Tropical Audubon Society

South Florida’s Voice of Conservation

Thirteen birders joined me for today's TAS tour to STA 5/6 in Hendry County. Thanks as always to Margaret England and Hendry-Glades Audubon Society for making these tours possible. We began the tour at the Miccosukee Service Plaza at I-75 and CR 833. Some of us went up to Clewiston for lunch after the tour.

The following 85 species were tallied (locations indicated for birds not seen in STA 5/6):

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Muscovy Duck (Miccosukee Service Plaza)
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Wild Turkey (CR 833)
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Crested Caracara (CR 833, CR 835)
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Gray-headed Swamphen
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Limpkin
Sandhill Crane (Miccosukee Service Plaza)
Black-necked Stilt
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Dunlin
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Gull-billed Tern
Rock Pigeon (Clewiston)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (CR 833)
Common Ground-Dove
Mourning Dove (CR 835)
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Phoebe
Tropical Kingbird (2 birds)
Western Kingbird (CR 835: 2 birds)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (CR 835: 12 birds)
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
American Crow (CR 833)
Fish Crow (Clewiston)
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern Mockingbird (CR 835)
European Starling (CR 835)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird