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Observer

species 1.

Roseate Spoonbill

Count 1

James Boughton

species 2.

American White Pelican

Count 1

Peter Vale

species 3.

Western Cattle Egret

Count 16

Peter Vale

species 4.

Turkey Vulture

Count 1

Peter Vale

species 5.

Common Grackle

Count 5

Peter Vale

species 6.

Mottled Duck

Count 3

Colin Danch

species 7.

Mourning Dove

Count 2

Colin Danch

species 8.

Black-bellied Plover

Count 4

Colin Danch

species 9.

Killdeer

Count 1

Colin Danch

species 10.

Semipalmated Plover

Count 8

Colin Danch

species 11.

Snowy Plover

Count 3

Colin Danch

species 12.

Willet

Count 8

Colin Danch

species 13.

Sanderling

Count 3

Colin Danch

species 14.

Caspian Tern

Count 3

Colin Danch

species 15.

Forster's Tern

Count 5

Colin Danch

species 16.

Royal Tern

Count 1

Colin Danch

species 17.

Magnificent Frigatebird

Count 2

Colin Danch

species 18.

Anhinga

Count 12

Colin Danch

species 19.

Brown Pelican

Count 7

Colin Danch

species 20.

Tricolored Heron

Count 1

Colin Danch

species 21.

Snowy Egret

Count 6

Colin Danch

species 22.

Great Egret

Count 1

Colin Danch

species 23.

White Ibis

Count 7

Colin Danch

species 24.

Glossy Ibis

Count 1

Colin Danch

species 25.

Osprey

Count 5

Colin Danch

species 26.

Swallow-tailed Kite

Count 1

Colin Danch

species 27.

Bald Eagle

Count 3

Colin Danch

species 28.

Short-tailed Hawk

Count 1

Colin Danch

species 29.

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Count 1

Colin Danch

species 30.

Fish Crow

Count 2

Colin Danch

species 31.

House Wren

Count 1

Colin Danch

species 32.

European Starling

Count 1

Colin Danch

species 33.

Boat-tailed Grackle

Count 3

Colin Danch

species 34.

Palm Warbler

Count 2

Colin Danch

species 35.

Prairie Warbler

Count 2

Colin Danch

species 36.

Northern Cardinal

Count 1

Colin Danch

species 37.

Black-necked Stilt

Count 2

Jennifer Kuehn

species 38.

Greater Yellowlegs

Count 3

Jennifer Kuehn

species 39.

Wood Stork

Count 1

Jennifer Kuehn

species 40.

Double-crested Cormorant

Count 3

Jennifer Kuehn

species 41.

Black-crowned Night Heron

Count 1

Jennifer Kuehn

species 42.

Little Blue Heron

Count 5

Jennifer Kuehn

species 43.

Green Heron

Count 1

Jennifer Kuehn

species 44.

Belted Kingfisher

Count 1

Jennifer Kuehn

species 45.

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Count 1

Jennifer Kuehn

species 46.

Red-shouldered Hawk

Count 1

Julie Long

species 47.

Gray Catbird

Count 1

Julie Long

species 48.

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Count 5

Gina Kent

species 49.

Laughing Gull

Count 4

Gina Kent

species 50.

Herring Gull

Count 3

Gina Kent

species 51.

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Count 5

Gina Kent

species 52.

Great Blue Heron

Count 2

Gina Kent

species 53.

Black Vulture

Count 3

Gina Kent

species 54.

Pileated Woodpecker

Count 1

Gina Kent

species 55.

American Kestrel

Count 3

Gina Kent

species 56.

Merlin

Count 1

Gina Kent

species 57.

Tree Swallow

Count 8

Gina Kent

species 58.

Northern Mockingbird

Count 5

Gina Kent

species 59.

Red-winged Blackbird

Count 10

Gina Kent

species 60.

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Count 8

Gina Kent

species 61.

Ruddy Turnstone

Count 4

Tom Bisko

species 62.

Ring-billed Gull

Count 9

Tom Bisko

species 63.

Sandwich Tern

Count 6

Tom Bisko

species 64.

Black Skimmer

Count 1

Tom Bisko

species 65.

House Sparrow

Count 3

Wes Hatch

species 66.

Great Crested Flycatcher

Count 1

Wes Hatch

species 67.

Blue Jay

Count 1

Wes Hatch

species 68.

Common Ground Dove

Count 1

Richard Kandik

species 69.

Common Gallinule

Count 2

Richard Kandik

species 70.

Spotted Sandpiper

Count 4

Richard Kandik

species 71.

