125 FIELD OBSERVATIONS Winter Report: December 2014-February
Florida Field Naturalist 43(3):125-136, 2015.
FIELD OBSERVATIONS
Winter Report: December 2014-February 2015.—This report consists of significant bird observations compiled by the Field Observations Committee (FOC). Electronic submissions to the FOC should be in the following format: species, number of individuals, age and sex of the bird(s), color morph if applicable, location (including county), date, observer(s), and significance. Seasons are winter (December-February), spring (March-May), summer (June-July), and fall (August-November). Submit observations to regional compilers within two weeks after the close of each season, or to the state compiler within one month. Addresses of the compilers follow this report. Sight-only observations are considered “reports” while only those observations supported by verifiable evidence (photographs, video or audio recordings, or specimens) are called “records.” Species for which documentation is required by the FOC and by the FOS Records Committee (FOSRC;
Species Accounts
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck: as many as 90 near Monticello (Jefferson) 10 Dec-7 Feb (C. Miller et al.); 115 at Brooksville (Hernando) 20 Dec (D. Love, A. & B. Hansen); 290 at Circle B Bar Reserve (Polk) 19 Jan (D. Estabrooks); 155 at Lake Apopka NSRA (Lake/Orange) 25 Jan (H. Robinson). Fulvous Whistling-Duck: 1 at Harns Marsh (Lee) 5 Dec (D. & T. McQuade et al.); as many as 350 at T. M. Goodwin WMA (Brevard) 8 Dec-12 Feb (M. Harris); 37 at Lake Hancock Outflow Wetland Polk( ) 27 Jan (C. Fredricks et al.); 350 at Lake Apopka NSRA 25 Jan (H. Robinson). Greater White-fronted Goose: 5 at M&M Dairy (Duval) to 25 Dec (+D. Foster et al.); 1 at St. Marks NWR (Wakulla) 1 Jan (R. & L. Smith); 1 at Myakka River SP (Sarasota) 29 Jan (+B. Torvund); 1 at Hague Dairy (Alachua) 22 Feb-EOS (L. Davis et al.). Snow Goose: 4 at Oil Grade Road (Collier) to 1-3 Dec (+M. Higgins); 1 at Fort De Soto Park (Pinellas) 1-3 Dec (+R. Newell); as many as 7 wintered at Southwood (Leon; E. Schunke et al.); 1 at Alligator Point (Franklin) 3 Dec (J. Murphy); 2 at Holiday (Pasco) 5-13 Dec (D. Gagne, T. Roller); 6 at Benderson Park (Sarasota) 9-10 Dec (M. Packer); 1 at Black Hammock Island (Duval) 27 Dec-4 Jan (K. Dailey et al.); 1 south of Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee NWR (Broward) 28 Dec (B. Pickholtz et al.); 3 at Government Road (Broward) 23 Jan (B. Pickholtz, S. Kaplan); 4 at T. M. Goodwin WMA 29 Jan (B. Wagner); 3 at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP (Alachua) 14 Feb (L. Davis); 5 at St. Marks NWR 20-24 Feb (J. O’Connell); 1 at Spring Hill (Hernando) 22 Feb (D. Grimes et al.). Ross’s Goose: 1 at St. Marks NWR to 1 Dec (A. Wraithmell et al.). Brant: 1 at Flamingo, Everglades NP (Monroe) 28 Feb (M. McShane).
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Canada x Cackling Goose: 1 at Riverview (Hillsborough) 15 Dec (C. & L. Cox, +B. Pranty et al.). Mandarin Duck: 1 male at Hampton Pines Park (Broward) 20 Dec (B. Pickholtz). Ringed Teal: 1 at Dunedin (Pinellas) 4 Feb (+M. Hutchinson Rusch). Abdim’s Stork: 1 at Krome Ave. (Miami-Dade) 19 Feb (+J. Toll). Gadwall: 200 at Tallahassee (Leon) 5 Dec (J. Cavanagh); 10 at Weedon Island Preserve (Pinellas) 20 Dec (M. Burns et al.). Eurasian Wigeon: 1 wintered at Cape Coral (Lee; fide C. Ewell) presumed to be of captive origin; 1 male at Merritt Island NWR (Brevard) 5 Dec (C. Cox, A. Kent et al.); 1 at Coot Bay Pond, Everglades NP (Monroe) 10-13 Jan (B. Rapoza et al.). American Wigeon: 6 at Largo Nature Preserve (Pinellas) 18 Dec-14 Feb (+R. Smith et al.); 25 at STA-5 (Hendry) 14 Feb (B. Ahern et al.). American x Eurasian Wigeon: 1 male at Merritt Island NWR 5 Dec-21 Jan (C. Cox, A. Kent et al.). American Black Duck: 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 14 Dec & 2 there 25 Jan (H. Robinson). Mallard: as many as 73 at St. Marks NWR to 5 Jan (A. Wraithmell et al.); 1 at Lake Hancock Outfall Wetland 20 Dec-11 Jan (C. Fredricks). Cinnamon Teal: 1 male wintered at South Bradenton (Manatee; +K. Doddridge et al). Northern Pintail: 2 at St. Petersburg (Pinellas) 4 Dec-25 Jan (J. Clayton et al.). Canvasback: as many as 17 wintered at Riverview (C. Cox et al.); 4 at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (Pinellas) 6 Dec-25 Jan (P. Plage et al.); as many as 2 near Ponce de Leon Park (Charlotte) 7 Dec-13 Jan (D. Simpson); 1 at Viera Wetlands (Brevard) 7 Dec (L. Rosen); 1 at West Lake, Everglades NP (Miami-Dade) 14 Dec (D. Simpson); 6 at Tomoka SP (Volusia) 20 Dec (M. Brothers); 8 at Hardee Lakes Park (Hardee) 9 Feb (C. Fredricks, W. Jones). Redhead: 4,500 at Carrabelle Beach (Franklin) 7 Feb (R. Cassidy, L. Eblen). Ring-necked Duck: 6,820 at Lake Apopka NSRA 17 Dec (H. Robinson). Greater Scaup: as many as 6 at William E. Dunn STF (Pinellas) to 4 Dec (T. Mast, M. Gardler et al.); as many as 3 at Gandy Beach (Pinellas) 4-26 Dec (C. Cox); 3 at Over- look Park (Seminole) 4-6 Dec (G. Williams); 2 near Ponce de Leon Park 7 Dec-24 Jan (D. Simpson); 4 at Ben T. Davis Beach (Hillsborough) 9 Dec (C. Cox); 2 at Tomoka SP 20 Dec (M. Brothers); 38 at War Veterans Memorial Park (Pinellas) 20 Dec (D. Gagne, C. Fisher); 2 at Gulf Harbors (Pasco) 26 Dec (T. Leukering); 5 at Robert K. Rees Park (Pasco) 26 Dec (T. Leukering); 25 at Huguenot Memorial Park (Duval) 30 Dec (K. Dailey et al.); 3 at E. G. Simmons Park (Hillsborough) 31 Jan (C. Cox et al.). Common Eider: 1 at Nassau Sound (Nassau) 16 Dec-23 