Circle B Bar Reserve, FL « Lee's Birdwatching Adventures Plus

Circle B Bar Reserve, FL

hese are some of our Birdwatching Adventures at Circle B Bar Ranch Reserve (They have shortened the name to Circle B Bar Reserve)

May 15, 2008
Circle B Bar Reserve Re-opening Nov 1, 2008
Circle B Bar Reserve Grand Re-opening
Circle B Bar Reserve – Future of Birdwatching
Circle B Bar Reserve Birdwatching 11/28/08
Birdwatching 12/18/08
Birdwatching Trip – 2/24 & 3/10/09
Birdwatching 09-18-09 at Circle B Bar Reserve
Birdwatching – 09-25-2009
Birds of the Bible – Stork II
Birdwatching at Circle B Bar Reserve – October
Birdwatching at Circle B Bar Reserve – 12/23/09

Here are some links about the Circle B Bar Reserve:
polksnaturecenter.com
Ridge Audubon’s Birding Hot Spots
From the Southwest FL Water Management
Vacation Itineraries in Polk County
Central Florida-Mania, Part Two
Birdwatching in Polk County – December 2009

These were taken 11/28/08

My Observed List of Birds at Circle B Bar:

My Circle B Life List

Updated 01-08-2010

* Species 1st Date Seen

1	Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	1-Nov-08
2	Wood Duck	10-May-08
3	Mottled Duck	9-Feb-07
4	Blue-winged Teal	9-Feb-07
5	Ring-necked Duck	28-Nov-08
6	Hooded Merganser	9-Feb-07
7	Northern Bobwhite	10-May-08
8	Pied-billed Grebe	1-Nov-08
9	American White Pelican	9-Feb-07
10	Double-crested Cormorant	10-May-08
11	Anhinga	10-May-08
12	American Bittern	28-Nov-08
13	Great Blue Heron	9-Feb-07
14	Great Egret	9-Feb-07
15	Snowy Egret	9-Feb-07
16	Little Blue Heron	9-Feb-07
17	Tricolored Heron	9-Feb-07
18	Cattle Egret	9-Feb-07
19	Green Heron	9-Feb-07
20	White Ibis	9-Feb-07
21	Glossy Ibis	9-Feb-07
22	White-faced Ibis	23-Dec-09
23	Roseate Spoonbill	9-Feb-07
24	Wood Stork	9-Feb-07
25	Black Vulture	9-Feb-07
26	Turkey Vulture	9-Feb-07
27	Osprey	10-May-08
28	Bald Eagle	9-Feb-07
29	Northern Harrier	9-Feb-07
30	Cooper’s Hawk	1-Nov-08
31	Red-shouldered Hawk	9-Feb-07
32	Red-tailed Hawk	9-Feb-07
33	American Kestrel	9-Feb-07
34	Peregrine Falcon	9-Feb-07
35	Purple Gallinule	9-Feb-07
36	Common Moorhen	9-Feb-07
37	American Coot	9-Feb-07
38	Limpkin	1-Nov-08
39	Sandhill Crane	9-Feb-07
40	Killdeer	9-Feb-07
41	Black-necked Stilt	10-May-08
42	Greater Yellowlegs	9-Feb-07
43	Lesser Yellowlegs	28-Nov-08
44	Least Sandpiper	9-Feb-07
45	Wilson’s Snipe	9-Feb-07
46	Laughing Gull	23-Dec-09
47	Ring-billed Gull	28-Nov-08
48	Mourning Dove	9-Feb-07
49	Belted Kingfisher	9-Feb-07
50	Red-headed Woodpecker	23-Dec-09
51	Red-bellied Woodpecker	9-Feb-07
52	Downy Woodpecker	24-Feb-09
53	Pileated Woodpecker	1-Nov-08
54	Eastern Phoebe	9-Feb-07
55	Ash-throated Flycatcher	23-Dec-09
56	White-eyed Vireo	28-Nov-08
57	Blue-headed Vireo	24-Feb-09
58	Blue Jay	1-Nov-08
59	Fish Crow	9-Feb-07
60	Tree Swallow	9-Feb-07
61	Tufted Titmouse	24-Feb-09
62	Carolina Wren	9-Feb-07
63	House Wren	28-Nov-08
64	Sedge Wren	9-Feb-07
65	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	9-Feb-07
66	American Robin	9-Feb-07
67	Gray Catbird	24-Oct-09
68	Northern Mockingbird	28-Nov-08
69	Yellow-rumped Warbler	9-Feb-07
70	Pine Warbler	28-Nov-08
71	Palm Warbler	9-Feb-07
72	Common Yellowthroat	24-Feb-09
73	Savannah Sparrow	9-Feb-07
74	Northern Cardinal	9-Feb-07
75	Red-winged Blackbird	10-May-08
76	Eastern Meadowlark	9-Feb-07
77	Common Grackle	1-Nov-08
78	Boat-tailed Grackle	10-May-08

