Sunday, December 15, 2013

Florida Index & Trip List

Ding Darling NWR
Photo: Shari Zirlin
Below are links to the day descriptions of our Florida trip. We birded up to the last minute--a Lesser Black-backed Gull on the hotel beach the morning of our departure, a Short-tailed Hawk on the way to airport and, at the airport, the final bird for the trip--Rock Pigeons on the tarmac. 
Song of the Sea Beach
Ding Darling NWR 12/8
Corkscrew Swamp
Charlotte Harbor Buffer Preserve
Cape Coral Library
Point Ybel Lighthouse Park
Harns Marsh Preserve
Ding Darling NWR 12/12
Bunche Beach
Lovers Key SP

96 Species
Species                First Sighting
Mottled Duck     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Ring-necked Duck     Harns Marsh Preserve
Black Scoter     Lovers Key SP--beach
Hooded Merganser     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Red-breasted Merganser     Point Ybel Lighthouse Park
Pied-billed Grebe     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Wood Stork     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Magnificent Frigatebird     Song of the Sea Beach
Double-crested Cormorant     Song of the Sea Beach
Anhinga     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
American White Pelican     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Brown Pelican     Song of the Sea Beach
Great Blue Heron     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Great Egret     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Snowy Egret     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Little Blue Heron     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Tricolored Heron     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Reddish Egret     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Cattle Egret     Immokalee Rd
Green Heron     J. N. Ding Darling NWR--Bailey Tract
Black-crowned Night-Heron     Six Mile Cypress Slough
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
White Ibis     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Glossy Ibis     Harns Marsh Preserve
Roseate Spoonbill     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Black Vulture     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Turkey Vulture     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Osprey     Song of the Sea Beach
Snail Kite     Harns Marsh Preserve
Northern Harrier     Harns Marsh Preserve
Bald Eagle     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Red-shouldered Hawk     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Short-tailed Hawk     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Common Gallinule     Harns Marsh Preserve
American Coot     Harns Marsh Preserve
Limpkin     Harns Marsh Preserve
Sandhill Crane     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Black-bellied Plover     Song of the Sea Beach
Wilson's Plover     Bunche Beach
Semipalmated Plover     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Piping Plover     Bunche Beach
Killdeer     Charlotte Harbor Buffer Preserve
Spotted Sandpiper     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Greater Yellowlegs     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Willet     Song of the Sea Beach
Marbled Godwit     Bunche Beach
Ruddy Turnstone     Song of the Sea Beach
Red Knot     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Sanderling     Song of the Sea Beach
Dunlin     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Least Sandpiper     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Western Sandpiper     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Short-billed Dowitcher     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Long-billed Dowitcher     Bunche Beach
Wilson's Snipe     Harns Marsh Preserve
Laughing Gull     Song of the Sea Beach
Ring-billed Gull     Song of the Sea Beach
Lesser Black-backed Gull     Song of the Sea Beach
Caspian Tern     Bunche Beach
Forster's Tern     Song of the Sea Beach
Royal Tern     Song of the Sea Beach
Sandwich Tern     Song of the Sea Beach
Black Skimmer     Bunche Beach
Rock Pigeon     Southwest Florida International Airport
Eurasian Collared-Dove     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Mourning Dove     East Gulf Drive
Common Ground-Dove     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Burrowing Owl     Cape Coral Public Library
Belted Kingfisher     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Red-bellied Woodpecker     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Pileated Woodpecker     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Merlin     Charlotte Harbor Buffer Preserve
Peregrine Falcon     Harns Marsh Preserve
Eastern Phoebe     Charlotte Harbor Buffer Preserve
Great Crested Flycatcher     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Loggerhead Shrike     Charlotte Harbor Buffer Preserve
White-eyed Vireo     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Blue-headed Vireo     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Blue Jay     Charlotte Harbor Buffer Preserve
Fish Crow     East Gulf Drive
House Wren     Song of the Sea Beach
Carolina Wren     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Gray Catbird     Song of the Sea Beach
Northern Mockingbird     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Black-and-white Warbler     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Palm Warbler     Song of the Sea Beach
Pine Warbler     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Yellow-rumped Warbler     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Yellow-throated Warbler     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Northern Cardinal     J. N. Ding Darling NWR
Painted Bunting     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Common Grackle     Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Boat-tailed Grackle     Harns Marsh Preserve
House Sparrow     Jerry's Supermarket

2 comments:

  1. I like the photo here on the contents and plan to steal your idea ... so thanks for that!

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