BIRD SPECIES SEEN:
PELICANS
Brown Pelican ( a few along the coast)
CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant
ANHINGAS
Anhinga
FRIGATEBIRDS
Magnificent Frigatebird
HERONS,
EGRETS AND BITTERNS
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Reddish Egret (1) on Key Largo
Tricolored Heron
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
STORKS
Wood Stork (10+) flying over the Everglades
IBIS
AND SPOONBILLS
White Ibis
DUCKS,
GEESE AND SWANS (very
few seen)
Mallard
Probable Mottled Duck looked like Black
Ducks which arent
supposed to be around in the summer
Blue-winged Teal
NEW
WORLD VULTURES
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
OSPREY
Osprey
HAWKS,
EAGLES AND KITES
Swallow-tailed Kite (5+) hawking insects over plowed field
Bald
Eagle (1)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1)
Red-shouldered Hawk (5+) very visible and very vocal
NEW
WORLD QUAIL
Northern Bobwhite (flock of 20 at Castellow
Hammock)
Amazingly
approachable; they casually strolled away as we approached but I was able to
get a photo
AVOCETS
AND STILTS
Black-necked Stilt
PLOVERS
AND LAPWINGS
Semipalmated Plover
Wilson's Plover (2+)
Killdeer
SANDPIPERS
Ruddy Turnstone
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
GULLS
Laughing Gull (not many)
TERNS
Royal Tern (2+)
Least
Tern
PIGEONS
AND DOVES
Rock Dove
White-crowned Pigeon - several fly overs
Eurasian Collared-Dove EVERYWHERE
!!!
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove
CUCKOOS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (2+)
Mangrove Cuckoo (1) on Key Largo
NIGHTJARS
Common Nighthawk quite a few and during
the day
Antillean Nighthawk 12+ over the airport
runway at Marathon
WOODPECKERS
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker (1)
TYRANT
FLYCATCHERS
Great Crested Flycatcher
Gray Kingbird
SWALLOWS
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
WRENS
Carolina Wren - heard only
MOCKINGBIRDS
AND THRASHERS
Northern Mockingbird
NUTHATCHES
Brown-headed Nuthatch
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike (3+)
CROWS
AND JAYS
Blue Jay
American Crow
STARLINGS
European Starling
VIREOS
AND ALLIES
White-eyed Vireo EVERYWHERE and very vocal
Black-whiskered Vireo (4+)
WOOD
WARBLERS
Pine Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
SALTATORS,
CARDINALS AND ALLIES
Northern Cardinal
BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, GRACKLES, ETC.
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Boat-tailed Grackle very common north of
the Keys
Common Grackle more common in the Keys
Brown-headed Cowbird
OLD
WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow
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Species seen - 72
