2005-2006 Caloosa Bird Club Field Trip Results

 

November 14, 2005 -- Devil's Garden, Alva Alley 

(? participants & 76 species)

Weather: Clear skies, some clouds, sunny, light breeze

 Pied-billed Grebe  Least Sandpiper
 Double-crested Cormorant  Rock Dove
 Anhinga  Eurasian Collared-Dove
 Great Blue Heron  Mourning Dove
 Great Egret  Belted Kingfisher
 Snowy Egret  Red-headed Woodpecker
 Little Blue Heron  Red-bellied Woodpecker
 Tricolored Heron  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
 Cattle Egret  Northern Flicker
 Green Heron  Eastern Phoebe
 Black-crowned Night-Heron         Western Kingbird
 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  Great Crested Flycatcher
 White Ibis  Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
 Glossy Ibis  Tree Swallow
 Roseate Spoonbill  N. Rough-winged Swallow
 Wood Stork  Blue Jay
 Green-winged Teal  American Crow
 Blue-winged Teal  Carolina Wren
 Mottled Duck   House Wren
 Black Vulture    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
 Turkey Vulture  Gray Catbird
 Osprey  Northern Mockingbird
 Bald Eagle  Loggerhead Shrike
 Northern Harrier  European Starling
 Sharp-shinned Hawk  White-eyed Vireo
 Red-shouldered Hawk  Orange-crowned Warbler
 Red-tailed Hawk  Yellow-rumped Warbler
 Crested Caracara  Palm Warbler
 American Kestrel  Black-and-white Warbler
 Peregrine Falcon  Northern Waterthrush
 Common Moorhen  Common Yellowthroat
 American Coot  Northern Cardinal
 Limpkin  Indigo Bunting
 Sandhill Crane  Savannah Sparrow
 Killdeer  Red-winged Blackbird
 Greater Yellowlegs  Eastern Meadowlark
 Lesser Yellowlegs  Boat-tailed Grackle
 Wilson's Snipe

 Common Grackle

 

76 species

 

November 21, 2005 -- Little Estero Lagoon (Ft. Myers Beach) & Bowditch Point Park 

(20 participants & 56 species)

Weather: Temperature: 78°; Wind: 5-10mph, Sky: Partly Cloudy; General Conditions; Intermittent rain

 Northern Gannet  Willet         
 American White Pelican  Ruddy Turnstone
 Brown Pelican  Red Knot
 Double-crested Cormorant  Sanderling   
 Anhinga  Western Sandpiper
 Magnificent Frigatebird  Least Sandpiper
 Great Blue Heron  Dunlin
 Great Egret  Short-billed Dowitcher
 Snowy Egret  Laughing Gull
 Little Blue Heron  Ring-billed Gull
 Tricolored Heron  Caspian Tern
 Reddish Egret    Royal Tern
 Yellow-crowned Night Heron  Sandwich Tern
 White Ibis  Forster's Tern  
 Mottled Duck     Eurasian Collared-Dove
 Black Vulture  Mourning Dove
 Turkey Vulture  Common Ground-Dove
 Osprey  Belted Kingfisher
 Bald Eagle  Red-bellied Woodpecker 
 Red-shouldered Hawk  Fish Crow
 American Kestrel  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
 Black-bellied Plover  Northern Mockingbird
 Snowy Plover  Loggerhead Shrike
 Wilson's Plover  European Starling
 Semipalmated Plover  Yellow-throated Warbler
 Piping Plover  Palm Warbler
 Killdeer  Boat-tailed Grackle
 American Oystercatcher  Common Grackle
 

56 species

 

November 28, 2005 -- Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk, Turner River Road, Kirby Storter Boardwalk.

(? participants & 64 species)

