Monday, November 29, 2010

Ruddy Turnstones - A Visit to Bunche Beach

Saturday November 27th


Headed back to Bunche Beach early Saturday morning with the idea of finding any American White Pelicans an a very foggy morning. The tide was low and falling. Very birdy as well. Walked both endsof the beach, finding the usual hundreds of resting Black Skimmers and all the usual shore birds and waders. Did find a FOS first winter Herring Gull among the many Laughing Gulls.  No ring-billed gulls this morning. Only saw a lone Royal Tern a few Sandwich Terns and Forster's Terns.  The fog reduced visibility but an occasional pelican could be seen flying by, but only Brown Pelicans today. Found several Ruddy Turnstones some of which were well camouflaged in the leaf litter they were probing for breakfast.
A foggy morning at Bunche Beach

Piping Plover

Black-bellied Plover

Yellow-Crowned Nightheron on the hunt

Sanderling

Sanderlings

Great Blue Heron
Can you see the Ruddy Turnstone
My Bunche Beach list - ( 30)
Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Reddish Egret, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Osprey, Black-bellied Plover, Wilson's Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Piping Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, Willet, Marbled Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Red Knot, Sanderling, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Dunlin, Short-billed Dowitcher, Laughing Gull, Herring Gull, Forster's Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Black Skimmer, Eastern Phoebe

Other sightings over the Thanksgiving weekend included the Monk Parakeets and a Burrowing Owl in Cape Coral at the Pelican Boulevard ballfields. Sighted a Whip-poor-will on a fence post as I was heading into work on Thursday night. Its eye-shine gave it away as my car's head lights caught sight of it. On the way home Friday morning sighted a Great Horned Hawk being harassed by a Red-Shouldered Hawk as it was perched atop a pile of dead timber, awaiting kindling, at the recently cleared construction sight along Airport-Haul Road. I don't have a consistent place in Lee County to find these owls, so they are always welcomed when ever I can come across them. I have also been consistently locating a trio of Redhead duck, over the weekend, hanging with a flock of American Coots at the ponds on Domestic Street. These are my first sighting of Redheads in Lee County. Lesser Scaups, Ring-necked Ducks, Mottled Ducks and a Pied-billed Grebe are seen here too.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Grasshopper Sparrow and Red-Breasted Merganser

Visits to Bunche Beach  and Domestic Street
Sunday November 21st

Following work this morning I was interested in seeing if any American white pelicans could be found at Bunche Beach. My last sighting of the white pelican at Bunche Beach was a lone bird back in July. It was a summer holdover that had not followed the flocks north.  But now the white pelicans are back.

First stopped at Domestic Street to see what ducks are on the ponds and and if anything was new with the arriving sparrows. I had stopped here yesterday morning and did find American Coots and Ring-necked Ducks, but was interrupted by a cop curious as to what I was up too. Every once in a while the Law is suspect as to what's up. So far I haven't been harassed after explaining about bird watching.  The same on this stop.  But you never know when when you'll meet up with someone who not too bright.
The hundred plus flock of American Coots were still here today and a few female Lesser Scaups were present.  The best part was the flock of seven FOS Red-breasted Mergansers that flew in as I was checking out the ponds. Had never seen these mergansers here before, usually find them at the beast or at Ding-Darling NWR on Sanibel.
The landowners usually keep the berms along the street moved, but currently they are very bushy and good habituate for Sparrows and several Savannah Sparrows are now present and finally I spotted a couple of FOS Grasshopper Sparrows.  I had not seen any here last year, but a couple were usually seen the season before. The number of Mourning Doves have thinned out but today I counted five American Kestrels.  The burrowing owls as still missing as is the northern bobwhites. Eastern Meadowlarks were singing.

