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Pied-billed Grebe: On lake near Sebring Audubon’s Shearwater: 3 seen from Tortugas Ferry American White Pelican: Large numbers on Merritt Island Brown Pelican: Common Magnificent Frigatebird: From Key Largo south to Totugas Double-crested Cormorant: Common Anhinga: Common in suitable habitat Masked Booby: Hospital Key – Ferry Captain stopped beside the Key Brown Booby: On channel markers close to Hospital Key Red-footed Booby: Scoped at roost on Long Key Least Bittern: Merritt Island and Wakodahatchee Wetlands Great Blue Heron: Common with several Great White along the Keys and one Wurdermann’s along the Tamiami Trail Great Egret: Common Snowy Egret: Common with birds only two feet away along seashore at Fort Myers Beach Reddish Egret: Merritt Island and Sanibel Island Tricoloured Heron: Common Little Blue Heron: Common with best views at Corkscrew Swamp Lettuce Lakes Cattle Egret: Very common Green Heron: Commonest heron Black-crowned Night Heron: Everglades Yellow-crowned Night Heron: Single juvenile on Saddlebunch Key, plus others at Ding Darling reserve and Corkscrew Swamp White Ibis: Extremely common White-faced Ibis: One brightly coloured adult (easy to identify) near Cape Kennedy Space Center on central reservation of road Glossy Ibis: Common Roseate Spoonbill: Merritt Island, Corkscrew and Fort Myers Beach area Wood Stork: Everglades (nesting at Paurotis Pond), Merritt Island and Corkscrew Greater Flamingo: Two distant birds from the end of Snake Bight trail after being mosquito lunch Wood Duck: Female with young at Corkscrew Mallard: Myakka River state park presumed wild bird Mottled Duck: Common on wetlands Gadwall: Merritt Island Northern Pintail: Black Point Wildlife Drive (BPWD), Merritt Island Blue-winged Teal: Fairly common Green-winged Teal: BPWD Turkey Vulture: Very common seen daily Black Vulture: Very common seen daily Northern Harrier: BPWD Snail Kite: One juvenile at Micosukee Indian restaurant site and one en route to Corkscrew at roadside. Swallow-tailed Kite: Common from Sebring southwards Sharp-shinned Hawk: Single bird at Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area Coopers Hawk: Roadside on Merritt Island Red-shouldered Hawk: Common Short-tailed Hawk: Near Sebring – Lake Wales Ridge State Park Red-tailed Hawk: Merritt Island only Bald Eagle: Merritt Island, Joe Overstreet Road and Hatbill Park Osprey: Common Crested Caracara: 2 en route (SR70) to Sebring and one (video footage) near Corkscrew Merlin: Tortugas, on Garden Key and one from the ferry heading inland American Kestrel: Roadside near Merritt Island Peregrine Falcon: Big Pine Key Northern Bobwhite: Best views along Scrub Ridge Trail plus two other occasions Wild Turkey: Between Sebring and Three Lakes WMA along roadside including displaying male American Purple Gallinule: Lake Kissimmee and Wakodahatchee (very close views) Common Moorhen: Common American Coot: BPWD and Everglades King Rail: Rainey Slough Sora: BPWD Limpkin: Loxahatchee and Corkscrew, both giving excellent views at close quarters with young Whooping Crane: Near Lake Kissimmee (Joe Overstreet Road) – 2 adults with 1 young and one along SR70 Sandhill Crane: Fairly common in prairie habitat Black-bellied Plover: Odd birds along shore areas with several on Ohio Key American Golden Plover: 1 en route to Key West, Ohio Key Piping Plover: Fort Myers Beach and Ohio Key Semipalmated Plover: Common Wilsons Plover: Fort Myers Beach area, Keys and at the end of Snake Bite Trail Killdeer: Very common, seen with young at Scrub Ridge Trail American Oystercatcher: Fort Myers Beach American Avocet: BPWD on second visit Black-necked Stilt: Common, breeding at Wakodahatchee Wetlands Greater Yellowlegs: Fairly common Lesser Yellowlegs: Fairly common Solitary Sandpiper: BPWD Willet: BPWD and other wetland coastal areas Spotted Sandpiper: Garden Key