We had quite a day of birding today. 10 birders saw 60 species at Black Point Wildlife Drive and 20 species at the Visitor Center. Val and I also saw 11 species at Parrish Park Causeway and 32 species at Jetty Park (no Swainson’s Warbler and need to review the photos to see if we got the Bahama Mockingbird that was high in a tree).
The species we saw at the Visitor Center were:
- Common Ground Dove
- Mourning Dove
- Snowy Egret
- White Ibis
- Glossy Ibis
- Osprey
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Blue Jay
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Gray Catbird
- American Robin
- Cedar Waxwing
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Common Grackle
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Northern Cardinal
- Painted Bunting
The species we saw on Black Point Wildlife Drive were:
- Blue-winged Teal
- Northern Shoveler
- American Wigeon
- Northern Pintail
- Green-winged Teal
- Canvasback
- Redhead
- Ring-necked Duck
- Hooded Merganser
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Mourning Dove
- Sora
- Common Gallinule
- American Coot
- American Avocet
- Killdeer
- Dunlin
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Wilson’s Snipe
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Lesser yellowlegs
- Bonaparte’s Gull
- Ring-billed Gull
- Forster’s Tern
- Common Loon
- Wood Stork
- Anhinga
- Double-crested Cormorant
- American White Pelican
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Snowy Egret
- Little Blue Heron
- Tricolored Heron
- Reddish Egret
- Green Heron
- White Ibis
- Glossy Ibis
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Black Vulture
- Turkey Vulture
- Northern Harrier
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Great Horned Owl
- Belted Kingfisher
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Eastern Phoebe
- Blue Jay
- Fish Crow
- Tree Swallow
- Gray Catbird
- Northern Mockingbird
- American Robin
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Common Grackle
- Boat-tailed Grackle
- Common Yellowthroat
- Palm Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
The species Val and I saw at Parrish Park were:
- Laughing Gull
- Ring-billed Gull
- Herring Gull
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Wood Stork
- Double-crested Cormorant
- American White Pelican
- Brown Pelican
- American Kestrel
- Fish Crow
- Common Grackle
The species Val and I saw at Jetty Park were:
- Mute Swan
- Mottled Duck
- Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Sanderling
- Willet
- Bonaparte’s Gull
- Laughing Gull
- Ring-billed Gull
- Herring Gull
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Royal Tern
- Wood Stork
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- Brown Pelican
- Little Blue Heron
- White Ibis
- Black Vulture
- Turkey Vulture
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Eastern Phoebe
- Blue Jay
- Gray Catbird
- Northern Mockingbird
- Common Grackle
- Boat-tailed Grackle
- Black-and-white Warbler
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Palm Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Northern Cardinal
In total, Val and I saw 85 species at the four different sites.
eBird Checklist – Black Point Wildlife Drive (Drive Only) – https://ebird.org/checklist/S126494247
eBird Checklist – MINWR Visitors Center Only – https://ebird.org/checklist/S126476057