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Florida Trip List

May26

White Peacock

White Peacock

A list of everything identified (at least to genus). What I liked about this trip was that we picked a few places to go (Eco Pond, the Anhinga Trail, Naples) and just went to see what was there, stopping along the way if something of interest caught our eye. I didn’t sign up for eBird reports and wasn’t chasing rare bird reports, which made for a more relaxing trip overall. If Doran were a serious birder I probably would have at least checked eBird to see what was around. However, it was much more enjoyable finding my own birds and not worrying about what birds were being reported nearby.

Mammals

Bottlenosed dolphin
West Indian manatee
Marsh rabbit

(I found it strange that I didn’t see a single squirrel on this trip. I was hoping to see opossum and armadillo as well.)

Sharks

Blacktip Shark

Reptiles

American alligator
Cuban Brown Anole
Cooter sp.

(I really wanted to see some snakes. And seriously, no amphibians?)

Birds

  1. Muscovy Duck – Florida City
  2. Wood Stork – Everglades NP (Paurotis Pond)
  3. Double-crested Cormorant – Everglades NP (Anhinga Trail)
  4. Anhinga – Everglades NP (Anhinga Trail)
  5. Brown Pelican – Everglades NP, Naples Beach
  6. Great Blue Heron – Everglades NP (Anhinga Trail)
  7. Great Egret – Common
  8. Snowy Egret – Tamiami Trail, Naples Beach
  9. Tricolored Heron – Everglades NP (Eco Pond)
  10. Cattle Egret – Homestead (Ingraham Hwy)
  11. Green Heron – Common
  12. White Ibis – Common
  13. Roseate Spoonbill – Everglades NP, Tamiami Trail
  14. Black Vulture – Common
  15. Turkey Vulture – Common
  16. Osprey – Everglades NP (Flamingo)
  17. Swallow-tailed Kite – Homestead (Ingraham Hwy)
  18. Red-shouldered Hawk – Everglades NP
  19. Black-necked Stilt – Everglades NP (Eco Pond)
  20. American Avocet – Everglades NP (Eco Pond)
  21. Killdeer – Florida City
  22. Laughing Gull – Florida City, Naples Beach
  23. Royal Tern – Naples Beach
  24. Sandwich Tern – Naples Beach
  25. Rock Pigeon – Florida City
  26. Eurasian Collared-Dove – Common
  27. Mourning Dove – Florida City
  28. Common Nighthawk – Florida City, Port of the Islands
  29. Chimney Swift – Near Port of the Islands
  30. Red-bellied Woodpecker – Common
  31. Northern Flicker – Near Port of the Islands
  32. Great Crested Flycatcher – Everglades NP
  33. Gray Kingbird – Common
  34. Eastern Kingbird – Everglades NP
  35. White-eyed Vireo – Everglades NP (Anhinga Trail)
  36. Blue Jay – Port of the Islands
  37. American Crow – Common
  38. Fish Crow – Homestead
  39. Purple Martin – Port of the Islands
  40. Northern Mockingbird – Common
  41. Common Myna – Homestead
  42. European Starling – Homestead
  43. Common Yellowthroat – Tamiami Trail
  44. Prairie Warbler – Everglades NP
  45. Northern Cardinal – Common
  46. Red-winged Blackbird – Florida City
  47. Eastern Meadowlark – Everglades NP
  48. Common Grackle – Common
  49. Boat-tailed Grackle – Common
  50. Brown-headed Cowbird – Everglades NP (Flamingo)
  51. House Sparrow – Florida City

Insects

Eastern Lubber Grasshopper

Barred Yellow Butterfly
Red-banded Hairstreak
Gulf Fritillary
Zebra Heliconian
White Peacock

Seaside Dragonlet
Blue Dasher
Eastern Pondhawk
Four-spotted Pennant
Halloween Pennant
Needham’s Skimmer

(No damselflies identified on this trip. I only saw one, flying over the grass near the marina at Port of the Islands but we were in a hurry to catch our boat trip and didn’t stop.)