Feb (+K. Dailey et al.); 1 at Ponce de Leon Inlet (Volusia) 15 Dec (M. Brothers); 1 at Jetty Park (Brevard) 25 Dec & 19- 20 Feb (D. Hoffman et al.). Surf Scoter: as many as 3 at Parrish Park (Brevard) 3 Dec-20 Jan (A. Whitlock); 1 at Gasparilla Island (Charlotte) 6-20 Dec (M. Manetz, D. Peacock); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 10 Dec (H. Robinson); 1 at Tomoka SP 13 & 20 Dec (M. Brothers); 2 at Car- rabelle Beach 28 Feb (R. Cassidy, L. Eblen). White-winged Scoter: 1 at Bunch Beach Preserve (Lee) 6 Dec (S. Daughtrey et al.); 1 at Tomoka SP 20 Dec (M. Brothers); 2 at Pensacola Beach (Escambia) 27 Dec (S. Dun- can); 5 at Alligator Point 30 Dec (S. Ewing et al.); 4 at St. George Island SP (Franklin) 30 Dec (R & L. Smith); 1 at Fort Clinch SP (Nassau) 10 Jan (B. Ewing et al.); 1 at Manasota (Charlotte) 10 Feb (D. Peacock); 3 at Spoonbill Pond (Duval) 21-23 Feb (+B. Richter); 1 at Big Talbot Island SP (Duval) 26-27 Feb (L. Royce); 1 at Alligator Point 27 Feb (J. Murphy). Black Scoter: 3 at Bunch Beach Preserve 6-7 Dec (C. Gesmundo et al.); 4 at Tomoka SP 20 Dec (M. Brothers); 5 females on Biscayne Bay (Miami-Dade) 20 Dec. (Ro. Diaz); 5 at Virginia Key (Miami-Dade) 20 Dec (C. Sanchez); 210 at Panama City Beach (Bay) 2 Jan (B. & L. Duncan, W. Duncan); 37 at Stump Pass Beach SP (Charlotte) 3 Field Observations 127
Jan (D. Peacock et al.); 6 off Fort De Soto Park 4 Jan (C. Cox et al.); 1 at Flamingo, Everglades NP 9 Jan (M. Dietrich et al.); 1 male at Shired Island (Dixie) 3 Feb (B. Carroll); 6 at Carrabelle (Franklin) 7 Feb (R. Cassidy, L. Eblen); 3 at Manasota 10 Feb (D. Peacock). Long-tailed Duck: 1 at Perdido Bay (Escambia) 10-15 Dec (S. Yates); 1 at Pensacola Beach (Escambia) 31 Dec-1 Jan (C. Wernicke); 1 at Parrish Park 1 Jan-20 Feb (+M. Harris); 1 male at E. G. Simmons Park 11-13 Jan (+E. Buck); 1 at Fort Clinch SP 31 Jan (K. Dailey et al.). Bufflehead: 1 at Celery Fields (Sarasota) to 5 Dec (J. Fisher); 1 male at Tampa (Hillsbor- ough) 2-13 Dec (+S. Reed); 1 at Palmetto (Manatee) 4 Dec (W. Meehan); 11 at Oldsmar (Pinellas) 5 Dec (+T. Mast); 8 at Lake Apopka NSRA 19 Dec (H. Robinson); as many as 4 at Coot Bay Pond, Everglades NP 3-28 Jan (B. Boeringer); 5 at Fort De Soto Park 21 Jan (E. Plage); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 23 Jan (A. Kent); 1 at Shell Key Preserve (Pinellas) 8 Feb (B. Ahern et al.); 4 at Gandy Beach 20 Feb (M. Burns). Common Goldeneye: 1 at Spring Hill to 15 Feb (B. Hansen et al.); 1 first-cycle male at Lake Maggiore (Pinellas) 13 Dec-22 Jan (+R. Smith); 1 at Fred Howard Park (Pinel- las) 17-27 Dec (D. Hooey, S. Gilmore et al.); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 19 Dec (H. Rob- inson); as many as 2 at Sanford (Seminole) 22 Dec-16 Feb (E. Horn, +S. Simmons); 1 at Fruitville Road (Sarasota) 3 Jan (M. Young); 1 at Robert K. Rees Park 12-15 Feb (D. Gagne). Hooded Merganser: 307 at Brighton Bay (Pinellas) 7 Dec & 151 there 24 Feb (M. Burns). *Common Merganser: 1 female at Port Orange (Volusia) 2 Dec-7 Feb (+M. Brothers). Red-breasted Merganser: 1 leucistic at Robert K. Rees Park 19 Dec (+K. Tracey); 5 at Lake Apopka NSRA 22 Dec (H. Robinson); 1 at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP 8 Feb- EOS (M. O’Sullivan et al.). Ruddy Duck: 73 at Lake Seminole Park (Pinellas) 15 Dec (M. Hughes); 14,800 at Lake Apopka NSRA 21 Jan (H. Robinson). California Quail: 1 female at Loxahatchee (Palm Beach) 28 Feb (+R. Leon) provided the first Florida record. Red-throated Loon: as many as 2 at Alligator Point 18 Dec-18 Jan (B. Bodjack); 1 at St. George Island 26 Dec (C. Wood et al.); 2 at Huguenot Memorial Park 26 Dec - 25 Jan (B. Richter); 3 at Alligator Point 26 Jan (J. Murphy); 1 at Venice Beach (Sarasota) 31 Dec (S. Stuart); 1 at Fernandina Beach (Nassau) 31 Jan (K. Dailey et al.); 3 at St. Marks NWR 31 Jan (E. Schunke); 2 at Fort Clinch SP 1-4 Feb (K. Dailey et al.). Common Loon: 550 at Gulf Breeze (Santa Rosa) 29 Dec (B. Duncan). Horned Grebe: 2 at Lake Apopka NSRA 19 Dec (H. Robinson). Eared Grebe: 1 at North Shore Park (Pinellas) 10 Dec (+J. Clayton); 1 at Canaveral Na- tional Seashore (Brevard) 1 Jan-14 Feb (+M. Harris). American Flamingo: 2 at Flamingo, Everglades NP 1-18 Jan (M. Sodamin, C. Callaghan). Great Shearwater: 1 adult at South Daytona (Volusia) 9 Feb (M. Brothers). Sooty Shearwater: as many as 2 at St. George Island 27-29 Dec (C. Wood, J. Barry et al.). *Manx Shearwater: 1 at Flagler Beach (Flagler) 1 Jan (M. Brothers). Magnificent Frigatebird: 36 at Fort Pierce Inlet SP (St. Lucie) 24 Jan (B. Wagner). Masked Booby: 1 adult at Fort Pierce Inlet (St. Lucie) 12-26 Feb (+T. Selph). Brown Booby: 2 at Daytona Beach Shores (Volusia) 5 Dec (C. Cox, A. Kent et al.); 1 at Jetty Park 9 Dec-4 Jan (M. Harris); 1 at Egmont Key NWR (Hillsborough) 16 Dec (P. Plage). *Neotropic Cormorant: as many as 5 wintered at Wakodahatchee Wetlands (Palm Beach; M. Berney, S. Young et al.); 1 near Don Pedro Island SP (Charlotte) 8 Dec (+D. Peacock) provided the firstCharlotte record. Great Cormorant: 1 juvenile at Fort De Soto Park to 4 Dec (+R. Smith et al.); 1 at north Sebastian Inlet SP (Brevard) 7 Dec-3 Jan (+A. Whitlock); 1 at South Daytona 11-16 Feb (M. Brothers). 128 Florida Field Naturalist
