Tropical Audubon Society

South Florida’s Voice of Conservation

Around 10 birders joined me today for the TAS walk. We had a total of 41 species and 12 warbler species. Weather and company were great. It was hard to leave the meeting area in the parking lot by the baseball field as it had lots of bird activity. We got to see a Cooper's Hawk and a Sharp-shinned Hawk flying together which made for good comparison. An Empidonax at the oak grove adjacent to the skater area caused confusion and discussion on Empidonax species differentiation. Olivish back and subtle yellow below incline me to believe Acadian but with Empidonax it is really hard to say. Highlight warblers were Tennessee, Black-throated Green and a Blackburnian. We also had several Scarlet and Summer Tanagers. The biggest highlight of the trip was a Bell's Vireo. Brian Rapoza was able to re-locate the bird in the area where I saw it last week.

Great Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Black Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
American Kestrel
White-crowned Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Monk Parakeet
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Empidonax Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
Bell's Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Tennessee Warbler
Northern Parula
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Palm Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Ovenbird
Scarlet Tanager
Summer Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle