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Brown Pelican, sunrise Pt Ybel

Shari & I went to Sanibel Island with Mike & Chris last week. It was our 3rd trip down there probably the 8th time there for Mike & Chris. We birded almost all the hot spots in the area, starting and ending the trip at Ding Darling. We hit Corkscrew Swamp, went looking for rarities in Cape Coral, met up with our friends Karmela & Sue for some intensive birding at Harns Marsh and Babcock-Webb WMA and generally had a great time. We even found a couple of Wawas down there. Shari & I got 3 life birds, or 4 if I want to ignore the Jersey sighting of Muscovy Duck last month.
Here are the links to our adventures:

Sanibel 12/11--Eurasian Collared-Dove, Common Ground-Dove, Pileated Woodpecker

Ding Darling 12/11--Mottled Duck, Roseate Spoonbill

Harns Marsh 12/12--Wood Stork, GRAY-HEADED SWAMPHEN, Limpkin

Babcock-Webb WMA 12/12--RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER, Loggerhead Shrike

Sanibel Beach 12/13--Sandwich Tern

Corkscrew Swamp 12/13--Short-tailed Hawk

Bunche Beach 12/14--Wilson's Plover

Cape Coral 12/14--Muscovy Duck

Cape Coral 12/14--FLORIDA SCRUB-JAY

Pelican Blvd Baseball Fields 12/14--Burrowing Owl

Little Estero Lagoon 12/16

Pond Apple Park Trail 12/16-17

Our list 117 species.

Counties birded: Charlotte, Collier, Lee

Species                First Sighting

Muscovy Duck   Fort Myers-McGregor Blvd

Mottled Duck   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Blue-winged Teal   J. N. Ding Darling NWR--Bailey Tract

Ring-necked Duck   Harns Marsh

Black Scoter   Point Ybel Lighthouse Beach Park

Hooded Merganser   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Pied-billed Grebe   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Wood Stork   Harns Marsh

Magnificent Frigatebird   East Gulf Drive

Double-crested Cormorant   East Gulf Drive

Anhinga   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

American White Pelican   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Brown Pelican   Sanibel Beach

American Bittern   Babcock-Webb WMA

Great Blue Heron   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Great Egret   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Snowy Egret   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Little Blue Heron   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Tricolored Heron   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Reddish Egret   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Cattle Egret   Harns Marsh

Green Heron   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Black-crowned Night-Heron   Babcock-Webb WMA

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

White Ibis   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Glossy Ibis   Harns Marsh

Roseate Spoonbill   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Black Vulture   Harns Marsh

Turkey Vulture   East Gulf Drive

Osprey   Sanibel Beach

Snail Kite   Harns Marsh

Cooper's Hawk   East Gulf Drive

Bald Eagle   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Red-shouldered Hawk   Harns Marsh

Short-tailed Hawk   Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

GRAY-HEADED SWAMPHEN   Harns Marsh

Common Gallinule   J. N. Ding Darling NWR--Bailey Tract

American Coot   J. N. Ding Darling NWR--Bailey Tract

Limpkin   Harns Marsh

Sandhill Crane   Harns Marsh

American Avocet   Little Estero Lagoon

American Oystercatcher   Little Estero Lagoon

Black-bellied Plover   Sanibel Beach

Wilson's Plover   Bunche Beach Preserve

Semipalmated Plover   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Piping Plover   Bunche Beach Preserve

Killdeer   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Marbled Godwit   Bunche Beach Preserve

Ruddy Turnstone   Sanibel Beach

Red Knot   Bunche Beach Preserve

Sanderling   Sanibel Beach

Dunlin   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Least Sandpiper   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Western Sandpiper   Bunche Beach Preserve

Short-billed Dowitcher   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Spotted Sandpiper   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Greater Yellowlegs   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Willet   Sanibel Beach

Laughing Gull   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Ring-billed Gull   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Herring Gull   Sanibel Beach

Lesser Black-backed Gull   Sanibel Beach

Common Tern   Bunche Beach Preserve

Forster's Tern   Point Ybel Lighthouse Beach Park

Royal Tern   Point Ybel Lighthouse Beach Park

Sandwich Tern   Sanibel Beach

Black Skimmer   Point Ybel Lighthouse Beach Park

Eurasian Collared-Dove   Sanibel

Common Ground-Dove   Sanibel Captiva Rd

Mourning Dove   East Gulf Drive

Eastern Screech-Owl   Sanibel Inn

Burrowing Owl   Pelican Blvd. Baseball Fields

Belted Kingfisher   J. N. Ding Darling NWR--Bailey Tract

Red-bellied Woodpecker   East Gulf Drive

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   Babcock-Webb WMA

Downy Woodpecker   Babcock-Webb WMA

RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER   Babcock-Webb WMA

Northern Flicker   Babcock-Webb WMA

Pileated Woodpecker   East Gulf Drive

American Kestrel   East Gulf Drive

Monk Parakeet   Pelican Blvd. Baseball Fields

Eastern Phoebe   J. N. Ding Darling NWR--Bailey Tract

Great Crested Flycatcher   Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

Loggerhead Shrike   Babcock-Webb WMA

White-eyed Vireo   Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

Blue-headed Vireo   Point Ybel Lighthouse Beach Park

Blue Jay   Harns Marsh

FLORIDA SCRUB-JAY   Cape Coral

American Crow   John Street Public Beach

Fish Crow   East Gulf Drive

Tree Swallow   Harns Marsh

House Wren   Sanibel Beach

Marsh Wren   Naples Botanical Garden

Carolina Wren   Periwinkle Way

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   East Gulf Drive

Eastern Bluebird   Babcock-Webb WMA

American Robin   J. N. Ding Darling NWR--Bailey Tract

Gray Catbird   East Gulf Drive

Northern Mockingbird   East Gulf Drive

European Starling   East Gulf Drive

Black-and-white Warbler   Manatee Park

Common Yellowthroat   Sanibel Beach

Northern Parula   Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

Palm Warbler   Point Ybel Lighthouse Beach Park

Pine Warbler   Babcock-Webb WMA

Yellow-rumped Warbler   East Gulf Drive

Yellow-throated Warbler   East Gulf Drive

Prairie Warbler   J. N. Ding Darling NWR--Bailey Tract

Savannah Sparrow   Harns Marsh

Swamp Sparrow   J. N. Ding Darling NWR--Bailey Tract

Eastern Towhee   Babcock-Webb WMA

Northern Cardinal   Periwinkle Way - 26.4509x-82.0236

Red-winged Blackbird   Babcock-Webb WMA

Eastern Meadowlark   Babcock-Webb WMA

Common Grackle   East Gulf Drive

Boat-tailed Grackle   Fort Myers

American Goldfinch   Harns Marsh