American White Pelican: 1,000 at Lake Hancock Outflow Wetland 11 Jan (C. Fredricks et al.). Brown Pelican: 1 at Lafayette Heritage Trail Park (Leon) 13-22 Jan (E. Schunke, A. Wraithmell). American Bittern: 35 at Lake Apopka NSRA 28 Dec (H. Robinson); 1 at Middle Torch Key (Monroe) 15 Jan (J. Mays). Great Blue Heron, white morph: 1 at Myakka River SP to 20 Jan (J. Whitehead et al.); 1 at STA-1E (Palm Beach) 6-27 Dec (C. Callaghan et al.); 1 at STA-5, 13 Dec-EOS (M. England et al.); 1 at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP 14 Dec-EOS (M. O’Sullivan). Reddish Egret: 1 at Camp Helen SP (Bay) to 31 Jan (E. Ellis); as many as 12 at Hagen’s Cove, Big Bend WMA (Taylor) 18 Dec-12 Feb (G. Kent). Glossy Ibis: 1 at Sawgrass Lake Park (Pinellas) 19 Dec (J. Clayton). White-faced Ibis: as many as 8 at St. Marks NWR to 18 Feb (A. Wraithmell et al.); as many as 2 at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP to 10 Feb (D. Segal et al.); 1 at Alligator Lake Park (Columbia) 17 Dec (P. Burns); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 19 Dec-8 Feb (K. Hamblett et al.). Swallow-tailed Kite: 1 at Largo (Pinellas) 18 Feb (P. Trunk); 1 at Alligator Point 27 Feb (S. Parker). White-tailed Kite: 1 at Holey Land WMA (Broward) 29 Dec (R. Titus); 1 east of Babcock- Webb WMA (Charlotte) 16 Jan (+D. Peacock). Snail Kite: 2 at Middle Lake (Pasco) to 19 Jan (M. Gardler et al.); 1 at Lake Park (Polk) 16 Dec (+W. Jones); 1 at Lake Jackson (Leon) 1 Jan-EOS (G. Farr, +M. Hill et al.) provided the firstLeon record; 1 at Scrub Point Preserve (Lake) 2 Jan (J. Thomton); 5 at Lake Hancock Outflow Wetland 20 Dec (C. Fredricks et al.). Great Black-Hawk: 1 wintered at Virginia Key (Ro. Diaz et al.). Broad-winged Hawk: 1 at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve 6 Nov-7 Feb (+S. Tavaglione et al.); 1 at Fort De Soto Park 11-29 Jan (B. Ahern, R. Smith et al.). Short-tailed Hawk: 1 at Brighton Bay 7 Dec (M. Burns); 1 in Amelia Island (Nassau) 18 Jan (+P. Leary); 2 dark morphs at Sawgrass Lake Park 18 Feb-EOS (+J. Clayton); 1 at Masaryktown 20 Feb (D. Love). Swainson’s Hawk: 1 at STA-5, 3 Jan (D. Gagne); 1 east of Babcock Webb WMA 12-17 Jan (+D. Peacock). Red-tailed Hawk: 1 northern at Orlando (Orange) 16 Dec (+T. Leukering); 1 Krider’s at Lake Apopka NSRA 19 Dec (S. Simmons et al.); 1 western type at Lake Apopka NSRA18 Jan (C. Fredricks, W. Jones et al); 1 Krider’s east of Paynes Creek Historic SP (Hardee) 31 Jan (J. Strong). Yellow Rail: 1 at Apalachicola National Forest (Liberty) 24 Feb (J. Lamey). Black Rail: as many as 14 at Coastal Prairie Trail, Everglades NP (Monroe) 1 Dec-4 Feb (G. Davis et al.); 2 at Mahogany Hammock, Everglades NP (Miami-Dade) 23 Dec (B. Showler); 1 at Holey Land WMA 29 Dec 29 Dec (R. Titus). King Rail: 3 at Lower Green Swamp Preserve (Hillsborough) 25 Dec-EOS (B. Ahern et al.). Virginia Rail: 1 Coastal Prairie Trail, Everglades NP 8 Dec (G. Davis et al.); 1 at Pam Callahan Nature Preserve (Hillsborough) 22 Feb-EOS (C. Fisher). Purple Swamphen: 3 at T. M. Goodwin WMA to 15 Jan (D. Simpson); 20 at STA-5, 14 Feb (B. Ahern et al.). Purple Gallinule: 3 wintered at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP (R. Rowan et al.); 1 at Taminco Sanctuary (Santa Rosa) 22 Dec (L. Kelly, L. Goodman, B. Furlow); 2 at Deep Creek Conservation Area (Putnam) 31 Jan (M. O’Brien). Sandhill Crane: 1 northbound over Boyd Hill Nature Preserve 7 Feb (+S. Tavaglione et al); 1 at Sawgrass Lake Park 12 Feb (+J. Clayton, R. Smith). Whooping Crane: 1 at University of Florida (Alachua) 7 Dec-EOS (D. Hartman et al.); 2 at Southwood 13-27 Feb (K. Willes et al.). Field Observations 129
Black-necked Stilt: 14 at Lake Apopka NSRA 19 Dec-2 Jan (P. Hueber et al.); 3 wintered at Pinellas County Landfill (fide R. Smith); 30 at Lake Hancock Outflow Wetland 11 Jan (C. Fredricks et al.); 6 at Lake Apopka NSRA 23 Jan (A. Kent). American Avocet: as many as 7 at Boca Chica Beach (Monroe) to 2 Jan (C. Goodrich); 1 at Southwood 7 Dec (E. Schunke); 7 at Trotters Lake (Orange) 10 Dec (P. Hueber); 30 at Lake Hancock Outflow Wetland 11 Jan (C. Fredricks et al.). Black-bellied Plover: 70 near Bunnell (Flagler) 13 Jan (D. Segal, D. Robbins). American Golden-Plover: 1 in Timucuan Preserve (Duval) 2 Dec (+J. Martin). Snowy Plover: 1 at John U. Lloyd SP (Broward) 27 Dec-7 Jan (S. Kaplan); 1 at Crandon Beach Park (Miami-Dade) 5 Feb-EOS (A. Martinez, +Ra. Diaz). Piping Plover: 41 wintered at Crandon Beach Park (Ro. Diaz et al.); 1 at Bush Key, Dry Tortugas NP (Monroe) 15 Dec (A. Fox). Solitary Sandpiper: 1 at Brooker Creek Preserve (Pinellas) 19 Feb (+T. Mast). Greater Yellowlegs: 1 leucistic at LaBelle (Glades) 15 Feb (+A. Murray). Whimbrel: 3 at Pinellas Point 10 Dec-14 Feb (R. Smith et al.); 1 at Garden Key, Dry Tor- tugas NP (Monroe) 24 Dec (J. Cavanagh). Long-billed Curlew: 1 at Bunche Beach Preserve (Lee) to 15 Feb (C. Ewell et al.); 1 at Marco Island (Collier) 3 Dec (M. Higgins); 2 at Flag Island (Franklin) 29 Dec (J. Barry); 1 at south Anclote Key to Fred Howard Park 27 Jan-3 Feb (+R. & H. Maciver, S. Reardon); 1 at Shell Mound, Lower Suwannee NWR (Levy) 30 Jan (T. Mann). Marbled Godwit: 89 at Ben T. Davis Beach 22 Feb (C. Fisher). Semipalmated Sandpiper: 1 at Big Pine Key (Monroe) 7 Dec (+D. Gochfeld); 1 at Bahia Honda SP (Monroe) 13 Dec (+A. Fox). Pectoral Sandpiper: 1 at Timberlake Road (Okaloosa) 27 Dec (B. Purdy); 1 at Okaloosa STF 20 Feb (M. Swan); 2 at Southwood 27 Feb (J. O’Connell). Purple Sandpiper: 1 wintered at Fort Clinch SP (P. & D. Leary); 1 wintered at Ponce de Leon (M. Brothers). Dunlin: as many as 4 inland at Southwood to 2 Feb (E. Schunke et al.); 1 at Willis Road (Jackson) 27 Dec (S. Goodman). Stilt Sandpiper: 1 at Tarpon Springs (Pinellas) 3-7 Dec (+T. Mast et al.). Ruff: 1 adult female in Timucuan Preserve (Duval) 10 Feb (+J. Martin), provided