We made a quick visit to Cedar Point Environmental Park today. We've had great success here over the past few weeks. We saw a Red-Bellied Woodpecker, a Red-Eyed Vireo and two Blue Jays. Next, we drove over to one of our favorite birding spots in Englewood, Casa De Meadows. It's a very nice community with a beautiful large pond, located off of San Casa Road. We've seen an incredible assortment of birds here over the past year. They include:
Herons: Great Blue, Little Blue, Green, Tricolored. Egrets: Great and Snowy.
White Ibis, Wood Storks, Anhingas, Double-Crested Cormorants, Gulls,
Ospreys, Hawks, Pied-Billed Grebes, Mottled Ducks, Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks, Belted Kingfishers, Common Gallinules, American Coots,
Spotted and Least Sandpipers, Killdeers, Red-Winged Blackbirds,
Red-Bellied Woodpeckers, Boat-Tailed Grackles, Eastern Phoebes,
Warblers: Palm, Prairie, Yellow-Throated. Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers, Mockingbirds
White Ibis, Wood Storks, Anhingas, Double-Crested Cormorants, Gulls,
Ospreys, Hawks, Pied-Billed Grebes, Mottled Ducks, Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks, Belted Kingfishers, Common Gallinules, American Coots,
Spotted and Least Sandpipers, Killdeers, Red-Winged Blackbirds,
Red-Bellied Woodpeckers, Boat-Tailed Grackles, Eastern Phoebes,
Warblers: Palm, Prairie, Yellow-Throated. Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers, Mockingbirds
Our featured feathered friend today is the Prairie Warbler. They are a small warbler (4 3/4 inches) with a yellow face and underparts, a black eyeline and a yellow crescent under the eye. They have black streaks on their flanks and a dark spot on the side of their neck. Males and females are similar except, the female is more subdued with less streaking on her flanks. Prairie Warblers are full-time Florida residents yet, we rarely see them. What a nice treat today! Gotta love warblers.....tweet.....tweet!!
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| Prairie Warbler (Taken 9/29/12, Englewood FL) |
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| Prairie Warbler (Taken 10/11/11, Our Backyard) |
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