At Bunche Beach the tide was low and I ran into Wes as he was birding .  Wes had been lucky earlier in the week with sighting the long-billed curlew here. But no curlew or white pelicans this morning.  Did find all the expected birds though, including a lone Ring-billed Gull. Scanned the water to if any of the red-breasted mergansers had made it here yet. Only a few cormorants were present. Lots of Brown Pelicans too. Checked through all of the gulls and terns and nothing unusual there either. Wes said he had seen a caspian tern the other day as well.  We had a one here last season and maybe its back.  Perhaps we can see a black-backed or bonaparte's gull this season too. Usually have to travel to locate these species. One interesting obersvation was a particular tree just of the beach which was active with a pair of White-eyed Vireos, Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers, a Northern Cardinal, a Red-bellied Woodpecker, an Eastern Phoebe and a House Wren

My list for the day ( 55) -
Mottled Duck, Lesser Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Anhinga, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Reddish Egret, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Red-shouldered Hawk, American Kestrel, Black-bellied Plover, Wilson's Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Piping Plover, American Oystercatcher, Spotted Sandpiper, Willet, Marbled Godwit, Sanderling, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Dunlin, Short-billed Dowitcher, Laughing Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Forster's Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, White-eyed Vireo, House Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Northern Mockingbird, Palm Warbler, Northern Cardinal, Common Grackle, American Coot, Mourning Dove, Belted Kingfisher, Loggerhead Shrike, House Wren, Savannah Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlark, Boat-tailed Grackle





Monday, November 15, 2010

Savannah Sparrow - A Lee County Blitz

Monday November 15th

Great Blue Heron
Mondays are usually my only full-day off of work and I often will schedule some kind of birding trip for the day.  Currently there are a lot of opportunities for travel to locate the hard to find birds in my neighborhood. There is a reported lark sparrow up in St Petersburg, a potential lifer, and the says phoebe is reported to have returned to the fence were it had wintered the past two years up in Lake County on Ranch Road in Astatula. There was also a Great Cormorant at Viera Wetlands near Melbourne and Swainson's Hawks at Lucky Hammock. There was also the Green-tailed Towhee at Ft Pickens, near Pensacola, but I just read a report that it may have fallen prey to a coopers hawk or some other predator. A shame.
But I have elected to stay close to home today. To run a blitz on my Lee County hot spots - Bunche Beach, Six-Mile Cypress Slough and Harns Marsh. So between 8:30 am and 1:30 pm I was able track eighty species for the day.





Savannah Sparrows - they have returned and were found on Domestic Street and Harns Marsh

 Headed to Domestic Street in south Lee County. This had been a dependable site for burrowing owls until the babies fledged.  Since then, seems they have moved on.  But I was able to to locate a Red-tailed Hawk, several American Kestrals and about a hundred American Coots and one Pied-billed Grebe.  Hoped to relocate lesser scaups and ring-necked ducks on the ponds, but none found here today..  But several Savannah Sparrows have shown up and hopefully grasshopper sparrows we be along soon. Lots of Palm Warblers and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker too.
Dunlin at Bunche Beach
 Next was Six-Mile Cypress Slough. Got my FOS Ruby-Crowned Kinglet in the parking lot and added Gray Catbird, Yellow-rumped Wabler, Double-crested Cormorant, Anhinga, Eastern Phoebe and Green Heron. Did not spend much time on the boardwalk, as the blitz was on.
Dunlin at Bunche Beach
 On to Harn's Marsh. A walker I met here commented on a pair of river otters, but I missed them.  Was rewarded with a calling FOS Sora though.  Did not see the sora, but you can not mistake its call. Found more savannah sparrows and all the usual waders - Glossy and White Ibis, Great Egret, Little Blue Herons, Great Blue Heron, a Wood Stork etc. Several Tree Swallows were active as well as a lone Northern Rough-winged Swallow. Several Limpkins and Snail Kites were easily found.  A couple of Northern Harriers were working the marsh too. There are always a lot of Black and Turkey Vultures here and hundreds of American Coots. The Lesser Scaups and Ring-necked Ducks missed on the ponds at Domestic Street were located here, plus several Mottled Ducks and pied-billed grebes.  Other interesting birds seen here a Pileated Woodpecker, Palm Warblers and a noisy House Wren. Could not find any blue-winged teal though.  So I drove over to the other entrance located next to Harn's marsh Elementry School. Here I was able to add the Blue-winged Teals and a Greater Yellowlegs. Missed on the sandhill cranes usually found here. After leaving, spotted a Bald Eagle flying overhead.
Snail Kite hunting for Apple Snails over Harn's Marsh
Arrived at Bunche Beach at about noon.  Lots of people on the beach.  Season has started.  But found a lot of birds here too.  Including my FOS Ring-billed Gulls. Had hope for white pelicans, but only saw Brown Pelicans way out, diving  for there lunch. Hundreds of Black Skimmers resting on the beach with Royal, Sandwich and Forster's Terns mixed in.  There were no waders present, but had all the expected shore birds - Willets, Short-billed Dowitchers, Marbled Godwits, Red Knots, Dunlins, Sanderlings, a lone Piping Plover, Black-bellied Plovers, a couple of Wilson's Plover and only saw one Semipalmated Plover.  Saw a couple of Ruddy Turnstones and several Western and Least Sandpipers.
 
Finished up after the visit to the beach.  I was ready to wrap it up and head home.  Lots of projects waiting for me there as well. 
 
My List - (80)
Muscovy Duck, Mottled Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Pied-billed Grebe, Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Anhinga, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Cattle Egret, White Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Wood Stork, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Snail Kite, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Sora, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Limpkin, Black-bellied Plover, Wilson's Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Piping Plover, Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, Willet, Marbled Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Red Knot, Sanderling, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Dunlin, Short-billed Dowitcher, Laughing Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Forster's Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Black Skimmer, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Mourning Dove, Common Ground-Dove, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Loggerhead Shrike, Blue Jay, Fish Crow, Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Palm Warbler, Savannah Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlark, Common Grackle, Boat-tailed Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, House Sparrow


Friday, November 12, 2010

Ghost Orchid - a Visit to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

Thursday, November 11th

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is a jewel, owned and operated by the Audubon Society in eastern Collier County. The lands were acquired at the time to save the last stand of ancient bald cypress as well as preserve an important nesting rookery for the endangered wood stork.
Currently the storks are away, but nesting should began, as long as conditions are favorable, around January. But another treasure is to be found here in one of the rarest orchids to be found in Florida.  The Ghost Orchid.
On my visit the orchid was in bloom. A single blossom. When the plant was first discovered, here at Corkscrew a few years ago, people were coming here from all over the US and abroad to see this rare plant. This rare species was also the subject of a non-fiction book called 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean.  The book was later is adopted in Meryl Streep's film Adaptation (2002).
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
 My visit was not to see the orchid but to see what birds could be found.  Warblers, vireos and buntings were my targets on the day. Also Yellow-billed Cuckoos were being reported.  The water level was to high for there to be a lot of wading birds.  But I was more interesed in the little birds.
Red-Shouldered Hawks are common here
 Started out about 8:30 in the morning and spent some time waiting on any hummingbirds at the gardens at the front of Blair House. But none appeared as I watched.  So onto the boardwalk. First checked the feeders at the back porch for painted buntings. No buntings at this time. Then checking for brown-headed nuthatches in the pines at the start of the boardwalk.  But not on this day. Did find several Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers though.  The days most common bird. Several Gray Catbirds were also heard.  The first of several Red-Shouldered Hawks was seen.
The beginning of the walk was frustrating as so many birds could be heard, but not seen. Especially Common Yellowthroats. But at about half way things improved when Yellow-billed Cuckoo flew into a small tree within a few feet of the boardwalk. Following this, were a couple of mixed feeding flocks featuring more gnatcatchers and Tufted Titmice.  A pair of Great Crested Flycatchers were active and was able to add five more warblers imcluding Palm, Prairie, Black-and-White, Northern Parula and Pine Warblers. Also found White-Eyed and Blue-Headed Vireos.
A huge Alligator basking in the morning sun
At the Lettuce Lakes was found a pair of Anhingas resting in the trees, plus a sleeping Black-Crowned Nightheron. Also here was a huge alligator basking in the sun on a island on the lake. It was disappointing to miss the buntings and hummingbirds, but the cuckoo made up for it.  A family of three Sandhill Cranes was also seen along Immokolee Road just prior to the turn onto to Sanctuary Road on the way into Corkscrew Swamp.
My List - (28)
Anhinga, Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Turkey Vulture, Red-shouldered Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Great Crested Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Tree Swallow, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Gray Catbird, Northern Parula, Pine Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Palm Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Cardinal, Boat-tailed Grackle

