Site Report: Wakodahatchee Wetlands
Alligators
Boardwalk
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)
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Alligators
Boardwalk
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)
Sewage Treatment Plant
Visits
- 2024-01-25: Never one to miss an opportunity to take Barbara to visit a sewage treatment plant, this visit nearly made us miss our flight as the traffic in South Florida is pretty terrible. Not to mention the all-day hike to get to your flight in the Miami airport.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (30 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(30 records)
Class: Birds
(29 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(3 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
- Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(3 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
- Order: Pelicans
(11 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
- Family: Cormorants
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Family: Grebes
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- Family: Herons
- Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Family: Storks
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Order: Perching Birds
(7 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Family: Swallows
- Purple Martin (Progne subis)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Alligators
- American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)