What you might see at Bird Rookery Swamp this week

Bird Rookery Swamp observations

Wednesday, March 22

7:15 a.m. 3:25 p.m.

BIRDS

Anhinga – 23

Great Blue Heron – 4

Great Egret – 38

Little Blue Heron – 11

Tri-Colored Heron – 2

Green Heron – 5

Black-crowned Night Heron – 14

White Ibis – 31

Roseate Spoonbill – 4

Wood Stork – 17

Black Vulture – 117

Turkey Vulture – 33

Red-shouldered Hawk – 25

Common Ground Dove – 4

Mourning Dove – 4

Barred Owl – 3

Belted Kingfisher – 2

Red-bellied Woodpecker – 30

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – 1

Downy Woodpecker – 3

Pileated Woodpecker – 7

Eastern Phoebe – 4

Great-crested Flycatcher – 6

Carolina Wren – 23

House Wren – 1

Blue Jay – 1

American Crow – 3

Tufted Titmouse – 16

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – 12

Gray Catbird – 34

White-eyed Vireo – 24

Blue-headed Vireo – 1

Ovenbird – 1

Northern Waterthrush – 1

Black-and-white Warbler – 7

Common Yellowthroat – 6

Northern Parula – 10

Black-throated Green Warbler – 2

Palm Warbler – 15

Northern Cardinal – 13

Common Grackle – 2

BUTTERFLIES

Spicebush Swallowtail – 3

Palamedes Swallowtail – 18

Tiger Swallowtail – 1

Zebra Longwing – 42

Julia – 3

White Peacock – 62

Gulf Fritillary – 3

Viceroy – 2

Phaon Crescent – 10

Pearl Crescent – 1

Great Southern White – 1

Cassius Blue – 5

Tropical Checker – 3

Red-Waisted Florella Moth – 3

DRAGONFLIES

Eastern Pondhawk – 26

Needham’s Skimmer – 4

Blue Dasher – 8

REPTILES/AMPHIBIANS

Alligator – 139

Brown Anole – 2

Red-bellied Turtle – 20

Banded Water Snake – 1

MAMMALS

Gray Squirrel – 1

River Otter – 3

Raccoon – 2

Cottontail Rabbit – 1