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a wide-eyed HERMIT thrush

2003-01-10 - 4:40 p.m.

I took a bird walk with D. this morning from 7:00 to 9:30 A.M. at Fontainebleau State Park. The conditions were fairly cold and windy. Although we were disappointed in our search for Bald Eagles, Ospreys, or any raptors whatsoever, we had a spectacular view of dozens, if not hundreds, of White Pelicans flying into the sunken area on the east side of the boardwalk over the marsh. The Hermit Thrush and the two Pine Warblers were special too.
I also believe I saw a Neotropic Cormorant. I know I saw a Neotropic Cormorant. It was sitting over the water on some stumps, with several other cormorants, and it was distinctly smaller. These birds are marching east, no doubt about it in my mind.^*
Pied-Billed Grebe
White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Double-Crested Cormorant
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT
Great Egret --roadside
Mallard
Blue-Winged Teal
Bufflehead
Turkey Vulture --roadside
American Coot
Ring-Billed Gull
Laughing Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Tree Swallow
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
American Robin
HERMIT THRUSH
Northern Mockingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
YellowRumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Meadowlark
House Sparrow --roadside
European Starling --roadside

Note: Birds marked "roadside" were seen driving to or from the park, not in the park itself.
^*Note added Jan. 14, 2003: The ID on the Neotropic Cormorant still seems very plausible to me. This wasn't just a slightly smaller bird. It was a much smaller bird. Leaving gut feeling aside, however, I'm now ruling the bird as a "maybe" Neotropic instead of a "definite." See neotropic or not entry for my reasons why.
Note added February 17, 2003: I had the Hermit Thrush misidentified as the Wood Thrush in the original entry, so I'm making the correction now.

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