BIRD LIST:  2015 Florida Trip
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LOCATIONS:  Trip to Florida and back, 4/17 - 5/26 2015;  Drew Panko & Trudy Battaly;  6083 miles
A:  4/17-4/19 travel NY to GA:  Jones Lake SP, NC on 4/18-9;Okefenokee NWR 4/20
B:  4/21-24:   Okefenokee NWR 4/211-22, Merritt Island 4/23-24
C:  4/25-28:  Thompson Cmpgrd, Key Largo - Pennekamp SP, Botanical Gardens SP, glass bottom boat, Cocao Chico Beach
D:  4/29-5/2:  Bahia Honda SP, Fisherman's Campgrd, Dry Tortugas  Key West, Blue Hole & Key Deer NWR,
E:  5/3-6:  Everglades-Shark Valley, Rt41 Tamiami, Big Cypress Preserve, Fakahatchee Strand SP, Marco Island
F: 5/7-5/10: Lake Okeechobee, Archbold Biological Station, Highland Hammock SP, Walk-in-water Rd & Frostproff
G: 5/11-5/14: Highland Hammock SP, Walk-in-water Rd, Myakka River SP, Siesta Beach, Stump Path Beach SP
H: 5/15-5/18: Sarasota Celery Fields, Oscar Scherer SP, Myakka R, Fort de Soto, Reed SP, Crews Lake CP, 
                            Silver Srings SP, Okala National Forest, Alexander Springs Recreation Area
I: 5/10-5/22:  to Grt. Smkey Mt NP,Clingman's Dome,Blue Ridge Pkwy,Mt.Visgah,Shenandoah NP,Loft Mt,Big Meadow
J: 5/23-5/26:  Skyline Drive > N. Shenandoah NP > Hickory Ru SP PA > home

BIRD LIST Numbers indicate number of days the species was observed.
locations   No. of
2015 Trip List: NY to Florida and back to NY A B C D E F G H I J   Regions
Black-bellied Whistling Duck             2 2       2
Canada Goose 3             1 1 1   4
Wood Duck   1                   1
American Black Duck   1     1             2
Mallard 1   1                 2
Mottled Duck   1       2 2 2       4
Blue-winged Teal   1   1     1         3
Northern Shoveler   1                   1
Northern Bobwhite 1 2         1 1       4
Wild Turkey   2           2 2 1   4
Pie-billed Grebe       1       1       2
Masked Booby       1               1
American White Pelican         1             1
Brown Pelican   2 2 3 2   2 2       6
Double-crested Cormorant 1 2 4 3 4 2 3 1       8
Anhinga   4 2 1 4 1 4 4       7
Magnficant Frigatebird     3 3 2             3
Least Bittern               1       1
Great Blue Heron 1 3 2   2 2 3 2       7
   Wurdeman's             1          
   white form     (2) 1 1 1   1        
Great Egret 1 3 1 4 4 2 4 4       8
Snowy Egret   2   2 4 3 3 2       6
Little Blue Heron     1   1   2 1       4
Tricolored Heron   2 2 2 3 1 2         6
Reddish Egret   2     3   1         3
Cattle Egret 1 3   2   1 2 3       6
Green Heron   3 4 2 3 1           5
Black-crowned Night-heron         2   2         2
Yellow-crowned Night-heron               2       1
White Ibis   2 3 2 4 1 4 2       7
Glossy Ibis   2         2 2       3
White-faced Ibis   2       2           2
Roseate Spoonbill   2   1 1   2         4
Wood Stork   2 1 1   1 3 2       6
Black Vulture 2 3 2 1 3 4 4 4       8
Turkey Vulture 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3   10
Osprey 1 4 4 3 4 4 4 3       8
Swallow-tailed Kite   1   1 3 1   1       5
Snail Kite         2 1           2
Bald Eagle         2 1 1 1       4
Northern Harrier   1                   1
Cooper's Hawk 1               1     2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 2   2 4 4 4 2       7
Short-tailed Hawk     1   1     3       3
Red-tailed Hawk 1         1 2 1 1 3   6
Crested Caracara           3 1 1       3
American Kestrel           1       1   2
Merlin       1               1
Peregrine Falcon 1     1               2
King Rail   1   1 1 1   1       5
Virginia Rail   1     1             2
Sora   1                   1
Purple Gallinule           1 1 1       3
Common Moorhen   2       1 1 1       4
