Florida, September 2023

A total of 20 species is included, 20 of them have been observed.

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 NIKON D5600 ISO 800
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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 NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Rock dove / Felsentaube (Columba livia)

Alternate classification: Columba livia domestica
Also known as: Rock pigeon, Common pigeon, Rock pigeon, Rock pigeon, Strassentaube

Rock pigeons at bay in St Petersburg. 2023-09-23 19:15:24 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 450
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White ibis (Eudocimus albus)


White ibises in flight, St Petersburg. 2023-09-23 19:16:50 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 800
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Red-bellied woodpecker / Carolinaspecht (Melanerpes carolinus)


Red-bellied woodpecker, Florida. 2023-09-23 20:37:40 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 500
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Common gallinule (Gallinula galeata)


Common gallinule, juvenile, Florida. 2023-09-23 20:46:10 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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It's not always a bird, sometimes it's a squirrel! 2023-09-23 21:03:44 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 3200
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Boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major)


Boat-tailed grackle near Mark's place, St Petersburg. 2023-09-24 09:32:46 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Northern mockingbird / Gartenspottdrossel (Mimus polyglottos)

Alternate classification: Turdus polyglottos

Northern mockingbird, St Petersburg - how north is that? 2023-09-24 09:48:34 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 320
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Boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major)


Boat-tailed grackles. 2023-09-24 09:53:28 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 200
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Fish crow (Corvus ossifragus)


Fish crows says. 2023-09-24 10:04:16 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 200
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Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)


Brown pelican. 2023-09-24 10:29:44 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 360
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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 NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Mottled duck / Floridaente (Anas fulvigula)


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 NIKON D5600 ISO 450
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Willet / Schlammtreter (Tringa semipalmata)

Alternate classification: Symphemia semipalmata

Says willet, near St Petersburg. 2023-09-27 12:03:34 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Sanderling / Sanderling (Calidris alba)


Sanderling. 2023-09-27 12:12:20 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 360
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Osprey / Fischadler (Pandion haliaetus)

Also known as: Western osprey

Osprey in flight. 2023-09-27 12:22:08 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Osprey in flight. 2023-09-27 12:22:20 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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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 NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Sanderling / Sanderling (Calidris alba)


Sanderling in flight - if no brown in feathers, its non-breeding. 2023-09-27 12:30:36 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Sandwich tern / Brandseeschwalbe (Thalasseus sandvicensis)

Alternate classification: Sterna sandvicensis

Sandwich tern with fish. 2023-09-27 12:39:16 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 360
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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 NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Snowy egret / Schmuckreiher (Egretta thula)


Snowy egret. 2023-09-27 12:49:40 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Common grackle / Purpur-Grackel (Quiscalus quiscula)


The Common Grackle has yellow eyes, unlike the boat-tailed. 2023-09-27 14:24:20 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 3200
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Blue jay / Blauhäher (Cyanocitta cristata)


Blue jay, Sunken Gardens. 2023-09-27 14:25:30 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 3200
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Northern cardinal / Rotkardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)


Female northern cardinal. 2023-09-27 14:57:38 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 1250
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Chilean flamingo in Sunken Gardens zoo, Florida. 2023-09-27 15:02:52 Florida NIKON D5600 ISO 560
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