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Crew Marsh

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Crew Marsh
Saturday, November 6th

Early at sunrise on Saturday morning I headed to the CREW Marsh trailhead, which is located near to where Corkscrew Road intersects with rt-82 in Collier County.  I was interested in locating any white-winged doves that might be found wire-sitting along Corkscrew Road or any eastern towhees that I have usually found near the trailhead at CREW Marsh.
I spent about and hour and a half on several trails and was able to locate four warblers - Pine, Yellow-rumped, Common Yellowthroat and Palm Warblers. Woodpeckers were varied today including a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers, two pair of Downy Woodpeckers, several Red-bellied Woodpeckers, a lone Pileated Woodpecker and a FOS Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Did miss on the towhees and doves, but did  see a Crested Caracara on my way home.
As I approached the trailhead parking area I was met by Brenda Brooks, Executive Director from the Crew Marsh. She was on-site to lead a scheduled visit from students from Florida Gulf Coast University. Brenda was interested in what I had encountered on my walk, because they had several sightings of black bears and a Florida Panther recently.  Would have loved to have spotted a bear or panther, but not to close. Below is a photo of a black bear taken by a trail camera.






Link to Crew Marsh
http://www.crewtrust.org/ 
My list -(22)
Great Blue Heron, White Ibis, Wood Stork, Red-shouldered Hawk, American Kestrel, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Blue Jay, House Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Boat-tailed Grackle A Crested Caracara was seen roadside on Corkscrew Road near the Corkscrew Water Plant.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Red Knot - a Visit to Bunche Beach

Red Knot - a Visit to Bunche Beach
Wednesday, November 3rd

Tropical Storm Tomas was churning out in the Gulf of Mexico and we had been experiencing feeder bands with rain and winds.  There was no danger for Southwest Florida from this storm, but the winds did offer a chance of pelagic birds to be pushed toward our shore. So, following work on Wednesday morning I headed over to Bunche Beach were I expected low tides.  However the winds were piling waster into Estero Bay and the shore birds were gathered up on the little bit of the sand flats left exposed. Arrived about 8:15am and found a lot of birds huddled near the north inlet.
Willets, a Marbled Godwit, Short-billed Dowitchers and Red Knots
 Hundreds of Black Skimmers were found resting on the remaining sand spit and would frequently take flight and quickly return. Often a single bird would call an alarm all would take off.  No idea what danger they perceived as no falcons or eagles seemed to be at hand. There was a female Blue-winged Teal that kept flighting through the skimmers, trying to find a spot to join the gang.  Some of her swoops would cause the cloud of birds to climb. No idea what a teal was doing here, but it was interesting.  Other birds resting with the skimmers included a couple of Royal Terns, a few Forster's Terns a couple of Common Terns and a few Sandwich Terns. Some Laughing Gulls were present.
The Red Knot a center sports a green flag
Concentrations of Willets, Short-billed Dowitchers and Dunlins were here plus some Red Knots, Lots of Sanderlings, a couple of Piping Plovers, Black-belled Plovers a about three Wilson's Plovers. Always have several Semipalmated Plovers present too. A couple of Ruddy Turnstones, a lone Western Sandpiper and about six Marbled Godwits.