American Crow

Count 3

Richard Kandik

species 72.

Least Tern

Count 1

Richard Kandik

species 73.

Black-and-white Warbler

Count 1

Richard Kandik

species 74.

American Redstart

Count 2

Richard Kandik

species 75.

Northern Parula

Count 1

Richard Kandik

species 76.

Blackpoll Warbler

Count 1

Richard Kandik

species 77.

Least Sandpiper

Count 20

Ryan Call

species 78.

Carolina Wren

Count 1

Ryan Call

species 79.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Count 1

Gina Kent

species 80.

Cooper's Hawk

Count 2

Gina Kent

species 81.

Dunlin

Count 4

Morgan Suhy

species 82.

Blue-winged Teal

Count 4

Maureen Tulip

species 83.

Hooded Merganser

Count 6

Maureen Tulip

species 84.

Pied-billed Grebe

Count 5

Maureen Tulip

species 85.

Western Sandpiper

Count 39

Maureen Tulip

species 86.

Reddish Egret

Count 1

Maureen Tulip

species 87.

Wilson's Plover

Count X

Andrew Williams

species 88.

Short-billed Dowitcher

Count 11

JoAnn Potter Riggle 🦤

species 89.

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Count 15

JoAnn Potter Riggle 🦤

species 90.

White-eyed Vireo

Count 1

JoAnn Potter Riggle 🦤

species 91.

Eastern Screech-Owl

Count 1

William Pixler

species 92.

Red-tailed Hawk

Count 2

Roma Quattro

species 93.

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Count 1

Roma Quattro

species 94.

Mallard

Count 3

Roma Quattro

species 95.

Rock Pigeon

Count 6

Roma Quattro

species 96.

White-winged Dove

Count 2

Roma Quattro

species 97.

American Avocet

Count 6

Roma Quattro

species 98.

Barn Swallow

Count 15

Roma Quattro

species 99.

Eastern Bluebird

Count 2

Roma Quattro

species 100.

Brown-headed Cowbird

Count 2

Roma Quattro

species 101.

Chuck-will's-widow

Count 1

Terry Farley

species 102.

Piping Plover

Count 2

Anonymous eBirder

species 103.

Marbled Godwit

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 104.

Wilson's Snipe

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 105.

Common Yellowthroat

Count 2

Anonymous eBirder

species 106.

Yellow-throated Warbler

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 107.

Downy Woodpecker

Count 1

Dmitry Pavlov

species 108.

American Goldfinch

Count X

Andrew Williams

species 109.

American Bittern

Count X

Andrew Williams

species 110.

Eastern Phoebe

Count X

Andrew Williams

species 111.

Gray Kingbird

Count 3

Wes Hatch

species 112.

Peregrine Falcon

Count 1

Linda Becker

species 113.

Loggerhead Shrike

Count X

Andrew Williams

species 114.

Red-breasted Merganser

Count X

Sam Heinrich

species 115.

Clapper Rail

Count X

Sam Heinrich

species 116.

Northern Harrier

Count X

Sam Heinrich

species 117.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Count X

Sam Heinrich

species 118.

Blue-headed Vireo

Count X

Sam Heinrich

species 119.

American Robin

Count X

Sam Heinrich

species 120.

Savannah Sparrow

Count X

Sam Heinrich

species 121.

Chimney Swift

Count 1

Jeremy Linden

species 122.

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Count 1

JC Knoll

species 123.

Great Black-backed Gull

Count 1

JC Knoll

species 124.

American Coot

Count 1

C Slingsby

species 125.

Northern Shoveler

Count 1

Paul Morf

species 126.

Ring-necked Duck

Count 1

carol furtado

species 127.

Common Loon

Count X

Andrew Williams

species 128.

Limpkin

Count 1

Cindy Goodrum

species 129.

Red Knot

Count 1

William Scott

species 130.

Pectoral Sandpiper

Count 1

William Scott

species 131.

Stilt Sandpiper

Count 1

Thomas Ryan

species 132.

Pine Warbler

Count 1

Sharon Glezen

species 133.

Common Tern

Count 5

Albert Kayser

species 134.

Lesser Scaup

Count 3

Dena Turner

species 135.

Lesser Yellowlegs

Count 3

Dena Turner

species 136.

Green-winged Teal

Count X

Mike Habeck

species 137.

Muscovy Duck

Count 3

Albert Kayser

species 138.

Crested Caracara

Count 1

Chris Hajduk

species 139.

Cape May Warbler

Count 1

Ximena Villapalos

species 140.

