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Florida: The Keys and the Dry Tortugas

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with Will Russell as leader

  • Column A = 1= we should see (greater than 90% chance)
  • Column B = 2= may see (50%-90% chance)
  • Column C = 3= possible, but unlikely (20%-50% chance)
NC A B C
Mottled Duck 1 Anas fulvigula
Blue-winged Teal 2 Anas discors
Red-breasted Merganser 3 Mergus serrator
Northern Bobwhite 3 Colinus virginianus
Wild Turkey 2 Meleagris gallopavo
Pied-billed Grebe 3 Podilymbus podiceps
Masked Booby 1 Sula dactylatra
Brown Booby 2 Sula leucogaster
Northern Gannet 1 Morus bassanus
American White Pelican 2 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Brown Pelican 1 Pelecanus occidentalis
Double-crested Cormorant 1 Phalacrocorax auritus
Anhinga 1 Anhinga anhinga
Magnificent Frigatebird 1 Fregata magnificens
Least Bittern 3 Ixobrychus exilis
Great Blue Heron 1 Ardea herodias wardi
Great "White" Heron 1 Ardea herodias occidentalis
Great Egret 1 Ardea alba
Snowy Egret 1 Egretta thula
Little Blue Heron 1 Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron 1 Egretta tricolor
Reddish Egret 1 Egretta rufescens
Cattle Egret 1 Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 1 Butorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 Nycticorax violacea
White Ibis 1 Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis 1 Plegadis falcinellus
Roseate Spoonbill 1 Ajaia ajaja
Wood Stork 1 Mycteria americana
Black Vulture 1 Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture 1 Cathartes aura
Osprey 1 Pandion haliaetus
Swallow-tailed Kite 1 Elanoides forficatus
Snail Kite 1 Rostrhamus sociabilis
Bald Eagle 1 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Northern Harrier 3 Circus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk 3 Accipiter cooperii
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 2 Buteo platypterus
Short-tailed Hawk 3 Buteo brachyurus
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Buteo jamaicensis
Crested Caracara 3 Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel 1 Falco sparverius
Merlin 1 Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon 1 Falco peregrinus
Sora 2 Porzana carolina
Purple Gallinule 1 Porphyrula martinica
Common Moorhen 1 Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 1 Fulica americana
Limpkin 1 Aramus guarauna
Sandhill Crane 3 Grus canadensis
Black-bellied Plover 1 Pluvialis squatarola
Wilson's Plover 1 Charadrius wilsonia
Semipalmated Plover 1 Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 1 Charadrius vociferus
Black-necked Stilt 1 Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 3 Recurvirostra americana
Spotted Sandpiper 1 Actitis macularia
Solitary Sandpiper 2 Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 1 Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 1 Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel 3 Numenius phaeopus
Marbled Godwit 3 Limosa fedoa
Ruddy Turnstone 1 Arenaria interpres
Sanderling 1 Calidris alba
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Calidris pusilla
Western Sandpiper 2 Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper 1 Calidris minutilla
White-rumped Sandpiper 3 Calidris fuscicollis
Dunlin 1 Calidris alpina
Stilt Sandpiper 3 Calidris himantopus
Short-billed Dowitcher 1 Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 3 Limnodromus scolopaceus
Laughing Gull 1 Larus atricilla
Ring-billed Gull 1 Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull 1 Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 Larus fuscus
Brown Noddy 1 Anous stolidus
Black Noddy 3 Anous minutus
Sooty Tern 1 Onychoprion fuscatus
Bridled Tern 3 Onychoprion anaethetus
Least Tern 1 Sternula antillarum
Gull-billed Tern 3 Geochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern 2 Hydroprogne caspia
Roseate Tern 1 Sterna dougallii
Common Tern 3 Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern 3 Sterna forsteri
Royal Tern 1 Thalasseus maxima
Sandwich Tern 1 Thalasseus sandvicensis
Black Skimmer 1 Rynchops niger
Pomarine Jaeger 3 Stercorarius pomarinus
Rock Pigeon 1 Columba livia
White-crowned Pigeon 1 Columba leucocephala
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 Streptopelia decaocto
White-winged Dove 1 Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 1 Zenaida macroura
