Sunday March 26th
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| Bachman's Sparrow |
Had my first-of-the-season
Bachman's Sparrow today at Babcock-Webb. These birds are resident at Babcock but because of their skulking nature are often missed. Except when they on territory and can be heard and seen singing. This window-of-time goes from late March till into July and sometimes later.
Since the devastation caused by Hurrican Ian back in September, my tried-and-true locations for finding red-cockaded woodpeckers, at Babcock-Webb, are not currently viable. I stack-out a colony site at daybreak to see the birds erupt from the nest holes. This method was taught to me many years ago in an email exchange with Jeff Bouton. It has usually been successful till the storm has disrupted the status quo. I have crossed paths with the woodpeckers occasionally but do wonder on the status of this species at Babcock. Didn't see any today and dipped on the brown-headed nuthatch as well.
eBird Checklist - 26 Mar 2023 - Babcock-Webb WMA - 45 species
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| Florida Soft Shelled Turtle |
Today there was also a large concentration of shorebirds at the shrinking marsh area located about ten miles east of the entrance on Tucker Grade. Counted 139 Least Sandpipers and dozens of Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs and Long-billed Dowitchers.
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| Sandhill Crane |
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| Wood Stork |
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| Double Crested Cormorants |
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| Eastern Meadowlark |
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| Dowitchers and Yellowlegs |
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| Lesser Yellowlegs |
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| Least Sandpiper |
Rolfs' MilkweedAsclepias tuberosa ssp. rolfsii
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