Fort Jefferson with Yankee Freedom
No photos yet but I'm sure with all the talented photographers and excellent birders who went to Fort DeSoto with us Monday, March 25, 2024 some will be posted. Posted Photos are on our facebook page (Highlands Audubon Group) What I do have to offer is the species list and for that I must thank these same amazing people especially Dale Knapp who compiles the sightings. In addition, I was fortunate enough to add a lifer to my list. We were able to view a Worm-eating Warbler. Another highlight for me was the hooded warbler. I'm not sure why but this little one makes me happy. I believe it's beautiful sunny yellow coloring being highlighted by the sun is the reason I'm so fond of it. If you visit our group fb page (Highlands Audubon Group) there may be this same post because I forward it. On this site there are always more photos. We only have two more trips before we stop for the summer months. I should have next season's trips and guest speakers posted on the website by September, 2024. Oh, did I mention we broke our own record with 90 species.
Boat-tailed Grackle / Common Grackle / Red-winged Blackbird / White-winged Dove / Red-shouldered Hawk / Cattle Egret / Sandhill Crane / White Ibis / Osprey / Red-bellied Woodpecker / Mourning Dove / American Crow / Mockingbird / Pileated Woodpecker / Mottled Duck / Florida Scrub Jay / Eastern Meadowlark / Loggerhead Shrike / Red-headed Woodpecker / Pam Warbler / Wild Turkey / Eastern Phoebe/ Anhinga / Greater Yellowlegs / Great Egret / Wilson's Snipe / Killdeer / Belted Kingfisher / Little Blue Heron / Great Blue Heron / Tree Swallow / Tri-colored Heron / Starling / Wood Stork / Eastern Towhee / Blue Jay / Kestrel / Black Vulture / Bald Eagle / Turkey Vulture / Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher / Roseate Spoonbill / Northern Harrier / American Bittern / Pied-billed Grebe / Black-bellied Whistling Duck / Blue-winged Teal / Common Gallinule / Snowy Egret / Black-crowned Night Heron / Green Heron / Glossy Ibis / Crested Caracara / Downy Woodpecker / Carolina Wren / Ground Dove / Gray Catbird / Western Kingbird / Double-crested Cormorant / Tufted Titmouse
I would like to take this time to thank Jimmy Wohl for being such a gracious host. This ranch is under protection from development and is actively engaged in best practices toward our environment.
Anhinga - Bald Eagle - Barred Owl - Black-crowned Night Heron - Black and White Warbler - Black-bellied Whistling Duck - Black-necked Stilt - Black Vulture - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Blue Jay - Blue-winged Teal - Boat-tailed Grackle - Caracara - Catbird - Carolina Wren - Cardinal - Cattle Egret - Common Crow - Common Gallinule - Common Grackle - Common Yellowthroat - Double-crested Cormorant - Dunlin - Eastern Meadowlark - Eastern Phoebe - Eurasian Collared Dove - Glossy Ibis - Great-blue Heron - Great Egret - Greater Yellowlegs - Green Heron Green-winged Teal- Ground Dove - House Sparrow - Kestrel - Kingfisher - Least Sandpiper - Lesser Yellowlegs - Limpkin - Little-blue Heron - Mockingbird - Mottled Duck - Mourning Dove - Muscovy Duck - Northern Harrier - Osprey - Palm Warbler - Red-bellied Woodpecker - Red-shouldered Hawk - Red-winged Blackbird - Roseate Spoonbill - Sandhill Crane - Shrike - Short-tailed Hawk (Dark Morph) - Snowy Egret - Starling - Tree Swallow - Tri-colored Heron - Turkey Vulture - White Ibis - Wild Turkey - Wilson Snipe - Wood Stork - Yellow-throated Warbler
Susan V., Jimmy B., Cheryl S., Ruth K., and Roberta L. went to Royce Unit in Lake Placid with hopes of seeing baby bluebirds. Indeed, this small group checked the boxes, photographed the babies without disturbing them, and closed the boxes. As most of you know the original Blue Bird Trail has been reduced to only a few boxes. Since then, Dave F. has been gracious enough to keep a log on each remaining box. In addition to baby bluebirds and titmouse babies our species count numbered just over 40. Not bad for a very windy day but it could have been better. Thank you, Jimmy B and Cheryl S., for the photos. This was our final trip for this season.
Highlands County Audubon Society
Highlands County Audubon P.O Box 814 Lake Placid, FL 33862 US
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