the firstDuval record. Long-billed Dowitcher: 1 at Bald Point SP (Franklin) 31 Dec (C. Wood). American Woodcock: 1 at Big Cypress National Preserve (Collier) 8 Dec (T. Johnson); as many as 3 at Lower Green Swamp Preserve 25 Dec-8 Feb (B. Ahern et al.); 18 at St. Sebastian River Preserve SP (Indian River) 20 Jan (B. Wagner); 1 nest with 3 eggs at Richloam Tract, Withlacoochee SF (Hernando) 4 Feb (R. Grumbly); 2 on Research Road, ENP (Miami-Dade) 13-23 Feb. (Ro. Diaz, D. Simpson). Pomarine Jaeger: 1 at St. George Island 30 Dec (C. Wood, J. Barry et al.); 1 adult one mile south of Fred Howard Park 26 Jan (+E. Plage). Parasitic Jaeger: 1 at St. George Island 27 Dec (C. Wood et al.). Sabine’s Gull: 1 at Ponce de Leon Inlet 10 Jan (T. McCuen). Bonaparte’s Gull: 210 at Lake Apopka NSRA 11 Jan (H. Robinson); 214 at Courtney Campbell Causeway (Pinellas) 27 Jan (B. & D. Lane). *Little Gull: 1 at Cape San Blas (Gulf) 28 Dec (J. Barry, C. Wood et al). Franklin’s Gull: as many as 2 at Daytona Beach Shores to 5 Dec (M. Brothers); 1 at Bull Frog Creek Road (Hillsborough) 14-18 Dec (C.& L. Cox); 1 at Tampa 22 Dec (C. Gjervold); 1 at Seven Springs STF (Pasco) 26 Dec (+D. Goodwin); 1 at Hudson Beach (Pasco) to 31 Jan (+B. Pranty, V. Ponzo et al.); 1 at Fort Island Beach (Citrus) 9-24 Feb (D. Gagne et al.). *California Gull: 1 adult at Smyrna Dunes Park (Volusia) 18 Feb (+T. Hince); 1 adult at Tomoka Landfill and Daytona Beach Shores 23 Feb-EOS (M. Brothers). 130 Florida Field Naturalist
*Thayer’s Gull: as many as 3 at Daytona Beach Shores 9 Dec-18 Feb (+M. Brothers et al.). Iceland Gull: as many as 3 first cycles at Daytona Beach Shores 15 Jan-25 Feb (M. Brothers); 1 at Huguenot Memorial Park (Duval) 18 Jan (B. Richter). Lesser Black-backed Gull: 1 at Key Vista Nature Park (Pasco) 6 Dec (D. Gagne); 1 adult at Ben T. Davis Beach 7 Dec-22 Feb (C. Fisher); 1 at Citrus Central Land- fill 10 Dec (K. Brabble); 2 at Hernando County Landfill 17 Dec (M. Gardler); 1 at St. George Island 26 Dec (C. Wood et al.); 1 at Battery Park (Franklin) 29 Dec (J. Barry). Glaucous Gull: 1 second-cycle at Venice Beach 30 Dec (+S. Stuart); 1 off Port Charlotte (Charlotte) 31 Dec (+T. Leukering et al.); 1 first-cycle at Lake Apopka NSRA 31 Dec (H. Robinson); 1 at Pensacola 24 Jan (A. Holzinger); 1 at Withlacoochee Bay (Citrus) 28 Jan (K. Brabble); 1 at Hobe Sound 25 Feb (G. Wilson). Gull-billed Tern: 1 at Middle Lake (Pasco) 15 Jan (M. Gardler); 1 at Shell Mound, Lower Suwannee NWR 30 Jan (M. Gardler); 1 at Myakka River SP 12 Feb (C. Herzog). Black Tern: 1 at Charlotte County Airport 28-30 Jan (J. Bouton, +D. Peacock). Common Tern: 1 at Fort De Soto Park 2-6 Dec & 2 there 10 Jan (S. Tavaglione et a.); 2 at Tiger Tail Beach (Collier) 13 Dec (K. Laakkonen); 1 at St. George Island 26-30 Dec (C. Wood et al.); 4 at Lido Key 24 Feb (S. Wilson). Sandwich Tern: 2 at Huguenot Memorial Park 24 Dec (K. Dailey et al). White-crowned Pigeon: 1 at J. N. “Ding” Darling NWR (Lee) 25 Dec-17 Feb (H. Youth). African Collared-Dove: 1 at St. Petersburg 20 Dec (B. Ahern, D. Goodwin et al.). White-winged Dove: 250 coming to a roost at the Villages (Marion) 4 Jan (A. Horst); 1 at Carrabelle (Franklin) 27 Feb (R. Cassidy). Mourning Dove: 1 nesting at Gainesville 1 Feb (D. Mickelson). Key West Quail-Dove: as many as 3 wintered at Long Key SP (Monroe; +A. Harper, +R. Geisler, J. Wilcox et al.); 1 at Deering Estate (Miami-Dade) 28 Dec-1 Jan (+Ra. Diaz et al.). Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 1 at Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee NWR 10 Dec (+R. Scho- field). Mangrove Cuckoo: 2 at R. Hardy Matheson Preserve (Miami-Dade) 27 Dec (D. Smyth). Smooth-billed Ani: 1 at Snake Road (Broward) 19 Jan-15 Feb (T. McCuen, et al.). Groove-billed Ani: 1 wintered at Fort De Soto Park (+R. Harrod et al.); as many as 2 at Lake Apopka NSRA to 24 Feb (+L. Reiners et al.); 1 at Orlando Wetlands Park (Or- ange) 31 Jan-3 Feb (J. Meyer). Barn Owl: 2 at Gulf Harbors 26 Dec (T. Leukering); 1 at Floridatown (Santa Rosa) 9 Jan (B. & L. Duncan). *Flammulated Owl: 1 found at Liberty City, Miami and brought into Pelican Harbor Sea- bird Station (Miami-Dade) 10 Dec where it later expired (+fide C. Boykin, Ra. Diaz) provided the firstMiami-Dade and the fourth Florida record. Burrowing Owl: 4 at site B-70 Eglin AFB (Okaloosa) 7 Dec (L. Fenimore, M. Swan). *Long-eared Owl: 1 at northern Okaloosa 13 Dec was taken into rehab where it later expired (specimen to Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville; fide B. & L. Duncan). Short-eared Owl: 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 28 Dec & 14 Jan (H. Robinson). Lesser Nighthawk: 1 at Fort Pickens (Escambia) 1 Jan (P. Doggrell); 5 at Eco Pond, Ev- erglades NP 16 Jan (M. Burney). Chuck-will’s-widow: 1 at St. Marks NWR 10 Jan (H. Adams et al.). Eastern Whip-poor-will: 1 at St. Petersburg 2 Dec (E. Plage); 1 at Tiger Point Preserve (Duval) 27 Dec-4 Jan (D. Robbins). Buff-bellied Hummingbird: 1 at Apalachicola 26 Dec (C. Wood et al.). Black-chinned Hummingbird: 1 at Valrico 24 Dec-15 Feb (S. Backes). Calliope Hummingbird: 1 at Tallahassee 2-13 Feb (T. & H. Roth). Field Observations 131
