Florida/New York Trip List 30/03/13 - 12/04/13

Firstly I should point out that this was a family holiday and not a birding trip. Aside from a couple of mornings where I headed out early for a couple of hours on Sanibel, a trip to Corkscrew Swamp, Naples (with the family) and 2 hours one morning in Central Park, New York, all birds listed below were seen on short family walks or generally when out an about. The list below includes the frequency and location of each species.   * = new bird                                

1     Canada Goose/common/Central Park, NYC
2     Bufflehead/1/Central Park, NYC
3     Red Breasted Merganser/6/on sea, Sanibel
4     Common Loon/1/on sea, Sanibel
5     Pied Billed Grebe/common/Sanibel
6     Magnificent Frigatebird/6+/Sanibel
7     Double Crested Cormorant/common/Sanibel
8     Anhinga/6+/Bailey Tract & Ding Darling, Sanibel
9     American White Pelican/3/Ding Darling, Sanibel
10   Brown Pelican/common/Sanibel
11   Great Blue Heron/6+/Sanibel
12   Great Egret/common/Sanibel
13   Snowy Egret/common/Sanibel
14   Cattle Egret/common/Fort Myers
15   Reddish Egret/6+/Sanibel beach, Bailey Tract & Ding Darling
16   Tri-coloured Heron/6+/Sanibel
17   Little Blue Heron/common/Sanibel
18   Black Crowned Night Heron/1/Ding Darling, Sanibel
19   Yellow Crowned Night Heron/6+/Sanibel
20   Green Heron/4/Bailey Tract, Sanibel
21   White Ibis/common/Sanibel
22   Glossy Ibis/3/Fort Myers
23   Roseate Spoonbill/5/Corkscrew Swamp/Bailey Tract/Ding Darling
24   Black Vulture/common/Florida
25   Turkey Vulture/common/Florida
26   Osprey/common/ Florida + 1 NYC
27   Swallow Tailed Kite/3/Corkscrew Swamp(2) Fort Myers(1)
28   Bald Eagle/4/nest site, Pond Apple Trail, Sanibel
29   Coopers Hawk/1/Sanibel
30   Red Shouldered Hawk/common/Florida
31   Red Tailed Hawk/6+/Florida & Central Park, NYC
32   American Kestrel/1/Pond Apple Trail, Sanibel
33   Sora/2/Bailey Tract, Sanibel *
34   Purple Gallinule/1/Bailey Tract, Sanibel
35   Common Moorhen/common/Sanibel
36   American Coot/common/Sanibel
37   Black Bellied Plover/6+/Sanibel beach
38   American golden Plover/2/Sanibel beach
39   Piping Plover/12/Bunche Beach, Fort Myers *
40   Snowy Plover/5/Sanibel beach *
41   Killdeer/1/Bailey Tract, Sanibel
42   Black Necked Stilt/4/Bailey Tract, Sanibel
43   American Avocet/3/Bunche Beach, Fort Myers *
44   Spotted Sandpiper/2/Sanibel beach(1) Ding Darling(1)
45   Solitary Sandpiper/1/Bailey Tract, Sanibel *
46   Willet/common/Sanibel
47   Lesser Yellowlegs/2/Bailey Tract, Sanibel *
48   Greater Yellowlegs/3/Bailey Tract, Sanibel *
49   Ruddy Turnstone/common/Sanibel beach
50   Sanderling/common/Sanibel beach
51   Dunlin/6+/Ding Barling, Sanibel
52   Laughing Gull/common/Sanibel beach
53   Ring Billed Gull/6+/Statin Island Ferry,NYC
54   Herring Gull/common/all sites
55   Royal Tern/common/Sanibel beach
56   Sandwich Tern/common/Sanibel beach
57   Black Skimmer/50+ in 2 flocks/Sanibel and Bunche beaches
58   Mourning Dove/common/all sites
59   Common Ground Dove/10+/Sanibel
60   Eastern Screech Owl/1/Buttonwood Lane, Sanibel *
61   Barred Owl/3/11 adult + 2 young/Corkscrew Swamp *
62   Common Nighthawk/1/Fort Myers
63   Belted Kingfisher/4/Sanibel
64   Red Bellied Woodpecker/common/Sanibel & Central Park, NYC
65   Downy Woodpecker/6/Central Park. NYC
66   Pilliated Woodpecker/6+/Sanibel
67   Nothern Flicker/3/Central Park, NYC
68   Loggerhead Shrike/1/Fort Myers
69   Blue Jay/common/Central Park. NYC
70   American Crow/common/all sites
71   Fish Crow/6+/Sanibel
72   Barn Swallow/6+/Sanibel
73   Tree Swallow/1/Sanibel
74   Carolina Chickadee/1/Central Park, NYC
75   Tufted Titmouse/2/Central Park, NYC
76   Winter Wren/1/Central Park, NYC *
77   Carolina Wren/common/all sites
78   Golden Crowned Kinglet/common/Central Park, NYC
79   Ruby Crowned Kinglet/common/Central Park, NYC
80   Hermit Thrush/6+/Central Park, NYC *
81   American Robin/common/Central Park, NYC
82   Gray Catbird/common/all sites
83   Northern Mockingbird/common/all sites
84   European Starling/common/NYC
85   Worm Eating Warbler/1/Corkscrew Swamp *
86   Louisiana Waterthrush/1/Corkscrew Swamp *
87   Northern Waterthrush/6/Corkscrew Swamp(5+), Bailey Tract,(1) *
88   Black and White Warbler/2/Corkscrew Swamp
89   Common Yellowthroat/1/Corkscrew Swamp
90   American Redstart/1/Corkscrew Swamp *
91   Northern Parula/2/Corkscrew Swamp
92   Pine Warbler/3/Central Park, NYC *
93   Palm Wabler/common/Sanibel
94   Yelllow Rumped Warbler/1/Sanibel
95   Chipping Sparrow/common/all sites
96   Swamp Sparrow/2/Central Park, NYC
97   Fox Sparrow/1/Central Park, NYC *
98   Song Sparrow/Common/Sanibel
99   White Throated Sparrow/common/Central Park, NYC
100 White Crowned Sparrow/common/Central Park, NYC
101 Dark Eyed Junco/common/Central Paark, NYC
102 Northern Cardinal/common/all sites
103 Blue Grosbeak/1/Sanibel Lighthouse *
104 Indigo Bunting/10+/Sanibel Lighthouse & Alva/Florida *
105 Painted Bunting/3/Corkscrew Swamp(2), Alva, Florida(1)
106 Red Winged Blackbird/1/Central Park, NYC
107 Common Grackle/common/Sanibel
108 Boat Tailed Grackle/common/Sanibel
109 Brown Headed Cowbird/1/Central Park, NYC
110 Purple Finch/1/Central Park, NYC
111 Housefinch/1/NYC
113 American Goldfinch/common/Central Park, NYC
114 House Sparrow/common/all sites
115 Brown Headed Nuthatch/1/Alva, Florida
116 Brant/2/Hudson River, NYC
117 Mottled Duck/common/Sanibel
118 Brown Creeper/2/Central Park, NYC