Red Knot - EV4
Did try to pay attention to the sky with the idea of catching sight of pelagic birds.  I don't own a scope, so I'm limited to what my bins can do for me. The usual Brown Pelicans, Gulls and Terns, plus a couple of Roseate Spoonbills and a Magnificent Frigetbid were seen over head. A couple of years ago I had the fortune to find a few Bridled Terns flying low at this spot on a day with similar weather conditions. But today the peligaics I could spot were overhead.  Way overhead. About a dozen dark birds were soaring above, much too high for a good observation. They were were seen basically in silhouette, with square tails and crooked wings and were dark.  No other color noted.  My first though were jaegers.  Later I considered brown noddy's. But I don't know what I had found. There is definitely a large learning curve in this area.
The hundreds of Black Skimmers would take flight, circle and return.

As the tide would rise, the Black Skimmers would finally move on.
My list (29)
Blue-winged Teal, Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Magnificent Frigatebird, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Reddish Egret, White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Osprey, Black-bellied Plover, Wilson's Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Piping Plover, Willet, Marbled Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Red Knot, Sanderling, Western Sandpiper, Dunlin, Short-billed Dowitcher, Laughing Gull, Common Tern, Forster's Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Black Skimmer, Mourning Dove

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Yellow-Rumped Warblers - October in Review

Yellow-Rumped Warblers - October in Review

Saw my FOS Yellow-rumped Warblers here in Florida today on a visit to Six-Mile Cypress Slough.  But they were not actually the first that I saw this month, as these were the commonest warblers I encountered on my vacation to Eastern Washington and the Idaho Panhandle a few weeks ago. The vacation was new ground for me and offered a lot of opportunity for lifers like Common Ravens and Great White-Fronted Geese. Other lifers I was able to add included American Pipits, Black-billed Magpies, Western Meadowlark, Western Bluebird, Mountain Chickadee, California Quail, Western Grebe, Pygmy Nuthatch and Red-Breasted Nuthatch. I did not find all the targeted birds on my list like Baird's plover or horned lark, but I can't complain. My best sighting was the family of Trumpeter Swans living at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge near Cheney, Washington.  Beautiful birds and had a great show as they flew overhead in their vee formation

Had high hopes for a rewarding fall migration, but the pickings were slim in our corner of Florida. Few warblers, no thrushes or tanagers, and only the only oriole was an orchard oriole seen in September. The Hawk Watch event that was scheduled on October 17th as a kick-off for Ding Darling days on Sanibel Island was disappointing with low counts too.  Did have a few Kestrels, Merlins, Sharp-shined Hawks and a a couple of Northern Harriers. Though the hawks were few the Indigo Buntings, Painted Buntings, Blue Grosbeak and a Magnolia Warbler made up for it.

We also are watching in October for several of our wintering birds to arrive like House Wrens, Dunlins and Palm Warblers.  As noted at the start I had my first-of-season Yellow-rump warbler today and other birders I met at Six-mile cypress slough today reported seeing blue-headed vireo and a couple of ruby-crowned kinglets.  I did not see the vireo or kinglet, but they have arrived.

Following is a FOS listing for several species that winter in Lee County, Florida.
Belted Kingfisher  - July
Red Knot - September 27th
Palm Warbler - October 2nd
Blue-winged Teal - October 3rd
Gray catbird - October 5th
House Wren - October 17th
Northern Harrier - October 17th
Indigo Bunting - October 17th
Painted Bunting - October 17th
Eastern Phoebe - October 18th
Wilson's Snipe - October 21st
American Coot - October 23rd
Dunlin - October 25th
Yellow-rumped Warbler - October 31
Ruby-crowned kinglet - October 31st
Blue-headed Vireo - October 31st

Other species I am still waiting on include ring-billed gulls, herring gull, yellow-bellied sapsucker, savanna and grasshopper sparrows and several ducks.

