Thursday December 8th
Deer Fence Canal Road, Hendry County
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| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
Charlie Ewell recently posted on Birdbrains on a very late
Gray Kingbird in the company of a flock of
Western Kingbirds and
Scissor tailed Flycatchers in Hendry County. So I took the long drive to look for myself and they were exactly were the prior sighting had noted. They stayed busy hawking bugs and were accompanied by several
Palm, Yellow-rumped and
Pine Warblers.
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| Western Kingbird |
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| Gray Kingbird |
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| Gray Kingbird |
Now if I could just manage to locate the vermillian and ash-throated flycatchers at Lucky Hammock before they disappear. Other sightings today included American Crow, Barred Owl, Gray Catbirds, FOS American Robins, Wood Storks, dozens of American Kestels, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Harriers, Red-shouldered Hawks, Crested Caracara, Sandhill Cranes and Eastern Phoebes.
Do the western kingbirds fly in flocks? Just had a flock come to my hollyoak tree eating insects and berries. The flocks usually come in two parts taking turns on the tree.
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