These were taken on 12/18/08 with just my point-and-shoot camera on a very foggy morning, 59 degrees F, at 7:10 am.

1	Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	1-Nov-08
2	Wood Duck	10-May-08
3	Mottled Duck	9-Feb-07
4	Blue-winged Teal	9-Feb-07
5	Ring-necked Duck	28-Nov-08
6	Hooded Merganser	9-Feb-07
7	Northern Bobwhite	10-May-08
8	Pied-billed Grebe	1-Nov-08
9	American White Pelican	9-Feb-07
10	Double-crested Cormorant	10-May-08
11	Anhinga	10-May-08
12	American Bittern	28-Nov-08
13	Great Blue Heron	9-Feb-07
14	Great Egret	9-Feb-07
15	Snowy Egret	9-Feb-07
16	Little Blue Heron	9-Feb-07
17	Tricolored Heron	9-Feb-07
18	Cattle Egret	9-Feb-07
19	Green Heron	9-Feb-07
20	White Ibis	9-Feb-07
21	Glossy Ibis	9-Feb-07
22	White-faced Ibis	23-Dec-09
23	Roseate Spoonbill	9-Feb-07
24	Wood Stork	9-Feb-07
25	Black Vulture	9-Feb-07
26	Turkey Vulture	9-Feb-07
27	Osprey	10-May-08
28	Bald Eagle	9-Feb-07
29	Northern Harrier	9-Feb-07
30	Cooper’s Hawk	1-Nov-08
31	Red-shouldered Hawk	9-Feb-07
32	Red-tailed Hawk	9-Feb-07
33	American Kestrel	9-Feb-07
34	Peregrine Falcon	9-Feb-07
35	Purple Gallinule	9-Feb-07
36	Common Moorhen	9-Feb-07
37	American Coot	9-Feb-07
38	Limpkin	1-Nov-08
39	Sandhill Crane	9-Feb-07
40	Killdeer	9-Feb-07
41	Black-necked Stilt	10-May-08
42	Greater Yellowlegs	9-Feb-07
43	Lesser Yellowlegs	28-Nov-08
44	Least Sandpiper	9-Feb-07
45	Wilson’s Snipe	9-Feb-07
46	Laughing Gull	23-Dec-09
47	Ring-billed Gull	28-Nov-08
48	Mourning Dove	9-Feb-07
49	Belted Kingfisher	9-Feb-07
50	Red-headed Woodpecker	23-Dec-09
51	Red-bellied Woodpecker	9-Feb-07
52	Downy Woodpecker	24-Feb-09
53	Pileated Woodpecker	1-Nov-08
54	Eastern Phoebe	9-Feb-07
55	Ash-throated Flycatcher	23-Dec-09
56	White-eyed Vireo	28-Nov-08
57	Blue-headed Vireo	24-Feb-09
58	Blue Jay	1-Nov-08
59	Fish Crow	9-Feb-07
60	Tree Swallow	9-Feb-07
61	Tufted Titmouse	24-Feb-09
62	Carolina Wren	9-Feb-07
63	House Wren	28-Nov-08
64	Sedge Wren	9-Feb-07
65	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	9-Feb-07
66	American Robin	9-Feb-07
67	Gray Catbird	24-Oct-09
68	Northern Mockingbird	28-Nov-08
69	Yellow-rumped Warbler	9-Feb-07
70	Pine Warbler	28-Nov-08
71	Palm Warbler	9-Feb-07
72	Common Yellowthroat	24-Feb-09
73	Savannah Sparrow	9-Feb-07
74	Northern Cardinal	9-Feb-07
75	Red-winged Blackbird	10-May-08
76	Eastern Meadowlark	9-Feb-07
77	Common Grackle	1-Nov-08
78	Boat-tailed Grackle	10-May-08