David Simpson led 15 birders through several sections of the greater TM Goodwin Waterfowl Management Area on a beautiful Thursday morning. Below is the list that David submitted to eBird broken down into three units:
Broodmoor Unit
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1Blue-winged Teal
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1Northern Shoveler
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1000Ring-necked Duck
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50Lesser Scaup
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3Hooded Merganser
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25Pied-billed Grebe
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150Double-crested Cormorant
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65Anhinga
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20American White Pelican
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1American Bittern
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40Great Blue Heron
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15Great Egret
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5Snowy Egret
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35Little Blue Heron
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10Tricolored Heron
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10Cattle Egret
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2Green Heron
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4Black-crowned Night-Heron
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10White Ibis
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5Glossy Ibis
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50Black Vulture
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400Turkey Vulture
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8Osprey
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1Northern Harrier
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1Bald Eagle
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3Red-shouldered Hawk
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1Red-shouldered Hawk
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1Gray-headed Swamphen
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500Common Gallinule
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10000American Coot
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2Limpkin
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4Wilson’s Snipe
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1Bonaparte’s Gull
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1Ring-billed Gull
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4Caspian Tern
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10Forster’s Tern
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10Belted Kingfisher
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3Eastern Phoebe
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5White-eyed Vireo
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1Blue-headed Vireo
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10Tree Swallow
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2Marsh Wren
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2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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2Gray Catbird
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10Common Yellowthroat
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25Palm Warbler
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175Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
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25Savannah Sparrow
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5Swamp Sparrow
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5Northern Cardinal
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50Red-winged Blackbird
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75Boat-tailed Grackle
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52 species
Original unit
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2Snail Kite
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1 species
Fellsmere Grade Recreational Area
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50Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
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10Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Known location. Long-legged, Long-necked ducks. Too far away to pick up details of plumage other than the lack of white on the upper wing coverts. Seen very far back from gate on right just before gate for TM Goodwin WMA. This time they were all the way back to the furthest tree line.
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15Double-crested Cormorant
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50Anhinga
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5Great Blue Heron
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50Great Egret
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10Snowy Egret
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3Little Blue Heron
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2Tricolored Heron
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10Cattle Egret
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2Green Heron
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1White Ibis
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25Glossy Ibis
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50Roseate Spoonbill
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50Black Vulture
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150Turkey Vulture
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1Osprey
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1Red-shouldered Hawk
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8Purple Gallinule
Extensive habitat present. Seen from gate on right just before TM Goodwin WMA gate. Individual count.
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10Common Gallinule
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5Limpkin
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1Sandhill Crane
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3Killdeer
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2Lesser Yellowlegs
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1Ring-billed Gull
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10Mourning Dove
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1Belted Kingfisher
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2Red-bellied Woodpecker
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3Eastern Phoebe
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2White-eyed Vireo
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15Fish Crow
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100Tree Swallow
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3House Wren
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1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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5American Robin
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1Gray Catbird
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2Northern Mockingbird
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1European Starling
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1Common Yellowthroat
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10Palm Warbler
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30Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
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4Northern Cardinal
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1Eastern Meadowlark
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35Red-winged Blackbird
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15Common Grackle
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15Boat-tailed Grackle
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46 species