Too cold to head to the trails? Thinking the animals will be huddling somewhere for warmth?
That is true for many of our reptile friends, but the weekend’s heavy rain combined with the cool temperatures made for a lot of wading birds out and about Monday morning at Bird Rookery Swamp!
CREW Trust volunteer naturalist Dick Brewer braved the elements and sent in his wildlife count from yesterday’s chilly excursion.
Photo credits: Dick Brewer
Bird Rookery Swamp
Monday, January 28, 2019 ~~ 7:20 AM – 1:20 PM
temperature: 47.1-54.0º ~~ RH 84.0-76.8%
sky: overcast ~~ wind 7-10 mph
BIRDS
Muscovy Duck – 1
Double-crested Cormorant – 2
Anhinga – 29
Great Blue Heron – 16
Great Egret – 34
Snowy Egret – 2
Little Blue Heron – 19
Tri-colored Heron – 7
Black-crowned Night Heron – 35
White Ibis – 145
Roseate Spoonbill – 2
Black Vulture – 38
Turkey Vulture – 9
Red-shouldered Hawk – 14
Belted Kingfisher – 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker – 15
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – 1
Downy Woodpecker – 1
Pileated Woodpecker – 7
Great-crested Flycatcher – 3
Eastern Phoebe – 3
White-eyed Vireo – 9
Blue-headed Vireo – 2
Tufted Titmouse – 3
Carolina Wren – 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – 8
Gray Catbird – 28
Northern Mockingbird – 1
American Goldfinch – 1
Common Grackle – 11
Black-and-white Warbler – 1
Common Yellowthroat – 10
Palm Warbler – 19
Northern Cardinal – 9
Painted Bunting – 3
HERPS
Alligator – 7
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel – 2
River Otter – 2
Raccoon – 5
White-tailed Deer – 1