On Saturday, November 2, fifteen birders joined TAS Field Trip Coordinator Brian Rapoza for a full day of birding in Everglades National Park. Though we had to deal with intermittent rain showers, we still managed to tally 64 species before calling it a day. Among the many highlights were ten Purple Gallinule at Anhinga Trail, a Vermilion Flycatcher and a Swainson’s Hawk at the Robertson Center on Research Road, ten American Wigeon at West Lake and a Bald Eagle in Flamingo. We also found thirteen different warblers over the course of the day and encountered two water moccasins: one on Anhinga Trail and the other on Gumbo Limbo Trail.
A complete list of birds seen and locations visited can be viewed in this eBird trip report.
Vermilion Flycatcher: Photo by Brian Rapoza