Since Hugh Taylor Birch State Park didn't open until 8:00 AM, we decided to spend the early morning at Richardson Park where we'd have another chance at getting better looks, and maybe a photo, of the Bananaquit, but the bird never showed before we left.
We checked out Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, the last remote chance for Western Spindalis, but again came up empty. Brown Pelicans soared by and an American Kestrel landed on a distant snag.
The same sample of landbirds were found there. I couldn't resist taking more photos of the Yellow-thoateds since, here in Pennsylvania, we usually find them way up at the tops of the sycamores.
We decided to head over to Evergreen Cemetery to see if we could find the Black-throated Gray Warbler that had been reported there. This cemetery had produced a Variegated Flycatcher that I was happy to see back in October of 2015. When we got there, the winds had picked up substantially. Palm Warblers littered the grass among the tombstones. One fig tree held at least 60-70 warblers that included Palm, Yellow-rumped, Yellow-throated, Black-and-white, Northern Parula, and a Pine Warbler, but we never picked out the Black-throated Gray.
Jason agreed that we'd spend most of the afternoon back at Richardson Park where we'd have one last chance at the Bananaquit. Again, it was a no-show, although a dark morph Short-tailed Hawk did give us additional looks.
One other life bird that I had a chance for was Nanday Parakeet. I figured I'd eventually run into one in my travels the last time I was down in south Florida, but it never happened. It hadn't happened again this trip either. The Tropical Audubon Society's website listed areas to look for them. We tried late in the day for them along Griffin Road but only found Monk Parakeets. I guess I'm going to have to get over to the Tampa area next time to make sure I see one.
We headed back to our motel and packed up for our early morning flight back home.
Thursday, February 16, 2017
We grabbed our early morning flight out of Fort Lauderdale, switched planes in Chicago, and returned to the colder weather in Philadelphia. All flights were uneventful, so I guess I'll have to pay full airfare on my next trip.
All photos from the trip can be found in my Florida Photo Album.
Florida Trip List (February 12-15, 2017)
1) Egyptian Goose
2) Magnificent Frigatebird
3) Brown Pelican
4) Anhinga
5) Double-crested Cormorant
6) Tricolored Heron
7) Cattle Egret
8) Great Egret
9) White Ibis
10) Turkey Vulture
11) Black Vulture
12) Osprey
13) Cooper's Hawk
14) Short-tailed Hawk (dark morph and light morph)
15) Red-shouldered Hawk
16) American Kestrel
17) Peregrine Falcon
18) Common Gallinule
19) American Coot
20) Sandhill Crane
21) Piping Plover
22) Semipalmated Plover
23) Ruddy Turnstone
24) Sanderling
25) Dunlin
26) Semipalmated Sandpiper
27) Least Sandpiper
28) Laughing Gull
29) Ring-billed Gull
30) Herring Gull
31) Lesser Black-backed Gull
32) Royal Tern
33) White-crowned Pigeon
34) Rock Pigeon
35) Mourning Dove
36) Eurasian Collared-Dove
37) Common Ground-Dove
38) Monk Parakeet
39) Blue-crowned Parakeet
40) Red-crowned Parrot
41) Ruby-throated Hummingbird
42) Belted Kingfisher
43) Red-bellied Woodpecker
44) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
45) Downy Woodpecker
46) Eastern Phoebe
47) Great Crested Flycatcher
48) White-eyed Vireo
49) Blue-headed Vireo
50) Blue Jay
51) Fish Crow
52) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
53) Gray Catbird
54) Northern Mockingbird
55) European Starling
56) Orange-crowned Warbler
57) Northern Parula
58) Cape May Warbler
59) Yellow-rumped Warbler
60) Black-and-white Warbler
61) Black-throated Blue Warbler
62) Yellow-throated Warbler
63) Prairie Warbler
64) Pine Warbler
65) Palm Warbler
66) Hooded Warbler
67) Swainson's Warbler
68) Common Yellowthroat
69) Western Tanager
70) Bananaquit*
71) Northern Cardinal
72) Painted Bunting
73) Red-winged Blackbird
74) Common Grackle
75) Boat-tailed Grackle
76) Baltimore Oriole
77) Spot-breasted Oriole
78) House Finch
79) House Sparrow
* Denotes "Life Bird."
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