MARCH 6, 2010,
SLAS FIELD TRIP REPORT
VERO WETLANDS
Thirteen members participated in the Saturday morning field trip to the Vero Wetlands. The sky was cloudless, minimal wind and temperature from the low forties to the low 60s.
We identified 60 species, en route and at the wetlands, plus an American Alligator and a Northern River Otter. Nesting Sandhill Cranes, Blue-winged Teal engaged in a mating ritual, Green-winged Teal (smallest dabbling duck in North America) and an American Black Duck (a more Northern bird seldom in Florida) were seen.
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Pied-billed Grebe |
Blue-winged Teal |
Eastern Phoebe |
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Brown Pelican |
Northern Shoveler |
Loggerhead Shrike |
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Double-crested Cormorant |
Green-winged Teal |
Blue Jay |
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Anhinga |
Ring-necked Duck |
Fish Crow |
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Magnificent Frigatebird* |
Osprey |
Tree Swallow |
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Great Blue Heron |
Bald Eagle |
House Wren |
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Great Egret |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
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Snowy Egret |
Crested Caracara |
Northern Mockingbird |
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Little Blue Heron |
American Kestrel |
American Robin |
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Tricolored Heron |
Common Moorhen |
European Starling |
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Cattle Egret |
American Coot |
Yellow-Rumped Warbler |
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Black-crowned Night-Heron |
Sandhill Crane |
Prairie Warbler |
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White Ibis |
Killdeer |
Palm Warbler |
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Glossy Ibis |
Ruddy Turnstone |
Savannah Sparrow |
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Wood Stork |
Ring-billed Gull |
Red-winged Blackbird |
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Black Vulture |
Herring Gull |
Common Grackle |
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Turkey Vulture |
Great Black-backed Gull |
Boat-tailed Grackle |
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Gadwall |
Eurasian Collared Dove |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
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Mourning Dove |
House Sparrow |
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Mottled Duck |
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
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*flew over car on A1A en route to wetlands, a female) |
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-- Submitted by Dan Walma