Tuesday Bird Walk

We had 8 people on our bird walk this morning and recorded 55 species. We got great scoped looks at Ringed Kingfisher and Green Kingfisher. We also saw Tricolored Heron, Lesser Scaup and Gray Hawk. We are still seeing lots of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, Neotropic Cormorants, Great Egrets, Orange-crowned Warblers and Yellow-rumped Warblers.


Tricolored Heron

Ringed Kingfisher

Green Kingfisher
We decided not to set up a walk after lunch but instead Mark and I walked the Jaguarundi trail (about 3 miles round trip). There wasn’t anyone else on the trail (it was a little cool and breezy). We watched a White-tailed Kite ‘kiting’ for quite a while. “Kiting” is a term used when a bird hovers on rapidly beating wings to hold itself in one position. Only a few species of birds can do this, most notable the “Kites”. Our White-tailed Kite used to be called the Black-shouldered Kite but a similar bird in Australia ultimately received that name and our US bird was changed to White-tailed.

White-tailed Kite 'kiting'

White-tailed Kite (formerly the Black-shouldered Kite)