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Recap - Honeymoon Island

2/20/2016

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"Oh what a beautiful morning , Oh what a beautiful day". I'm tired of winter!!!  No more 60's.  Welcome some 70's and up. The birds were in agreement.  They were out and enjoying the sunshine as were the 16 of us who started our day at Honeymoon Island.  It seems every year we come back here it's as if it is the first time.  We remember as we travel into the island all  the different nooks and areas where we have seen certain species in the past.  Mergansers, Loons, Grebes, Egrets were readily seen.  The Pet Beach always amazes me in that this is the area where the Plovers (Piping, Wilson;s, Semipalmated, Black-bellied) seem to congregate.  Two American Oystercatchers on the beach were so very cooperative. Then on to the Osprey Walk and finding the Great Horned Owl that was not supposed to be there was a thrill for all. Leaving Honeymoon with a total of 68 species, which can be seen at this eBird link  and on to a much deserved lunch break  at Lucky Dill. 
A stop at the water treatment plant off  Dunn on our way to Fred Howard Beach gave us some of the few species of ducks for the trip. Here we had 14 species including the ducks which can be seen at this link. It was 3:30 before leaving this area and traveling on to Fred Howard Beach.  The highlights were the Marbled Godwits that fed along the causeway. We then had to bid adieu and fight our way back up through the horrendous traffic on US19 to home. The eBird link for this part of the trip can be seen here. Did I say what a beautiful day?
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Here is a combo list for the three areas.
WEEK REPORT:  High CountPrintable version | Download this report
Report Details      
Date range:Feb 15, 2016 - Feb 21, 2016Total # of Species:77       
Total # of Checklists:3       
Location(s):   Honeymoon Island; US-Florida-Palm Harbor-4111 Dunn Dr - 28.108x-82.766; US-Florida-Tarpon Springs-Howard Park Causeway - 28.153x-82.795        
Summary
 15-Feb16-Feb17-Feb18-Feb19-Feb20-Feb21-Feb
Number of Species--------77----
Number of Individuals--------117----
Number of Checklists--------3----
Highest Count for a SpeciesShow Sample Size
Species Name15-Feb16-Feb17-Feb18-Feb19-Feb20-Feb21-Feb
Canvasback--------1----
Redhead--------1----
Ring-necked Duck--------1----
Bufflehead--------1----
Red-breasted Merganser--------1----
Common Loon--------1----
Pied-billed Grebe--------1----
Horned Grebe--------1----
Double-crested Cormorant--------2----
American White Pelican--------1----
Brown Pelican--------1----
Great Blue Heron--------1----
Great Egret--------1----
Snowy Egret--------1----
Little Blue Heron--------1----
Tricolored Heron--------1----
Reddish Egret--------1----
White Ibis--------1----
Black Vulture--------1----
Turkey Vulture--------1----
Osprey--------1----
Cooper's Hawk--------1----
Bald Eagle--------1----
American Oystercatcher--------1----
Black-bellied Plover--------1----
Wilson's Plover--------1----
Semipalmated Plover--------1----
Piping Plover--------1----
Killdeer--------2----
Greater Yellowlegs--------1----
Willet--------1----
Lesser Yellowlegs--------1----
Marbled Godwit--------1----
Ruddy Turnstone--------1----
Red Knot--------1----
Sanderling--------1----
Dunlin--------1----
Least Sandpiper--------1----
Western Sandpiper--------1----
Short-billed Dowitcher--------1----
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher--------1----
Laughing Gull--------1----
Ring-billed Gull--------2----
Herring Gull--------1----
Forster's Tern--------1----
Royal Tern--------1----
Black Skimmer--------1----
Rock Pigeon--------1----
Common Ground-Dove--------1----
Mourning Dove--------1----
Great Horned Owl--------1----
Belted Kingfisher--------1----
Red-bellied Woodpecker--------1----
Downy Woodpecker--------1----
Monk Parakeet--------1----
Eastern Phoebe--------1----
Loggerhead Shrike--------1----
Fish Crow--------1----
Tree Swallow--------1----
House Wren--------1----
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--------1----
American Robin--------1----
Gray Catbird--------1----
Northern Mockingbird--------1----
European Starling--------1----
Palm Warbler--------1----
Pine Warbler--------1----
Yellow-rumped Warbler--------1----
Yellow-throated Warbler--------1----
Chipping Sparrow--------1----
Savannah Sparrow--------1----
Eastern Towhee--------1----
Northern Cardinal--------1----
Red-winged Blackbird--------1----
Common Grackle--------1----
Boat-tailed Grackle--------1----
House Sparrow--------1----
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