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Sandy spent a lot of her free time birding while in
Florida performing with the Sarasota Opera Orchestra these past few
winters. Below is her species list from 2006; to the right is her list
from 2005. Approximate dates these birds were viewed were from January
15 through March 30 both years.
2006 FLORIDA BIRDS 110 birds total:
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Reddish Egret
Tricolored Heron
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Wood Stork
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Mottled Duck
***American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Swallow-tailed Kite
Coopers Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Bald Eagle
Osprey
American Kestral
Peregrine Falcon
Common Moorhen
American Coot
***Sora
Limpkin
Sandhill Crane
Semi-palmated Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
***Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
***Red Knot
Sanderling
***Common Snipe
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Mourning Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Rock Dove
Monk Parakeet
Black-hooded Parakeet
Great Horned Owl
***Barred Owl
Screech Owl
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
Blue-headed Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Florida Scrub Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Northern Parula
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
***Painted Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Brown-headed Cowbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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***denotes life bird for that year!
2005
FLORIDA BIRDS 111 birds total (with three annoyingly questionable
shorebirds)
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Reddish Egret
Tri-colored Heron
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Stork
Canada Goose
Mallard
Mottled Duck
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal
***Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Domestic Muscovy
***Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
***Snail Kite
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Bald Eagle
Osprey
Northern Caracara
American Kestral
Wild Turkey
Common Moorhen
American Coot
***Limpkin
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Snowy Plover
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
***American Oystercatcher
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot (??)
Dunlin (??)
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper (??)
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
***Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Mourning Dove
Eurasian Collared Dove
Common Ground Dove
Rock Dove
Monk Parakeet
***Black-hooded Parakeet
Screech Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
***Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
***Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tufted Titmouse
Loggerhead Shrike
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
Florida Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
***Brown-headed Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Hermit Thrush
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Euopean Starling
Brown Thrasher
Northern Parula
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
***Pine Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
***Grasshopper Sparrow
Eastern Medowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
House Sparrow
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