Subject: Orlando birding
Date: Feb 18 21:56:16 2001
From: Jack Stephens - jstephens62 at home.com


I managed to work in a day of birding at the end of a conference trip to
Orlando last week. Larry Albright of Winter Haven was kind enough to show me
around, after I put our an RFI on Birdbrains (the southwest Florida Tweeters
equivalent). Highlights for me included CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS near Lake
Pierce (a life bird for me) and LIMPKIN at Saddle Creek Park. I missed on
Snail Kite and Whooping Crane near Lake Kissimmee, but had WILD TURKEY and
CRESTED CARACARA as consolation prizes.
SPECIES SEEN
>From 2/10/2001 to 2/11/2001 ~ in Florida ~ 74 seen
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe
CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant
ANHINGAS
Anhinga
PELICANS
American White Pelican
DUCKS, SWANS, GEESE
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS
Tricolored Heron
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
IBIS AND SPOONBILLS
White Ibis
STORKS
Wood Stork
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
OSPREY
Osprey
HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
FALCONS AND CARACARAS
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
PHEASANTS, GROUSE, QUAIL AND TURKEYS
Wild Turkey
RAILS AND COOTS
Common Moorhen
American Coot
CRANES
Sandhill Crane
LIMPKIN
Limpkin
SANDPIPERS
Lesser Yellowlegs
PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS
Killdeer
GULLS AND TERNS
Ring-billed Gull
Laughing Gull
Forster's Tern
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
OWLS
Barred Owl
WOODPECKERS
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Eastern Phoebe
CROWS AND JAYS
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
VIREOS AND ALLIES
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike
WAXWINGS AND SILKY-FLYCATCHERS
Cedar Waxwing
THRUSHES
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
WRENS
Carolina Wren
GNATCATCHERS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
CHICKADEES, TITS
Tufted Titmouse
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, TANAGERS, ALLIES
White-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, ORIOLES
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Boat-tailed Grackle
Common Grackle
////---- STATISTICS ----/////
Species seen - 74

Jack Stephens
Edmonds, WA
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