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Message: <blockquote data-quote="csanchez7" data-source="post: 3327204" data-attributes="member: 64151">I participated in the Long Pine Key Christmas Bird Count in Everglades National Park on December 14th as the team leader for the Pinelands area. The warm temperatures and record rainfall meant that waterfowl, shorebirds, and waders were widely dispersed -- numbers were way down for those species. However, the very wet conditions were very good for rails -- we recorded King, Virginia, Sora, Yellow, and Black. A total of 18 warbler species also made it onto the list, including Cape May, Black-throated Blue, Worm-eating, and Yellow-breasted Chat. Other good birds included a couple dozen Barn Swallow, Least Flycatcher, Brown-crested Flycatcher, and White-tailed Kite. There was a modest flight of American Robin and American Goldfinch, so we picked up a few of each of these irruptive species (we do not get them most years). The absolute highlight of this count was an Eastern Kingbird, picked up by my team near the Daniel Beard Center. This bird should have arrived in South America back in October! One of the few documented winter records of this species in the USA. We recorded 112 species which is near the long term average (114 species) for this circle. It was a lot of fun and the comaraderie between birders for this citizen science survey is truly special.My next CBC is the Miami circle on December 19th. My last one is the Kendall circle on Decembr 26th -- my absolute favorite for the record smashing numbers of warblers we find wintering in suburbia every year.</blockquote>

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