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Florida: The Keys and the Dry Tortugas

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with Gary Rosenberg as leader

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3 Wood Duck 1 2 Aix sponsa
8 Mottled Duck 4 10 Anas fulvigula
7 Blue-winged Teal 1 4 Anas discors
1 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
5 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
2 Black-bellied-Whistling-Duck 1 4 Dendrocygna autumnalis
7 Wild Turkey 2 4 Meleagris gallopavo
7 Northern Bobwhite 1 2 Colinus virginianus
6 Pied-billed Grebe 1 1 Podilymbus podiceps
8 Masked Booby 1 20 N Sula dactylatra
7 Brown Booby 1 2 Sula leucogaster
1 Red-footed Booby Sula sula
8 Northern Gannet 3 10 Morus bassanus
7 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
8 Brown Pelican 6 25 N Pelecanus occidentalis
8 Double-crested Cormorant 6 30 N Phalacrocorax auritus
8 Anhinga 5 40 N Anhinga anhinga
8 Magnificent Frigatebird 5 100+ N Fregata magnificens
1 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
8 Least Bittern 1 8 Ixobrychus exilis
8 Great Blue Heron 3 12 N Ardea herodias wardi
7 Great "White" Heron Ardea herodias occidentalis
2 Wurdemann's Heron 1 1 Ardea herodias wardi X occidentalis
8 Great Egret 7 20 Ardea alba
8 Snowy Egret 5 5 Egretta thula
8 Little Blue Heron 3 4 Egretta caerulea
8 Tricolored Heron 5 25 Egretta tricolor
8 Reddish Egret 3 4 Egretta rufescens
8 Cattle Egret 7 100's Bubulcus ibis
8 Green Heron 5 2 Butorides virescens
7 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
6 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax violacea
8 White Ibis 8 100 Eudocimus albus
8 Glossy Ibis 4 10 Plegadis falcinellus
8 Roseate Spoonbill 1 4 Ajaia ajaja
8 Wood Stork 4 4 Mycteria americana
2 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
8 Black Vulture 7 100's Coragyps atratus
8 Turkey Vulture 7 50 Cathartes aura
8 Osprey 8 20 N Pandion haliaetus
8 Swallow-tailed Kite 5 6 Elanoides forficatus
1 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
8 Snail Kite 2 2 Rostrhamus sociabilis
8 Bald Eagle 2 3 N Haliaeetus leucocephalus
6 Northern Harrier 1 1 Circus cyaneus
8 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 Accipiter striatus
4 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
8 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 10 Buteo lineatus
6 Broad-winged Hawk 1 1 Buteo platypterus
6 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
7 Red-tailed Hawk 2 2 Buteo jamaicensis
8 Crested Caracara 1 1 Caracara cheriway
8 American Kestrel 1 1 Falco sparverius
8 Merlin 3 3 Falco columbarius
8 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 Falco peregrinus
2 King Rail Rallus elegans
5 Sora Porzana carolina
8 Purple Gallinule 2 4 Porphyrula martinica
8 Common Moorhen 4 30 Gallinula chloropus
8 American Coot 1 1 Fulica americana
8 Limpkin 3 3 Aramus guarauna
8 Sandhill Crane 2 12 Grus canadensis
8 Black-bellied Plover 3 12 Pluvialis squatarola
1 American Golden-Plover Pluvalis dominica
1 Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
8 Wilson's Plover 1 2 Charadrius wilsonia
8 Semipalmated Plover 3 15 Charadrius semipalmatus
3 Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
8 Killdeer 4 5 Charadrius vociferus
1 Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus
1 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
8 Black-necked Stilt 4 15 Himantopus mexicanus
2 American Avocet 1 1 Recurvirostra americana
8 Spotted Sandpiper 2 1 Actitis macularia
8 Solitary Sandpiper 1 1 Tringa solitaria
8 Greater Yellowlegs 2 2 Tringa melanoleuca
8 Willet 2 20 Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
8 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 25 Tringa flavipes
2 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
4 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
3 Marbled Godwit 1 2 Limosa fedoa
8 Ruddy Turnstone 4 20 Arenaria interpres
3 Red Knot 1 4 Calidris canutus
8 Sanderling 2 25 Calidris alba
8 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 1 Calidris pusilla
6 Western Sandpiper 2 12 Calidris mauri
8 Least Sandpiper 4 20 Calidris minutilla
2 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
7 Dunlin 1 100 Calidris alpina
3 Stilt Sandpiper 1 6 Calidris himantopus
8 Short-billed Dowitcher 3 100 Limnodromus griseus
4 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
3 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
8 Laughing Gull 6 100 Larus atricilla
8 Ring-billed Gull 1 2 Larus delawarensis
8 Herring Gull 2 2 Larus argentatus
6 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 1 Larus fuscus
2 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
8 Brown Noddy 1 1000's Anous stolidus
4 Black Noddy 1 1 Anous minutus
8 Sooty Tern 1 1000's Onychoprion fuscatus
3 Bridled Tern 1 2 Onychoprion anaethetus
8 Least Tern 7 100 Sternula antillarum
3 Gull-billed Tern Geochelidon nilotica
7 Caspian Tern 1 4 Hydroprogne caspia
8 Roseate Tern 1 25 Sterna dougallii
3 Common Tern 1 1 Sterna hirundo
5 Forster's Tern 1 4 Sterna forsteri
8 Royal Tern 4 30 Thalasseus maxima
7 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
7 Black Skimmer 1 2 Rynchops niger
6 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
1 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
8 Rock Pigeon 3 20 Columba livia
8 White-crowned Pigeon 3 8 Columba leucocephala
8 Eurasian Collared-Dove 8 100's Streptopelia decaocto
8 White-winged Dove 3 10 Zenaida asiatica
8 Mourning Dove 7 100 Zenaida macroura
8 Common Ground-Dove 4 2 Columbina passerina
1 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
8 Monk Parakeet 4 10 N Myiopsitta monachus
5 White-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus
8 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 1 Coccyzus americanus
6 Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
6 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
1 Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
1 Barn Owl Tyto alba
2 Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio
1 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
8 Burrowing Owl 1 8 Athene cunicularia
7 Barred Owl 1 1 H Strix varia
3 West Indian Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus domingensis
8 Common Nighthawk 6 4 Chordeiles minor
4 Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
6 Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis
8 Chimney Swift 2 2 Chaetura pelagica
6 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 3 Archilochus colubris
7 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
6 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 2 Melanerpes erythrocephalus
8 Red-bellied Woodpecker 7 6 Melanerpes carolinus
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
8 Downy Woodpecker 1 2 H Picoides pubescens
3 Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
6 Red-cockaded Woodpecker 2 1 Picoides borealis
7 Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker Colaptes auratus
8 Pileated Woodpecker 1 4 Dryocopus pileatus
1 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 1 Contopus virens
8 Great Crested Flycatcher 5 2 Myiarchus crinitus
5 Western Kingbird 1 1 Tyrannus verticalis
8 Eastern Kingbird 2 1 Tyrannus tyrannus
8 Gray Kingbird 4 20 Tyrannus dominicensis
5 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 1 Tyrannus forficatus
1 Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
8 Loggerhead Shrike 4 10 Lanius ludovicianus
8 White-eyed Vireo 4 4 Vireo griseus
3 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
3 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
8 Red-eyed Vireo 1 5 Vireo olivaceus
8 Black-whiskered Vireo 4 4 Vireo altiloquus
8 Blue Jay 3 6 Cyanocitta cristata
8 Florida Scrub-Jay 2 3 Aphelocoma coerulescens
8 American Crow 4 12 Corvus brachyrhynchos
8 Fish Crow 5 50 Corvus ossifragus
8 Purple Martin 6 10 Progne subis
6 Tree Swallow 1 2 Tachycineta bicolor
7 No. Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
3 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
3 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
8 Cave Swallow 1 20 Petrochelidon fulva
8 Barn Swallow 5 30 Hirundo rustica
7 Tufted Titmouse 2 2 Baeolophus bicolor
7 Brown-headed Nuthatch 2 2 Sitta pusilla
8 Carolina Wren 3 6 Thryothorus ludovicianus
4 House Wren Troglodytes aedon
2 Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
2 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
8 Red-whiskered Bulbul 1 4 Pycnonotus jocosus
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
8 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 4 Polioptila caerulea
8 Eastern Bluebird 3 6 Sialia sialis
4 Veery 1 1 Catharus fuscescens
4 Gray-cheeked Thrush 3 1 Catharus minimus
2 Swainson's Thrush 1 1 Catharus ustulatus
5 Wood Thrush 1 1 Hylocichla mustelina
1 American Robin Turdus migratorius
8 Gray Catbird 7 10 Dumetella carolinensis
8 Northern Mockingbird 7 50 Mimus polyglottos
5 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
8 European Starling 7 25 Sturnus vulgaris
5 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
2 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus
1 Golden-winged Warbler 1 1 Vermivora chrysoptera
5 Tennessee Warbler 2 1 Vermivora peregrina
2 Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
8 Northern Parula 5 6 Parula americana
6 Yellow Warbler 1 1 Dendroica petechia aestiva or amnicola
6 "Golden" Yellow Warbler 1 1 Dendroica petechia gundlach
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
5 Magnolia Warbler 2 2 Dendroica magnolia
8 Cape May Warbler 4 12 Dendroica tigrina
8 Black-throated Blue Warbler 6 4 Dendroica caerulescens
4 Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
7 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 1 Dendroica coronata
7 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 1 Dendroica virens
1 Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
5 Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica
8 Pine Warbler 2 3 Dendroica pinus
8 Prairie Warbler 5 10 Dendroica discolor
8 Palm Warbler 4 6 Dendroica palmarum
8 Blackpoll Warbler 5 20 Dendroica striata
1 Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea
8 Black-and-white Warbler 6 4 Mniotilta varia
8 American Redstart 6 12 Setophaga ruticilla
6 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
7 Worm-eating Warbler 1 1 Helmitheros vermivorum
1 Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
8 Ovenbird 5 3 Seiurus aurocapillus
8 Northern Waterthrush 3 2 Seiurus noveboracensis
2 Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla
1 Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
8 Common Yellowthroat 6 2 Geothlypis trichas
7 Hooded Warbler 1 1 Wilsonia citrina
1 Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia wilsonia
1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 1 Icteria virens
7 Summer Tanager 3 2 Piranga rubra
5 Scarlet Tanager 1 1 Piranga olivacea
1 Western Spindalis Spindalis zena zena
8 Eastern Towhee 2 2 Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni
7 Bachman's Sparrow 2 4 Aimophila aestivalis
1 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
4 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
1 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
6 Seaside Sparrow 1 1 Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis
1 Linclon's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
2 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
8 Northern Cardinal 7 10 Cardinalis cardinalis
7 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 1 Pheucticus ludovicianus
5 Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
8 Indigo Bunting 3 4 Passerina cyanea
5 Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
3 Dickcissel 1 1 Spiza americana
8 Bobolink 2 20 Dolichonyx oryzivorus
8 Red-winged Blackbird 7 25 Agelaius phoeniceus
8 Eastern Meadowlark 4 4 Sturnella magna
8 Common Grackle 7 10 Quiscalus quiscula
8 Boat-tailed Grackle 7 100 Quiscalus major
7 Shiny Cowbird 1 1 Molothrus bonariensis
8 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 12 Molothrus ater
7 Spot-breasted Oriole 1 1 Icterus pectoralis
4 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurious
6 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
1 Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
8 House Sparrow 4 7 Passer domesticus
1 Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
5 Muscovy Duck 3 10 Cairina moschata
1 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
1 Mitred Parakeet Aratinga mitrata
1 Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
6 Common Myna 2 2 Acridotheres tristis

Non-Established Exotics

1 Black-hooded Parakeet Nandayus nenday
2 Red-masked Parakeet Aratinga erythrogenys
5 Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
2 Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis

Mammals

1 Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana
6 Marsh Rabbit X Sylvilagus palustris
4 Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
1 Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus
4 Round-tailed Muskrat Neofiber alleni
6 Eastern Gray Squirrel X Sciurus carolinensis
4 Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger
1 Sherman's Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger shermani
2 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
1 Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
7 Northern Raccoon DOR Procyon lotor
1 River Otter Lutra canadensis
1 Bobcat Felix rufus
6 White-tailed Deer X Odocoileus virginianus
5 Key Deer X Odocoileus virginianus clavium
1 Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis
5 Dolphin sp. Stenella sp.
2 Atlantic Bottlenosed Dolphin Tursiops truncatus

Amphibians and Reptiles

6 American Alligator X Alligator mississippiensis
3 American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus
4 Florida Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina osceola
6 Florida Redbelly Turtle Pseudemys nelsoni
2 Red-eared Slider X Trachemys scripta
6 Loggerhead Sea Turtle X Caretta caretta
3 Florida Softshell Turtle Apalone ferox
5 Green Anole Anolis carolinensis
4 Brown Anole X Anolis sagrei
1 Crested Anole Anolis cristatellus
5 Southeastern Five-lined Skink Eumeces inexpectatus
4 Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
1 Florida Green Water Snake Nerodia floridana
1 Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis
1 Corn Snake Elaphe guttata
1 Black Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta
1 Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus

Reptiles

4 Green Iguana X Iguana iguana

Butterflies

2 Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes
6 Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes
1 Palamedes Swallowtail Papilio palamedes
4 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus
2 Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus
4 Checkered White Pontia protodice
5 Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme
6 Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae
5 Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe
6 Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae
6 Zebra Heliconius charitonius
5 Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
5 Buckeye sp. Junonia sp.
3 White Peacock Anartia jatrophae
2 Ruddy Daggerwing Marpesia petreus
6 Monarch Danaus plexippus
1 Queen Danaus glippus
1 Carolina Satyr Hermeuptychia sosybius
3 Mangrove Skipper Phocidea pigmalion
5 Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus

Damselflies and Dragonflies

2 Vermilion Saddlebags Tramea abdominalis
5 Halloween Pennant Celithemis eponina