Posted by Michael Hoffman on December 29, 2015 at 18:07:07
During the Biscayne National Park Christmas Bird Count, conducted on December 18th 2015, a total of 64 species of birds were identified. The highlight of the trip was an American Flamingo who has decided to make his temporary home on an ocean side beach of Elliott Key. The list of the species and total counts are included below. Thanks to all the great birders who participated! American Flamingo 1 American Goldfinch 1 American Redstart 2 American White Pelican 47 Anhinga 4 Belted Kingfisher 11 Black Vulture 3 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Black-bellied Plover 17 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 17 Brown Booby 7 Brown Pelican 97 Caspian Tern 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Double-crested Cormorant 735 Eastern Phoebe 1 European Starling 20 Gray Catbird 1 Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 16 Great Blue Heron (White form) 15 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Great Egret 27 Green Heron 3 Herring Gull 2 Killdeer 3 Laughing Gull 155 Least Sandpiper 174 Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 Lesser Scaup 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Little Blue Heron 25 Loggerhead Shrike 2 Magnificent Frigatebird 43 Mourning Dove 7 Northern Cardinal 2 Northern Mockingbird 11 Northern Parula 2 Osprey 7 Ovenbird 1 Palm Warbler 18 Prairie Warbler 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Red-breasted Merganser 16 Red-winged Blackbird 31 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Ring-billed Gull 10 Roseate Spoonbill 4 Royal Tern 167 Ruddy Turnstone 15 Sanderling 52 Semipalmated Plover 24 Short-billed Dowitcher 41 Snowy Egret 3 Spotted Sandpiper 34 Tricolored Heron 4 Turkey Vulture 71 White Ibis 436 White-crowned Pigeon 9 Willet 2 Wood Stork 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 13 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler 181 Yellow-throated Warbler 1