Checklist S193424938

Observations

1. Mourning Dove

   Number observed:  1

2. Ruby-throated Hummingbird

   Number observed:  2

   Details

   Relentlessly territorially displaying to CACHs and TUTIs, even chasing around the YBFL briefly

3. Turkey Vulture

   Number observed:  2

4. Osprey

   Number observed:  1

   Breeding & Behavior Code:

   F Flyover (Observed)

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5. Osprey (American)

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   South at 1:25

6. Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)

   Number observed:  1

7. Red-bellied Woodpecker

   Number observed:  2

8. Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)

   Number observed:  1

9. Eastern Wood-Pewee

   Number observed:  1

10. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    I was eating a peach when I glanced out the dining room window to see this perfect yellow Empid sitting at eye level about ten feet away with one hand holding my binoculars. Frantically, I dropped the peach and binoculars, turned around, reached for my camera, and turned around, all within three seconds. To my dismay, the YBFL had vanished! I couldn’t give up my opportunity to photograph this adorable frantic flycatcher with such a vibrant yellow underside. Hurriedly, I dashed outside with just my camera. Pishing first came to mind, but that only attracted a few SOSPs and a now upset CARW. Thinking fast, I examined every little songbird in the trees—every CACH, every TUTI, until I finally happened upon a similar-sized songbird flicking its wings and sallying out frequently in the shrubs along the property line. I quickly snapped a few photos and chased it around the property from tree to tree, getting slightly more diagnostic pictures each time. The bird didn’t seem to mind me as it was focused on catching bugs to resume its journey to Mezoamerica, although I still tried to keep my distance to avoid spooking it too much. Eventually, I decided to play the waiting game and went back down to the patio where the bird had initially been. When I arrived, several warblers flew overhead heralding the TUTIs that followed and visited the feeder. Eventually, the YBFL appeared again in the same tree that I had originally seen it from. However, confusingly, I heard a “whit” sound like a LEFL calling from an adjacent area. I scrutinized this bush to discover a mischievous adolescent CARW making the LEFL-like vocalizations. I watched this YBFL bounce from branch to branch, flicking its wings, foraging hyperactively like a warbler at times then acting like a normal flycatcher at other times. After about 45 minutes of flying around the property, it eventually found a bush where it would sally out for insects then come back to a different perch. In this bush, I quietly approached the bird with my camera. A mere five feet away, I managed to capture the bird in my photos. Good looks!

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11. Red-eyed Vireo

    Number observed:  1

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12. Blue Jay

    Number observed:  4

13. American Crow

    Number observed:  2

14. Carolina Chickadee

    Number observed:  3

15. Tufted Titmouse

    Number observed:  3

16. White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)

    Number observed:  2

17. Carolina Wren

    Number observed:  5

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    FL Recently Fledged Young (Confirmed)

18. Gray Catbird

    Number observed:  1

19. House Finch

    Number observed:  6

    Exotic: Naturalized

20. American Goldfinch

    Number observed:  1

21. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  5

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22. Black-and-white Warbler

    Number observed:  1

23. Common Yellowthroat

    Number observed:  1

24. Northern Parula

    Number observed:  1

25. Magnolia Warbler

    Number observed:  1

26. Canada Warbler

    Number observed:  1

27. new world warbler sp.

    Number observed:  1

28. Northern Cardinal

    Number observed:  2