Birds seen 8-13 April 1999 on Valdosta State University BIOL 3950 class trip to
central & south Florida (leader B.Bergstrom, asst. K.Avera)
() = heard only; [] = not seen/heard by most
N= north FL: drive from Valdosta to Paynes Prairie (Apr. 8 eve.); C= central
FL: Kissimmee Prairie area (Apr. 9); E= Everglades NP (Apr. 9(eve.)-10; incl.
Tamiami Trail Apr. 13); K= Keys (Apr. 10,12-13); T= Dry Tortugas NP (Apr. 11-
12); S= SW FL: Briggs Nature Center near Naples; P= pelagic (> 5 miles from
land between Key West and Dry Tortugas). 147 species.
Pied-billed Grebe -C
Northern Gannet -K,P
Brown Booby -T
Masked Booby -T
Magnificent Frigatebird -K,P,T
American White Pelican -E
Brown Pelican -E,K,T,S
Double-crested Cormorant -C,E,K,T,S
Anhinga -C,E,S
(American Bittern) -E
Least Bittern -E
Great Blue Heron -C,E,K,T,S
Cattle Egret -C,E,K,T,S
Great Egret -C,E,K,T,S
Snowy Egret -C,E,K
Reddish Egret -E
Little Blue Heron -C,E,S
Tricolored Heron -C,E,K,S
Green Heron -C,E
White Ibis -C,E,K,S
Glossy Ibis -C
Roseate Spoonbill -E
Wood Stork -C,E
Blue-winged Teal -C
Mottled Duck -C
Surf Scoter -P
Black Vulture -C,E,K,S
Turkey Vulture -C,E,K,S
Osprey -C,E,K,T,P,S
Snail Kite -E
Swallow-tailed Kite -C,E
Bald Eagle -C,E,S
Broad-winged Hawk -T,K
Red-shouldered Hawk -C,E,K,S
American Kestrel -C,E,T,S
Merlin -K,T,S
Peregrine Falcon -T
Crested Caracara -C
Wild Turkey -C
Northern Bobwhite -C
King Rail -E
Purple Gallinule -E
Common Moorhen -C,E,K,S
American Coot -C,E,S
(Limpkin) -E
Sandhill Crane -C
Black-bellied Plover -C,E,K,T,S
Wilson's Plover -E
Semipalmated Plover -E,K
Killdeer -C
Black-necked Stilt -C,K
Greater Yellowlegs -N,C,E,K,S
Lesser Yellowlegs -N,C
Solitary Sandpiper -N
Spotted Sandpiper -T,K
Least Sandpiper -E
Dunlin -E
Short-billed Dowitcher -E,K,T
Willet -E,K,T
Whimbrel -E
Ruddy Turnstone -E,K,T
Marbled Godwit -E
Laughing Gull -E,K,T,S
Herring Gull -E,K,T
Bonaparte's Gull -C
Great Black-backed Gull -E,P
Ring-billed Gull -N,C,E,K,S
Caspian Tern -E,T
Common Tern -T
Forster's Tern -C,E
Gull-billed Tern -E
Least Tern -K
Royal Tern -C,E,K,T
Sandwich Tern -T
Bridled Tern -P
Sooty Tern -P,T
Brown Noddy -T
Black Skimmer -C,E,K,T
Rock Dove -N,C,K
[White-crowned Pigeon] -E
Common Ground Dove -K
Mourning Dove -N,C,E,K,T,S
Eurasian Collared Dove -N,C,K,S
White-winged Dove -T
Yellow-billed Cuckoo -E,T
Barred Owl -C
Common Nighthawk -T,K
(Chuck-will's Widow) -E
Chimney Swift -C
Belted Kingfisher -C
Downy Woodpecker -C
Pileated Woodpecker -C,S
Red-bellied Woodpecker -C,E,S
Northern Flicker -C,E,K
Great-Crested Flycatcher -C,E
[Acadian Flycatcher] -E
Eastern Kingbird -T,K
Gray Kingbird -T,K
Purple Martin -C,T
Barn Swallow -T
Cave Swallow -T
Northern Rough-winged Swallow -T
Tree Swallow -C
Blue Jay -C,E
Florida Scrub-Jay -S
American Crow -C,E
Fish Crow -C,E,K
Tufted Titmouse -C
Brown-headed Nuthatch -C
Carolina Wren -C
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -C
Eastern Bluebird -C
Gray Catbird -C,E,K
Northern Mockingbird -N,C,E,K,T,S
Brown Thrasher -C
[(Cedar Waxwing)] -C
Loggerhead Shrike -C,E
European Starling -C,E,K,S
White-eyed Vireo -C,E,K
[(Red-eyed Vireo)] -K
Black-and-white Warbler -E,T
Black-throated Blue Warbler -T
Cape May Warbler -T
Hooded Warbler -T
Palm Warbler -C,E,K,T
(Pine Warbler) -E
Prairie Warbler -E,K,T
Worm-eating Warbler -T
Yellow-rumped Warbler -E,T
(Yellow-throated Warbler) -C,E
Northern Parula -T,K
Common Yellowthroat -C,E,T
American Redstart -T,K
[Ovenbird] -E
[Louisiana Waterthrush] -E,T
Northern Cardinal -C,E,K
Indigo Bunting -T
Eastern Meadowlark -C,E
Common Grackle -C,E,K,S
Boat-tailed Grackle -C,E,K,S
Baltimore Oriole -T
Orchard Oriole -T
Eastern Towhee -C,E,K,S
Bachman's Sparrow -C
(Grasshopper Sparrow) -C
Red-winged Blackbird -C,E,K,S
House Sparrow -E