Birdwatching at Bok Tower Gardens

GREBES ____ Northern Harrier SWIFTS ____ Pied-billed Grebe ____ Osprey ____ Chimney Swift ____ American Kestrel DARTERS HUMMINGBIRDS ____ Anhinga QUAILS ____ Ruby-throated ____ Northern Bobwhite Hummingbird HERONS ____ Rufous Hummingbird ____ Great Blue Heron CRANES ____ Great Egret ____ Sandhill Crane KINGFISHERS ____ Snowy Egret ____ Belted Kingfisher ____ Cattle Egret GALLINULES ____ Tricolored Heron ____ Common Moorhen WOODPECKERS ____ Little Blue Heron ____ Northern Flicker ____ Green-Backed Heron PLOVERS ____ Pileated Woodpecker ____ Black-crowned Night ____ Killdeer ____ Red-bellied Woodpecker Heron ____ Red-headed Woodpecker SNIPES ____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker WOOD IBISES ____ American Woodcock ____ Downy Woodpecker ____ Wood Stork GULLS FLYCATCHERS IBISES ____ Ring-billed Gull ____ Eastern Kingbird ____ White Ibis ____ Great Crested Flycatcher DOVES ____ Eastern Phoebe DUCKS, GEESE, & SWANS ____ Mourning Dove ____ Eastern Wood Pewee ____ Blue-winged Teal ____ Common Ground Dove ____ Wood Duck SWALLOWS ____ Hooded Merganser CUCKOOS ____ Tree Swallow ____ Mute Swan ____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo ____ Barn Swallow ____ Purple Martin AMERICAN VULTURES BARN OWLS ____ Turkey Vulture ____ Barn Owl JAYS & CROWS ____ Black Vulture ____ Blue Jay OWLS ____ American Crow HAWKS, EAGLES, & KITES ____ Eastern Screech Owl ____ Fish Crow ____ American Swallow-tailed ____ Great Horned Owl Kite ____ Barred Owl TITMICE ____ Sharp-shinned Hawk ____ Tufted Titmouse ____ Cooper’s Hawk GOATSUCKERS ____ Red-tailed Hawk ____ Chuck-will’s widow WRENS ____ Red-shouldered Hawk ____ Whip-poor-will ____ House Wren ____ Bald Eagle ____ Common Nighthawk ____ Carolina Wren

1151 Tower Boulevard, Lake Wales, FL • 863.676.1408 www.boktowergardens.org THRASHERS & ____ Yellow-throated Warbler Beginner Bird MOCKINBIRDS ____ Bay-breasted Warbler Watching Advice ____ Northern Mockingbird ____ Black-poll Warbler In Florida, birds tend to be most ____ Gray Catbird ____ Pine Warbler active in the earliest parts of the ____ Brown Thrasher ____ Prairie Warbler morning. ____ Palm Warbler THRUSHES & BLUEBIRDS ____ Ovenbird • To learn the different ____ American Robin ____ Louisiana Waterthrush species of birds quickly, ____ Wood Thrush ____ Kentucky Warbler study families of birds first. ____ Hermit Thrush ____ Common Yellowthroat • Settle into a comfortable ____ Veery spot and stay still to allow birds to relax when they KINGLETS & GNATCATCHERS WOOD WARBLERS come near you. ____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ____ Hooded Warbler • Bird watch with a friend. ____ Golden-crowned Kinglet ____ Wilson’s Warbler • When you see a bird, ____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet ____ American Redstart describe its features to allow them to search through the WAXWINGS WEAVER FINCHES bird guide. ____ Cedar Waxwing ____ House Sparrow • Take notes of when you saw and identified a bird. SHRIKES MEADOWLARKS, ____ Loggerhead Shrike BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES Bird Photography Advice ____ Eastern Meadowlark STARLINGS ____ Redwinged Blackbird • Patience is a must with bird ____ European Starling ____ Northern Oriole photography. That’s part of ____ Boat-tailed Grackle the fun of it all! VIREOS ____ Common Grackle • Early mornings and late ____ White-eyed Vireo afternoons are the best time ____ Yellow-throated Vireo TANAGERS to photograph wildlife. ____ Solitary Vireo ____ Summer Tanager • When shooting with an ____ Red-eyed Vireo SLR camera, a lens with a GROSBEAKS, 300mm zoom range is rec- SPARROWS & BUNTINGS ommended. WOOD WARBLERS ____ Northern Cardinal • Keep an eye out both above ____ Black-and-white Warbler ____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak and below for different types ____ Worm-eating Warbler ____ Indigo Bunting of birds and other wildlife. ____ Tennessee Warbler ____ American Goldfinch ____ Orange-crowned Warbler ____ Rufous-sided Towhee Share you bird photography ____ Northern Parula Warbler ____ Savannah Sparrow finds with us on Facebook ____ Yellow Warbler ____ Leconte’s Sparrow and Twitter! ____ Magnolia Warbler ____ Vesper Sparrow ____ Cape may Warbler ____ Bachman’s Sparrow facebook.com/boktowergardens ____ Black-throated Blue ____ Chipping Sparrow twitter.com/boktower Warbler ____ Field Sparrow ____ Yellow-rumped Warbler ____ White-throated Sparrow ____ Black-throated Green ____ Song Sparrow Warbler ____ Blackburnian Warbler