We had a great outing for October Big Day. I personally had 84 species because I also went to Sebastian Inlet and Paradise Park to get some of our beach-loving birds. Unfortunately, there were more beach-loving people, so not as many birds as I had hoped. I did get two lifers – Hairy Woodpecker and Clay-colored Sparrow. David Simpson really worked hard to get us on that Hairy WP. Every time he heard it the bird had flown to a different group of trees, but eventually, we scored and a great view even though it was a long way out.
Continue reading “October Big Day – 10/9/21”We had 13 birders that saw as many as 21 species. The species list is below.
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We had 14 birders see 36 Species today at Viera Wetlands. Highlights were Black-crowned Night-Heron, Least Bittern, Swallow-tailed Kite, and a mixed flock of Roseate Spoonbills, Egrets, and Herons.
Continue reading “Viera Wetlands Trip Report – 5/30/2021”We had 11 birders that enjoyed 24 species of birds, an informative and pleasant boat ride, and some of us enjoyed pancakes from our tabletop grill while others enjoyed sandwiches and other fares. The birds:
Continue reading “De Leon Springs State Park Trip Report – 5/20/21”We had a great time at CCA with 20 birders seeing 25 species of birds. Big Thanks go to Gregg Stoll and his work with the City of Cocoa to make this a great green space in our area.
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We had another great outing with 27 birders seeing 36 species. We were in three different groups and each group saw some birds the other groups didn’t see even though we all followed the same path. There’s always a bit of timing and luck involved with any birding adventure.
Continue reading “Jetty Park Trip Report – 03/28/21”What a beautiful day to go birdwatching and at an equally beautiful location. We had 22 birders that saw 55 species with a Sora, Gray-headed Swamphen, Black-necked Stilts, and 2 Short-tailed Hawks (Dark and Light Morphs) as highlights.
Continue reading “Orlando Wetlands Park Trip Report – 03/13/21”We had a great trip to Turkey Creek. There were just under 30 participants, split into 3 groups led by Kate Wells, Bill Haddad, and Susan Petracco. Among the three groups, we saw 17 species. The list is below. The species with letters after the names were not seen by all three groups. B refers to Bill’s group; K to Kate’s group, and S to Susan’s group.
Continue reading “Turkey Creek, Palm Bay Trip Report – 02/28/21”We had a great time at Oak & Palm Hammock Trails. It appeared there were more birds on the shorter Oak Hammock Trail than Palm but they were both wonderful adventures. Mark Wallace lead the second group and they had a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that my group didn’t get to see. Let us know if there may have been others I missed. The following are the 17 bird species that my group saw:
Continue reading “Oak and Palm Hammock Trails Trip Report – 2/20/21”It was a beautiful day at Oakland Nature Preserve. The most sightings were along the Red Trail and near the Nature Center. We saw a Yellow Rat Snake along the Boardwalk and a few of the water birds by the lake.
We saw a total of 45 species. Any species only seen by Bert’s group will be followed by a B and Mark’s group with an M. This list will be in two parts.
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