Rufous Hummingbird: as many as 3 wintered at Valrico (Hillsborough; S. Backes); 1 at Delray Beach (Palm Beach) to 1 Dec (C. Callaghan); 1 at Miami Shores (Miami-Dade) 18 Dec-16 Feb (A. Harper); 1 at Tallahassee 1 Jan-EOS (F. Rutkovsky). *Allen’s Hummingbird: 1 at Panama City Beach (Bay) 16 Jan (O. & D. Kelley, banded F. Bassett). Red-headed Woodpecker: 1 wintered at Matheson Hammock Park (Miami-Dade; C. San- chez et al.); 1 juvenile at Airco Golf Course (Pinellas) 20 Dec-15 Feb (M. Hughes et al.). Hairy Woodpecker: 1 at Balm-Boyette Scrub Preserve (Hillsborough) 14 Dec (D. Irizarry et al.). Crested Caracara: 1 at Loxahatchee Canal (Miami-Dade) 3 Jan (J. Sutton). American Kestrel: 1 at Garden Key, Dry Tortugas NP 24 Dec (J. Cavanagh). Nanday Parakeet: as many as 12 near Lakeland Center (Polk) to 23 Dec (N. Langwald, C. Fredricks et al.). Red-masked Parakeet: 60 at Matheson Hammock Park 3 Dec (D. Simpson). Chestnut-fronted Macaw: 32 at Miami Shores 4 Dec (A. Harper). Orange-winged Parrot: 40 at Matheson Hammock Park 12 Dec (C. Sanchez). Acadian Flycatcher: 1 at Royal Palm, Everglades NP 16 Dec (+A. Harper). Least Flycatcher: as many as 5 wintered at Lake Apopka NSRA (D. Gagne, H. Robinson et al.); 1 at Oviedo (Seminole) 3 Dec (G. Williams); 1 at Overlook Park (Seminole) 6 Dec (G. Williams); 2 at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP 6 Dec-15 Feb (A. Zions); 1 at Stump Pass Beach SP 13 Jan (M. Manetz); 1 at Barr Hammock Preserve (Alachua) 31 Jan (A. Zions). *Cordilleran/Pacific-slope Flycatcher: 1 at Tallahassee 8 Jan (+E. Schunke) provided the first Florida record. Say’s Phoebe: 1 at Morning Star Road (Palm Beach) to 1 Feb (+C. Callaghan et al.); 1 at NE Four Mile Grade Road (DeSoto) 31 Jan-EOS (S. Daughtrey, +C. Herzog et al.). Vermilion Flycatcher: 1 male wintered at Orlando Wetlands Park (B. Rohman); 1 female wintered at St. Marks NWR (J. O’Connell); 1 at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP to 14 Dec (D. Segal); 1 female wintered at L-31W Canal (Miami-Dade; L. Manfredi et al.); 1 wintered at Lake Apopka NSRA (E. Horn); 1 at Alligator Lake Park to 11 Jan (P. Burns); 1 at Lake Miccosukee (Jefferson) to 1 Dec (A. Wraithmell). Ash-throated Flycatcher: as many as 6 wintered at Lake Apopka NSRA (D. Gagne, H. Robinson et al.); 2 at Jessamine Road (Pasco) 3-28 Dec (K. Tracey); 1 at River Lakes Conservation Area (Brevard/Osceola) 6 Dec-7 Feb (B. Lagasse); as many as 5 at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP 12 Dec-31 Jan (J. Hintermister et al.); 1 at Black Ham- mock (Seminole) 28 Dec (P. Hueber et al.); 1 at Shell Creek Preserve (Charlotte) 30 Dec (+D. Peacock); 1 at Taminco Sanctuary 19 Jan-2 Feb (L. Kelly, L. Goodman, P. Baker, B. Furlow). Great Crested Flycatcher: 1 at Ocklawaha Prairie Restoration Area (Marion) 22 Dec (D. Richard). Brown-crested Flycatcher: 1 at West Delray Regional Park (Palm Beach) 4 Dec & 11 Feb (+C. Valenzuela et al.); 1 at Gumbo-Limbo Trail, Everglades NP 14 Dec (C. Sanchez); 1 at Deering Estate 27 Dec (R. Diaz); 1 at “Dump Marsh” (Miami-Dade) 13 Feb (A. & M. Abreu); 4 at Canal-111E 14 Feb-EOS (C. Sanchez); 1 at Frog Pond WMA 17 Feb (D. Peacock). La Sagra’s Flycatcher: 1 at Deering Estate 30 Dec-15 Feb (J. Patterson, R. Diaz). Tropical Kingbird: 2 wintered at L-31W (L. Manfredi et al.); as many as 2 wintered at STA-5 (M. England et al.). *Cassin’s Kingbird: 1 near Bunnell 13 Jan-7 Feb (D. Segal, D. Robbins). Western Kingbird: as many as 25 at Cox Road (Polk) to 4 Dec (N. Langwald et al.); 5 at Jessamine Road 3 Dec (K. Tracey); 2 at Fort De Soto Park 6-11 Dec (J. Mangold); 1 at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP 7 Dec (S. Wade); 1 at Parkland (Broward) 18 Dec (B. Pick- 132 Florida Field Naturalist
holtz); 7 at Helen Cooper Floyd Park (Duval) 19 Dec (D. Pridgen); 1 at Apalachicola 26 Jan (M. Berney, J. Murphy). Gray Kingbird: 1 wintered at STA-5 (M. England et al.); 1 at Lake Seminole Park 16 Feb (M. Hughes). Scissor-tailed Flycatcher: 3 at Colding Loop Road (Hillsborough) to 14 Dec (B. Ahern et al.); 2 at Cox Road to 4 Dec (N. Langwald et al.); 1 at Bermont Road (Charlotte) 2 Dec (+D. Peacock) provided the firstCharlotte record; 1 at St. Marks NWR 4 Dec (J. O’Connell); as many as 2 at Ocala Airport (Marion) 17 Dec-14 Jan (F. Hileman); 1 at Charlotte County Landfill 24-26 Dec (M. Manetz); 9 at Deer Fence Canal Road Hen( - dry) 3 Jan (D. Gagne); 10 at Plantation Tropical Nature Preserve (Monroe) 4 Jan. (Ro. Diaz). Yellow-throated Vireo: 1 at Naples (Collier) 24 Dec (M. Higgins); 2 at John Chesnut Park (Pinellas) 22 Feb (T. Mast). Horned Lark: as many as 5 at Concord Road (Jackson) to 27 Dec (E. Schunke et al.); 2 near Greenwood (Jackson) 4 Jan (M. Miller, J. Murphy). Purple Martin: 3 at Spring Hill 22 Dec (C. Black). Northern Rough-winged Swallow: 3 at Tram Road STF 10 Dec (A. Wraithmell); 4 at Joe’s Creek Management Area (Pinellas) 20 Dec (C. Fisher, D. Gagne); 3 near Eureka Springs Park (Hillsborough) 4 Jan (C. Fisher, +D. Goodwin et al.); as many as 10 at Lake Maggiore 19-25 Jan (J. & I. Gibbons). Cliff Swallow: 1 at Coastal Prairie Trail, Everglades NP 8 Dec (G. Davis et al.). Cave Swallow: 1 at Lyn Haven (Bay) 27 Feb (+N. Lamb). Barn Swallow: 15 at Coastal Prairie Trail, Everglades NP 8 Dec (G. Davis et al.); 1 at Pensacola Beach (Escambia) 23 Dec (S. Duncan, B. Duncan); 4 at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP 27 Feb (R. Rowan, C. Godfray). Carolina Chickadee: 1 at Bradenton 27 Dec (R. Lengacher). Red-breasted Nuthatch: 1 at Tallahassee 18 Jan (A. Wraithmell); 1 at Tall Timbers (Leon) 19 Jan (R. Titus). Brown-headed Nuthatch: 2 at Brooker Creek Preserve 27 Dec (T. Kalbach). Brown Creeper: 1 along Suwannee River (Suwannee) 22 Feb (E. Scales). Winter Wren: 1 at O’Leno SP (Columbia) to 26 Dec (J. Hintermister); 1 at Wacissa Springs (Jefferson) 2 Dec (A. Wraithmell); 1 at Tall Timbers 6 Dec (D. Asbell et al.); 1 at Lake Jackson 14 Dec-30 Jan (D. Asbell et al.); 1 north of High Springs (Alachua) 16 Dec (+D. Segal et al.). Golden-crowned Kinglet: 3 at Bald Point SP 10 Dec (J. Murphy); 2 on Fort George Island (Duval) 25 Dec (B. Richter); 1 at Tiger Point Preserve 27 Dec (M. Dailey); 2 at River Rise Preserve SP (Alachua) 3 Feb (M. Manetz, R. Rowan); 1 at O’Leno SP 11 Feb (H. Adams). Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 3 north of High Springs 16 Dec (D. Segal et al.). Wood Thrush: 1 at Taminco Sanctuary 1 Dec (L. Kelly, L. Goodman, B. Furlow); 1 at Alligator Point 10 Dec (J. Murphy); 1 at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens 14-17 Dec (H. Jones, A. Kratter). American Pipit: 2 at Research Road, Everglades NP to 6 Dec & 15 there 26 Dec (B. Showler); 100 near Everglades NP 15-18 Feb (M. Berney). Sprague’s Pipit: 4 at Apalachicola airport (Franklin) 26 Jan (M. Berney, J. Murphy). Cedar Waxwing: 580 at Tallahassee 17 Feb (R. Cassidy). Ovenbird: 1 at Tallahassee 1 Jan - 25 Feb (B. Phelan). Louisiana Waterthrush: 1 at Celery Fields 12 Dec (+R. Harrod); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 30 Jan (H. Robinson); 1 at O’Leno SP 3-11 Feb (J. Hintermister et al.); 1 at Frog Pond WMA 10 Feb (A. & M. Abreu); 1 at Merritt Island NWR 27 Feb (M. Harris). Northern Waterthrush: as many as 4 at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP 2 Dec (M. Manetz); 8 at Lake Apopka NSRA 21 Jan (H. Robinson). Field Observations 133
Blue-winged Warbler: 1 at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP 14 Dec (A. Zions, +S. Collins); 1 at Deering Estate 1 Jan-EOS (+Ra. Diaz). Black-and-white Warbler: 1 at Gulf Breeze 21 Jan (J. French). Swainson’s Warbler: 1 at Elaine Gordon Enchanted Forest Park (Miami-Dade) 8 Dec- EOS (+A. Harper); 1 at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens (Miami-Dade) 30 Jan- 21 Feb (+A. Harper et al.); 1 at Long Key SP17 Feb (T. Rodenkirk). Tennessee Warbler: 1 at Melbourne 3-7 Dec (+L. Pernas-Giz); 1 at Leffis Key Manatee( ) 4 Dec (S. Wilson); 1 at Deering Estate 14 Dec (R. Diaz). Nashville Warbler: 1 at Largo Nature Preserve 29 Dec (S. Aversa); 1 at Elaine Gordon Enchanted Forest Park 30 Dec-6 Jan (J. King); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 18 Jan-8 Feb (C. Fredricks, W. Jones et al.); 1 at Vero Beach (Indian River) 7 Feb (W. Johnson); 1 at Jacksonville 17-23 Feb (+A. Craig). American Redstart: 1 at Lutz (Pasco) 9 Dec (D. Bowman); 1 at Lake Wales (Polk) 27 Dec (C. Fredricks, W. Jones); 1 at Hague Dairy 11 Jan (L. Davis). Cape May Warbler: 1 at Hampton Pines Park 20 Dec (B. Pickholtz); 1 at Vero Beach 1 Jan (B. Wagner); 1 at Bahia Honda SP 28 Feb (C. Callaghan et al.). Northern Parula: 1 at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP 2 Dec (M. Manetz); 1 at St. George Island SP 2 Dec (J. O’Connell); 1 at Alligator Lake Park 6 Dec (J. Middleton); 1 at Possum Branch Preserve (Pinellas) 7 Dec (T. Kalbach); 2 at John Chesnut Park 13 Feb (T. Mast). Yellow Warbler: 1 Golden at Matheson Hammock Park 4-15 Feb (+C. Sanchez); 1 at Bermont Road 27 Feb (D. Peacock). Chestnut-sided Warbler: 1 at Fort De Soto Park 8 Dec-EOS (+M. Hafner et al.) provided the second Florida winter record. Yellow-rumped Warbler: 190 at St. Marks (Wakulla) 19 Feb (R. Cassidy, L. Eblen). Yellow-throated Warbler: 1 at Tallahassee 23 Jan (B. Phelan). Prairie Warbler: 1 on Fort George Island 29 Dec (K. Dailey); 1 in Okaloosa 18 Jan (B. Purdy). Black-throated Green Warbler: 1 at Crowley Nature Center (Sarasota) 15 Dec (C. Her- zog); 1 at River Rise SP 17 Dec (R. Rowan, D. Pearson et al.); 1 at Apalachicola 26 Dec (C. Wood et al.); 1 at Cradle Creek Preserve (Duval) 1 Feb (+C. Bailey). Wilson’s Warbler: 1 at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP 2 Dec (M. Manetz); 1 at Clay Island (Lake) 3-19 Dec (F. Fogarty); 1 at Kings Park (Brevard) 16 Dec (M. Harris); 1 at Vir- ginia Key 20 Dec-16 Feb (C. Sanchez, Ro. Diaz); 1 at Apalachicola 29 Dec (A. Moss, J. Murphy); 1 male at Ward Lake (Manatee) 21 Jan (R. Scrimger); 1 at Gulf Breeze 6 Dec-EOS (B. & L. Duncan). Yellow-breasted Chat: 1 at Destin (Okaloosa) 14 Dec (M. Swan); 1 at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP to 14 Dec (L. Davis et al.); 1 at Leffis Key 4 Dec (J. Ginaven); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 10 Dec-8 Feb (J. Leavens et al.); 1 at Maximo Park (Pinellas) 20-28 Dec (E. Plage, P. Plage et al.); 1 at Chapman Field Park (Miami-Dade) 20 Dec.-19 Jan. (R. Urgelles). Bananaquit: 1 at Bahia Honda SP 21-26 Feb (K. Dia, C. Goodrich, m. obs.). Western Spindalis: 1 female at Pine Trails Park (Broward) 14 Dec (+G. Ellis). *Black-faced Grassquit: 1 female at Bahia Honda SP 23 Feb-EOS (+G. Ewing). Clay-colored Sparrow: 1 at C-357 “Sparrow Fields” 3 Dec (C. Sanchez); 1 at Coastal Prai- rie Trail, Everglades NP 8 Dec (G. Davis et al.); as many as 2 at Babson Park (Polk) 30 Jan-EOS (J. Wilson, C. Fredricks et al.). Field Sparrow: as many as 4 at Lower Green Swamp Preserve 25 Dec-EOS (B. Ahern et al.); 1 at Brooker Creek Preserve 14 Dec-22 Feb (+T. Mast et al.). Vesper Sparrow: as many as 4 north of Punta Gorda (Charlotte) to 16 Feb (+D. Peacock, M. Manetz); 3 at Lake Apopka NSRA 28 Dec (H. Robinson); 1 at Hillsborough County Landfill 21 Feb (C. Fisher). 134 Florida Field Naturalist