Weather: Overcast 70-80°, high clouds with some sun

 Pied-billed Grebe  Downy Woodpecker
 Double-crested Cormorant  Pileated Woodpecker
 Anhinga  Eastern Phoebe
 Great Blue Heron  Great Crested Flycatcher
 Great Egret  Tree Swallow
 Snowy Egret  Blue Jay
 Little Blue Heron  American Crow
 Tricolored Heron  Tufted Titmouse
 Cattle Egret  Carolina Wren
 Green Heron  House Wren
 Black-crowned Night-Heron  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
 Yellow-crowned Night Heron  Gray Catbird
 White Ibis  Northern Mockingbird
 Glossy Ibis  Loggerhead Shrike
 Wood Stork  White-eyed Vireo
 Mottled Duck  Blue-headed Vireo
 Blue-winged Teal  Northern Parula
 Black Vulture  Magnolia Warbler (x2)
 Turkey Vulture  Yellow-rumped Warbler
 Osprey  Black-throated Green Warbler (x1)
 Bald Eagle  Yellow- throated Warbler (x2)
 Northern Harrier  Prairie Warbler
 Red-shouldered Hawk  Palm Warbler
 Red Tailed Hawk  Black-and-white Warbler
 Common Moorhen  Northern Waterthrush
 American Coot  Common Yellowthroat
 Limpkin (x1)  Northern Cardinal
 Killdeer  Savannah Sparrow
 Greater Yellowlegs  Red-winged Blackbird
 Mourning Dove  Eastern Meadowlark
 Belted Kingfisher  Boat-tailed Grackle
 Red-bellied Woodpecker  Common Grackle
 

      64 species

 

December 5, 2005 -- Estero Bay Preserve State Park

   (21 participants and 35 species)

Weather Conditions: Warm and Sunny; Sky; clear.
 

American White Pelican         

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Double-crested Cormorant

Downy Woodpecker

Great Blue Heron

Northern Flicker

Little Blue Heron

Pileated Woodpecker

Green Heron

Blue Jay

White Ibis

Fish Crow

Glossy Ibis

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Wood Stork

Gray Catbird

Turkey Vulture

Northern Mockingbird

Osprey

Loggerhead Shrike

Bald Eagle

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Red-shouldered Hawk

Pine Warbler

American Kestrel

Palm Warbler

Merlin

Northern Cardinal

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Boat-tailed Grackle

Mourning Dove

Common Grackle

Common Ground-Dove

House Sparrow

Belted Kingfisher

35 species

 

 

December 12, 2005 -- Punta Gorda Area, Zemel Road Landfill, Aqui Esta Ponds, Marion Ave, Ponce De Leon Park.

(20 participants & 62 species)

Weather Conditions: Temperature 65-70°; Wind; slight, Sky; clear.

 

Pied-billed Grebe

Semipalmated Plover

Brown Pelican

Willet

Double-crested Cormorant

Spotted Sandpiper

Anhinga

Ruddy Turnstone

Great Blue Heron

Western Sandpiper

Great Egret

Least Sandpiper

Snowy Egret

Dunlin

Little Blue Heron

Laughing Gull

Tricolored Heron

Ring-billed Gull

Cattle Egret

Herring Gull

Green Heron

Royal Tern

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Forster’s Tern

White Ibis

Rock Dove

Glossy Ibis

Eurasian Collared Dove

Wood Stork

Mourning Dove

Mottled Duck

Burrowing Owl

Ring-necked Duck

Belted Kingfisher

Lesser Scaup

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Hooded Merganser

Eastern Phoebe

Red-breasted Merganser

Tree Swallow

Ruddy Duck

Blue Jay

Black Vulture

Fish Crow

Turkey Vulture

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Osprey

Northern Mockingbird

Bald Eagle

Loggerhead Shrike

Northern Harrier

European Starling

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Red-shouldered Hawk

Pine Warbler

American Kestrel

Palm Warbler

Sandhill Crane

Boat-tailed Grackle

Black-bellied Plover

Common Grackle

 

62 species

 

January 9, 2006 -- Bunche Beach and Lakes Park

   (23 participants and 61 species)

Weather Conditions: Temperature 60-70°, Wind; light, Sky; clear.

 

Pied-billed Grebe

Willet

American White Pelican

Spotted Sandpiper

Brown Pelican

Long-billed Curlew

Double-crested Cormorant

Marbled Godwit

Anhinga

Ruddy Turnstone

Great Blue Heron

Sanderling

Great Egret

Western Sandpiper

Snowy Egret

Least Sandpiper

Little Blue Heron

Dunlin

Tricolored Heron

Laughing Gull

Reddish Egret

Ring-billed Gull

Cattle Egret

Royal Tern

Green Heron

Forster's Tern

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Black Skimmer

White Ibis Rock Dove
Glossy Ibis Mourning Dove

Red-breasted Merganser

Belted Kingfisher

Black Vulture

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Turkey Vulture

Eastern Phoebe

Osprey

Fish Crow

Bald Eagle

House Wren

Cooper’s Hawk

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Red-shouldered Hawk

Gray Catbird

American Kestrel

Northern Mockingbird

Common Moorhen

Loggerhead Shrike

American Coot

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-bellied Plover

Palm Warbler

Semipalmated Plover

Northern Cardinal

Piping Plover

Boat-tailed Grackle

Greater Yellowlegs

Common Grackle

Lesser Yellowlegs

61 species

 

