From Dave Lord et. al.:
"The well attended Sunday Morning at Turkey Point began with a blustery 35 degree wind that made the bridge a bit cold. The usually productive road end was quiet, with only a few harriers and a Peregrine alone to brighten things up, so we all braved the rather mucky Bald Eagle Trail. A good thing too, because it yielded great looks at mature Bald Eagles, Green-Winged Teal, and Northern Pintails. We all enjoyed a look at a coyote den, and an Eastern Comma butterfly, one that overwinters as an adult, put in an appearance - the first butterfly of the season for many observers. Red-tailed Hawk copulation was observed at Beaver Dam, and we found an immature Golden Eagle fighting with a Bald. This was a different bird than the adult which has been seen. We finished up with a pre-breakfast Dark Morph Rough-Legged Hawk at Newport Landing. Dave Lord (Karen, Brian, Janet, Tony)"
Location: Glades Wildlife Refuge--Turkey Point
Observation date: 3/7/10
Notes: Sunday Morning Turkey Point Walk. Golden Eagle Immature with easily observable band about tail; different bird than two weeks ago which was adult. Rough-legged seen at Newport Landing.
Number of species: 30
Snow Goose 1100
Canada Goose 100
Mute Swan 3
American Wigeon 3
American Black Duck 35
Northern Pintail 5
Green-winged Teal 10
Bufflehead 90
Hooded Merganser 2
Wild Turkey 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Turkey Vulture 12
Bald Eagle 8
Northern Harrier 11
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Golden Eagle 1
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 16
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 3
Carolina Wren 2
American Robin 45
American Pipit 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
White-throated Sparrow 11
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Location: Newport Landing Road
Observation date: 3/7/10
Notes: Breakfast at Waterfront. Dark-Morph Rough-legged seen over Money Island.
Number of species: 6
Snow Goose 450
American Black Duck 3
Great Blue Heron 2
Bald Eagle 3
Northern Harrier 3
Rough-legged Hawk 1
