The Year 2022

 Saturday December 31

Another year has come to a conclusion. Here in Florida, we delt with the ravages of Hurricane Ian, the effects from high gas prices and escalating inflationary expenses. Even though I had already retired, I ended up having to return to work. So, my birding activities were had scaled back. Did have a few lifers this year including Tricolored Munie, Hudsonian Godwit and a Bar-headed Goose. But I did miss seeing many species in 2022 including Cliff Swallow, Scarlet Tanager, Tennessee Warbler, Savannah Sparrow, Bufflehead, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Whip-poor-will, Mississippi Kite, Bay-breasted Warbler, Black Scoter, among others.  Below is my 2022 Year List and Photo Gallery of what I did count. In 2023, I'm planning on being more active. Goal is 300 bird species. Plus continuing to enjoy all of nature and visiting historical places.

2022 Year List and Gallery (225)

1.    Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk
Ding Darling NWR - Sanibel Island
January 2022

Red-shouldered Hawk
Myakka River State Park, Florida
December 2022

2.    Mottled Duck

Probably a Mottled x Mallard Hybrid
Fort Myers Beach, Florida
May 2011

3.    Mourning Dove

Mourning Dove
Belle Glade Marina, Florida
January 2022

4.    Black-bellied Plover

Black-bellied Plover
Fort De Soto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

Black-bellied Plover
Bunche Beach - Lee County, Florida
August 2022

5.    Semipalmated Plover

Semipalmated Plover
Fort Myers Beach, Florida
August 2022

Semipalmated Plover
Fort De Soto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

6.    Ruddy Turnstone

Ruddy Turnstone
Carlos Point - Fort Myers Beach
May 2022

7.    Sanderling

Male Sanderling
Carlos Point - Fort Myers Beach
May 2022

Sanderling
Bunche Beach - Lee County
August 2022

8.    Dunlin

Dunlin
Fort De Soto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

9.    Least Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper
The Celery Fields - Sarasota, Florida
May 2022

Least Sandpiper
Browns Farm Road, LaBelle, Florida
July 2022

10.   Western Sandpiper

11.   Short-billed Dowitcher

Short-billed Dowitcher
Bunche Beach - Lee County, Florida
August 2022

12.   Spotted Sandpiper

13.   Willet

Willet
Bunche Beach - Lee County, Florida

Willet
Bunche Beach - Lee County, Florida
August 2022

14.   Laughing Gull

Laughing Gull
Fort De Soto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

15.   Ring-billed Gull

Ring-billed Gull
Fort De Soto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

16.   Brown Pelican

Brown Pelican
Fort De Soto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

17.   Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron
Harns Marsh - Lehigh Acres, Florida
February 2022

18.   Great Egret

Great Egret
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve, Florida
January 2022

 

Great Egret
Belle Glade Marina, Florida
January 2022

Great Egret
Ding-Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, Florida
August 2022

Great Egrets
Ding-Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, Florida
August 2022

19.   Snowy Egret

Snowy Egret
Fort De Soto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

20.   Little Blue Heron

Little Blue Heron has caught a puffer fish
Bunche Beach - Ft Myers, Florida
January 2022

Little Blue Heron
Tampa, Florida
May 2022

21.   Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron
Flint Pen - Bonita Springs
January 2022

22.   Reddish Egret

23.   White Ibis

White Ibis
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve, Florida
January 2022

24.   Osprey

25.   Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker
Lakes Park, Ft Myers, Florida
January 2022

26.   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Six-mile Cypress Slough Preserve, Fort Myers, Florida
December 2022

27.   Gray Catbird

28.   Sora

29.   Common Gallinule

30.   American Coot

31.   Anhinga

32    Double-crested Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant
Harns Marsh - Lehigh Acres, Florida
January 2022

Double-crested Cormorant
Eagle Lakes Park - Naples, Florida
June 2022

33.   Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis
Myakka River State Park, Florida
January 2022

34.   Belted Kingfisher

35.   Downy Woodpecker

36.   American Kestrel

American Kestral
Belle Glade Marina, Florida
January 2022

37.   Blue Jay

38.   Fish Crow

Fish Crow
Myakka River State Park
March 2022

Fish Crow
Tampa, Florida - April 2022

39.   Northern Mockingbird

Northern Mockingbird
Belle Glade Marina, Florida
January 2022

Northern Mockingbird
Fort Myers Beach - Florida
April 2022

40.   Boat-tailed Grackle

Boat-tailed Grackle
Belle Glade Marina, Florida
January 2022

41.   Palm Warbler

Palm Warbler
Belle Glade Marina, Florida
January 2022

42.   Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warber
The Celery Fields - Sarasota County, Florida
December 2022

43.   Prairie Warbler

44.   Northern Cardinal

Northern Cardinal
The Celery Fields, Florida
January 2022

Bowditch Point Park
Fort Myers Beach, Florida
April 2022

45.   Green Heron

Green Heron
Six-Mile Cypress Slough Preserve - Ft Myers, Florida
January 2022

46.   Turkey Vulture

Turkey Vulture
Harns Marsh - Lehigh Acres, Florida
February 2022

47.   Yellow-throated Warbler

48.   Limpkin

Limpkin
Six-Mile Cypress Slough Preserve - Fort Myers
January 2022

49.   Sandhill Crane

Sandhill Crane
Myakka River State Park, Florida
January 2022

50.   Loggerhead Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County
February 2022

51.   Common Grackle

52.   Ring-necked Duck

53.   Pied-billed Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County
February 2022

54.   King Rail

55.   Gray-headed Swamphen

Gray-headed Swamphen
Harns Marsh - Lehigh Acres, Florida
February 2022

56.   Least Bittern

57.   Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret
Harns Marsh - Lehigh Acres, Florida
January 2022

58.   Black Vulture

Black Vulture
Myakka River State Park, Florida
January 2022

59.   Northern Harrier

Northern Harrier
Palm Beach County, Florida
January 2022

60.   Bald Eagle

Bald Eagles Nest
Palm Beach County, Florida
January 2022

An immature Bald Eagle
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County
February 2022

An immature Bald Eagle
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County
February 2022

61.   House Wren

62.   Red-winged Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County
February 2022

63.   European Starling

Eurasian Starling
West Marsh Preserve - Fort Myers, Florida
January 2022

64.   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks
RSW Airport - Lee County, Florida
January 2022

65.   Blue-winged Teal

Blue-winged Teal
Myakka river State Park
March 2022

Blue-winged Teal
The Celery Fields, Florida
January 2022

66.   Greater Yellowlegs

67.   Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs
Bunche Beach - Lee County, Florida
August 2022

68.   Wood Stork

69.   Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Phoebe
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County
February 2022

70.   American Crow

71.   Eurasian Collared-Dove

72.   House Sparrow

73.   Muscovy Duck

74.   Common Ground Dove

Common Ground-dove
Celery Fields, Sarasota, Florida
2022

75.   White-winged Dove

76.   Merlin

Merlin
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County
February 2022

77.   Black Skimmer

Black Skimmers have gathered at their breeding colony 
at Calos Point at Fort Myers Beach
May 2022

78.   Red Breasted Merganser

Red breasted Merganser
Fort De Soto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

79.   Horned Grebe

80.   American Oystercatcher

American Oystercatcher
Fort De Soto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

81.   Snowy Plover

Snowy Plover
Sanibel Lighthouse on Sanibel Island
April 2022

Snowy Plover
Fort De Soto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

82.   Wilson's Plover

Wilson's Plover
Fort De Soto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

83.   Piping Plover

Piping Plover
Fort DeSoto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

84.   Marbled Godwit

Marbled Godwit
Fort DeSoto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

86.   Herring Gull

Herring Gull
Fort De Soto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

85.   Red Knot

Red Knot
Fort De Soto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

87.   Caspian Tern

Caspian Tern
Fort DeSoto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

88.   Forster's Tern

89.   Royal Tern

Royal Tern
Carlos Point - Fort Myers Beach, Florida
May 2022

90.   Sandwich Tern

Sandwich tern
Fort DeSoto Park - St Petersburg, Florida
January 2022

91.   Nanday Parakeet

92.   Magnificent Frigatebird

93.   Crested Caracara

Crested Caracaras
Church Rd, Felda, Florida
January 2022

94.   Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-headed Woodpecker
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County
February 2022

95.   Florida Scrub Jay

Florida Scrub Jay
Lehigh Acres, Florida
February 2022

Florida Scrub Jay
Lehigh Acres, Florida
February 2022

96.   Northern Flicker

97.   Western Kingbird

Western Kingbird
Church Rd, Hendry County, Florida
April 2022

Western Kingbird
Church Rd, Hendry County, Florida
January 2022

98.   Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

99.   American White Pelican

American White Pelican
Ding Darling NWR - Sanibel, Florida
March 2022

100.  Rock Pigeon

Rock Pigeon
Belle Glade, Florida
January 2022

101.   Indigo Bunting

Indigo Bunting
Belle Glade Marina, Florida
January 2022

102.   Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Belle Glade Marina, Florida
January 2022

