Recap - Rainbow Springs

Twelve birders started out, feeling the chill in the air, but the birds didn't mind.  The sun was bright and there were several hot spots with much activity. The first hot spot gave us a hive like flurry of  activity.  The Tufted Titmouse brought many of the first of the count for us to view.  Chickadees, Black & white Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, White-eyed Vireo, and Yellow-rumped Warblers.  Our next hot spot was on the boardwalk.  Here we watched at least three Yellow-throated Warblers competing for the same bits of insect ridden tree moss.  Again the Titmouse had his entourage of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Pine Warblers, Chickadees, and Kinglets.  I am always excited to see one of the earliest migratory harbingers of Spring. It gives me a happy feeling to see my FOS (first of the season) Northern Parula whose name literally means "little titmouse"  in both of the hot spots.  We had 38 species for this area.  Our continuing trip was out to the main road and up to the campground. We had 22 species for this area. A total of 43 for both areas. The highlighted links will take you to the eBird lists. The combined list is below.

Date range:Feb 24, 2016 - Mar 1, 2016Total # of Species:43
Total # of Checklists:2
Location(s):   US-Florida-Dunnellon-10662-10696 SW 180th Avenue Rd - 29.066x-82.42; US-Florida-Dunnellon-18185 SW 94th Street. - 29.088x-82.422 


Summary
 Feb 24Feb 25Feb 26Feb 27Feb 28Feb 29Mar 1
Number of Species------43------
Number of Individuals------64------
Number of Checklists------2------

Highest Count for a Species   (sample size)Hide Sample Size
Species NameFeb 24Feb 25Feb 26Feb 27Feb 28Feb 29Mar 1
Wood Duck------1 
(2)------
Pied-billed Grebe------1 
(2)------
Double-crested Cormorant------1 
(1)------
Anhinga------1 
(2)------
Great Blue Heron------1 
(1)------
Great Egret------1 
(2)------
Snowy Egret------2 
(1)------
Black Vulture------1 
(1)------
Turkey Vulture------1 
(2)------
Bald Eagle------1 
(1)------
Red-shouldered Hawk------1 
(2)------
Common Gallinule------1 
(1)------
American Coot------1 
(1)------
Sandhill Crane------1 
(1)------
Mourning Dove------2 
(1)------
Belted Kingfisher------1 
(1)------
Red-bellied Woodpecker------1 
(2)------
Pileated Woodpecker------1 
(1)------
American Kestrel------1 
(1)------
Eastern Phoebe------1 
(2)------
White-eyed Vireo------1 
(1)------
American Crow------1 
(2)------
Fish Crow------1 
(2)------
Tree Swallow------1 
(1)------
Carolina Chickadee------1 
(1)------
Tufted Titmouse------1 
(2)------
Carolina Wren------2 
(2)------
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher------1 
(2)------
Ruby-crowned Kinglet------1 
(2)------
Eastern Bluebird------1 
(1)------
American Robin------1 
(1)------
Gray Catbird------1 
(1)------
Northern Mockingbird------1 
(1)------
Cedar Waxwing------1 
(1)------
Black-and-white Warbler------1 
(1)------
Northern Parula------1 
(1)------
Palm Warbler------1 
(2)------
Pine Warbler------1 
(1)------
Yellow-rumped Warbler------1 
(2)------
Yellow-throated Warbler------1 
(1)------
Eastern Towhee------1 
(1)------
Northern Cardinal------2 
(2)------
Brown-headed Cowbird------1 
(1)------