Everglades National Park Big Day Bird Count - February 15, 2014

Traveled To: Anhinga Trail, Long Pine Key Picnic Area, Paurotis Pond, West Lake, Mrazek Pond, Eco Pond, and Florida Bay (high tide) in front of Visitor Center. Highlights: 5,000+ Coots and immature Bald Eagle at West Lake. Cormorant eating a large Large Mouth bass at Anhinga Trail and nice sighting of a baby crocodile at West Lake.

Christi Carmichael Flamingo Interpretation

Total species:50

Total # of birds: 5771

 

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  Cormorant eating a large Large Mouth bass at Anhinga Trail

  Cormorant eating a large Large Mouth bass at Anhinga Trail

  Duration:

  1 minute, 49 seconds

 

NPS Photo  JR

1	Pied-billed Grebe	1
2	American White Pelican	20
3	Brown Pelican	3
4	Double-crested Cormorant	10
5	Anhinga	47
6	Great Blue Heron	7
7	Great Egret	7
8	Snowy Egret	10
9	Little Blue Heron	2
10	Tricolored Heron	4
11	Cattle Egret	1
12	Green Heron	11
13	White Ibis	7
14	Glossy Ibis	2

 

NPS Photo JR

15	Roseate Spoonbill	6
16	Wood Stork	10
17	Blue-winged Teal	65
18	Green-winged Teal	68
	Female duck (unknown species)	1
19	Black Vulture	95
20	Turkey Vulture	50
21	Osprey	5
22	Bald Eagle	1
23	Red-shouldered Hawk	2
24	Short-tailed Hawk	1

 

NPS Photo JR

24	Short-tailed Hawk	1
25	Purple Gallinule	3
26	Common Moorhen	2
27	American Coot	5016
28	Black-necked Stilt	7
29	Laughing Gull	200
30	Royal Tern	2
31	Belted Kingfisher	5
32	Red-bellied Woodpecker	3
33	Great Crested Flycatcher (heard 1)	2
34	Loggerhead Shrike	1
35	White-eyed Vireo	3

 

NPS Photo  JR

36	Blue Jay	3
37	American Crow	23
38	Tree Swallow	5
39	Carolina Wren (heard)	1
40	American Robin	25
41	Gray Catbird	9
42	Northern Mockingbird	3

 

NPS Photo JR

43	Yellow-rumped Warbler	8
44	Yellow-throated Warbler	1
45	Pine Warbler	2
46	Palm Warbler	2
47	Eastern Towhee (heard)	1
48	Northern Cardinal	2
49	Red-winged Blackbird (heard)	1
50	Common Grackle	5