Posted by Brian Rapoza on January 07, 2021 at 21:47:37
A total of 22,641 individuals of 114 species (116 taxa) were tallied during the 70th annual Coot Bay (Everglades National Park) Christmas Bird Count on January 2. Compared with last year’s count, 29 more individuals but 7 less species were seen this year. The count’s nineteen participants tallied 109 species (111 taxa) on count day; five species not seen on count day were reported during count week. Only two unusual species were reported: Limpkin, reported for the 7th time and Sandhill Crane, only reported for the 2nd time. A new high count was reached only for Royal Tern. Warbler diversity was notably low this year, with only 12 species reported. For the second consecutive year, and for only the second year ever, no American Coots were reported within the circle. Here are the totals: Blue-winged Teal-265 Northern Shoveler-16 Northern Pintail-3 Green-winged Teal-4 Ruddy Duck-1 Pied-billed Grebe-2 Wood Stork-83 Magnificent Frigatebird-1 Double-crested Cormorant-2100 Anhinga-13 American White Pelican-2550 Brown Pelican-1100 Great Blue Heron (Blue form)-120 Great Blue Heron (White form)-320 Great Blue Heron (Wurdemann's)-4 Great Egret-410 Snowy Egret-450 Little Blue Heron-300 Tricolored Heron-200 Reddish Egret-15 Cattle Egret-68 Green Heron 11 Black-crowned Night-Heron-6 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron-14 White Ibis-1100 Roseate Spoonbill-130 Black Vulture-115 Turkey Vulture-220 Osprey-110 Northern Harrier-4 Bald Eagle-12 Red-shouldered Hawk-51 Broad-winged Hawk-1 Short-tailed Hawk-1 Clapper Rail-2 Limpkin-1 Sandhill Crane-1 Black-necked Stilt-count week American Avocet-30 Black-bellied Plover-245 Semipalmated Plover-26 Killdeer-3 Spotted Sandpiper-30 Greater Yellowlegs-8 Willet-137 Lesser Yellowlegs-1 Whimbrel-10 Marbled Godwit-2 Ruddy Turnstone-50 Sanderling-15 Dunlin-460 Least Sandpiper-1630 Semipalmated Sandpiper-350 Western Sandpiper-4750 Short-billed Dowitcher-175 Laughing Gull-600 Ring-billed Gull-13 Herring Gull-1 Lesser Black-backed Gull-4 Gull-billed Tern-1 Caspian Tern-58 Forster's Tern-57 Royal Tern-1075 Sandwich Tern-8 Black Skimmer-610 White-crowned Pigeon-4 Barn Owl-1 Eastern Screech-Owl-3 Barred Owl-7 Lesser Nighthawk- count week Ruby-throated Hummingbird-6 Belted Kingfisher-42 Red-bellied Woodpecker-97 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-1 Downy Woodpecker-3 Pileated Woodpecker-13 American Kestrel-7 Merlin-1 Peregrine Falcon-5 Eastern Phoebe-17 Great Crested Flycatcher-24 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher-1 White-eyed Vireo-48 Blue-headed Vireo-1 American Crow-260 Northern Rough-winged Swallow-1 Tree Swallow-830 House Wren-11 Carolina Wren-3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-133 Gray Catbird-59 Northern Mockingbird-26 European Starling-83 Ovenbird-6 Northern Waterthrush-18 Black-and-white Warbler-10 Common Yellowthroat-200 American Redstart-6 Cape May Warbler-1 Northern Parula-6 Yellow Warbler-11 Palm Warbler-59 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)-100 Yellow-throated Warbler-7 Prairie Warbler-28 Nelson's Sparrow- count week Saltmarsh Sparrow- count week Savannah Sparrow- count week Swamp Sparrow-1 Northern Cardinal-38 Indigo Bunting-1 Painted Bunting-4 Red-winged Blackbird-193 Common Grackle-107 Boat-tailed Grackle-3 Brown-headed Cowbird-2 Thanks to the following individuals for making these results possible: Sue Alspach, Miriam Avello, Joe Barros, Bill Boeringer, Kevin Christman, Pete Frezza, Liz Golden, Luis Gonzalez, Dennis Olle, Bob Pace, Alice Pace, Gary Pappas, Jeanette Rawls, Amy Roda, David Schaffter, Raul Urgelles, Juan Valadez, and Kevin Welsh.