Whimbrel: Fort Myers Beach Long-billed Curlew: Fort Myers Beach and one flyover near Big Pine Key along the shore Marbled Godwit: Single bird at Ding Darling Reserve Ruddy Turnstone: Common especially around habitation Red Knot: Fort Myers Beach (FMB) Sanderling: FMB Dunlin: Fairly common White-rumped Sandpiper: Garden Key Western Sandpiper: BPWD Semipalmated Sandpiper: Common Least Sandpiper: Fairly common, many birds at BPWD Stilt Sandpiper: A few birds at BPWD on first visit Long-billed Dowitcher: BPWD when identified correctly Short-billed Dowitcher: Commoner than above also seen at BPWD and Garden Key American Woodcock: Heard only on Merritt Island Laughing Gull: Common Ring-billed Gull: Garden Key and other suitable locations American Herring Gull: Garden Key Caspian Tern: BPWD & Everglades (West Lake) Royal Tern: Common near the sea Sandwich Tern: Key West Common Tern: Fort Myers Beach Area – from bridge near Lovers Key Forsters Tern: Keys, mainly along roadside Roseate Tern: Garden Key and bush Key Least tern: Common along seashore Gull-billed Tern: Key West Bridled Tern: One from ferry with a group of Sooty Terns Sooty Tern: Tortugas Brown Noddy: Tortugas Black Skimmer: Brinson Park near Kissimmee and Fort Myers Beach Mourning Dove: Very common White-winged Dove: Telegraph wires near Sebring and Miami Springs Eurasian Collared Dove: Now fairly common especially further south Common Ground Dove: Seen on several occasions Feral Pigeon: If you can count it (common) White-crowned Pigeon: Common down the Keys Yellow & Blue Macaw: A pair at Mattheson Park mobbing Red-shouldered Hawks (Not countable) Monk Parakeet: Numerous in Miami Springs Yellow-chevroned Parakeet: Mattheson Hammock Park near Fairchild Gardens: Not countable White-winged Parakeet: Mattheson Hammock Park much less abundant than above Mangrove Cuckoo: Saddlebunch Key Yellow-billed Cuckoo: Mainly Garden Key Smooth-billed Ani: Green Belt Park off Griffin Rd. near Fort Lauderdale airport Barn Owl: Econo Lodge at Sebring Short-eared Owl: Caribbean race – Garden Key Great Horned Owl: Prairie Lakes unit of TLWMA and Card Sound Road Barred Owl: Anhinga Trail, Big Cypress Bend and Corkscrew Burrowing Owl: Route from Sebring to Lake Kissimmee Chuck-will’s Widow: Best views on Garden Key in the campsite Whip-poor-will: Late bird near Anhinga Trail whilst watching Barred Owls (calling) Common Nighthawk: Common from Sebring southwards Antillean Nighthawk: Single bird at Key West airport, calling Chimney Swift: Seen overhead on two or three occasions Ruby-throated Hummingbird: Garden Key Black-chinned Hummingbird: Male on Garden Key Belted Kingfisher: BPWD & Garden Key Red-headed Woodpecker: Easy to see in correct locations such as Scrub Ridge Trail Red-bellied Woodpecker: The commonest Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker: Several sightings such as Scrub Ridge Trail, more in the north Hairy Woodpecker: Less abundant thean above in similar areas Red-cockaded Woodpecker: Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area Prairie Lakes unit close to the visitor center Northern Flicker: Commoner further north, seen on several occasions including Scrub Ridge Trail and Venus Flatwoods Pileated Woodpecker: Often seen along the roadside, giving close views. Seen and heard drumming at Corkscrew Swamp Acadian Flycatcher: Merritt Island (calling) Space centre private property ooops! Brown-crested Flycatcher: One bird identified on Merritt Island, although others suspected Great-crested Flycatcher: Common La Sagra’s Flycatcher: A very lucky find on a signpost in car park at Green Belt park whilst looking for Smooth-billed Ani Gray Kingbird: Common further south Eastern Kingbird: As above with birds also seen on Merritt Island Loggerhead Shrike: Common in suitable habitat such as Hatbill Park Red-eyed Vireo: Mainly Tortugas, also Lake Wales Ridge State Park and southern Keys