Wood Duck RAPC

Pied-billed Grebe RAPC

Brown Pelican RAPC

Double-crested Cormorant RAPC

Anhinga RAPC

Great Blue Heron RAPC

Great Egret RAPC

Little Blue Heron RAPC

Tricolored Heron RAPC

Cattle Egret RAPC

Green Heron HP.LG

White Ibis RAPC

Glossy Ibis RAPC

Black Vulture SCP

Turkey Vulture SCP

Osprey RAPC

Bald Eagle RAPC

Bald Eagle RAPC

Northern Harrier RAPC

Red-shouldered Hawk RAPC

American Kestrel RAPC

American Kestrel RAPC

Common Moorhen SCP

American Coot RAPC

Limpkin SCP

Sandhill Crane RAPC

Killdeer RAPC

Spotted Sandpiper RAPC

Eurasian Collared-Dove RAPC

Mourning Dove RAPC

Belted Kingfisher SCP

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker SCP

Downy Woodpecker SCP

Pileated Woodpecker SCP

Eastern Phoebe SCP

White-eyed Vireo SCP

Blue-headed Vireo SCP

Blue Jay RAPC

Fish Crow RAPC

Carolina Wren SCP

House Wren SCP

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher SCP

American Robin SCP

Gray Catbird SCP

Northern Mockingbird SCP

Brown Thrasher HP.LG

Orange-crowned Warbler SCP

Yellow-rumped Warbler SCP

Pine Warbler SCP

Palm Warbler SCP

Black-and-white Warbler SCP

Ovenbird SCP

Common Yellowthroat SCP

Swamp Sparrow RAPC

Northern Cardinal SCP

Red-winged Blackbird SCP

Red-winged Blackbird RAPC

Boat-tailed Grackle RAPC

Baltimore Oriole HP.LG

We began driving the roads of Polk County before dawn after a night of heavy rain, with threatening skies. Our first stop was to locate a swamp sparrow. Northern Harriers, ibis, sandhill cranes and yellow rumps were already active. Pishing pulled in a Common Yellowthroat, followed by a single Swamp Sparrow. Rufous wings, buffy rufous sides and grey nape were clearly observed. Mission accomplished, we moved on to check a few more fields along the road where we saw 3 loggerhead shrikes and at least 8 palm warblers - unusual for us California birders used to seeing one at a time.