I had a great midday excursion to Saddle Creek Park in Lakeland yesterday, racking up 11 species of warblers, including Kentucky, Hooded, 3 Worm-eating, and 2 Prothonotary. A young male Baltimore Oriole was also a nice surprise.
Full eBird list below.
Saddle Creek Park, Polk, Florida, US
Sep 3, 2015 11:10 AM - 2:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.7 mile(s)
38 species (+1 other taxa)
Mallard (Domestic type) 4
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Anhinga 12 One individual with a huge wad of hot pink fishing line wrapped around its beak :-/
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 3
Tricolored Heron 1
White Ibis 10
Black Vulture 6
Osprey 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 One bird flew up from the ground with empty talons. Must have missed!
Common Gallinule 1
Limpkin 1 Very low count for this location. Probably because I was there in the middle of the day when they're more secretive.
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 5
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 1
Fish Crow 3
Tufted Titmouse 4
Carolina Wren 9
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 28
Northern Mockingbird 1 Along the nature trail - an area where I don't typically see this species.
Ovenbird 5 One individual flipped out when I played a Kentucky Warbler song - hopping around me and calling loudly with its crown feathers raised. I have no idea why an Ovenbird would react so strongly to the song of another species.
Worm-eating Warbler 3 Unusually high count for this species.
Black-and-white Warbler 1 Surprisingly low count. These guys are usually quite abundant at this location.
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Kentucky Warbler 1 Seen and heard well, calling frequently. Did not sing and did not respond to playback of its song.
Hooded Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 7
Yellow Warbler 1 In a large lone live oak near the south end of the road.
Yellow-throated Warbler 9
Prairie Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 17
Boat-tailed Grackle 3
Baltimore Oriole 1
Daniel Estabrooks
Winter Haven, FL
