The quality and quantity of the Fall Migration action is
very weather dependent in our corner of Florida .
And the winds and weather fronts have been very favorable for the birds to make
their dash to the tropics. With the conclusion of September, I would have to
say that migration here has been so-so. Still have a few more weeks to go and
we should have some good opportunities yet.
Northern Waterthrush on the boardwalk at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Photo by Bob Pelkey |
I have spent many hours birding one of our local hot spots -
Six-Mile Cypress Slough Preserve - this past
month. Probably walked twenty-five miles on the boardwalk listening for Tufted
Titmice, because our best results for seasonal migrants were in finding mixed
flocks of warblers, gnatcatchers and titmice.
Right now Six-mile Cypress Slough has been featuring
Ovenbirds, Northern Waterthrushes, Black-and-White Warblers, Yellow-Throated
Warblers, Common Yellow-Throats, Prairie Warblers, Northern Parula,, Palm Warblers
(just arriving), and American Redstarts.
Other migrants seen sporadically include Swanson's Warbler, Golden-winged
Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Yellow
Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Black-throated Green
Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush,
Tennessee Warbler, Veery, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Swanson's Thrush, Eastern Wood-Pewee,
Acadian Flycatcher, Summer Tanager, Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Red-eyed Vireo.
Missing so far as I know have been any sightings of Hooded Warblers, Kentucky
Warbler or Yellow-Throated Vireos. Short-tailed
Hawks have returned and have been seen regularly soaring above the preserve. A
lot of variety here but numbers have been very low so far.
Sanibel Lighthouse and Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary are
addition hotspots not to be ignored in the coming days.
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