 

January 16, 2006 -- Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve

   (39 participants and 51 species)

Weather Conditions: Temperature 45-70°, Wind; moderate, Sky; clear

 

 Pied-billed Grebe  Downy Woodpecker
 Double-crested Cormorant  Pileated Woodpecker
 Anhinga  Eastern Phoebe
 American Bittern  Blue Jay
 Great Blue Heron  Fish Crow
 Great Egret  Tufted Titmouse
 Snowy Egret  Carolina Wren
 Little Blue Heron  House Wren
 Tricolored Heron  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
 Green Heron  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
 Black-crowned Night Heron  American Robin
 Yellow-crowned Night Heron  Gray Catbird
 White Ibis  Northern Mockingbird
 Glossy Ibis  Loggerhead Shrike
 Wood Stork  Blue Headed Vireo
 Black Vulture  Yellow-rumped Warbler
 Turkey Vulture  Pine Warbler
 Osprey  Prairie Warbler
 Red-shouldered Hawk  Palm Warbler
 Common Moorhen  Black-and-white Warbler
 American Coot  Common Yellowthroat
 Killdeer  Northern Cardinal
 Mourning Dove  Red-winged Blackbird
 Belted Kingfisher  Common Grackle
 Red-bellied Woodpecker  American Goldfinch
 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

 51 species

 

 

January 23, 2006 -- Phosphate Mines, Bartow, FL   (21 participants and 100 species)

Weather Conditions: Temperature 75°, Wind; not documented, Sky; not documented

 

 Pied Billed Grebe  Western Sandpiper
 American White Pelican  Least Sandpiper
 Double-crested Cormorant  Stilt Sandpiper
 Anhinga  Long-billed Dowitcher
 Great Blue Heron  Wilson's Snipe
 Great Egret  Laughing Gull
 Snowy Egret  Ring-billed Gull
 Little Blue Heron  Caspian Tern
 Tricolored Heron  Royal Tern
 Cattle Egret  Forster's Tern
 Green Heron  Rock Dove
 Black-crowned Night Heron  Eurasian Collared-Dove
 White Ibis  Mourning Dove
 Glossy Ibis  Great Horned Owl
 Roseate Spoonbill  Belted Kingfisher
 Wood Stork  Red-bellied Woodpecker
 Wood Duck  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
 Green-winged Teal  Downy Woodpecker
 Mottled Duck   Pileated Woodpecker
 Blue-winged Teal  Eastern Phoebe
 Northern Shoveler  Western Kingbird
 Gadwall  Tree Swallow
 American Wigeon  Blue Jay
 Canvasback  Fish Crow
 Ring-necked Duck  Tufted Titmouse
 Lesser Scaup  Carolina Wren
 Bufflehead  House Wren
 Hooded Merganser  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
 Ruddy Duck  American Robin
 Black Vulture  Gray Catbird
 Turkey Vulture  Northern Mockingbird
 Osprey  Loggerhead Shrike
 Bald Eagle  European Starling
 Northern Harrier  White-eyed Vireo
 Cooper's Hawk  Blue-headed Vireo
 Red-shouldered Hawk  Yellow-rumped Warbler
 Red-tailed Hawk  Yellow-throated Warbler
 American Kestrel  Pine Warbler
 Northern Bobwhite  Palm Warbler
 Sora  Black-and-white Warbler
 Purple Gallinule  Common Yellowthroat
 Common Moorhen  Northern Cardinal
 American Coot  Eastern Towhee
 Sandhill Crane  Savannah Sparrow
 Semipalmated Plover  Swamp Sparrow
 Killdeer  Red-winged Blackbird
 Black-necked Stilt  Eastern Meadowlark
 American Avocet  Boat-tailed Grackle
 Lesser Yellowlegs  Common Grackle
 Spotted Sandpiper  American Goldfinch
 

