Next Fieldtrip/Workday November 8

The next field trip/workday will be on Saturday November 8, 2008, starting at 8:00AM and ending at around 12:00 PM.  Please bring gloves and pitchforks/shovels and wheelbarrows for spreading mulch.  If you don't have these items, then that's OK just bring yourself and we'll put you to work (after the bird walk of course)!  Meet at 427 Aquarius Concourse, Orange Park, FL.

Thanks and hope to see you there.

Pete Johnson

Sanctuary Director

Fieldtrip-Workday Report from Sept 28

The first Crosby Sanctuary field trip/workday this season was a success.  Many thanks to all who participated including Pat Anderson, Ellen Allen, Larry Gilliland, Bill Lapierre, and Inez Everett and Kenneth Upchurch, a student from FCCJ!  They all graciously stayed to help weed and pick up around the native landscaping areas at the entrance to the sanctuary.

We were treated with some really good looks at Tennessee Warbler and House Wren.  Please see the eBird report below.

Location:     Crosby Sanctuary
Observation date:     9/28/08
Number of species:     29

Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga     1
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias     2
Great Egret - Ardea alba     3
Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea     1
White Ibis - Eudocimus albus     1
Wood Stork - Mycteria americana     1
Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus     1
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis     1
Barred Owl - Strix varia     1
Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica     5
Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus     10
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens     3
Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus     4
White-eyed Vireo - Vireo griseus     4
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata     8
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos     4
Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis     5
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor     5
Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus     7
House Wren - Troglodytes aedon     2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea     6
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis     10
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos     7
Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum     1
Tennessee Warbler - Vermivora peregrina     5
Northern Parula - Parula americana     1
Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus     1
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis     15