Warblers on a trip to Florida -Dec 5-10

Palm Warbler 'western', Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL, Dec 6, 2021

Common Yellowthroat, Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL, Dec 6, 2021

Prairie Warbler, Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL, Dec 6, 2021

Northern Parula, Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL, Dec 6, 2021

After my trip down to Mexico I flew to Florida to meet Sherri and spent several days there before heading back home. I flew into Fort Lauderdale on Sunday afternoon and then stayed along the coast that night. The next day we had intermittent showers but we still headed over to Green Cay Wetland to see what we could find. Despite a downpour while we were there the birds were still around and I found half a dozen species of warblers. 

Tennessee Warbler, Riverbend Park, Jupiter, FL, Dec 8, 2021

Tennessee Warbler, Riverbend Park, Jupiter, FL, Dec 8, 2021

Black throated Green Warbler, Riverbend Park, Jupiter, FL, Dec 8, 2021

Yellow throated Warbler, John D. MacArthur Beach SP, North Palm Beach, FL, Dec 8, 2021

Yellow throated Warbler, John D. MacArthur Beach SP, North Palm Beach, FL, Dec 8, 2021

Orange crowned Warbler, John D. MacArthur Beach SP, North Palm Beach, FL, Dec 8, 2021

Black and White Warbler, John D. MacArthur Beach SP, North Palm Beach, FL, Dec 8, 2021

American Redstart, John D. MacArthur Beach SP, North Palm Beach, FL, Dec 8, 2021

American Redstart with no tail, Riverbend Park, Jupiter, FL, Dec 9, 2021

 Pine Warbler, Riverbend Park, Jupiter, FL, Dec 9, 2021

After meeting some family for lunch we headed up to Jupiter where we spent the next four nights. Each day involved at least a little birding with trips to Riverbend Park being the most frequent and productive. I went there on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. On Tuesday morning I covered miles and had five species of warbler with Yellow rumped Warbler being the most common by far. On Wednesday morning I didn’t have as much time as we were headed to the coast for the morning but I got lucky and ran across a diverse mixed species flock that held eight species of warbler with the most noteworthy being a Tennessee Warbler (unusual here for the date). I had two other species not in the mixed flock giving me ten species for the location for the morning. The trip out to the coast found us in John D. MacArthur State Park. Although not super active there were five species of warbler including my first Orange crowned Warbler for the trip as well as great looks at a Yellow throated Warbler. My Thursday morning stop at Riverbend Park produced just four species of warbler (probably due to persistent fog that just would not burn off).  I did have a tail less American Redstart but not much else noteworthy.  

Overall I found a dozen species of warbler during my stay in Florida with the Tennessee Warbler being a new one for me in the state (I have now seen 21 species of warbler there…not too bad for never being there at the height of either spring or fall migration).