My October List - (165)
  1. Greater White-fronted Goose - Idaho
  2. Canada Goose  - Washington & Idaho
  3. Trumpeter Swan - Washington
  4. Muscovy Duck (Domestic type) - Florida
  5. Wood Duck - Washington
  6. American Wigeon  - Washington & Idaho
  7. Mallard  - Washington & Idaho
  8. Mallard (Domestic type)  - Florida
  9. Mottled Duck  - Florida
  10. Blue-winged Teal  - Washington & Florida
  11. Northern Pintail  - Washington
  12. Canvasback  - Idaho
  13. Ring-necked Duck  - Washington & Idaho
  14. Lesser Scaup  - Washington & Idaho
  15. Bufflehead  - Washington & Idaho
  16. Common Merganser  - Idaho
  17. Ruddy Duck  - Washington & Idaho
  18. California Quail  - Idaho
  19. Ring-necked Pheasant  - Washington & Idaho
  20. Wild Turkey  - Washington
  21. Pied-billed Grebe  - Florida, Washington & Idaho
  22. Western Grebe  - Idaho
  23. Brown Pelican  - Florida
  24. Double-crested Cormorant  - Florida, Washington & Idaho
  25. Anhinga  - Florida
  26. Great Blue Heron  - Florida, Washington & Idaho
  27. Great Egret  - Florida
  28. Snowy Egret  - Florida
  29. Little Blue Heron  - Florida
  30. Tricolored Heron  - Florida
  31. Reddish Egret  - Florida
  32. Cattle Egret  - Florida
  33. Green Heron  - Florida
  34. Black-crowned Night-Heron  - Florida
  35. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  - Florida
  36. White Ibis  - Florida
  37. Glossy Ibis  - Florida
  38. Roseate Spoonbill  - Florida
  39. Wood Stork  - Florida
  40. Black Vulture  - Florida  
  41. Turkey Vulture  - Florida
  42. Osprey  - Florida
  43. Snail Kite  - Florida
  44. Bald Eagle  - Florida
  45. Northern Harrier Florida,  - Washington & Idaho
  46. Sharp-shinned Hawk  - Idaho & Florida
  47. Cooper's Hawk  - Washington & Florida
  48. Red-shouldered Hawk  - Florida
  49. Red-tailed Hawk  - Florida, Washington & Idaho
  50. Crested Caracara  - Florida
  51. American Kestrel  - Florida, Washington & Idaho
  52. Merlin  - Florida
  53. Peregrine Falcon  - Florida
  54. Common Moorhen  - Florida, Washington & Idaho
  55. American Coot  - Florida, Washington & Idaho
  56. Limpkin  - Florida
  57. Sandhill Crane   - Florida
  58. Black-bellied Plover  - Florida
  59. Wilson's Plover  - Florida
  60. Semipalmated Plover  - Florida 
  61. Piping Plover  - Florida
  62. Killdeer  - Florida & Idaho
  63. American Oystercatcher  - Florida
  64. American Avocet  - Florida
  65. Spotted Sandpiper  - Florida
  66. Greater Yellowlegs  - Florida & Washington
  67. Willet  - Florida
  68. Lesser Yellowlegs  - Florida
  69. Marbled Godwit  - Florida
  70. Ruddy Turnstone  - Florida
  71. Red Knot  - Florida
  72. Sanderling  - Florida
  73. Western Sandpiper  - Florida
  74. Least Sandpiper  - Florida
  75. Dunlin  - Florida
  76. Short-billed Dowitcher - -Florida
  77. Long-billed Dowitcher  - Idaho
  78. Wilson's Snipe  - Florida
  79. Bonaparte's Gull  - Idaho
  80. Laughing Gull  - Florida
  81. Ring-billed Gull  - Idaho
  82. California Gull  - Idaho
  83. Common Tern  - Florida
  84. Forster's Tern  - Florida
  85. Royal Tern  - Florida
  86. Sandwich Tern  - Florida
