Today we visited some sites on the Great Florida Birding Trail. We drove about 35 miles Northwest to Sarasota, where our first stop of the day was at Arlington Park. This is a great little site with paved walkways and beautifully manicured grounds. The minute we got out of the car, we were greeted by a Downy Woodpecker and a Blue Jay. We saw a Tufted Titmouse, a life-list bird for us. We also saw a Red-Eyed Vireo and some Warblers that we're still trying to identify.
Then, we drove to the northern tip of Longboat Key to a site called, Whitney Beach. Here, you can walk right out onto the beach and see all sorts of Gulls, Terns and Plovers. We saw Black Skimmers, Royal Terns, Sandwich Terns, Willets and Laughing Gulls. We'll have to make a return trip in the winter to see Oystercatchers and migrating Plovers.
Finally, we returned to the southern tip of Longboat Key to the Quick Point Nature Preserve. We saw Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Brown Pelicans and Belted Kingfishers here. Along the trail we came across a Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron.
Enjoy today's photos.....tweet.....tweet!!
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| Tufted Titmouse (Taken 9/22/12, Sarasota FL) |
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| Black Skimmers (Taken 9/22/12, Longboat Key FL) |
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