Lark Sparrow: 1 at Oviedo to 30 Dec (B. Rohman); 2 wintered at Peaceful Waters Sanctu- ary (Palm Beach; C. Valenzuela et al.); 1 at Fort De Soto Park 2 Jan-EOS (K. Rieker); 1 at Hague Dairy 9 Jan-EOS (R. Norton); 1 at Fort Pickens 24 Jan-28 Feb (J. Cal- laway, D. Stangeland); 1 near Felda (Hendry) 28 Feb (F. Paulsen). Henslow’s Sparrow: 1 at Gum Root Swamp Park (Alachua) 3-21 Jan (A. Zions); 1 at Lower Green Swamp Preserve 19 Jan (+C. Fisher) provided the firstHillsborough record; 1 banded at Weekiwachee Preserve 31 Jan (M. Korosy et al.); 1 at Lake Kis- simmee SP 28 Feb (C. Fredricks). Le Conte’s Sparrow: 1 at Fort Walton Beach Spray Fields (Okaloosa) 15 Dec (B. & L. Duncan); 1 at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 18 Dec (G. Shrott); 1 at Clay Island 19 Dec (T. Leukering et al.); as many as 3 at Weekiwachee Preserve 20 Dec-7 Feb (T. Roller et al.); 1 at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve SP 30 Dec (C. Butler); 1 at Tuscawilla Prairie 6 Feb-EOS (R. Rowan). Nelson’s Sparrow: as many as 20 at Cockroach Bay Preserve (Hillsborough) to 31 Jan (B. Ahern et al.) with 19 banded there (L. Cox et al.); 1 at Bunche Beach Preserve 5-6 Dec (V. McGrath et al.); 9 at Estero Bay Preserve SP (Lee) 11 Jan (J. Padilla-Lopez); 5 banded at Shell Key Preserve 8 Feb (L. Cox, R. Smith et al.). Saltmarsh Sparrow: 5 wintered at Tippecanoe Environmental Park (Charlotte; M. Ma- netz); 2 at Bunche Beach Preserve 5 Dec-7 Jan (V. McGrath et al.); 2 at Coastal Prairie Trail, Everglades NP 11 Dec (F. Kehas-Dewaghe); 4 at Fort Island Beach 14 Dec-5 Feb (M. Gardler et al.); 6 at Estero Bay Preserve SP 11 Jan (J. Padilla-Lopez). Fox Sparrow: 1 at Gainesville 3 Jan (M. O’Sullivan). Song Sparrow: 1 at Roosevelt Wetland 20 Dec (B. Ahern, J. Mangold et al). Lincoln’s Sparrow: 1 at Oviedo to 25 Dec (G. Williams); 1 at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP 12-14 Dec (J. Hintermister et al.); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 14 Dec & 10 Jan (R. Robinson, G. Quigley); 2 at Guana-Tolomato Matanzas NERR 26 Dec (G. Davis); 1 at Lower Green Swamp Preserve 8 Feb (J. Strong). White-throated Sparrow: 1 at Babcock-Webb WMA 17 Dec (D. Peacock); 1 at Lake Apop- ka NSRA 25 Jan (H. Robinson); 1 at Kettering Road (Hernando) 30 Jan (D. Gagne). White-crowned Sparrow: 1 gambelli wintered at Fort De Soto Park (R. Harrod et al); 2 at Lake Apopka NSRA (Lake) 3 Dec (D. Gagne et al.); 1 gambelli at Lake Apopka NSRA 6 Dec (B. Ahern); 1 gambelli at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP 27 Dec-8 Feb (L. Davis); 1 gambelli at Robinson Preserve 27 Jan (+J. Throckmorton); 1 at Bowditch Point Park (Lee) 30 Jan-11 Feb (D. & T. McQuade); 1 gambelli at Black Hammock 28 Feb (S. Simmons). Dark-eyed Junco: 1 at Clearwater 2-4 Dec (+R. Jacobs); 1 at Gainesville 24-26 Dec (James Cox). Summer Tanager: 1 at Valparaiso (Okaloosa) 11-14 Dec (W. Greene); 1 at Tallahassee 12 Dec-EOS (F. Rutkovsky); 1 at Naples 24 Dec-2 Jan (M. Higgins); 1 at Sawgrass Lake Park 12 Jan (+J. Rodriguez); 2 at Clearwater 15 Jan-21 Feb (+C. Albritton et al.); 1 at Beulah (Escambia) 22-26 Jan (C. & S. Coster); 1 at Paynes Prairie Preserve SP 9 Feb (H. Jones). Western Tanager: 1 at Jacksonville 1 Dec-15 Feb (+L. Rosset); 1 at Gainesville 12 Dec (B. Wallace); 1 male at Dunedin 2 Jan (+M. James); 1 at A. D. “Doug” Barnes Park (Miami-Dade) 10 Jan-EOS (J. Crittenden, m. obs.); 1 at Tallahassee 31 Jan-EOS (J. Langley, J. Cavanagh); 1 at Amelia Island (Nassau) 12 Feb (+B. Struss) provided the firstNassau record; 1 near Kenansville (Osceola) 24 Feb (+C. Newton). Rose-breasted Grosbeak: 1 female wintered at Vero Beach (+B. Wagner); 1 at Eco Pond, Everglades NP 6-21 Dec (M. Stickel); 1 male at Fort Walton Beach (Okaloosa) 10-13 Feb (M. Rogers). Blue Grosbeak: as many as 2 wintered at Lake Apopka NSRA (D. Gagne, H. Robinson et al.); 1 at Deer Fence Canal Road 3 Jan (D. Gagne). *Lazuli Bunting: 1 male at Martin 8-19 Feb (+N. LaFramboise et al.). Field Observations 135
Indigo Bunting: 1 at Garden Key, Dry Tortugas NP 24 Dec (J. Cavanagh). Painted Bunting: 2 at Lake Apopka NSRA 3 Dec (D. Gagne et al.); 5 at Lake Seminole Park 15 Dec-17 Feb (M. Hughes et al.); 2 at Apalachicola 30 Dec (B. Kinzie). Dickcissel: 1 at Cape San Blas 28 Dec (C. Wood); 1 at Morning Star Farms Road 25 Jan (C. Callaghan et al.); 1 at Hainlin Mill Drive, East Everglades (Miami-Dade) 2 Feb. (C. Sanchez); As many as 3 along L-31W Canal, Frog Pond WMA 21 Feb-EOS (Ro. Diaz). Eastern Meadowlark: 1 Pinellas County Landfill 20 Dec (B. Ahern et al.); 5 at St. Pete/ Clearwater Airport 20 Dec (M. Hughes et al.). Yellow-headed Blackbird: as many as 50 wintered at Sem-Chi Rice Mill (Palm Beach; +M. Gomes et al.); 1 at Lakeshore (Polk) 29 Dec (C. Fredricks); 1 at Wakodahatchee Wetlands to 19 Jan (S. Young et al.); 1 at Venice Rookery (Sarasota) 4 Jan (J. Paisley). Rusty Blackbird: as many as 20 at Oviedo to 12 Dec (S. Simmons); 6 at M & M Dairy 6-29 Dec (K. Dailey); as many as 90 at Magnolia Parke office complex, Gainesville 20 Dec- EOS (L. Davis et al.); 30 at Weekiwachee Preserve 22 Dec (D. Gagne, C. Fisher); 2 at Brooker Creek Preserve 27 Dec (T. Leukering); 1 west of New Smyrna Beach 3 Jan (D. Robbins et al.); 20 at Lake Henrietta (Leon) 14 Jan-EOS (E. Schunke). Brewer’s Blackbird: 1 female wintered at Bayport Park ((Hernando; J. McKay). Boat-tailed Grackle: 1 yellow-eyed male at Ponce De Leon Inlet 19 Jan (M. Brothers). Shiny Cowbird: 3 at Homestead 3 Dec (L. Manfredi et al.); 1 male at Plant City (Hillsbor- ough) 2 Feb (+M. Pothoven); 8 at Sem-Chi Rice Mill 22 Feb (M. Gomes). Bronzed Cowbird: 1 at Celery Fields 5 Dec (J. Fisher). Orchard Oriole: 1 at Valrico to 5 Dec (S. Backes); 1 at C-357 Canal 15 Dec (Miami-Dade; M. Vasi). *Bullock’s