Common Ground-Dove 1 Columbina passerina
Monk Parakeet 1 Myiopsitta monachus
White-winged Parakeet 3 Brotogeris versicolurus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Coccyzus americanus
Mangrove Cuckoo 2 Coccyzus minor
Smooth-billed Ani 3 Crotophaga ani
Burrowing Owl 1 Athene cunicularia
Barred Owl 2 Strix varia
Common Nighthawk 1 Chordeiles minor
Antillean Nighthawk 2 Chordeiles gundlachii
Chuck-will's-widow 3 Caprimulgus carolinensis
Chimney Swift 1 Chaetura pelagica
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Archilochus colubris
Belted Kingfisher 1 Megaceryle alcyon
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Melanerpes carolinus
Downy Woodpecker 1 Picoides pubescens
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker 1 Colaptes auratus
Pileated Woodpecker 1 Dryocopus pileatus
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Contopus virens
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Kingbird 1 Tyrannus tyrannus
Gray Kingbird 1 Tyrannus dominicensis
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 3 Tyrannus forficatus
Loggerhead Shrike 1 Lanius ludovicianus
White-eyed Vireo 1 Vireo griseus
Red-eyed Vireo 1 Vireo olivaceus
Black-whiskered Vireo 1 Vireo altiloquus
Blue Jay 1 Cyanocitta cristata
Florida Scrub-Jay 1 Aphelocoma coerulescens
American Crow 1 Corvus brachyrhynchos
Fish Crow 1 Corvus ossifragus
Purple Martin 1 Progne subis
Tree Swallow 3 Tachycineta bicolor
No. Rough-winged Swallow 2 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Bank Swallow 3 Riparia riparia
Cliff Swallow 3 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Cave Swallow 1 Petrochelidon fulva
Barn Swallow 1 Hirundo rustica
Tufted Titmouse 1 Baeolophus bicolor
Carolina Wren 1 Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 3 Troglodytes aedon
Red-whiskered Bulbul 1 Pycnonotus jocosus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Polioptila caerulea
Eastern Bluebird 1 Sialia sialis
Veery 3 Catharus fuscescens
Gray-cheeked Thrush 3 Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush 3 Catharus ustulatus
Wood Thrush 2 Hylocichla mustelina
Gray Catbird 1 Dumetella carolinensis
Northern Mockingbird 1 Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher 2 Toxostoma rufum
European Starling 1 Sturnus vulgaris
Cedar Waxwing 3 Bombycilla cedrorum
Blue-winged Warbler 3 Vermivora pinus
Tennessee Warbler 3 Vermivora peregrina
Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Vermivora celata
Northern Parula 1 Parula americana
Yellow Warbler 2 Dendroica petechia aestiva or amnicola
"Golden" Yellow Warbler 2 Dendroica petechia gundlach
Magnolia Warbler 3 Dendroica magnolia
Cape May Warbler 1 Dendroica tigrina
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Dendroica caerulescens
Blackburnian Warbler 3 Dendroica fusca
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Dendroica coronata
Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Dendroica virens
Yellow-throated Warbler 3 Dendroica dominica
Pine Warbler 1 Dendroica pinus
Prairie Warbler 1 Dendroica discolor
Palm Warbler 1 Dendroica palmarum
Blackpoll Warbler 1 Dendroica striata
Black-and-white Warbler 1 Mniotilta varia
American Redstart 1 Setophaga ruticilla
Prothonotary Warbler 3 Protonotaria citrea
Worm-eating Warbler 3 Helmitheros vermivorum
Ovenbird 1 Seiurus aurocapillus
Northern Waterthrush 1 Seiurus noveboracensis
Common Yellowthroat 1 Geothlypis trichas
Hooded Warbler 2 Wilsonia citrina
Eastern Towhee 1 Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni
Savannah Sparrow 3 Passerculus sandwichensis
Seaside Sparrow 2 Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis
Summer Tanager 2 Piranga rubra
Scarlet Tanager 3 Piranga olivacea
Northern Cardinal 1 Cardinalis cardinalis
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Pheucticus ludovicianus
Blue Grosbeak 2 Passerina caerulea
Indigo Bunting 1 Passerina cyanea
Painted Bunting 2 Passerina ciris
Bobolink 1 Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Red-winged Blackbird 1 Agelaius phoeniceus
Eastern Meadowlark 1 Sturnella magna
Common Grackle 1 Quiscalus quiscula
Boat-tailed Grackle 1 Quiscalus major
Shiny Cowbird 3 Molothrus bonariensis
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Molothrus ater
Spot-breasted Oriole 2 Icterus pectoralis
Orchard Oriole 3 Icterus spurious
Baltimore Oriole 2 Icterus galbula
House Sparrow 1 Passer domesticus