Thursday December 7th
Spent the day up in Sarasota County today with stops at the Celery Fields, Siesta Key and Myakka River State Park.
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A pair of Nanday Parakeets were feeding
at the feeders at the Celery Fields |
Arrived on a very foggy morning, at day break at the Celery Fields. It wasn't very birdy. Not many ducks, but An American Bittern did make a long flight across the marsh. My best birds here were a pair of
Bronzed Cowbirds in the company of
Grackles, Starlings and
Brown-headed Cowbirds near the butterfly gardens.
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| Bronzed Cowbird at the Celery Fields |
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| Bronzed Cowbird. Note the Red Eyes |
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| Ring-billed Gull |
At the beach at Siesta Key, a great many gulls and terns were seen resting on the shore. Nothing unusual, but the expected Herring, Laughing and Ring-billed Gulls, Black Skimmers, Royal, Sandwich, Forster's and Common Terns
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| Herring Gulls |
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| Sandwich Tern |
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| Common Tern |
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| Herring Gull |
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| A Tricolored Heron at Myakka River |
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| A Horned Grebe on Myakka River |
At Myakka River State State, I was expecting to see a diverse number of water fowl species.
But not today. A few
Lesser Scaup, Black-bellied Whistling Ducks and
Mottled Ducks were counted. Best bird of the day here was was my FOS
Horned Grebe. Some other species seen included T
ree Swallows, Yellowlegs, a single Black-necked Stilt, Caspian Terns and a pair of courting Bald Eagles. If you like alligators there were dozens on hand.
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| Lots of Black Vultures at Myakka |
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| White Ibis at Myakka |
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| Lesser Yellowlegs at Myakka |
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