Special thanks to volunteer naturalist Dick Brewer, who regularly visits the CREW trails and compiles wildlife counts. This valuable citizen science is shared with the CREW Trust staff and our FWC biologists and helps give us a glimpse of all the wildlife using the trails.

Bird Rookery Swamp
Thursday, March 28 ~~ 7:25 AM – 2:10 PM
temperature: 59.3-77.8º ~~ RH 83.9-44.9%
sky: clear ~~ wind 7-12 mph
BIRDS
Common Gallinule – 1
Double-crested Cormorant – 1
Anhinga – 10
Great Blue Heron – 2
Great Egret – 12
Snowy Egret – 1
Little Blue Heron – 5
Tri-colored Heron – 1
Black-crowned Night Heron – 2
White Ibis – 72
Black Vulture – 3
Turkey Vulture – 4
Swallow-tailed Kite – 7
Red-shouldered Hawk – 23
Belted Kingfisher – 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker – 23
Downy Woodpecker – 3
Pileated Woodpecker – 5
Great-crested Flycatcher – 3
Eastern Phoebe – 1
White-eyed Vireo – 19
Blue Jay – 1
American Crow – 2
Tufted Titmouse – 9
Carolina Wren – 17
House Wren – 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – 2
Gray Catbird – 13
Common Grackle – 9
Palm Warbler – 2
Northern Cardinal – 13
BUTTERFLIES
Palamedes Swallowtail – 3
Tiger Swallowtail – 1
Ruddy Daggerwing – 1
White Peacock – 61
Gulf Fritillary – 1
Phaon Crescent – 1
Tropical Checker – 3
DRAGONFLIES
Eastern Pondhawk – 72
Blue Dasher – 82

Needham’s Skimmer – 18
Regal Darner – 3
Halloween Pennant – 1
Slaty Skimmer – 1
REPTILES
Alligator – 41
Brown Anole – 1
Red-bellied Turtle – 3
MAMMALS
White-tailed Deer – 1