TM Goodwin Field Trip Report – Feb 8 2018

David Simpson led 15 birders through several sections of the greater TM Goodwin Waterfowl Management Area on a beautiful Thursday morning.  Below is the list that David submitted to eBird broken down into three units:

Broodmoor Unit

  • 1
    Blue-winged Teal
  • 1
    Northern Shoveler
  • 1000
    Ring-necked Duck
  • 50
    Lesser Scaup
  • 3
    Hooded Merganser
  • 25
    Pied-billed Grebe
  • 150
    Double-crested Cormorant
  • 65
    Anhinga
  • 20
    American White Pelican
  • 1
    American Bittern
  • 40
    Great Blue Heron
  • 15
    Great Egret
  • 5
    Snowy Egret
  • 35
    Little Blue Heron
  • 10
    Tricolored Heron
  • 10
    Cattle Egret
  • 2
    Green Heron
  • 4
    Black-crowned Night-Heron
  • 10
    White Ibis
  • 5
    Glossy Ibis
  • 50
    Black Vulture
  • 400
    Turkey Vulture
  • 8
    Osprey
  • 1
    Northern Harrier
  • 1
    Bald Eagle
  • 3
    Red-shouldered Hawk
  • 1
    Red-shouldered Hawk
  • 1
    Gray-headed Swamphen
  • 500
    Common Gallinule
  • 10000
    American Coot
  • 2
    Limpkin
  • 4
    Wilson’s Snipe
  • 1
    Bonaparte’s Gull
  • 1
    Ring-billed Gull
  • 4
    Caspian Tern
  • 10
    Forster’s Tern
  • 10
    Belted Kingfisher
  • 3
    Eastern Phoebe
  • 5
    White-eyed Vireo
  • 1
    Blue-headed Vireo
  • 10
    Tree Swallow
  • 2
    Marsh Wren
  • 2
    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  • 2
    Gray Catbird
  • 10
    Common Yellowthroat
  • 25
    Palm Warbler
  • 175
    Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
  • 25
    Savannah Sparrow
  • 5
    Swamp Sparrow
  • 5
    Northern Cardinal
  • 50
    Red-winged Blackbird
  • 75
    Boat-tailed Grackle
  • 52 species

Original unit

  • 2
    Snail Kite
  • 1 species

Fellsmere Grade Recreational Area

  • 50
    Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
  • 10
    Fulvous Whistling-Duck

    Known location. Long-legged, Long-necked ducks. Too far away to pick up details of plumage other than the lack of white on the upper wing coverts. Seen very far back from gate on right just before gate for TM Goodwin WMA. This time they were all the way back to the furthest tree line.

  • 15
    Double-crested Cormorant
  • 50
    Anhinga
  • 5
    Great Blue Heron
  • 50
    Great Egret
  • 10
    Snowy Egret
  • 3
    Little Blue Heron
  • 2
    Tricolored Heron
  • 10
    Cattle Egret
  • 2
    Green Heron
  • 1
    White Ibis
  • 25
    Glossy Ibis
  • 50
    Roseate Spoonbill
  • 50
    Black Vulture
  • 150
    Turkey Vulture
  • 1
    Osprey
  • 1
    Red-shouldered Hawk
  • 8
    Purple Gallinule

    Extensive habitat present. Seen from gate on right just before TM Goodwin WMA gate. Individual count.

  • 10
    Common Gallinule
  • 5
    Limpkin
  • 1
    Sandhill Crane
  • 3
    Killdeer
  • 2
    Lesser Yellowlegs
  • 1
    Ring-billed Gull
  • 10
    Mourning Dove
  • 1
    Belted Kingfisher
  • 2
    Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • 3
    Eastern Phoebe
  • 2
    White-eyed Vireo
  • 15
    Fish Crow
  • 100
    Tree Swallow
  • 3
    House Wren
  • 1
    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  • 5
    American Robin
  • 1
    Gray Catbird
  • 2
    Northern Mockingbird
  • 1
    European Starling
  • 1
    Common Yellowthroat
  • 10
    Palm Warbler
  • 30
    Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
  • 4
    Northern Cardinal
  • 1
    Eastern Meadowlark
  • 35
    Red-winged Blackbird
  • 15
    Common Grackle
  • 15
    Boat-tailed Grackle
  • 46 species