Orlando Wetlands Field Trip Report – Jan 25, 2017

Mark led a dozen birder to the Orlando Wetlands on Saturday.  Most of the ducks were gone.  The bird of the day was a least bittern seen by some but not all.  After the walk the group sat down to a picnic lunch.  The complete list of  53 species is below:

Blue-wing Teal

Sora

Purple Gallinule

Moorhen

Coot

Limpkin

Sand hill Crane

Pied-billed Grebe

Cormorant

Anhinga

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Least Bittern

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Little blue Heron

Tricolor Heron

Cattle Egret

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

White Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Roseate Spoonbill

Wood Stork

Mourning Dove

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Sand-hill Crane

Osprey

Harrier

Red-shouldered Hawk

Caspian Tern

Kingfisher

Phoebe

White-eyed Vireo

Tree Swallow

Carolina Wren

Marsh Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Catbird

Mockingbird

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Palm Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Savannah Sparrow

Cardinal

Painted Bunting

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Boat-tailed Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird