JoeGBirder
Photography and birding enjoyer
Every year, over spring break, I visit my grandparents in Sarasota, Florida. This year I was most excited because I have gotten into birding quite a lot more since last year. I got a decent amount of life birds, most of which were singlular encounters. These are identifiable using the key.
KEY:
Bold - Life Bird
Red - Seen only once
If a species is marked as seen only once, this does not necessarily mean only one individual was seen. It simply means the species was seen either alone or in a group on only one occasion.
Wood Duck - Aix sponsa
Blue-winged Teal - Spatula discors
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
Mottled Duck - Anas fulvigula
COLUMBIFORMES
Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
GRUIFORMES
Sora - Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail - Rallus limicola
Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata
Purple Gallinule - Porphyrio martinica
Gray-headed Swamphen - Porphyrio poliocephalus
Limpkin - Aramus guarauna
Sandhill Crane - Antigone canadensis
CHARADRIIFORMES
Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus
Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla
Sandwich Tern - Thalasseus sandvicensis
CICONIIFORMES
Wood Stork - Mycteria americana
SULIFORMES
Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga
Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
Great Egret - Ardea alba
Snowy Egret - Egretta thula
Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor
White Ibis - Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus
PICIFORMES
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus
PASSERIFORMES
Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata
Fish Crow - Corvus ossifragus
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor
Purple Martin - Progne subis
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis
Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos
American Robin - Turdus migratorius
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula
Boat-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus major
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
Areas Birded: Celery Fields, Various Public Areas
KEY:
Bold - Life Bird
Red - Seen only once
If a species is marked as seen only once, this does not necessarily mean only one individual was seen. It simply means the species was seen either alone or in a group on only one occasion.
ANSERIFORMES
Canada Goose - Branta canadensisWood Duck - Aix sponsa
Blue-winged Teal - Spatula discors
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
Mottled Duck - Anas fulvigula
COLUMBIFORMES
Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
GRUIFORMES
Sora - Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail - Rallus limicola
Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata
Purple Gallinule - Porphyrio martinica
Gray-headed Swamphen - Porphyrio poliocephalus
Limpkin - Aramus guarauna
Sandhill Crane - Antigone canadensis
CHARADRIIFORMES
Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus
Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla
Sandwich Tern - Thalasseus sandvicensis
CICONIIFORMES
Wood Stork - Mycteria americana
SULIFORMES
Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga
PELECANIFORMES
American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchosBrown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
Great Egret - Ardea alba
Snowy Egret - Egretta thula
Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor
White Ibis - Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus
CATHARTIFORMES
Black Vulture - Coragyps atratusTurkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
ACCIPITRIFORMES
Osprey - Pandion haliaetusCooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus
PICIFORMES
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus
PASSERIFORMES
Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata
Fish Crow - Corvus ossifragus
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor
Purple Martin - Progne subis
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis
Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos
American Robin - Turdus migratorius
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula
Boat-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus major
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
Areas Birded: Celery Fields, Various Public Areas