Mallards and 2 Black Ducks at Kendall Station Rd. Ok so I just came back from Florida. There for 7 days. Visiting my Mom and her husband (96). Amazing weather. Birded all the time (so to speak), and went to 3 great places. Wastewater treatment facility (3x), coastal SP, and an inland river preserve (2x) with a unique Longleaf Pine forest. 92 species. 2 firsts: Bachman's Sparrow (~30) and Red-cockaded Woodpecker (no less than 4). I was on site at 6:45. hour drive with 30 minute walk in, into the Longleaf Forest. RcWo both along with Brown Nuthatches were nesting in the vicinity. Heron family is everywhere. Vultures abound. Florida Birding Feb. 22-28th 2018 _ Pied-billed Grebe 20 _ Brown Pelican 60 _ Double-crested Cormorant ~80 _ Anhinga 20 Magnificent Frigatebird 16 _ Great Blue Heron lots _ Great Egret lots _ Snowy Egret " _ Little Blue Heron " white phase too _ Tricolored Heron lots _ Cattle Egret lots _ Green Heron 6 _ Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 _ White Ibis lots _ Glossy Ibis lots _ Roseate Spoonbill 30 (Blue Cypress) _ Wood Stork 20 Virginia Rail 1 Northern Bobwhite 1 Wild Turkey A12 _ Black Vulture lots _ Turkey Vulture lots _ Mottled Duck 10 _ Blue-winged Teal 400 _ Northern Shoveler 24 _ Green-winged Teal 42 _ Ring-necked Duck 40 Ruddy Duck 3 _ Hooded Merganser 20 _ Red-breasted Merganser 6 _ Osprey lots _ Bald Eagle 2 _ Northern Harrier 1 _ Red-shouldered Hawk 1 _ American Kestrel 16 Peregrine Falcon 1 _ Common Gallinule 40 _ American Coot 600 _ Limpkin 2 _ Sandhill Crane 4 _ Black-bellied Plover 1 _ Killdeer 8 _ Willet 16 _ Ruddy Turnstone 22 _ Sanderling 10 _ Wilson's Snipe 5 _ Laughing Gull 10 _ Ring-billed Gull lots _ Herring Gull a few Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Greater Black-backed Gull 1 _ Royal Tern 16 _ Black Skimmer 180 _ Rock Dove _ Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove some Belted Kingfisher ** Red-cockaded Woodpecker 4 (first) Red-bellied Woodpecker 8 Downy Woodpecker 1 Great-crested Flycatcher 1 Blue Jay Brown-headed Nuthatch 3 _ Fish Crow lots _ Tree Swallow 12 _ _ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 _ Gray Catbird 8 _ Northern Mockingbird everywhere Brown Thrasher 1 Eastern Meadowlark 1 _ European Starling _ Yellow-rumped Warbler lots _ Palm Warbler lots Orange-crowned Warbler 1 _ Common Yellowthroat 16 _ Eastern Towhee 2 _ Savannah Sparrow 4 ** Bachman's Sparrow 30.(a first !) Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird lots _ Eastern Meadowlark 2 _ Common Grackle 6 _ Boat-tailed Grackle lots House Sparrow To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe: E-mail this command to [log in to unmask] UNSUBSCRIBE UV-Birders To change your e-mail address: E-mail this command from your old address to: [log in to unmask] CHANGE UV-Birders [new e-mail address] Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html