Today we drove to Caspersen Beach Park in Venice. This site is part of the Great Florida Birding Trail. Many different species were present today. We saw Mockingbirds, Cardinals, Doves, Blue Jays, Loggerhead Shrikes, Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers and two Black Vultures perched on a limb. Also, we saw Red-Bellied Woodpeckers, Brown Thrashers, a Red-Eyed Vireo, a Downy Woodpecker, a Red-Shouldered Hawk and a Green Heron. Several families of Florida Scrub-Jays call this area home. As soon as they saw us, several of them flew over and landed on our heads.
Just as we were ready to leave, we came across a few Palm Warblers in the distance. We weren't sure of the I.D. until we recognized their constant tail-bobbing. Palm Warblers migrate from their breeding grounds in northern Canada to their wintering grounds in the southeastern United States. They are among the earliest warblers to migrate, north or south. Last year, they arrived at our yard on October 11th. We look forward to seeing them in the yard very soon.....tweet.....tweet!!
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| Palm Warbler (Taken 1/13/12, Our Backyard) |
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| Palm Warbler (Taken 9/20/12, Venice FL) |
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