103.   Vermilion Flycatcher

Vermilion Flycatcher
Belle Glade Marina, Florida
January 2022

104.   Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County
March 2022

105.   Barn Owl

Barn Owl
Palm Beach County, Florida
January 2022

106.   Short-tailed Hawk

Short-tailed Hawk
Fort Myers Beach, Florida
April 2022

107.   Peregrine Falcone

Peregrine Falcon
Palm Beach County, Florida
January 2022

108.   White-tailed Kite

White-tailed Kite
Miami Canal - Palm Beach County
January 2022

109.   Common Yellowthroat

Yellow-throated Warbler
Harns Marsh - Lehigh Acres, Florida
April 2022

110.   Black-and-White Warbler

Black-and-White Warbler
Bowditch Point, Fort Myers Beach
April 2022

Black-and-White warbler
Freedom Park, Naples, Florida
August 2022

111.   Carolina Wren

112.   Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmouse
Six-Mile Cypress Slough Preserve
April 2022

113.   Blue-headed Vireo

114.   Pileated Woodpecker

115.   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Six-Mile Cypress Slough Preserve - Ft Myers, Fla
February 2022

116.   Black-crowned Night-heron

Black-crowned Night Heron
Six-Mile Cypress Slough Preserve - Ft Myers, Fla
February 2022

117.   Brown-headed Cowbird

118.   Monk Parakeet

Monk Parakeet
Pelican Blvd Ballfields - Cape Coral
January 2022

119.   Burrowing Owl

Burrowing Owls
Pelican Blvd Ballfields - Cape Coral
January 2022

120.   Pine Warbler

Pine Warbler
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County
January 2022

Pine Warbler
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County
February 2022

121.   Eastern Meadowlark

122.   Brown-headed Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County
January 2022

123.   Red-cockaded Woodpecker

Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County, Florida
March 2022

124.   Wilson's Snipe

125.   Snail Kite

Snail Kite
Harns Marsh, Lehigh Acres, Florida
August 2022

126.   Killdeer

127.   Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey
Myakka River State Park
March 2022

128.   Painted Bunting

Female Painted Buntings
The Celery Fields, Florida
January 2022

Male Painted Buntings
The Celery Fields, Florida
January 2022

129.   Purple Gallinule

Purple Gallinule
Belle Glade Marina, Florida
January 2022

130.   American Robin

American Robin
Myakka River State Park - Sarasota County, Florida
December 2022

131.   Rosetta Spoonbill

Rosette Spoonbill
Myakka River State Park, Florida
January 2022

132.   Long-billed Dowitcher 

133.   Black-necked Stilt

134.   Green-winged Teal

Green Winged Teal
Myakka River State Park, Sarasota County, Florida
December 2022

135.   Purple Martins

Purple Martin at the Martin Houses 
Celery Fields - Sarasota, Florida
March 2022

136.   Great Crested Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatchers
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve, Florida
January 2022

Great Crested Flycatcher
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County
March 2022

137.   Tree Swallows

138.   Bronzed Cowbird

Bronzed Cowbird
Fort Myers Shores, Florida
February 2022

139.   White-eyed Vireo

140.   Yellow-crowned Night-heron

141.   Hooded Merganser

142.   Tricolored Munia

Tricolored Munia
Belle Glade Marina, Florida
January 2022

143.    Tropical Kingbird

Tropical kingbird
Belle Glade Marina, Florida
January 2022

144.   Eastern Bluebird

145.   Northern Bobwhite

Northern Bobwhite
Lehigh Acres, Florida - July 2022

Northern Bobwhite
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County
April 2022

