FLORIDA 
Florida's first White-throated Swift was rehabilitated and released after being 
found on the balcony of a condominium at Navarre Beach, Santa Rosa County, 
Florida 9 April 2009. Photograph by Lucy Duncan. 
Bazany, DaS), and at least 4 at Daytona Beach 
Shores through 25 Mar (MBr et ah); single 
Glaucous Gulls at Daytona Beach Shores 
through 13 May (MBr), at Central Disposal Fa- 
cility 7 May (Danny Bales), and at Huguenot 
Memorial Park through 23 Apr (PtL, RC); and 
a Black-legged Kittiwake at Ponce Inlet 25 Mar 
(MBr, *UCF). Brothers photographed a pre- 
sumed Herring Gull x Lesser Black-backed 
Gull hybrid at Daytona Beach Shores 19 Mar. A 
single Black Noddy associated with Brown 
Noddies at Bush Key, Dry Tortugas N.P 19 
Apr-3 May (LaM, Brennan Mulrooney). 
Storm-related Sooty Terns were at Newnans 
Lake, Gainesville 20 May (2; John Hintermis- 
ter) and Barefoot Beach, Collier 29 May Qati 
Bachrach). The May storm carried 14 Bridled 
Terns to shore at Ft. George Inlet 19 May (RC) 
and destroyed 16 Gull-billed Tern nests at Bird 
I., Nassau Sound, the largest colony in Duval in 
15 years (PtL). Over 40 Roseate Terns were 
counted at the country’s only rooftop colony at 
Marathon, Monroe 17 May (BR). Arctic Terns 
sought shelter at Huguenot Memorial Park 24 
May (Bob Carroll, Dan Irizarry); Ponce de 
Leon Inlet 19 & 23 May (2; MBr); and Boyn- 
ton Beach, Palm Beach 23 May (BrH). With 
fewer than 10 reports of the species for Flori- 
da, a South Polar Skua was a welcome sight 74 
km off Ponce de Leon Inlet 24 May (MBr et al.; 
p.a.). Parasitic Jaegers came ashore in Duval 4 
Apr (Kevin Dailey) and Volusia 2 Mar (MBr, 
AK), as did a Pomarine in Duval 18 May (KA, 
James Wheat). 
DOVES THROUGH WAXWINGS 
Whether a White-winged Dove at Alligator 
Point 4 Apr QM) was from the established w. 
population at Pensacola, Escambia or the intro- 
duced population in the peninsula is a matter 
of speculation. Goodrich reported an unidenti- 
hed Leptotila dove at Stock 1. 3 May (p.a.); 
White-tipped Dove has been 
documented in Florida twice. 
Nearly extirpated in Florida, 5 
Budgerigars at Spring Hill, Her- 
nando 1 1 Apr (Alan Whitehead) 
were one of only a few small 
flocks that remain. A vocalizing 
Mangrove Cuckoo was n. at 
Wolf Branch Creek Preserve, 
Hillsborough 31 May (KA), and 
early singles were singing in 
late Mar in Miami-Dade (RoT) 
and Monroe (CrG). Single 
Black-billed Cuckoos at Ft. De 
Soto Park 21 Apr (Tina Moss- 
barger) and on the Tamiami 
Trail (U.S. 41), Miami-Dade 15 
May (RoT) were rare for spring. 
Four Smooth-billed Anis con- 
tinued at Dania Beach, Broward (JK), the only 
reliable location for this endangered species. 
Caribbean Short-eared Owls were found n. at 
Bonnet House, Ft. Lauderdale, Broward 29 May 
(ph. Tom Friedel) and at Ft. Zachary Taylor 
S.P., Key West, Monroe 16 Apr (CrG). Casual 
away from the extreme s. peninsula, a Lesser 
Nighthawk turned up at Dry Tortugas N.P. 
