Sunny, 80’s, winds out of the south
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The reason we came here today, however, was in search of the leading front of the migrating warblers. In late February and early March, the Northern parulas begin to make an appearance. The first wave is probably that of those birds which will remain here in the south and they may well be on the nest by the time their more northerly cousins come migrating through. We were not disappointed this morning as we heard quite a number of the upward buzzy songs being sung throughout the park. We finally managed to get one brave individual down from the canopy to see what we were up to. The first good shot at a parula has to be in the running for the “shot-of-the-day”.
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Northern parula |
We did have a little flurry of activity as we eventually left the park as well. Near the parking lot, we had Yellow-rumps, a few Mourning doves, a Tri-colored heron, and a nice (albeit distant) Pileated woodpecker. One last shot before we bid Buschman adieu, and then it was off to visit several more Daytona “hot-spots”. We will revisit those areas later and relate our findings to you then.
An update regarding our Urban eagles. One adult bird was on the nest today while the two juvenile birds were perched nearby. There is still no evidence we can see that they have fledged, but they seem to be moving further and further away from the nest. First flight can’t be too far off!
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Our New Smyrna Beach "Urban eagles" |
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