American Coot   2   1   1 1 1       5
Limpkin     1   1 1 2 2       5
Sandhill Crane 1 1 1     3 2 2       6
Black-bellied Plover     2   1   2         3
Snowy Plover             1         1
Wilson's Plover             1         1
Semipalmated Plover   2 1   1   1         4
Piping Plover         1             1
Killdeer 1 2       1   1       4
American Oystercatcher         1             1
Black-necked Stilt   2       1 1         3
Spotted Sandpiper       2   1           2
Greater Yellowlegs   2     1             2
Willet   2     2   2         3
Lesser Yellowlegs   2     1   2         3
Ruddy Turnstone     1 1 1             3
Sanderling   1 1                 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper   2 1 1 2   2         5
Least Sandpiper   1 1 1 2             4
White-rumped Sandpiper       1 1             2
Dunlin         1   1         2
Stilt Sandpiper   2 1                 2
Short-billed Dowitcher     1                 1
Laughing Gull   3 3 4 3 1 3 1       7
Ring-billed Gull   1                   1
Herring Gull   1 2   1     1       4
Brown Noddy       1               1
Sooty Tern       1               1
Least Tern     1 2 2   1 2       5
Gull-billed Tern   2                   1
Caspian Tern   2       1 1 1       4
Foster's Tern       1               1
Royal Tern       1       1       2
Black Skimmer           1 2         2
Rock Pigeon 3 2 2 4   2 2 3 1 1   9
White-crowned Pigeon     2 1   1           3
Eurasian Collared-Dove   4 4 3 3 4 4 2       7
Mourning Dove 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2   10
Common Ground-Dove   2 2   2 3           4
Monk Parakeet               1       1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo     1 1   1           3
Mangrove Cuckoo     1                 1
Barn Owl             1         1
Eastern Screech--Owl                 1     1
Great-horned Owl 1                     1 A
Burrowing Owl         1             1
Barred Owl 3 2   1 2 2 2 1       7
Northern Saw-whet Owl                 1     1
Common Nighthawk 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1       8
Chuck-will's-widow 1     1 3 2 2 1       6
Whip-poor-will   1                   1
Chimney Swift               2       1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird           1       1   2
Belted Kingfisher               1       1
Red-headed Woodpecker           2   1       2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 3 2 3 3   3 4       7
Downy Woodpecker   1     1 1   1 1 2   6
Hairy Woodpecker   1                   1
Red-cockaded Woodpecker   1                   1
Northern Flicker 1 1     1     1   2   5
Pileated Woodpecker   2 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 3   9
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 1             1 4   4
Acadian Flycatcher                 2     1
Alder Flycatcher   1                   1
Least Flycatcher                 3     1
Eastern Phoebe                 3 4   2
Great-crested Flycatcher 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 2   10
Eastern Kingbird   1           1       2
Gray Kingbird     3 2               2
Loggerhead Shrike     1         2       2
White-eyed Vireo 1 3 3 2 3 4 3 4       8
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 1           1       3
Blue-headed Vireo                 2 3   2
Red-eyed Vireo         1 1   2 3 4   5
Black-whiskered Vireo     2                 1
Blue Jay 2 1 2   2 3 2 3 4 2   9
Florida Scrub-Jay   2       2   1       3
American Crow 4 3 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4   10
Fish Crow 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 4       8
Common Raven                 2 2   2
