“Birding at Harns Marsh”
Birding Walk at Harns Marsh, Lehigh Acres, FL - October 18th, 2022
Guide: Dr. Jose Padilla-Lopez
Bird Count (42 Taxa):
Observed: 6 Mottled Duck, 5 Common Gallinule, 5 Gray-headed Swamphen, 6 Limpkin, 8 Sandhill Crane, 2 Killdeer, 3 Anhinga, 4 Great Blue Heron, 3 Great Egret, 1 Snowy Egret, 4 Little Blue Heron, 2 Tricolored Heron, 4 Cattle Egret, 1 Green Heron, 2 Black-crowned Night-Heron, 6 White Ibis, 2 Glossy Ibis, 150 Black Vulture, 20 Turkey Vulture, 2 Osprey, 1 Snail Kite, 2 Red-shouldered Hawk, 2 Belted Kingfisher, 1 Downy Woodpecker, 2 Eastern Phoebe, 3 Blue Jay, 4 Fish Crow, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 House Wren,
1 Northern Mockingbird, 1 Savannah Sparrow, 8 Red-winged Blackbird, 7 Common Grackle, 6 Boat-tailed Grackle, 1 Black-and-white Warbler, 2 Common Yellowthroat, 6 Palm Warbler, 1 Yellow-throated Warbler, 2 Northern Cardinal
Heard: 3 King Rail, 1 Carolina Wren, 3 Gray Catbird
Other sightings: American alligator, Buckeye butterfly.
Pictures by Sabine Vandenhende