Oriole: 1 male at Gainesville 21 Dec-EOS (+S. Goodman); 1 male at Lake Marian Boat Ramp (Osceola) 25-27 Jan (M. Hedden, +J. Eager) provided the first Osceola record. Purple Finch: 1 wintered at Merritts Mill Pond (Jackson; M. Cousin); 1 female at Bolen Bluff Trail 21 Dec (C. Valenzuela); 1 male at Tallahassee 17-21 Jan (+G. Simmons); 1 at Gainer Road (Washington) 28 Jan (A. Moss); 2 females at O’Leno SP 3 Feb (M. Manetz, R. Rowan); 5 at Tallahassee 6 Feb-EOS (F. Rutkovsky). House Finch: 2 at Flamingo, Everglades NP 2 Dec (S. Cotrell). Pine Siskin: as many as 6 wintered at Merritts Mill Pond (M. Cousin); 1 at Fellsmere (Indian River) 12 Dec (D. Simpson); 1 at Balm Scrub Preserve (Hillsborough) 14 Dec (B. Ahern); 1 at Stump Pass Beach SP 14 Dec (D. Peacock, J. Bouton); 25 at Fort De Soto Park 15 Dec (E. Plage); 28 at Merritt Island NWR 15 Dec (D. Simpson); 1 at Faver-Dykes SP 15 Dec (G. Williams); 25 at Gainesville 16 Dec (B. Wallace); 2 at North Lido Beach Park (Sarasota) 16-19 Dec (S. Wilson et al.); 15 at Rock Springs Run SP (Orange) 20 Dec (M. Keim); 1 at Winter Park (Seminole) 24 Dec (S. Simmons); 5 at Seaton Creek Preserve (Duval) 1-27 Jan (L. Johannsen); 3 at St. Petersburg 5 Jan (J. Clayton); 3 at Three Rivers SP (Jackson) 24 Jan (A. Wraithmell); 2 at Brooker Creek Preserve 31 Jan (T. Kalbach); 4 at Amberjack Environmental Park (Charlotte) 7 Feb (D. Peacock); 100 at Tallahassee 21 Feb (J. Langley). Red-Cheeked Cordonbleu: 7 at Orlando 23 Jan (+A. Boyle). Scaly-breasted Munia: as many as 10 wintered at Matheson Hammock Park (A. Harper et al.); as many as 201 at nine sites surveyed in Escambia & Santa Rosa 30 Jan-2 Feb (fide B. & L. Duncan); 6 at Citrus Park Hillsborough( ) 16 Feb (+W. Taylor).
Contributors: Angel & Mariel Abreu, Howard Adams, Brian Ahern, Bruce Anderson, Danny Arnette, Daphne Asbell, Steve Aversa, Steve Backes, Carol Bailey, Peggy Baker, Jessie Barry, Jim Barry, Fred Bassett, Mark Berney, Clay Black, Bruce Bodjack, Bill Boeringer, 136 Florida Field Naturalist
Dave Bowman, Jeff Bouton, Christopher Scott Boykin, Andrew Boyle, Kevin Brabble, Michael Brothers, Ezequiel Bugallo, Mark Burns, Pat Burns, Chris Butler, Corey Callaghan, Jerry Callaway, Brad Carlson, Bob Carroll, Rodney Cassidy, Jim Cavanagh, Steve Collins, Steve & Cindy Coster, Shuana Cotrell, Michelle Cousin, Cameron & Lauren Cox, James Cox, Anne Craig, Jack Crittenden, Kevin & Marie Dailey, Susan Daughtrey, Glen Davis, Lloyd Davis, Kathryn Dia, Rangel Diaz, Robin Diaz, Mauri Dietrich, Perry Doggrell, Jennifer Donsky, Michael Drummond, Bob & Lucy Duncan, Scot Duncan, William Duncan, Jim Eager, Lydia Eblen, Emily Ellis, Gary Ellis, Jan Engler, Becky Enneis, Daniel Estabrooks, Charlie Ewell, Benjamin Ewing, Gil Ewing, Samuel Ewing, Grayal Farr, Roxanne Featherly, Lenny Fenimore, Charlie Fisher, David Foster, Allison Fox, Cole Fredricks, Jere French, Brehan Clare Furfey, Bruce Furlow, Dave Gagne, Murray Gardler, Callie Gesmundo, John & Ivy Gibbons, John Ginaven, Colin Gjervold, Doug Gochfeld, Charles Godfray, Marcello Gomes, Larry Goodman, Steven Goodman, Ted Goodman, Carl Goodrich, Wendi Greene, Debbie Grimes, Ryan Grumbly, Matt Hafner, Karen Hamblett, Al & Bev Hansen, Alex Harper, Mitchell Harris, Darrell Hartman, Mark Hedden, Brian Henderson, Claire Herzog, Monica Higgins, Fred Hileman, Tom Hince, John Hintermister, Andrew Holzinger, Docia Hooey, Earl Horn, Alice Horst, Richard Hough, Paul Hueber, Marie Hughes, Dan Irizarry, Ryan Jacobs, Susan Jacobson, Melissa James, Laura Johannsen, Tom Johnson, William Johnson, Harrison Jones, Harry Jones, Wally Jones, Tim Kalbach, Francois Kehas-Dewaghe, Mary Keim, Odessa & Donald Kelley, Les Kelly, Adam Kent, Barry Kinzie, Marianne Korosy, Andy Kratter, Keith Laakkonen, Nancy LaFramboise, Ben Lagasse, Phil Laipis, Neil Lamb, John Lamey, Bob & Denise Lane, Janeen Langley, Nathan Langwald, Patrick Leary, Gary & Janet Leavens, Felicia Lee, Richardson Leon, Tony Leukering, Darcy Love, Robert & Hannah Maciver, Mike Manetz, Larry Manfredi, John Mangold, John Martin, Alex Martinez, Jonathan Mays, Trey McCuen, Vince McGrath, Jim McKay, David & Tammy McQuade, Wendy Meehan, Jim Meyer, Deena Mickelson, John Middleton, Carol Miller, Mike Miller, Alan Moss, John Murphy, Alan Murray, Heather Nagy, Steve Nesbitt, Christian Newton, Roger Newell, Robert Norton, Michael O’Brien, Jeff O’Connell, Dan O’Malley, Matt O’Sullivan, Marcy Packer, Jose Padilla-Lopez, Janet Paisley, Stephanie Parker, Judd Patterson, France Paulsen, Dennis Peacock, Dan Pearson, Rob Pendergast, Bill Phelan, Bruce Pickholtz, Zack Pohlen, Eric Plage, Mary Pothoven, Bill Pranty, Donald Pridgen, Bruce Purdy, Sandra Reed, Douglas Richard, Bob Richter, Ken Rieker, Dotty Robbins, Harry Robinson, Tim Rodenkirk, Janice Rodriguez, Melinda Rogers, Thad Roller, Larry Rosen, Leila Rosset, Tom & Helen Roth, Rex Rowan, Mary Hutchinson Rusch, Fran Rutkovsky, Richard Schofield, Elliot Schunke, Robert Scrimger, Bob Showler, Debbie Segal, Terrie Selph, Glenda Simmons, Earl Scales, Jr., Scott Simmons, David Simpson, Ron Smith, Daniel Stangeland, Monte Stickel, Joel Strong, Bailey Struss, Sam Stuart, Malcom Swan, Wayne, Taylor, Andrew Theus, Joel Throckmorton, Jeff Toll, Bente Torvund, Ken Tracey, Paul Trunk, Carlos Valenzuela, Sidney Wade, Billi Wagner, Bob Wallace, Carl Wernicke, Joel Wilcox, Graham Williams, Glen Wilson, Stu Wilson, Chris Wood, Andy Wraithmell, Sue Yates, Susan Young, Howard Youth, Adam Zions.
Report prepared by Brian Ahern, state compiler (629 Gail Avenue, Temple Terrace, Florida 33617,