Purple Martin         2 1   3       3
Barn Swallow 1 1   3 1   1 2 2     7
Carolina Chicadee 1             1       2
Black-capped Chicadee                 2 1   2
Tufted Titmouse 2 2     3 3 2 3 3 2   8
Red-breasted Nuthatch                 1     1
Brown-headed Nuthatch 2 2                   2
Brown Creeper                 1     1
Carolina Wren 3 3 2 1 4 4 4 4 2     9
House Wren                 1     1
Winter Wren                 1     1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 1     2 1 3 3 2     7
Eastern Bluebird   2   1 2         1   4
Veery       1         1 2   3
Gray-cheeked Thrush       1 1             2
Swainson's Thrush       2               1
Hermit Thrush       1               1
Wood Thrush       1         1 1   3
American Robin 3   1           4 4   4
Gray Catbird 3 2   2         4 3   5
Northern Mockingbird 3 3 4 4 4     4 2     7
Brown Thrasher 2 1             2     3
European Starling 3 3 3 1 4 1 3 2 2 3   10
Tennessee Warbler       1               1
Northern Parula 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 4   2   9
Yellow Warbler                 1 1   2
Chestnut-sided Warbler                 2 3   2
Cape May Warbler   1 2                 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler                 1 3   2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1                 1   2
Black-throated Green Warbler                 1 3   2
Blackburnian Warbler                 1 3   2
Yellow-throated Warbler 1 1                   2
Pine Warbler 1 2   2   1   3 1     6
Prairie Warbler 1 1 1 1 2             5
Palm Warbler     1 1               2
Bay-breasted Warbler       1               1
Blackpoll Warbler       1           1   2
Black-and-white Warbler                   3   1
American Redstart       1 1       1 4   4
Prothonotary Warbler   1     1 1           3
Worm-eating Warbler       1           2   2
Ovenbird       1         3 4   3
Northern Watterthrush       2               1
Louisiana Waterthrush       1         2     2
Common Yellowthroat 1 3   1 2 1 2   1 3   8
Hooded Warbler                   3   1
Canada Warbler                 1 3   2
Eastern Towhee 2 4   2 2 2 3 3 3 4   9
Bachman's Sparrow 1 1           1       3
Chipping Sparrow 2             1 2 4   4
Field Sparrow                 1 1   2
Vesper Sparrow                   2   1
Seaside Sparrow (Cape Sable)       1 1             2
Song Sparrow 1 1             2 1   4
White-throated Sparrow 1                     1 A
Dark-eyed Junco                 3 1   2
Summer Tanager 1                     1 A
Scarlet Tanager 1     1         1 4   4
Northern Cardinal 3 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 3 1   10
Rose-breasted Grosbeak       1         1 1   3
Blue Grosbeak       1               1
Indigo Bunting               1 3 1   3
Dickcissel       1               1
Bobolink     1 1               2
Red-winged Blackbird   4 3 2 2 3 2 4 1 2   9
Eastern Meadowlark   1     1   1 1 1     5
Common Grackle 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3   10
Boat-tailed Grackle 1 4 4   4 2 2 2       7
Brown-headed Cowbird 2 1   1         1 1   5
Baltimore Oriole                   1   1
House Finch                 1     1
Pine Siskin                 1     1
American Goldfinch                 2 2   2
House Sparrow 3     1     2 2 2 2   6
Red Junglefowl (not on AOU list-not counted)     1     1           2
                         
SPECIES 60 98 61 87 81 70 73 85 65 58 208 species
UNIQUE species 3 10 3 12 4 0 3 5 10 4

Mammals
 
MAMMAL LIST Number of Days Observed
E. chipmunk                 1 3   2
E.Cottontail       1     1 1 1     4
Elk                 2     1
