Brew, Brew, and BBQ Field Trip Report – Feb. 24, 2019

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David and Rochelle hosted this multi location field trip on Sunday 24, 2019.
Some of the group met at 7:00 AM at the Fellsmere Grade Recreation Area parking lot. This lot is located adjacent to TM Goodwin and the Stick Marsh. After 2 hours of birding and chat we relocated to the St. Sebastien River Preserve State Park Welcome Center, where we met additional birders. Later we drove to the Manatee Observation Area in the state park. Around 11:30 the hungry birders drove to the Marsh Landing Restaurant in Fellsmere for a specially prepared buffet and gift exchange. This event had 24 birders participant in some or all of the activities.

Listed below are the birds seen on the trip. Courtesy of David Simpson’s eBird postings

Fellsmere Grade Recreation Area, Brevard County, Florida, US

  • Ring-necked Duck
  • Gray-headed Swamphen
  • Ring-billed Gull
  • Caspian Tern
  • Brown Pelican
  • Green Heron
  • Glossy Ibis
  • Northern Harrier
  • Red-shouldered Hawk
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • Great Crested Flycatcher
  • White-eyed Vireo
  • Fish Crow
  • Tree Swallow
  • House Wren
  • Marsh Wren
  • Carolina Wren
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  • American Robin
  • Common Grackle
  • Palm Warbler
  • Northern Cardinal

St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park – VIC

  • Common Ground Dove
  • Great Egret
  • Black vulture
  • Turkey vulture
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • Kestrel
  • Tree Swallow
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  • Robin
  • Catbird
  • Mockingbird
  • Meadowlark
  • Crackle
  • Pine Warbler
  • Yellow-throated Warbler
  • Cardinal

SSRPSP – old office

  • Turkey vulture
  • Red-shouldered Hawk
  • Red-headed Woodpecker
  • Kestrel

SSRPSP Manatee Watch

  • Cormorant
  • White Pelican
  • Great Egret
  • Black vulture
  • Turkey vulture
  • Bald Eagle
  • Tree Swallow