The West Pasco CBC was rather boring. I sat on Green Key all
morning. The birding was slow. I saw over 50 Common Loons,
35 Horned Grebes, and about 200 Red-breasted Mergansers. There
were lots of herons and egrets around, but very few shorebirds.
The landbirding didn't completely suck for winter. I saw a
Prairie Warbler and two Orange-crowns. After lunch a group of us
took a boat trip that added new species to the count list, and a few to
my year list like Black Scoter and Bufflehead.
After leaving the count I made a quick stop for Budgie and
Yellow-headed Blackbird. I easily found the exotic species, but
could not find the vagrant that would have been nice for the year
list. My year list was at 126 when I made it to Tallahassee to
spend the night.
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