Posted by Brian Rapoza on May 12, 2004 at 19:01:41:
Following is a summary of birds seen or heard in Monroe County during the North American Migration Count on Saturday. Thanks to the following for assisting with the count in Monroe: Bill Boeringer, John Boyd, Dick Cunningham, Nancy Freedman, Rafael Galvez, Brennan Mulrooney and Juan Valadez. Areas covered included Everglades National Park, the Loop Road portion of Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida Bay (where most of the shorebirds were seen, by Juan and Rafael), and the Florida Keys from Key Largo to Big Pine Key.
Total Species: 108
Total Individuals: 9687
Common Loon-2
Pied-billed Grebe-1
American White Pelican-156
Brown Pelican-145
Double-crested Cormorant-472
Anhinga-9
Magnificent Frigatebird-11
Great Blue Heron-6
Wurdemann's form-4
Great White Heron-68
Great Egret-42
Snowy Egret-139
Little Blue Heron-12
Tricolored Heron-50
Reddish Egret-13
White form-1
Cattle Egret-60
Green Heron-6
night-heron sp.-1
White Ibis-142
Roseate Spoonbill-105
Wood Stork-3
Red-breasted Merganser-3
Black Vulture-13
Turkey Vulture-84
Osprey-40
Swallow-tailed Kite-7
Bald Eagle-4
Red-shouldered Hawk-11
Broad-winged Hawk-1
buteo sp.-1
Peregrine Falcon-1
Clapper Rail-3
Common Moorhen-6
American Coot-2
Black-bellied Plover-205
Wilson's Plover-6
Semipalmated Plover-51
Killdeer-3
Black-necked Stilt-11
Greater Yellowlegs-3
Solitary Sandpiper-3
Willet-207
Spotted Sandpiper-10
Whimbrel-11
Marbled Godwit-102
Ruddy Turnstone-67
Red Knot-23
Sanderling-63
Semipalmated Sandpiper-751
Western Sandpiper-6
Least Sandpiper-811
Dunlin-1746
Short-billed Dowitcher-2015
Laughing Gull-161
Ring-billed Gull-4
Caspian Tern-23
Royal Tern-250
Sandwich Tern-128
Roseate Tern-2
Common Tern-16
Forster's Tern-8
Least Tern-121
Black Skimmer-84
Rock Pigeon-15
White-crowned Pigeon-32
Eurasian Collared Dove-75
Mourning Dove-45
Common Ground-Dove-7
Monk Parakeet-2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo-7
Mangrove Cuckoo-2
Burrowing Owl-3
Barred Owl-3
Common Nighthawk-1
Antillean Nighthawk-4
Red-bellied Woodpecker-48
Downy Woodpecker-10
Northern Flicker-5
Pileated Woodpecker-9
Great Crested Flycatcher-47
Gray Kingbird-36
Purple Martin-3
Barn Swallow-4
Blue Jay-2
American Crow-22
Tufted Titmouse-5
Carolina Wren-9
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-7
Veery-1
Northern Mockingbird-18
European Starling-29
Common Myna-3
White-eyed Vireo-81
Red-eyed Vireo-1
Black-whiskered Vireo-41
Northern Parula-12
Cape May Warbler-17
Black-throated Blue Warbler-5
Prairie Warbler-32
Blackpoll Warbler-36
Black-and-white Warbler-2
American Redstart-35
Prothonotary Warbler-2
Ovenbird-5
Northern Waterthrush-11
Common Yellowthroat-47
Northern Cardinal-58
Bobolink-21
Red-winged Blackbird-129
Boat-tailed Grackle-11
Common Grackle-152
Brown-headed Cowbird-20