100 species

 

January 30, 2006 -- Sarasota Celery Fields

 (25 participants and 77 species)

Weather Conditions: Temperature 75°; Wind; light to moderate;  Sky; rain, to partly sunny

 

 Pied-billed Grebe  Killdeer
 Brown Pelican  Black-necked Stilt*
 Double-crested Cormorant  Greater Yellowlegs
 Anhinga  Lesser Yellowlegs
 Great Blue Heron  Least Sandpiper*
 Great Egret  Wilson's Snipe
 Snowy Egret  American Woodcock
 Little Blue Heron  Laughing Gull
 Tricolored Heron  Ring-billed Gull
 Cattle Egret  Caspian Tern*
 Green Heron*  Royal Tern
 Black-crowned Night Heron  Eurasian Collared-Dove
 White Ibis  Mourning Dove
 Glossy Ibis  Monk Parakeet
 Wood Stork  Belted Kingfisher
 Black-bellied Whistling Duck  Red-headed Woodpecker*
 Mottled Duck  Red-bellied Woodpecker
 Mallard  Tree Swallow
 Blue-winged Teal  Blue Jay
 Northern Shoveler  American Crow
 Ring-necked Duck  Fish Crow
 Lesser Scaup  Carolina Wren
 Hooded Merganser  Marsh Wren
 Black Vulture  Eastern Bluebird*
 Turkey Vulture  Gray Catbird
 Osprey  Loggerhead Shrike
 Bald Eagle  European Starling
 Northern Harrier  Yellow-rumped Warbler
 Red-shouldered Hawk  Pine Warbler*
 Red-tailed Hawk  Palm Warbler
 Crested Caracara*  Common Yellowthroat
 American Kestrel  Eastern Towhee
 King Rail  Savannah Sparrow
 Purple Gallinule*  Red-winged Blackbird
 Common Moorhen  Eastern Meadowlark
 American Coot  Boat-tailed Grackle
 Limpkin  Common Grackle
 Sandhill Crane  American Goldfinch
 Black-bellied Plover*

77 Species

*post trip sighting

    

February 6 2006 -- Lake Okeechobee

(67 species, 23 individuals)

Weather conditions: Temperature cool; Wind; light to moderate, Sky; sunny

 Pied-billed Grebe  Rock Dove
 Brown Pelican  Eurasian Collared-Dove
 Double-crested Cormorant  White-winged Dove
 Anhinga  Mourning Dove
 American Bittern  Common Ground-Dove
 Great Blue Heron  Belted Kingfisher
 Great Egret  Red-headed Woodpecker
 Little Blue Heron  Red-bellied Woodpecker
 Tricolored Heron  Downy Woodpecker
 Cattle Egret  Great Crested Flycatcher
 Green Heron  Eastern Phoebe
 White Ibis  Purple Martin
 Glossy Ibis  Tree Swallow
 Wood Stork  N. Rough-winged Swallow
 Black Vulture  Blue Jay
 Turkey Vulture  Fish Crow
 Osprey  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
 Bald Eagle  Northern Mockingbird
 Cooper's Hawk  Loggerhead Shrike
 Red-shouldered Hawk  European Starling
 Red-tailed Hawk  Common Myna
 American Kestrel  Yellow Warbler
 Common Moorhen  Yellow-rumped Warbler
 American Coot  Palm Warbler
 Sandhill Crane  Common Yellowthroat
 Killdeer  Northern Cardinal
 Least Sandpiper  Indigo Bunting 
 Laughing Gull  Savannah Sparrow
 Bonaparte's Gull  Red-winged Blackbird
 Ring-billed Gull  Boat-tailed Grackle
 Caspian Tern  Common Grackle
 Forster's Tern  Brown-headed Cowbird
 Black Skimmer

 House Sparrow   

 

67 Species

 

February 13, 2006 -- Tigertail Beach, Burrowing Owl sites and Mackle Park, Marco Island

(13 participants and 66 species)

Weather conditions: Temperature; 52-55°; Wind: light to moderate; Sky; partly cloudy

