I was away for 2 weeks in Florida where i saw:
Florida Grasshopper Sparrow, Bobwhite, Burrowing Owl, White Tailed Kite, Eastern Towee and Crested Caracara. This was all at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve. What a great place ! Apart from that I had mixed flocks of
Least, Forster's and Common tern. There was also a few over summering
White pelicans. I also was very lucky to see hatching pelicans which was very awesome.
So my Florida trip was nice, a few birds, very hot and lovely beaches.
Back on Patch,
I had a flyover
Redshank early on in July, then on the 13th I had a
Red Kite.
Then after i got back from holiday there was 2 reports of
Turtle Dove but considering that was the only patch bird i had missed i was happy, usually its a lot more! Wader migration was kicking off with plenty of
Common Sands and Green Sands. A
Redshank on the 26th also.On the scarcer front a
Turnstone, Dunlin and Wood Sand were recorded on the 28/29/30th. Thats 8 waders sp in a week! Pretty good for here! I had a flypast
Wood Sand on the 31st. Though after that the wader migration stopped almost completely with only a
Green Sand seen since. Nevertheless i will continue to hope, Ruff, Black-Tailed Godwhit and Greenshank are all a possibility later on.
4
Teal were there this morning (8/8/13).
It seems I must get ready for the passerines migration, I had c.5
Spot Flys feeding in a large
Goldfinch flock. It wont be long now till the
Winchats, Redstarts, Wheatears (hopefully!) and the chance of something rarer!
Further afield I have not been much, but a trip to Pennington got me a
Long-Billed Dowitcher, Curlew Sands, Little Stint, Little Ringed Plovers, Sanderlings and the
juvenile
Redshank which caused a bit if a stir a bit earlier for being mistaken for a
Lesser Yellowlegs.
I will hopefully be going to the BirdFair at Rutland next weekend which should be great fun.
Now bring on autumn!! That patch
Yellow-Browed Warbler will be seen by me!!!
Cameron
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| White Pelicans |
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| Anhinga |
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| Gator! |
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| Northern Harrier ( a very rare bird for Fl in July) |
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| Eastern Towee |
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| Red-Shouldered Hawk |
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| Common Nighthawk |
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| Northern Bobwhite |
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| Three tern species on display here. |
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| A rubbish recodshott of the LBD |
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| Red Kite |
