While waiting and hoping, I got some nice photos of other birds that were frequenting the area.
Other notables in that area were Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Blue-headed Vireo, Northern Parula, Prairie Warbler, Painted Bunting, and Baltimore Oriole.
Just north of the lighthouse, a Common Ground-Dove flew up and perched in a tree.
Around noon, we left the area and went over to No Name Harbor to give another try for the Kirtland's Warbler. A Royal Tern sat on a buoy at the harbor entrance.
Instead of the Kirtland's, we found Belted Kingfisher and a good number of Iguanas. This Black Spiny-tailed Iguana mounted a rock for a photo.
Back at the parking lot, a Magnificent Frigatebird circled overhead.
Next, we left Bill Baggs and drove the short distance north to Crandon Park where there were older reports of another Spindalis by the amusement area. There were a few Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers and a Sandhill Crane that called as it walked around the park. And of course, there were the usual suspects----Double-crested Cormorant, Cattle Egret, White Ibis, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Fish Crow, Northern Mockingbird, Northern Parula, Yellow-throated Warbler, Boat-tailed Grackle, and many Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and Palm Warblers. Every once in a while, a Yellow-throated would come out and pose in the sunlight.
At the southern end of the park, the Crandon Gardens provided many photo opportunities.
American Coots were also there among the Common Gallinules.
A walk out to the beach produced Semipalmated Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Western and Least Sandpiper, Dunlin, Laughing, Ring-billed, and Lesser Black-backed Gull, Royal Tern, and a few Piping Plovers, which were definitely photo-worthy.
We stayed there until around sunset and reluctantly headed back onto the mainland. Our next two nights were spent at the Universal Palms Motel in North Fort Lauderdale.
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