 Pied-billed Grebe  Piping Plover
 Brown Pelican  Greater Yellowlegs
 Double-crested Cormorant  Lesser Yellowlegs
 Anhinga  Willet
 Great Blue Heron  Ruddy Turnstone
 Great Egret  Sanderling
 Snowy Egret  Western Sandpiper
 Little Blue Heron  Least Sandpiper
 Tricolored Heron  Dunlin
 Reddish Egret (white morph of Reddish Egret)  Short-billed Dowitcher
 Cattle Egret*  Laughing Gull
 Green Heron  Ring-billed Gull
 Yellow-crowned Night Heron  Caspian Tern
 White Ibis  Eurasian Collared-Dove
 Wood Stork  Mourning Dove
 Mallard  Common Ground-Dove
 Ring-necked Duck  Burrowing Owl
 Lesser Scaup  Belted Kingfisher
 Pekin Duck**  Purple Martin
 Muscovy Duck**  Tree Swallow*
 Black Vulture  Blue Jay*
 Turkey Vulture  American Crow
 Osprey  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
 Bald Eagle*  Northern Mockingbird
 Red-shouldered Hawk  Loggerhead Shrike
 American Kestrel  European Starling
 Common Moorhen  Yellow-rumped Warbler
 American Coot  Palm Warbler
 Black-bellied Plover  Northern Cardinal
 Snowy Plover  Eastern Towhee*
 Wilson's Plover  Boat-tailed Grackle
 Semipalmated Plover  Common Grackle
 

 66 species

*post trip sighting     ** exotic species

 

February 20, 2006 -- Ding Darling NWR, Bailey Tract, Sanibel

(43 participants and 67 species)

Weather conditions: Temperature; 48-72°; Wind: light to moderate; Sky: Clear and sunny

 Pied-billed Grebe  Ruddy Turnstone
 American White Pelican  Sanderling
 Brown Pelican  Western Sandpiper
 Double-crested Cormorant  Least Sandpiper
 Anhinga  Dunlin
 Great Blue Heron  Short-billed Dowitcher
 Great Egret  Laughing Gull
 Snowy Egret  Ring-billed Gull
 Little Blue Heron  Royal Tern
 Tricolored Heron  Eurasian Collared-Dove
 Reddish Egret  Mourning Dove
 Green Heron  Barred Owl
 Black-crowned Night Heron  Belted Kingfisher
 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  Red-bellied Woodpecker
 White Ibis  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
 Roseate Spoonbill  Pileated Woodpecker
 Wood Stork  Blue Jay
 Mottled Duck  Fish Crow
 Hooded Merganser  Carolina Wren
 Black Vulture  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
 Turkey Vulture  Gray Catbird
 Osprey  Northern Mockingbird
 Bald Eagle  Loggerhead Shrike
 Red-shouldered Hawk  European Starling
 King Rail  White-eyed Vireo
 Sora  Yellow-rumped Warbler
 Black-bellied Plover  Yellow-throated Warbler
 Semipalmated Plover  Prairie Warbler
 Killdeer  Palm  Warbler
 Greater Yellowlegs  Common Yellowthroat
 Lesser Yellowlegs  Northern Cardinal
 Willet  Boat-tailed Grackle
 Spotted Sandpiper  Common Grackle
 Marbled Godwit

67 species

 

February 27, 2006 -- Franklin Locks, Alva and Caloosahatchee Park

(49 participants and 63 species)

Weather conditions: Temperature 48-72°; Wind: light to moderate; Sky; Clear and sunny

 Brown Pelican  Mourning Dove
 Double-crested Cormorant  Common Ground-Dove
 Anhinga  Belted Kingfisher
 American Bittern  Red-headed Woodpecker
 Great Blue Heron  Red-bellied Woodpecker
 Great Egret  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
 Snowy Egret  Pileated Woodpecker (heard)
 Little Blue Heron  Eastern Phoebe
 Tricolored Heron  Great Crested Flycatcher
 Cattle Egret  Purple Martin
 Green Heron  Blue Jay
 White Ibis  Fish Crow
 Glossy Ibis  Carolina Wren
 Wood Stork  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
 Mottled Duck  American Robin
 Black Vulture  Northern Mockingbird
 Turkey Vulture  Brown Thrasher
 Osprey  Loggerhead Shrike
 Bald Eagle  European Starling
 Red-shouldered Hawk  Northern Parula
 Red-tailed Hawk  Yellow-rumped Warbler
 American Kestrel  Pine Warbler
 Merlin  Palm Warbler
 Common Moorhen  Black-and-white Warble