Five-lined Skink was also seen.
We afterwards headed to Sweetwater Strand and nearby areas where we added:
Swallow-tailed Kite
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Crow
N. Cardinal
Heard only was a Barred Owl.
We added 2 very dark Fox Squirrels at Sweetwater Strand. Water levels were very low and small puddles were packed with fish: Largemouth Bass, exotic Peacock Bass (didn't know they made it this far) and small fish with bright blue tails - Bluefin Killifish?)
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The blue tailed minnows (viewed from above) are sailfin mollies (P. Latipinna). Bluefin killifish have no visible blue from above, and are tiny
Thanks for the information. Sailfin Molly is exactly what I saw. I used to have Bluefin killifish as aquarium fish years ago when my brother caught some in a local canal. They are much smaller as you said.
Were the mosquitos and deerflies a problem at these places?
It was not too bad. With some bug spray I only got bit twice. Sweetwater Strand had more bugs than Kirby Storter .
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