Tropical Audubon Society

South Florida’s Voice of Conservation

2019 TAS WALK HIGHLAND OAKS PARK 10-13-

Fifteen birders joined me at Highland Oaks Park for only the third walk ever held at this destination. The weather was very nice and the birds started cooperating early with two Baltimore Orioles seen in the parking lot and Monk Parakeets coming to land on the nearby wires. Most of the birds were seen along the jogger's circle including 12 species of Warblers.
Below is the list of the 40 species that I saw, plus additional birds seen by others in the group:

Egyptian Goose
Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe
Feral Rock Pigeon
Common Gallinule
Laughing Gull
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
White Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Merlin
Monk Parakeet
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
House Finch
Baltimore Oriole
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-White Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Northern Cardinal

Seen by others:
Painted Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Killdeer
Cooper's Hawk