146.   Eastern Towhee

147.   American Bittern

148.   Wood Duck

Wood Duck
Six-mile Cypress Slough Preserve
April 2022

149.   Common Loon

150.   Swamp Sparrow

151.   Hairy Woodpecker

152.   House Finch

153.   Yellow-headed Blackbird

154.   Gull-billed Tern

Gull-billed Tern
Browns Farm Road - Belle Glade, Florida
August 2022

155.   Lesser Scaup

156.   American Wigeon

American Wigeon
Rotary Park - Cape Coral, Florida
April 2022

157.   Fulvous Whistling Duck

158.   Common Mynah

159.   Brown-crested Flycatcher

160.   Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

161.   Great Horned Owl

162.   Mitred Parakeet

163.   Egyptian Goose

Egyptian Goose - Kendell, Florida
February 2022

164.   Cedar Waxwing

Cedar Waxwing
Rotary Park - Cape Coral, Florida
April 2022

Cedar Waxwing
Rotary Park - Cape Coral, Florida
April 2022

Cedar Waxwing
Fort Myers Shores - March 2022

165.   Swallow-tailed Kite

166.   Northern Parula

167.   Mallard

168.   Semipalmated Sandpiper

169.   Bachman's Sparrow

170.   Brown Thrasher

171.   Ovenbird

172.   Barn Swallow

Barn Swallow
Browns Farm Road - Belle Glade, Florida
August 2022

173.   American Avocet

American Avocet
Myakka River State Park
March 2022

174.   Ruby-throated Hummingbird

175.   Hooded Warbler

176.   Barred Owl

Barred Owl Chick
Pinecraft Park, Sarasota, Florida
March 2022

Barred Owl Chick
Pinecraft Park, Sarasota, Florida
March 2022

177.   Coopers Hawk

Coopers Hawk
Pinecraft Park, Sarasota, Florida
March 2022

178.   Marsh Wren

179.   Chuck-wills-widow

180.   American Redstart

181.   Prothonotary Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Six-mile Cypress Slough Preserve

April 2022

182.   Northern Waterthrush

Northern Waterthrush
Six-mile Cypress Slough Preserve
April 2002

183.   Baltimore Oriole

184.   Blue-winged Warbler

185.   Indian Peafowl

Peafowl seen at
Hickory Swamp Preserve - Lee County, Florida
April 2022

186.   Red-eyed Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo
Cape Coral, Florida
September 2022

Red-eyed Vireo
Rotary Park, Cape Coral, Florida
October 2022

187.   Gray Kingbird

188.   Cape May Warbler

Cape May Warbler
Bowditch Point Park - Fort Myers Beach
May 2022

Cape May Warbler
Bowditch Point Park - Fort Myers Beach
May 2022

189.   Blackpoll Warbler

190.    Worm-eating Warbler

191.   Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler
Bowditch Point Park - Fort Myers Beach
May 2022

192.   Eastern Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County
April 2022

193.   Summer Tanager

194.   Bobolink

Bobolink
Harns Marsh, Lehigh Acres, Florida
May 2022

195.   Solitary Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper
Higginbothan Road, Lee County, Florida
August 2022

196.   Common Nighthawk

Common Nighthawk
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County, Florida
June 2022

Common Nighthawk
Babcock-Webb WMA - Charlotte County, Florida
June 2022

197.   Chimney Swift

198.   Yellow-billed Cuckoo

199.   Least Tern

Least Terns have gathered at this breeding colony
Carlos Point - Fort Myers Beach
May 2022

200.   Ring-necked Parakeet

Ring-necked Parakeet
Naples, Florida - May 2022

201.   Shiny Cowbird

Shiny Cowbird
Eagle Lakes Park - Naples, Florida
June 2022

202.   Hudsonian Godwit

Hudsonian Godwit
Palm Beach County, Florida - July 2022

203. Wilson Phalarope 

Wilson Phalarope
Palm Beach County, Florida - July 2022

204.  Pectoral Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper
Browns Farm Road, Belle Glade, Florida
August 2022

Pectoral Sandpiper
Carlos Point, Fort Myers Beach
September 2022

205.  Stilt Sandpiper

206.  Bank Swallow

207.  Cave Swallow

208.  Upland Sandpiper

209.  Black Tern

Black Tern
Browns Farm Road - Belle Glade, Florida
August 2022

210.  Yellow-throated Vireo

211.   Yellow Warbler

212.   Chestnut-sided Warbler

213.   Eastern Wood-Pewee

214.   Bar-headed Goose

Bar-headed Goose - an escapee
Naples, Florida 
September 2022

215.   Western Lesser Black-Backed Gull

216.   Broad-winged Hawk

217.   Acadia Flycatcher 

218.   Common Tern

Common Tern
Fort De Soto Park, Pinellas County, Florida
October 2022

219.   Bar-tailed Godwit

Bat-tailed Godwit
a rare visitor to Florida
Fort De Soto Park, Pinellas County
October 2022

220.   Black-throated green Warbler

221.   Magnolia Warbler

222.   Louisiana Waterthrush

223.   Northern Shoveler

224.   Eastern Screech Owl

Eastern Screech Owl
Six-mile Cypress Slough Preserve, Fort Myers, Florida
December 2022

225.   American Goldfinch

226.   Bonapart's Gull

2021 Year List and Gallery

2020 Year List and Gallery

2019 Year List and Gallery