Tropical Audubon Society

South Florida’s Voice of Conservation

Birding was slow at the beginning, as we birded the Coe Visitor's Center and surrounding area, then visited Anhinga Trail and the Gumbo Limbo Trail, and Research Road including the missile base and the trail at Gate 2. We had lunch at Long Pine Key. One of the group found a flock of birds near one of the bathrooms, and suddenly our birding luck changed. After spending some time with that flock, we headed on to Mahogany Hammock, where we found 4 BT Green Warblers (there had also been one at Coe). Paurotis Pond didn't have much, but West Lake was decent, and we found a few more birds at Mrazek Pond. The tide was in, so we couldn't see much from Flamingo, but a couple of Manatees were in the marina area. There were about a half dozen more in front of old visitor's center that gave us great looks! We added some shorebirds by the amphitheater, and Roseate Spoonbill, White Pelican, and Spotted Sandpiper at Eco Pond. My last bird of the day was a Bald Eagle on the way home.

The list includes a few birds I saw along the 209 Ave-388 St-212 Ave loop (e.g., Peafowl).

Blue-winged Teal
Indian Peafowl
Mourning Dove
White-crowned Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Rock Pigeon
Common Ground-Dove
Purple Gallinule
Wood Stork
Anhinga
Double-crested Cormorant
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
American (Great) Egret
Great Blue Heron
Black-bellied Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Least Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
(Western) Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk (1 light morph)
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
White-eyed Vireo
Loggerhead Shrike
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (1)
Barn Swallow
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern House-Wren (heard)
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Savannah Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird (heard)
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Northern Waterthrush (heard)
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Myrtle Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Cardinal