Gray Squirrel 1 1     2 1 1 3   1   7
Manatee   1                   1
Opossum         1     1       2
Pig   1         1         2
Porcupine                   1   1
raccoon           1   1       2
River Otter         1             1
White-tailed Deer             2 1 2 2   4
WT  Key Deer     1 3               2
Herps
HERPS LIST lifer
Alligator   2   1 1             3 x
American Crocodile       1               1 x
American Toad 1                     1
Brown Anole   2 4 4 4             4
Bullfrog 2                     1
Florida Box Turtle     1                 1 x
Florida Cooter     2                 1 x
Florida Gopher Tortoise   1     1 2 3 1       5 x
Gecko   2 1                 2
Gray Tree Frog   2                   1
Green Anole   2 1   1             3
Green Frog   1                   1
Ornate Chorus Frog   1                   1 x
Painted Turtle   2                   1
Pig Frog 1                     1 x
Rattlesnake, E. Diamondback       1               1 x
Red-bellied Snake   1                   1
Skink, 5-lined   1             1     2
Skink, Broadhead    1                   1 x
Southern Black Racer 2 1                   2
Southern Cricket Frog 1                     1
Southern Leopard Frog 2                     1
Southern Toad         1             1
Spring Peeper 1                     1
24 SPECIES 24 herps
Butterflies and Plants
 
BUTTERFLY LIST   (23) PLANT LIST  (124)
Black Swallowtail Ailanthus Fringetree Pickerelweed
Buckeye Amercan Holly Garden Flox Pine, Loblolly 
Clouded Sulfur Arrowhead Grass, blue-eyed Pine, Long-leaf 
Cloudless Sulfur Balsam Fir Gumbo limbo Pine, Short-leafed
Common Sootywing Beech Hawthorne Pine, Slash
Eastern Comma Bittersweet Hemlock, Eastern Pine, White 
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Bladderwort Hickory Pinxter Flower
Giant Swallowtail Blueberry, High-bush Holly, Duhoon? Poisonwood
Great Southern White Blueberry, Low bush Honeysuckle, Japanese  Pond cypress & knees
Gulf Fritillary Buckeye Honeysuckle, Native Pond lily
Hobomok Skipper Buttercup Iris, Yellow  Pond lily, Bullfrog
Little Yellow Buttonwood Ironwood, Black Ragwort, Tansy
Orange-barred Sulfur Cactus, Prickly Pear  Jack-in-the-Pulpit Raspberry
Pearl Crescent Cattails Joe-pye-weed, Spotted Redbud
Pink-edged Sulfur Cedar, Eastern Red (juniper) Lady Tresses, slender Rhododendren
Polydamas Swallowtail Century plant Laurel, Mountain  Rose, Multiflora 
Queen Cherry, Black  Laurel, Sheep  Rue, Early Meadow 
Red Admiral Cherry, Flowering  Lily-of-the-valley, Wild Sage, Lyre-leafed
Ringlet Cinquefoil, Common Locust, Black Sassafras
Spicebush Swallowtail Cinquefoil, Shrubby  Magnolia Seagrape
Spring Azure Clover, Red Mahogony, W. Indian Slime mold
tent caterpillar Clover, Yellow Sweet  Maple, Ash-leafed  Solomon seal, False 
Zebra Coffee tree Maple, Mountain (Moosewood) Spanish moss (pineapple type)
Coontie Maple, Red  Speedwell
Coral:  Brain Mile-a-minute Squawroot
Coral: Elkhorn Mimosa tree Starflower
Coriopsis, Lance-leaved  Oak, Bear Sweetgum
Cress, winter Oak, Black Trillium, Painted
Cypress, Bald  Oak, Chestnut Trumpet creeper
Daffodils Oak, Live  Tulip tree
Daisy Oak, Turkey  Tupelo
Dogwood, Flowering  Oak, Willow  V, Washington 
Elderberry Old Man's Beard lichen Viburnim, Maple-leafed 
Elderberry, Red Orchard Violet, Common blue
Elderberry, Red  Palm, Cabbage  Wild Geranium
Elm Palm, Coconut  Wild Tamerind
Fig, Long-leaved Palm, Royal  Willow, Black 
Fig, Short-leaved Palmetto, Saw  Willow, Primrose 
Fig, Strangler Palmetto,Tall Willow, Pussy 
Fleabane Partridgeberry Wintergreen
Forthythia Pea, Climbing Butterfly Witchazel
Yucca
 
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