Orlando, the Gulf Coast and Everglades continued.
by Dave Carroll david@carroll.freeserve.co.uk
TRIP BIRD CHECKLIST
Red-throated Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Northern Gannet
American White
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Magnificent Frigatebird
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tri-coloured Heron
Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Stork
Fulvous Whistling Duck
Muscovy Duck*
Green-winged Teal
Mottled Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Snail Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine
Wild Turkey
Sora Rail
Purple Gallinule
Moorhen
American Coot
Limpkin
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Wilson's Plover
Semi-palmated
Piping Plover
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
" Numenius sp".
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Dove
White-crowned Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Ground Dove
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
"Caprimulgus sp".
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Cave Swallow
Blue Jay
Florida Scrub Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Grey Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Loggerhead Shrike
European Starling
Hill Mynah
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black and White Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
Painted Bunting
Eastern Towhee
Bachman's Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Boat-tailed Grackle
Common Grackle
Shiny Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
House Sparrow
Grand total of species for the trip: 161
The Numenius sp. was viewed at long distance in a heat haze, and the goatsucker Caprimulgus sp. was only seen briefy as if flew in front of our car headlamps.
* Apparently escapes.
MAMMALS
Opossum 2 on 19th, Everglades.
Nine-banded 10th, St. Cloud; 12th, Merrit Island.
Marsh Rabbit 22nd, Bay of Biscayne.
Grey Squirrel 6 on 11th, Alligator Lake; 16th, Corkscrew Swamp; 30 on 14th,
Lake Kissimmee State Park.
Fox Squirrel 2 on 11th next to SR-531.
Racoon 3 on 12th, Merrit Island; 2 on 21st, Everglades.
River Otter 11th, Lake Tohopekaliga.
Bottle-nosed Dolphin 12th, Merrit Island; pod of 4 on 15th, Bowman's Beach.
White-tailed Deer 4 on 13th & 14th, Lake Kissimmee; 19th, Everglades.
Also, American Alligator was seen daily.
BUTTERFLIES
A good number of butterfly species were on the wing, but unfortunately we had no field guide, however, the following three were confirmed: Giant Swallowtail, Zebra Longwing and Common Buckeye.
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