Florida, September 2023
A total of 24 species is included.
Florida, September 2023:
2023-09-22 - 2023-09-27 in FloridaTricolored heron / Dreifarbenreiher (Egretta tricolor)
Tricolored heron. 2023-09-23 18.00.14 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
American anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
Alternate classification: Plotus anhinga
Also known as: Anhinga
Anhinga, first full day in Florida. 2023-09-23 18.31.56 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
White ibis (Eudocimus albus)
White ibises in flight, St Petersburg. 2023-09-23 19.16.50 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
Red-bellied woodpecker / Carolinaspecht (Melanerpes carolinus)
Red-bellied woodpecker, Florida. 2023-09-23 20.37.40 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird A-Z Animals Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
Common gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
Common gallinule, juvenile, Florida. 2023-09-23 20.46.10 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
Boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major)
Boat-tailed grackle near Mark's place, St Petersburg. 2023-09-24 09.32.46 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
Northern mockingbird / Gartenspottdrossel (Mimus polyglottos)
Alternate classification: Turdus polyglottos
Northern mockingbird, St Petersburg - how north is that? 2023-09-24 09.48.34 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
Boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major)
Boat-tailed grackles. 2023-09-24 09.53.28 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
Fish crow (Corvus ossifragus)
Fish crows says MerlinBirdID. 2023-09-24 10.04.16 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Brown pelican. 2023-09-24 10.29.44 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
American anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
Alternate classification: Plotus anhinga
Also known as: Anhinga
The cormorant tower looking from St Petersburg to Tampa - but I don't have a picture good enough to say they're not anhingas. 2023-09-24 10.30.16 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
Mottled duck / Floridaente (Anas fulvigula)
MerlinBirdID says mottled ducks near Mark's place in St Petersburg - they resembled female mallards but darker, males have yellow bills, females they call olive but pictures show orange and brown too. 2023-09-25 09.52.18 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Brown pelican, Madeira Beach, Florida. 2023-09-27 11.48.26 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
Great egret / Silberreiher (Ardea alba)
Alternate classification: Casmerodius albus, Egretta alba, Egretta albus
Great egret on boardwalk at John's Pass, Madeira Beach, Florida. 2023-09-27 11.50.38 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird A-Z Animals Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU
Snowy egret / Schmuckreiher (Egretta thula)
Snowy egret at John's Pass, Madeira Beach, Florida. 2023-09-27 11.51.14 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
Herring gull / Silbermöwe (Larus argentatus)
Also known as: Silbermoewe, European herring gull
A herring gull shows its size next to a great egret, Madeira Beach, FL. 2023-09-27 12.02.50 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird A-Z Animals Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU
Willet / Schlammtreter (Tringa semipalmata)
Alternate classification: Symphemia semipalmata
MerlinBirdID says willet, near St Petersburg. 2023-09-27 12.03.34 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
Sanderling / Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sanderling. 2023-09-27 12.12.20 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU
Osprey / Fischadler (Pandion haliaetus)
Also known as: Western osprey
Osprey in flight. 2023-09-27 12.22.08 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird A-Z Animals Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU
Sandwich tern / Brandseeschwalbe (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
Alternate classification: Sterna sandvicensis
Sandwich tern in flight with distinct yellow tipped bill. 2023-09-27 12.28.34 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU
Sanderling / Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sanderling in flight - if no brown in feathers, its non-breeding. 2023-09-27 12.30.36 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU
Royal tern (alternate) (Thalasseus maxima)
Also known as: Royal tern
Hail, hail, the gang's all here at Madeira Beach - orange-beaked royal tern, black and yellow-beaked sandwich terns, a willet and two sanderlings. 2023-09-27 12.37.26 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
Sandwich tern / Brandseeschwalbe (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
Alternate classification: Sterna sandvicensis
Sandwich tern with fish. 2023-09-27 12.39.16 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU
Lesser black-backed gull / Heringsmöwe (Larus fuscus)
Lesser black-backed gull - yellow legs, yellow break with red under tip, black back but white shoulders. 2023-09-27 12.40.12 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto NABU
Snowy egret / Schmuckreiher (Egretta thula)
Snowy egret. 2023-09-27 12.49.40 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
Common grackle / Purpur-Grackel (Quiscalus quiscula)
The Common Grackle has yellow eyes, unlike the boat-tailed. 2023-09-27 14.24.20 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird A-Z Animals Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
Blue jay / Blauhäher (Cyanocitta cristata)
Blue jay, Sunken Gardens. 2023-09-27 14.25.30 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird A-Z Animals Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto
Northern cardinal / Rotkardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Female northern cardinal. 2023-09-27 14.57.38 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird A-Z Animals Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto