St. Lucie County Audubon Society Birders on field trip to Vero Beach Waste Management Wetlands, March 7, 2009.

Photo by Dorothy Schulz         

MARCH 7, 2009, SLAS FIELD TRIP REPORT TO VERO BEACH WASTE MANAGEMENT WETLANDS

We had perfect weather conditions, an abundance of birds,  Marsh Rabbits and American Alligators. Twenty persons participated on the field trip lead by Hart Rufe and Dan Walma.
 
The following is a list of the 55 species identified:

Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
American Black Duck
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Hooded Merganser
Osprey
Snail Kite (male and female)
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Limpkin
Sandhill Crane (with young)
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Common Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle

                                     Dan Walma