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Native and Naturalized (116)

  1. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Margaret Lanier
    Location: Highlands Hammock SP
  2. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: St. Agnes Episcopal Church, Lakeview Drive
  3. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kathy S. Prindle
    Location: Lake Placid Boat Ramp
  4. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick J. Blake
    Location: Lake Jackson
  5. Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Marian Jordan
    Location: Lake Sebring
  6. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kathy S. Prindle
    Location: St. Agnes Episcopal Church Parking Lot
  7. Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  8. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  9. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Alex Lewanski
    Location: Spring Lake Eco Park
  10. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tyson Kahler
    Location: Spring Lake Eco Park
  11. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Manns
    Location: CR721, Okeechobee
  12. Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  13. White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Lark Terrace
  14. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Lark Terrace
  15. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tyson Kahler
    Location: Lake Istokpoga Park
  16. Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  17. Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick J. Blake
    Location: US-FL-Sebring: 1700 Elf Drive
  18. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Lark Terrace
  19. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick J. Blake
    Location: US-FL-Sebring: 1700 Elf Drive
  20. King Rail Rallus elegans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael McMillian
    Location: 140 Caladium Drive, Lake Placid, Florida, US (27.29, -81.275) Highlands County IMWID Phase 1 Impoundment
  21. Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: East side Lake Istokpoga picnic area/Boat Ramp
  22. American Coot Fulica americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael McMillian
    Location: 140 Caladium Drive, Lake Placid, Florida, US (27.29, -81.275) Highlands County IMWID Phase 1 Impoundment
  23. Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bryan Box
    Location: Lake Istokpoga Park
  24. Gray-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
    # Count: 23
    Date:
    Observer: Alex Lewanski
    Location: Spring Lake Eco Park
  25. Limpkin Aramus guarauna
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Marian Jordan
    Location: Lake Sebring
  26. Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bryan Box
    Location: US-98, Sebring US-FL 27.43440, -81.36400
  27. Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Tyson Kahler
    Location: Lake Istokpoga Park
  28. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bryan Box
    Location: 900–970 Bluff Hammock Rd, Lorida US-FL 27.43995, -81.23795
  29. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael McMillian
    Location: 140 Caladium Drive, Lake Placid, Florida, US (27.29, -81.275) Highlands County IMWID Phase 1 Impoundment
  30. Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christina Riehl
    Location: Archbold Biological Station
  31. Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael McMillian
    Location: 140 Caladium Drive, Lake Placid, Florida, US (27.29, -81.275) Highlands County IMWID Phase 1 Impoundment
  32. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Michael McMillian
    Location: 140 Caladium Drive, Lake Placid, Florida, US (27.29, -81.275) Highlands County IMWID Phase 1 Impoundment
  33. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Michael McMillian
    Location: 140 Caladium Drive, Lake Placid, Florida, US (27.29, -81.275) Highlands County IMWID Phase 1 Impoundment
  34. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Michael McMillian
    Location: 140 Caladium Drive, Lake Placid, Florida, US (27.29, -81.275) Highlands County IMWID Phase 1 Impoundment
  35. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick J. Blake
    Location: US-FL-Sebring: Lake Jackson Shore
  36. Wood Stork Mycteria americana
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Alex Lewanski
    Location: Spring Lake Eco Park
  37. Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Alex Lewanski
    Location: Spring Lake Eco Park
  38. Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jennifer Havery Johnson
    Location: 4217–4399 Lake Vista Dr, Sebring US-FL 27.46787, -81.50769
  39. American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Sahas Barve
    Location: Hicoria Rd Pond
  40. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Leslie McConachie
    Location: 259 Cloverleaf Road, Lake Placid, Florida, US (27.339, -81.398)
  41. American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John Fitzpatrick
    Location: Tony's Circle
  42. Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tyson Kahler
    Location: 3209 County Road 621, Lake Placid, Florida, US (27.293, -81.267)
  43. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tyson Kahler
    Location: 3209 County Road 621, Lake Placid, Florida, US (27.293, -81.267)
  44. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bryan Box
    Location: Lake Istokpoga Park
  45. Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Manns
    Location: CR 721 Teal Pond
  46. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: East side Lake Istokpoga picnic area/Boat Ramp
  47. Green Heron Butorides virescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Manns
    Location: CR 721 Teal Pond
  48. Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Bryan Box
    Location: 900–970 Bluff Hammock Rd, Lorida US-FL 27.43995, -81.23795
  49. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  50. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Manns
    Location: Arbuckle Creek Road, Sebring
  51. White Ibis Eudocimus albus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Manns
    Location: CR721, Okeechobee
  52. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tyson Kahler
    Location: Drigger's Road
  53. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Bryan Box
    Location: Lake Istokpoga Park
  54. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  55. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  56. Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick J. Blake
    Location: US-FL-Sebring: 1700 Elf Drive
  57. Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael McMillian
    Location: 140 Caladium Drive, Lake Placid, Florida, US (27.29, -81.275) Highlands County IMWID Phase 1 Impoundment
  58. Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John Fitzpatrick
    Location: Archbold Biological Station South Tract33852, Lake Placid US-FL 27.15807, -81.35942
  59. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Lark Terrace
  60. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kathy S. Prindle
    Location: Lake Clay Public Boat Ramp (East)
  61. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bryan Box
    Location: 900–970 Bluff Hammock Rd, Lorida US-FL 27.43995, -81.23795
  62. Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Alex Lewanski
    Location: Lake Istokpoga--Windy Point Park and Boat Ramp
  63. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Alex Lewanski
    Location: Drigger's Road
  64. Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Intersection of County Rd. 635 and Hammock Rd
  65. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tyson Kahler
    Location: Donaldson Park, Avon Park
  66. Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  67. Barred Owl Strix varia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Camp
  68. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jennifer Havery Johnson
    Location: 4217–4399 Lake Vista Dr, Sebring US-FL 27.46787, -81.50769
  69. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Lark Terrace
  70. Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Lark Terrace
  71. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Margaret Lanier
    Location: Highlands Hammock SP
  72. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Margaret Lanier
    Location: Highlands Hammock SP
  73. Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Margaret Lanier
    Location: Highlands Hammock SP
  74. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  75. Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick J. Blake
    Location: Lake Jackson
  76. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tyson Kahler
    Location: Lake Istokpoga Park
  77. Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Lark Terrace
  78. Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael McMillian
    Location: 140 Caladium Drive, Lake Placid, Florida, US (27.29, -81.275) Highlands County IMWID Phase 1 Impoundment
  79. White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bryan Box
    Location: Lake Istokpoga Park
  80. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: 5731 Granada Blvd, Sebring US-FL 27.52273, -81.52101
  81. Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  82. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Lark Terrace
  83. Florida Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Art Nadelman
    Location: Highlands Hammock SP
  84. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  85. Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Marian Jordan
    Location: Lake Sebring
  86. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Lark Terrace
  87. Purple Martin Progne subis
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Margaret Lanier
    Location: Highlands Hammock SP
  88. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael McMillian
    Location: 140 Caladium Drive, Lake Placid, Florida, US (27.29, -81.275) Highlands County IMWID Phase 1 Impoundment
  89. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Alex Lewanski
    Location: Lake Istokpoga--Istokpoga Canal
  90. Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick J. Blake
    Location: US-FL-Highlands: Avon Park AFR (Survey Point E2)
  91. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Margaret Lanier
    Location: Highlands Hammock SP
  92. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bryan Box
    Location: Lake Istokpoga Park
  93. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Alex Lewanski
    Location: Drigger's Road
  94. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kathy S. Prindle
    Location: Sebring Villas
  95. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jennifer Havery Johnson
    Location: Aunt J’s Backyard
  96. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Alex Lewanski
    Location: Neighborhood directly south of Lake Sebring
  97. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Lark Terrace
  98. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kathy S. Prindle
    Location: Sebring Villas
  99. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick J. Blake
    Location: US-FL-Sebring: 1700 Elf Drive
  100. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Lark Terrace
  101. Bachman's Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Margaret Lanier
    Location: Highlands Hammock SP
  102. Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  103. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  104. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  105. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kathy S. Prindle
    Location: Sebring Villas
  106. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  107. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Lark Terrace
  108. Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  109. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Margaret Lanier
    Location: Highlands Hammock SP
  110. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Marc Behrendt
    Location: Archbold Biological Station
  111. Northern Parula Setophaga americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Ayers
    Location: Avon Park Air Force Range (Highlands Co.)
  112. Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Lark Terrace
  113. Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick J. Blake
    Location: US-FL-Avon Park: Lake Letta Boat Ramp
  114. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Joyc Unit Cove Road
  115. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Lark Terrace
  116. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kathy S. Prindle
    Location: Sebring Villas

Exotic: Provisional (1)

  1. Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jeffrey Kosiorek
    Location: Florida 70, Lake Placid, Florida, US (27.209, -81.416)

Hybrids (1)

  1. Mallard x Mottled Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x fulvigula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: St. Agnes Episcopal Church, Lakeview Drive

Additional Taxa (6)

  1. Mallard/Mottled Duck Anas platyrhynchos/fulvigula
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Kathy S. Prindle
    Location: St. Agnes Episcopal Church Parking Lot
  2. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Lewia
    Location: Veterans Beach Park
  3. Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes/melanoleuca
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christina Riehl
    Location: Hicoria Rd, Venus US-FL 27.15353, -81.34446
  4. peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Sahas Barve
    Location: Hicoria Rd Pond
  5. new world vulture sp. Cathartidae sp.
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Alex Lewanski
    Location: Bluff Hammock Rd (Florida)
  6. crow sp. Corvus sp. (crow sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Manns
    Location: Arbuckle Creek Road, Sebring