16 Apr (LaM). Also in Monroe, an Antil- 
lean Nighthawk was early at Stock 1. 11 
Apr (LaM), while others were seen in Key 
West and Marathon later in the season 
(m.ob.). Florida’s first White-throated 
Swift was found injured on the balcony of 
a condominium at Navarre Beach, Santa 
Rosa 9 Apr (Clive Beattie, ph. LD) and re- 
leased 26 May (fide LD). Two Rufous 
Hummingbirds lingered at Valrico, Hills- 
borough through 14 Mar (Steve Backes). 
Late wintering flycatchers included a 
Say’s Phoebe at Astatula, Lake through 12 
Mar Oim Swarr); a Vermilion Flycatcher 
at Ft. Walton Beach Spray Fields, 
Okaloosa through 11 Mar (KJ); an Ash- 
throated Flycatcher at L. Apopka through 
29 Apr (HR); and a Tropical Kingbird at 
“Dump Marsh,” Miami-Dade through 10 
Apr (m.ob.). Brown-crested Flycatchers 
were at two Miami-Dade locations, C- 
11 IE Canal 7-21 Mar and Matheson 
Hammock Park 31 Mar (both RoT et al.). 
A La Sagra’s Flycatcher at Bill Baggs Cape 
Florida S.P., Miami-Dade 27 Apr was the first 
to be banded in the continental United States 
(b., ph. RD), and another was at Dry Tortugas 
N.P 11 Apr (LaM). Single migrant Gray King- 
birds at L. Apopka 15 Apr and 6 May (HR) are 
annual at this inland location. A leucistic Log- 
gerhead Kingbird at Ft. Zachary Taylor S.P, 
Key West 12-23 Apr (ph. CrG et al.) provided 
Florida’s 3rd record in as many years. A Fork- 
tailed Flycatcher at Ft. Zachary Taylor S.P. 25- 
26 Apr (BW, ph. CrG) was another one of the 
city’s many rarities this season. 
Rare vireos included a Thick-billed Vireo 
at Spanish River Park, Broward 2 & 10 Apr 
(BrH; p.a.); lone Bell’s Vireos at Naples, Col- 
lier 11-16 Apr (AM et al), Boca Raton, Palm 
Beach 20 Apr (BrH), Woodmont Natural 
Area, Broward 2 Mar-17 Apr (John Hutchi- 
son, RT), and 2 at Frog Pond W.M.A. 7-21 
Mar (RoT et al); and a Warbling Vireo at 
Cape Canaveral 23 Apr (tPH, MH). Single 
Black-whiskered Vireos wandered n. to Ft. De 
Soto Park 24-29 Apr (Rick Greenspun et al.) 
and Green Key, Pasco 20 May (KT). Three 
singing Horned Larks at two locations in 
Jackson 30 May and 4 Jun (DaS, BRo) provid- 
ed the hrst suggestion of breeding in Florida. 
Away from Miami-Dade breeding colonies, 
single Cave Swallows were noted at St. Marks 
N.W.R. 29 Mar QM, Alan Knothe; a breeding 
colony was verihed there in Jun), Honey- 
moon Island S.P, Pinellas 10 Mar and 1 Apr 
(DG et al.), with 4 at Wakodahatchee Wet- 
lands, Palm Beach 17 Mar (RT), and up to 6 P 
/. pallida at Key West 6 Mar-17 Apr (CrG). 
Three Ruby-crowned Kinglets at L. Apopka 
10 May (HR) were late. A fallout at Dry Tor- 
tugas N.P. 15 & 16 May included about 500 
thrushes; the most common was Wood 
Thrush, usually the rarest at that location 
(LaM). A Bicknell’s Thrush at Bill Baggs Cape 
Florida S.P 7 May was the 3rd banded there 
(RD) and the 9th verihed for Florida. A Ba- 
hama Mockingbird visited Key West Tropical 
Forest and Botanical Garden, Stock 1. 17-25 
Apr (CrG). Rare and local in the panhandle 
One of two reported this season, this La Sagra's Flycatcher at Bill 
Baggs Cape Florida State Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida 27 April 
2009 was the first to be banded in the United States. Photograph 
by Robin Diaz. 
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