Annotated Trip List. South Florida Feb. 28-March 7, 2006 Bold-faced means seen. Underlined means photographed. Plain text heard only.

 

“I” is Eva.  “we” is Herman & Eva.   I’m annotating this list May 7, 2006.  Herman gets to proof it.

 

Grand total: 115 species, of which 4 were only heard. Of the 111 avian species seen , I photographed 81. That’s 73%. By comparison, I only photographed 39% of the birds I saw in Belize, and 48% of the bird species I saw in Panama.  I photographed about the same number in Florida as in Panama.  We saw more species in Panama but I did not get to photograph the extra birds. Birds in Florida tend to be conspicuous. We got to see a lot of the Florida birds repeatedly.

 

1.       Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps    We saw them every day.

2.        American White Pelican  Pelecanus erythrorhynchus  In flocks at Key Largo and Sanibel

3.        Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidententalis 

4.        Double-crested Cormorant   Phalacrocorax auritus  We saw lots every day.

5.        Anhinga Anhinga anhinga

6.        Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias  including the white morph, aka “Great White Heron.”.

7.        Green Heron Butorides virescens 

8.        Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea

9.       Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis  First reported in FL in 1940, now the most common wading bird in the state. Yet I only remember two individuals, in Everglades City in the park where one books boat rides.

10.     Great Egret Ardea alba

11.     Snowy Egret  Egretta thula

12.     Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens

13.     Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor

14.    Black-crowned Night-Heron  Nycticorax nycticorax

15.    Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violaceus

16.     American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus  Herman saw it but Eva did not.

17.     White Ibis Eudocimus albus

18.     Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

19.     Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaia  Shark Valley

20.     Wood Stork Mycteria americana

21.     Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Only at  Shark Valley. Ducks are few and far between in Florida!

22.     Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula

23.     Blue-winged Teal Anas discors

24.     Lesser Scaup  Aythya affinis We had a pairnear shore  from the causeway between Everglades City and Chukulusky

25.     Red-breasted Merganser  Mergus serrator  Females at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge.

26.    Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

27.    Black Vulture Coragyps atratus

28.     Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis  Only one photo op all week.

29.     Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus  Multiple photo ops per day. Abundant.

30.     Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus We had one majestic individual during our tram ride at Shark Valley.

31.     Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus

32.     Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus

33.     Osprey Pandion haliaetus Abundant. I had multiple photo ops each of birds in flight, nesting pairs,  and perched individuals.

34.     Merlin Falco columbarius

35.     American Kestrel Falco sparverius I only remember kestrels in the farmland around Homestead.

36.     Purple Gallinule Porphyrula martinica  The driver called this from the tram at Shark Valley.

37.     Common Moorhen Gallinula martinica  

38.     Clapper Rail  Rallus longirostris Herman called this from the tram at Shark Valley. I saw it too.

39.     American Coot Fulica Americana The only Coots we had were on Sanibel island.

40.     Limpkin Aramus guarauna  Shark Valley.

41.     American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus Two on the causeway to Sanibel.

42.     Killdeer Charadrius vociferus  One of the places we had this was at the lagoon behind the Holiday Inn at Fort Myers Beach.

43.     Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola

44.     RuddyTurnstone  Arenarias interpres

45.     Snipe Gallinago gallinago From the Shark Valley tram.

46.     Spotted Sandpiper Actitus macularia We had one doing its dance by the shore of the Caloosahatchee River.

47.     Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus

48.     Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

49.     Red Knot Calidris canutus

50.     Least Sandpiper  Calidris minutilla

51.     Dunlin Calidris alpina

52.    Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus

53.     Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla

54.     Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa

55.     Hudsonian Godwit Limosa limosa

56.     Sanderling Calidris alba

57.     Herring Gull Larus argentatus We may have only seen one!

58.     Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis The other gull.

59.     Laughing Gull Larus atricilla  The most common gull.

60.     Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri

61.     Common Tern Sterna Hirundo

62.     Royal Tern Sterna maxima Abundant.

63.     Caspian Tern Sterna caspia  We only saw one, at Shark Valley.

64.     Black Skimmer Rynchops niger  This was a life bird for me. I loved it.

65.     Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura

66.     White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica

67.     Collared Dove  Streptopelia decaocto

68.     Common Ground Dove Columbia passerina

69.     Rock Pigeon  Columba livia

70.     Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus

71.    Barred Owl Strix varia We had this at Big Cypress Bend and at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.

72.     Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia A life bird for me. I loved them. 

73.     Belted Kingfisher   Ceryle alcyon  Common.

74.     Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus

75.     Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus We got this on Jamaica Lane on Sanibel Island a mile or so from the entrance to Ding Darling.

76.     Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Abundant.

77.     Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 

78.     Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens  

79.     Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus

80.     Great-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Heard often (by Herman). Seen once.

81.     Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Common

82.     Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus I got to know this bird in TX. I loved it all over again in FL.

83.     Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata

84.     American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos

85.     Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus

86.     Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor

87.     House Wren Troglodytes aedon

88.    Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus

89.    Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis

90.    Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos

91.    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea  Common

92.    European Starling Sturnus vulgaris

93.    White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus

94.     Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius

95.     Black-and_white Warbler Mniotilta varia

96.     Northern Parula Parula Americana

97.     Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata

98.     Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica

99.     Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus

100.  Prarie Warbler Dendroica discolor

101.  Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum We saw this most days, often  hopping around on the ground pumping its tail.

102.  Common Yellowthroat  Geothlypis trichas

103.  Northern Cardinal  Cardinalis cardinalis

104.  Painted Bunting Passerina ciris

105.  House Sparrow Passer domesticus

106.  Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna

107.  Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus

108.  Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula

109.  Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula

110.  Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major

111.  Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater

112.  American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis

113.  Savanah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis

114.  Song Sparrow  Melospiza melodia

115.  Common Myna Acridotheres tristis

 

 


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