Monday June 1st
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| Red-cockaded Woodpecker |
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| Northern Bobwhite |
Currently public access to Babcock-Webb Wildlife Manage Area in Charlotte County has been restricted to only Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Mondays from 8am till 5 pm. Folks wanting to use the Gun Range has to call ahead for an appointment. All this is due to the troubles with the Covid-19 pandemic.
These restrictions have ended, Full access as of June 5th
Not being able to access the venue till well past day break, a birder will miss the opportunity to be on-site to witness the Red-cockaded Woodpeckers as they exit their nest holes in the morning. But today I was lucky to catchup with a pair of the woodpeckers that were seen working the slash pine near the colony site along Oilwell Grade.
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| Pickerelweed |
Heard several singing Pine Warblers and Bachman's Sparrows also, plus Eastern Meadowlarks, Eastern Towhees, Common Nighthawks, nesting Eastern Bluebirds, a large covey of Northern Bobwhites, Common Ground-doves, Blue Jays, Limpkin, Northern Flicker, Loggerhead Shrikes and Tufted Titmice. Not many wading birds on-hand even though the water levels were improving
Other observations included alligators, a Florida Box Turtle, a Florida Garter Snake,
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| Rose Rush |
Plus Zebra Swallowtail, Phaon Crescent, Queen, White Peacock, Twin-spotted Skipper Butterflies, Coffee-loving and Bella Moths
Been paying attention to what's been blooming at Babcock-Webb. Some of todays blooms included Dark-eyed Susans, Spanish Daisies, Pineland Heliotrope, Tarflower, Common Axil-flower, Rose Rush and Pickeralweed
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| Alligator Lily |
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| Tarflower |
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| Pitted Stripeseed |
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