Florida, September 2023

A total of 24 species is included.

Florida, September 2023:

2023-09-22 - 2023-09-27 in Florida

Tricolored 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

Rock pigeons at bay in St Petersburg. 2023-09-23 19.15.24 Florida

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

It's not always a bird, sometimes it's a squirrel! 2023-09-23 21.03.44 Florida

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


Osprey in flight. 2023-09-27 12.22.20 Florida

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

Chilean flamingo / Chileflamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)

Alternate classification: Phoenicopterus ruber chilensis

Chilean flamingo in Sunken Gardens zoo, Florida. 2023-09-27 15.02.52 Florida Profile Wikipedia eBird Xeno-Canto NABU