Northern Gannet

Count 1

Suzanne Anderson

species 141.

Least Bittern

Count 2

Ian Brandenburg

species 142.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Count 1

Doug Albert

species 143.

Wild Turkey

Count 1

David Ackerman

species 144.

Sandhill Crane

Count 1

David Ackerman

species 145.

Solitary Sandpiper

Count 1

David Ackerman

species 146.

Brown Thrasher

Count 1

David Ackerman

species 147.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Count 1

Doug Albert

species 148.

House Finch

Count 3

Dylan Thomas

species 149.

Orange-crowned Warbler

Count 1

Dylan Thomas

species 150.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Count 1

Noah Frade

species 151.

Northern Flicker

Count 1

evelyn nathan

species 152.

Common Nighthawk

Count 1

Matej Novak

species 153.

Virginia Rail

Count 1

Peter Plage

species 154.

American Oystercatcher

Count 6

Peter Plage

species 155.

Eastern Towhee

Count 2

Peter Plage

species 156.

Eastern Meadowlark

Count 2

Peter Plage

species 157.

Eastern Whip-poor-will

Count 1

ray majesty

species 158.

Eastern Kingbird

Count 1

Sanibel-Captiva Audubon

species 159.

Red-eyed Vireo

Count 1

Sanibel-Captiva Audubon

species 160.

Gadwall

Count 2

Albert Kayser

species 161.

Gull-billed Tern

Count X

Kathy Amberg

species 162.

Scarlet Tanager

Count 1

Jeffrey Thomas

species 163.

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Count 1

Greg Ward

species 164.

Wood Duck

Count X

Joe Prochaska

species 165.

American Wigeon

Count X

Joe Prochaska

species 166.

Northern Pintail

Count X

Joe Prochaska

species 167.

Redhead

Count X

Joe Prochaska

species 168.

Ruddy Duck

Count X

Joe Prochaska

species 169.

Bonaparte's Gull

Count X

Joe Prochaska

species 170.

Tufted Titmouse

Count X

Joe Prochaska

species 171.

Red-headed Woodpecker

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 172.

Barn Owl

Count 1

Libby Errickson

species 173.

Summer Tanager

Count 1

Daniel Seger

species 174.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Count 2

Henry Trombley

species 175.

Cerulean Warbler

Count 1

Doug Albert

species 176.

Mangrove Cuckoo

Count 1

John Lloyd

species 177.

Broad-winged Hawk

Count X

John Lloyd

species 178.

Cedar Waxwing

Count 15

John & Abby Dux

species 179.

White-crowned Pigeon

Count 1

Margaret England

species 180.

Western Kingbird

Count 1

Paul Mayer

species 181.

Swamp Sparrow

Count X

Tom Cannon

species 182.

Snail Kite

Count 2

Jerry Downs

species 183.

Purple Martin

Count 2

Paul Swigart

species 184.

Razorbill

Count 1

Doug Albert

species 185.

Horned Grebe

Count 1

Thomas Slemmer

species 186.

Sora

Count 1

Mark Kosiewski

species 187.

Black Scoter

Count 60

Karl Werner

species 188.

Yellow Warbler

Count X

Steve Weston

species 189.

White-rumped Sandpiper

Count 1

Austin Tackman

species 190.

Cliff Swallow

Count X

Austin Tackman

species 191.

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Count 10

John McDevit

species 192.

Blue Grosbeak

Count 1

John McDevit

species 193.

Baltimore Oriole

Count X

Butch Tetzlaff

species 194.

Indigo Bunting

Count X

Butch Tetzlaff

species 195.

Bank Swallow

Count 1

Pam Holmes

species 196.

Veery

Count 1

Pam Holmes

species 197.

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Count 1

Pam Holmes

species 198.

Swainson's Thrush

Count 1

Pam Holmes

species 199.

Wood Thrush

Count 1

Pam Holmes

species 200.

Orchard Oriole

Count 1

Pam Holmes

species 201.

Ovenbird

Count 1

Pam Holmes

species 202.

Painted Bunting

Count 1

Pam Holmes

species 203.

Nanday Parakeet

Count 2

Susan Dietderich

species 204.

Northern Waterthrush

Count 1

Jason Weckstein

species 205.

Black Tern

Count X

Marian Zimmerman

species 206.

Great Horned Owl

Count X

Marian Zimmerman

species 207.

Tennessee Warbler

Count 1

Rich Hoyer

species 208.

Black-whiskered Vireo

Count X

Glenn Desy

species 209.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Count X

Kipp Lunt

species 210.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Count 1

J.B. Churchill

species 211.

Burrowing Owl

Count 2

Daniel Hinnebusch

species 212.

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Count 1

Doug Daniels

species 213.

Yellow-throated Vireo

Count X

alan murray

species 214.

Worm-eating Warbler

Count X

alan murray

species 215.

Prothonotary Warbler

Count X

alan murray

species 216.

American Pipit

Count X

Jeff Hambleton

species 217.

Blue-winged Warbler

Count X

Kenny Nichols

species 218.

Hermit Thrush

Count X

Christian Gras

species 219.

Purple Gallinule

Count 1

Diane Wien

species 220.

Whimbrel

Count 1

John Lewis

species 221.

Chipping Sparrow

Count X

Charles Caron

species 222.

Surfbird

Count 1

Ron Smith

species 223.

Magnolia Warbler

Count X

alan murray

species 224.

Parasitic Jaeger

Count X

John Puschock

species 225.

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Count X

alan murray

species 226.

Hooded Warbler

Count X

alan murray

species 227.

Black-throated Green Warbler

Count X

alan murray

species 228.

Louisiana Waterthrush

Count X

Tim Rodenkirk

species 229.

Northern Bobwhite

Count X

Marianne Cowley

species 230.

Sedge Wren

Count X

alan murray

species 231.

Western Tanager

Count 1

fide R.Smith

species 232.

Monk Parakeet

Count 1

morris sandvig

species 233.

Bobolink

Count 20

Stu Elsom

species 234.

Vesper Sparrow

Count 1

Dominic Sherony

species 235.

Hairy Woodpecker

Count X

David Brinkman

species 236.

Barred Owl

Count X

François Riou

species 237.

Marsh Wren

Count X

François Riou

species 238.

Smooth-billed Ani

Count 1

Charles Verdery

species 239.

King Rail

Count 1

Dominic Sherony

species 240.

Eurasian Wigeon

Count 1

Renner Anderson

species 241.

Black-billed Cuckoo

Count 1

fide R.Smith

species 242.

Philadelphia Vireo

Count 1

fide R.Smith

species 243.

Mourning Warbler

Count 1

fide R.Smith

species 244.

Blackburnian Warbler

Count 1

fide R.Smith

species 245.

Swainson's Warbler

Count 2

fide R.Smith

species 246.

Nashville Warbler

Count 1

fide R.Smith

species 247.

Bay-breasted Warbler

Count 1

fide R.Smith

species 248.

American Flamingo

Count 1

Ann Marie Wood

Exotic: Provisional

species 249.

Great White Pelican

Count 1

Diane Wien

Exotic: Escapee

Mute Swan

Count 1

C Slingsby

Additional taxa

gull sp.

Count 2

Ryan Call

duck sp.

Count 2

Ryan Call

crow sp.

Count 4

Ryan Call

Mallard/Mottled Duck

Count 1

Gina Kent

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher

Count X

Andrew Williams

Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron

Count 1

Karen Randolph

grackle sp.

Count 6

Ruben Stoll

passerine sp.

Count 1

Liron Gertsman

woodpecker sp.

Count 1

Jack Bushong

new world warbler sp.

Count 3

Jack Bushong

tern sp.

Count 1

Graham Williams

new world sparrow sp.

Count 1

Owen Cunningham

Myiarchus sp.

Count 1

John Lewis

peep sp.

Count 30

DingBiology Team

jaeger sp.

Count 1

Peter Plage

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs

Count X

Anonymous eBirder

bird sp.

Count 1

Ronda Roaring

Buteo sp.

Count X

Ken Cox

Greater/Lesser Scaup

Count X

R. Dale Twining (1921-2014) Birding Records Project Data

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Observer	Date	Species
James Boughton	29 Apr 2023	1
Peter Vale	29 Mar 2023	4
Colin Danch	29 Mar 2023	33
Jennifer Kuehn	25 Mar 2023	20
Julie Long	21 Mar 2023	18
Gina Kent	16 Feb 2023	42
Tom Bisko	1 Jan 2023	12
Tom Bisko	31 Dec 2022	14
Wes Hatch	25 Jun 2022	3
Wes Hatch	24 Jun 2022	5

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1	alan murray	128
2	Sylvie Vanier🦩	101
3	Charles Caron	96
4	Charles Verdery	90
4	Colby Neuman	90
6	Thomas Slemmer	89
7	Steve Freed	88
8	François Riou	87
9	Douglas Faulder	85
10	George Wallace	84