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Preserve the within promoting birdwatching activities, conservation conservation activities, birdwatching promoting is illustrated by the 207 species of birds observed observed birds of species 207 the by illustrated is to conserve and enhance Florida’s bird habitat by by habitat bird Florida’s enhance and conserve to support a wonderful array of bird diversity. This This diversity. bird of array wonderful a support 2,000-mile, self-guided highway trail is designed designed is trail highway self-guided 2,000-mile, pinelands, sawgrass prairies, and mangrove forests forests mangrove and prairies, sawgrass pinelands, birdwatching or bird education opportunities. This This opportunities. education bird or birdwatching strands, hardwood hammocks, old-growth old-growth hammocks, hardwood strands, sites throughout Florida selected for their excellent excellent their for selected Florida throughout sites attractions. Vegetation types such as cypress cypress as such types Vegetation attractions. The Great Florida Birding Trail is a collection of 445 445 of collection a is Trail Birding Florida Great The Bird watching is one of the Preserve’s principal principal Preserve’s the of one is watching Bird Great Florida Birding Trail... Birding Florida Great Birds of the Swamp... the of Birds Date: _______________ Time: ________ SP S F W SP S F W Location: _____________________________ VULTURES IBISES, SPOONBILLS, & STORKS Weather: ______________________________ ___Turkey vulture + c c c c ___White ibis + c c c c Observer(s): _____________________________ ___Black vulture + c c c c ___Glossy ibis + Service Park National Interior of the Department U.S. Preserve National Cypress Big Florida u Cypress Big u u Birds u GREBES ___Roseate spoonbill ? u u u u KEY: ___Pied-billed grebe + f f f f ___Wood stork + c c c c ___Horned grebe Loons SEASON PELICANS, CORMORANTS, ETC... ___Common loon SP Spring (March-May) ___American white pelican u u u WATERFOWL S Summer (June-August) ___Brown pelican u u u u ___Fulvous whistling-duck r r r F Fall (September-November) ___Magnificent frigatebird r ___Black-bellied whistling-duck r r r r W Winter (December-February) ___Double-crested cormorant + c c c c ___Snow goose r ___Anhinga + c c c c ___Canada goose r INDEX HERONS, EGRETS, ETC... ___Egyptian goose r r r r c -- Common (present in the proper habitat and ___American bittern f r f f ___Wood duck + u u u u season) ___Least bittern + f f f f ___Green-winged teal u u u f -- Fairly common (often present in the proper ___Great blue heron + c c c c ___Mottled duck + f f f f habitat and season) ___Great egret + c c c c ___Mallard r u -- Uncommon (occasionally present in proper ___Snowy egret + c c c c ___Northern pintail r r r habitat and season) ___Little blue heron + c c c c ___Blue-winged teal f r f f r -- Rare (seldom present in suitable habitat; few ___Tricolored heron + c c c c ___Northern shoveler r records) ___Reddish egret r r r r ___Gadwall ___Cattle egret + f f f f ___American wigeon r Each species was indexed according to its ___Green heron + c c c c ___Canvasback abundance in the Preserve, not on its likelihood of ___Black-crowned night-heron + f u f f ___Redhead being observed. The species having no information ___Yellow-crowned night-heron + u u u u ___Ring-necked duck r r f Behave How You Can Save Do Not Feed or Harass Wildlife AMERICA! EXPERIENCE YOUR in the index have never been documented (confirmed) in the Preserve, although suitable habitat is present and Big Cypress lies within their range. BREEDING STATUS + Known to breed in the Preserve ? Breeding status unknown E Extinct * Exotic species Birds of Big Cypress National Preserve Top Row -- limpkin, red-cockaded woodpecker, eastern bluebird Bottom Row -- black-necked stilt, sandhill crane, anhinga SP S F W SP S F W SP S F W ___Black-bellied plover ___Great horned owl + u u u u WATERFOWL, cont... ___Wilson’s plover ? u u u u ___Barred owl + c c c c ___Lesser scaup r ___Semipalmated plover u u u GOATSUCKERS ___Common goldeneye+ r r r ___Piping plover r r r ___Common nighthawk + c c c ___Bufflehead ___Killdeer + c c c c ___Whip-poor-will u u u ___Hooded merganser u u u ___Black-necked stilt + u u u u ___Chuck-will’s-widow + c c c r ___Common merganser ___American avocet SWIFTS ___Red-breasted merganser u u u ___Greater yellowlegs f f f ___Chimney swift + r r r ___Ruddy duck ___Lesser yellowlegs u u u HUMMINGBIRDS ___*Muscovy duck r r r r ___Solitary sandpiper r r r r ___Ruby-throated hummingbird + u r u r HAWKS & ALLIES ___Willet KINGFISHERS ___Osprey + c c c c ___Spotted sandpiper u u u ___Belted kingfisher c r c c ___Swallow-tailed kite + f f u r ___Whimbrel WOODPECKERS ___White-tailed kite + r r r r ___Marbled godwit ___Ivory-billed woodpecker E ___Snail kite + u u u u ___Semipalmated sandpiper ___Red-headed woodpecker r ___Mississippi kite ___Western sandpiper u u u ___Red-bellied woodpecker + c c c c ___Bald eagle + u u u u ___Least sandpiper u u u ___Yellow-bellied sapsucker u u u ___Golden eagle r ___White-rumped sandpiper ___Downy woodpecker + f f f f ___Northern harrier u u u ___Dunlin ___Hairy woodpecker + r r r r ___Sharp-shinned hawk u u u ___Short-billed dowitcher ___Red-cockaded woodpecker + f f f f ___Cooper’s hawk r r r ___Long-billed dowitcher ___Northern flicker + c c c c ___Red-shouldered hawk + c c c c ___Wilson’s snipe f f f ___Pileated woodpecker + f f f f ___Broad-winged hawk r r r ___American woodcock r r FLYCATCHERS ___Short-tailed hawk + u u u u ___Wilson’s phalarope ___Eastern wood-pewee ___Red-tailed hawk + u u u u GULLS, TERNS, ETC..
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