Wolf Creek Trout Lily Preserve & Wakulla Springs SP

Wolf Creek Trout Lily Preserve

The trout lilies at Wolf Creek were definitely looking their best today! The slopes were blanketed in yellow:

Part of the goal was to try out the features on our new camera, including the high resolution panoramic feature:

And a few other cool, in-camera features as well:

Color Effects - Green

 

Color Effects - Yellow

It was a beautiful day for a walk in the woods. If you live in the region I highly recommend a trip to Wolf Creek within the next couple weeks to see the dimpled trout lilies and spotted trilliums in bloom! For more information about the preserve check out their webiste. Click here to see more photos from this trip.

Wolf Creek bird list:

Carolina chickadee
Eastern towhee
ruby-crowned kinglet
downy woodpecker
red-shouldered hawk
red-bellied woodpecker
tufted titmouse
pileated woodpecker
yellow-bellied sapsucker
hairy woodpecker?
barred owl
American goldfinch
Carolina wren

13 species

Wakulla Springs SP Birding

Red-bellied woodpecker
white-eyed vireo
Carolina chickadee
Northern cardinal
fish crow
American goldfinch
American robin
mourning dove
tufted titmouse
American coot
white ibis
common moorhen
pied-billed grebe
ruby-crowned kinglet
black vulture
bald eagle (adult)
red-winged blackbird
Eastern phoebe
red-shouldered hawk
double-crested cormorant
little blue heron
anhinga
belted kingfisher
great blue heron
great egret
hooded merganser
lesser scaup
osprey
tri-colored heron
green heron

30 species plus 10 manatees!

Lake Elberta and Lake Henrietta Apalachee Audubon Birding Social

Wood Stork
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Northern Mocking Bird
Canada Goose
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Redhead
Tree Swallow
Hooded Merganser
Downy Woodpecker
Killdeer
Fish Crow
Forester's Tern
Song Sparrow?
Herring Gull
Loggerhead Shrike
Common Grackle
Cooper's Hawk?
Red-Tailed Hawk
European Starling
Bufflehead
American Crow
Turkey Vulture
Palm Warbler

 

Red-Winged Blackbird

Double-Crested Cormorant

Northern Cardinal

American Coot

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Pied-Billed Grebe

Red-Shouldered Hawk

Lesser Scaup

Belted Kingfisher

American Robin

Ring-Billed Gull

Eastern Phoebe

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

Bald Eagle (Juveniles)

Carolina Chickadee

Carolina Wren

Tufted Titmouse
Black Vulture
Osprey
White-Eyed Vireo
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Cedar Waxwing

Lake Elberta
Lake Elberta & Lake Henrietta
Lake Henrietta

51 Species Total!

Wakulla Springs SP Birding

Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
American Goldfinch
Northern Cardinal
Mourning Dove
Carolina Wren
Blue Jay

American Alligator and Black Vultures

Common Moorhen
Black Vulture
Hooded Merganser
Pied-Billed Grebe
Anhinga
American Coot
White Ibis
Little Blue Heron
American Robin
White-Eyed Vireo
Double-Crested Cormorant
Belted Kingfisher
Great Blue Heron
Eastern Phoebe
Snowy Egret
Wood Duck
Red-Winged Blackbird

24 Species

Beautiful day with plenty of gators and turtles basking. I highly recommend a visit to this beautiful park. Manatees are frequently spotted on boat tours in the winter months - the colder the better. I saw one, but they have recorded over 50 mantees this year!

Tall Timbers Birding

Pileated Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Goldfinch
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Cardinal
Red-Headed Woodpecker
Carolina Wren
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Chickadee
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Common Yellowthroat
Mourning Dove
Red-Winged Blackbird
House Wren
Eastern Phoebe
Sedge Wren
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
American Crow
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Anhinga
Swamp Sparrow
Bachman's Sparrow
Brown-Headed Nuthatch
Pine Warbler
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Northern Flicker
White-Throated Sparrow
Red-Tailed Hawk
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Grasshopper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-Shouldered Hawk
Purple Martin

39 Species

St. Marks NWR Birding

Razorbill*
Ring-Necked Duck
American Coot
Redhead
Common Moorhen
Bufflehead
Blue-Winged Teal
Wilson's Snipe
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Green-Winged Teal
Black-Crowned Night Heron
Tricolored Heron
Purple Gallinule
Boat-tailed Grackle
Anhinga
Double-Crested Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Snowy Egret
Eastern Towhee
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Mockingbird
Pied-Billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-Winged Blackbird
Mourning Dove
American Robin
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Dunlin?
Yellowlegs
Great Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron
Laughing Gull
Royal Tern
Gray Catbird
Red-Bellied Nuthatch
Common Loon

38 Species - A great trip and a great list for only a couple hours!

*Razorbills are typically found in Canada and Maine, along the Atlantic coast. In the winter they may be recorded as far south as North Carolina on rare occasions, but this year 100's of these birds have been spotted off Florida's coastline. Sightings along the Gulf Coast are even more unexpected but there have been several in the region since December. It is still unclear what drove the birds so far south.

Sorry for the lack of posts, folks. I will try keep up this year, even if it is just species lists. Thanks for reading!

Cheers,

Aubrey and Matt

Salinas Park Birding (Port St. Joe, FL)

Blackburnian Warbler
Northern Parula
Brown Thrasher
Northern Cardinal
Carolina Wren
Mourning Dove
Northern Mockingbird
Blue Jay
Crow
Brown-Headed Nuthatch
Eastern Towhee
Downy Woodpecker
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Ground Dove
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Carolina Chickadee
Brown Pelican
Semipalmated Plover
Dunlin?
Willet
Foresters Tern
Laughing Gull
Sanderling

-23 Species

Elinor Klapp-Phipps Park Birding

Kentucky Warbler
Summer Tanager
Eastern Bluebird
Blue Jay
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Mourning Dove
American Crow
Northern Cardinal
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
Carolina Wren
White-Eyed Vireo
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-Shouldered Hawk
Eastern Towhee
Blue-Headed Vireo?
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Downy Woodpecker
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Pileated Woodpecker
Hooded Warbler
Pine Warbler
Northern Bobwhite

23 Species