  87. Black Skimmer  - Florida
  88. Rock Pigeon Florida,  - Washington & Idaho
  89. Eurasian Collared-Dove  - Florida
  90. Mourning Dove  - Florida, Washington & Idaho
  91. Common Ground-Dove  - Florida
  92. Monk Parakeet  - Florida
  93. Burrowing Owl  - Florida
  94. Barred Owl  - Florida
  95. Ruby-throated Hummingbird  - Florida
  96. Belted Kingfisher  - Florida & Idaho
  97. Red-headed Woodpecker  - Florida
  98. Red-bellied Woodpecker  - Florida
  99. Downy Woodpecker  - Florida & Washington
  100. Hairy Woodpecker  - Washington
  101. Red-cockaded Woodpecker  - Florida
  102. Northern Flicker  - Florida, Idaho & Washington
  103. Pileated Woodpecker  - Florida
  104. Eastern Phoebe  - Florida
  105. Say's Phoebe  - Idaho
  106. Great Crested Flycatcher  - Florida
  107. Loggerhead Shrike  - Florida
  108. Northern Shrike  - Washington
  109. White-eyed Vireo  - Florida
  110. Blue Jay  - Florida
  111. Florida Scrub-Jay  - Florida
  112. Black-billed Magpie  - Washington & Idaho
  113. American Crow  - Washington, Idaho & Florida
  114. Fish Crow  - Florida
  115. Common Raven  - Washington & Idaho
  116. Northern Rough-winged Swallow  - Florida
  117. Barn Swallow  - Florida
  118. Black-capped Chickadee  - Washington & Idaho
  119. Mountain Chickadee  - Washington
  120. Tufted Titmouse  - Florida
  121. Red-breasted Nuthatch  - Washington & Idaho
  122. Pygmy Nuthatch  - Washington
  123. Brown-headed Nuthatch  - Florida
  124. Carolina Wren  - Florida
  125. House Wren  - Florida
  126. Marsh Wren  - Washington
  127. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  - Florida
  128. Golden-crowned Kinglet  - Washington
  129. Ruby-crowned Kinglet  - Washington & Idaho
  130. Eastern Bluebird  - Florida
  131. Western Bluebird Washington & Idaho
  132. American Robin  - Washington & Idaho
  133. Gray Catbird  - Florida
  134. Northern Mockingbird  - Florida
  135. European Starling  - Washington, Idaho & Florida
  136. American Pipit  - Idaho
  137. Cedar Waxwing  - Idaho
  138. Northern Parula  - Florida
  139. Magnolia Warbler  - Florida
  140. Yellow-rumped Warbler  - Washington, Idaho & Florida
  141. Yellow-throated Warbler  - Florida
  142. Pine Warbler  - Florida
  143. Prairie Warbler  - Florida
  144. Palm Warbler  - Florida
  145. Black-and-white Warbler  - Florida
  146. American Redstart  - Florida
  147. Common Yellowthroat  - Florida
  148. Eastern Towhee  - Florida
  149. Chipping Sparrow  - Idaho
  150. Song Sparrow  - Idaho
  151. White-crowned Sparrow  - Washington & Idaho
  152. Dark-eyed Junco  - Washington & Idaho
  153. Northern Cardinal  - Florida
  154. Blue Grosbeak  - Florida
  155. Indigo Bunting  - Florida
  156. Painted Bunting  - Florida
  157. Red-winged Blackbird  - Washington & Florida
  158. Eastern Meadowlark  - Florida
  159. Western Meadowlark  - Washington
  160. Common Grackle  - Florida
  161. Boat-tailed Grackle  - Florida
  162. Brown-headed Cowbird  - Washington
  163. House Finch  - Washington
  164. American Goldfinch  - Idaho & Washington
  165. House Sparrow  - Washington & Florida