Black-whiskered Vireo: Key Largo State Botanical Site and Tortugas White-eyed Vireo: Very common, listen for song Yellow-throated Vireo: Merritt Island – North end along the roadside Blue-headed Vireo: Two birds calling and singing at Corkscrew Blue Jay: Fairly common, mainly in woodlands Florida Scrub Jay: Scrub Ridge Trail Merritt Island giving very close views, probably close to the nest American Crow: Common Fish Crow: Several identified by call at a few locations including the Motel at Cocoa Purple Martin: Seen at nest sites such as Wakodahatchee Northern Rough-winged Swallow: Fairly common usually passing through Bank Swallow (Sand Martin): Single bird on Garden Key Tree Swallow: Several locations such as Everglades and Hatbill Park feeding over water Cave Swallow – Caribbean race: Site in Pranty's guide at Homestead Barn Swallow: Common Tufted Titmouse: Woodlands further north Brown-headed Nuthatch: Lake Wales Ridge State Forest (LWRSF) Carolina Wren: Common further north in woodlands Sedge Wren: Buck Lake near Hatbill Seminole Park Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: Common in north Eastern Bluebird: 3LWMA and LWRSF Wood Thrush: Turkey Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Veery: John Pennekamp State Park but mainly on Tortugas Swainson’s Thrush: Tortugas and lower Keys Gray-cheeked Thrush: Tortugas Bicknell’s Thrush: Garden Key Tortugas after much scrutinising of Grey-cheeked Thrushes Gray Catbird: Mainly Garden Key but also other locations Northern Mockingbird: Very common Brown Thrasher: 3LWMA European Starling: Common Hill Mynah: Fairchild Gardens breeding in palm tree: Not countable? Common Mynah: Florida City near Motel Not countable Northern Parula: Fairly common all over Tennessee Warbler: Garden Key (GK) Yellow Warbler: GK and Golden race on Saddlebunch Key Magnolia Warbler: GK Cape-May Warbler: Several woodland areas Black-throated Blue Warbler: Several woodland areas, mainly south Keys Black-throated Green Warbler: GK Prairie Warbler: Mainly Keys Palm Warbler: GK Pine Warbler: Mainly in pine woods such as LWRSF Blackpoll Warbler: Woodland habitat with most on GK Yellow-throated Warbler: Single sightings on GK and LWRSF Worm-eating Warbler: Seen on last day on GK Prothonotary Warbler: Big Cypress Preserve Loop Drive Black & White Warbler: GK and Green Belt Park American Redstart: One of the commoner migrants further south Ovenbird: Key Largo State Botanical Site and GK Northern Water thrush: Key Largo State Botanical Site (Back Country permit used) Louisiana Waterthrush: Mainly GK Common Yellowthroat: Fairly common Wilson’s Warbler: Male round tent on GK Hooded Warbler: GK Summer Tanager: GK and Loxahatchee car park Scarlet Tanager: Lake Wales Ridge State Forest near Lake Arbuckle Northern Cardinal: Everywhere Rose-breasted Grossbeak: GK & Saddlebunch Key Blue Grossbeak: Young male on GK Indigo Bunting: Hatbill Park, Saddlebunch Key and GK Painted Bunting: Female only on GK Eastern Towhee: Fairly common especially around prairie habitat Bachman’s Sparrow: LWRSF & 3LWMA singing after rain mostly Chipping Sparrow: Buck Lake Florida Grasshopper Sparrow: 3LWMA Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow: Everglades near Mahogany Hammock – Little Sh**s to find Savannah Sparrow: 3LWMA White-crowned Sparrow: An unusual find on GK, apparently only the second record Swamp Sparrow: Slough in 3LWMA Eastern Meadowlark: Common in suitable habitat Bobolink: Gk and some prairie areas Brown-headed Cowbird: Hatbill Park, 3LWMA and Everglades Shiny Cowbird: Key Largo, Ocean drive bird feeders Red-winged Blackbird: Very common Common Grackle: Very common Boat-tailed Grackle: Common Spot-breasted Oriole: Miami Springs off Curtiss Parkway, nesting at roadside House Finch: Lake Ocheechobee parking area and picnic site (flyover) House Sparrow: Fairly common |
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