Tropical Audubon Society

South Florida’s Voice of Conservation

20+ birders joined TAS this morning for a morning bird walk at AD Barnes Park. The weather was great, the group was fun, and the birds were out in force! 18 species of warblers, both Summer and Scarlet Tanagers, Swainson's and Gray-cheeked Thrushes, Baltimore Oriole, Indigo and Painted Buntings, all 3 falcons…..it was a terrific walk, and even beginners got some good looks at some of the birds!

Highlights were a very uncooperative Nashville Warbler in a small tree at the pool parking area, the Gray-chheked Thrush near the boardwalk, and an early male Black-throated Green Warbler in the pinelands, and 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks directly overhead at the end of the main part of the walk.

If keeping count at home, that's 21 species of warblers on the two fall TAS walks at AD Barnes this year!

The Day's List:
Great Egret
Osprey
Cooper's Hawk
Common Gallinule
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
White-crowned Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Red-masked Parakeet
Mitred Parakeet
Chuck-will's-widow
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Hill Myna
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole