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Bar Charts - Ebird Bar Charts - eBird To create an eBird bar chart, go to eBird.org explore bar charts select a region (United States) and a state (Florida), then select “counties in Florida” and hit the Continue button at the bottom of the page select the counties you want from the drop- down menu (hold down the Control key to select more than one county) and hit the Continue button. Now you have a bar chart for your selected counties. This works in the Firefox browser but not Chrome. « Start Over Date Range: Jan-Dec, 1900-2020 [ Lake ] [ Orange ] Updated ~29 hr(s) ago. 374 species (+101 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec White-faced Whistling-Duck Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Fulvous Whistling-Duck Snow Goose Ross's Goose Graylag Goose (Domestic type) Swan Goose (Domestic type) Graylag x Swan Goose (Do- mestic type) (hybrid) Greater White-fronted Goose Domestic goose sp. (Domes- tic type) Brant Canada Goose Swan Goose (Domestic type) x Canada Goose (hybrid) Graylag Goose (Domestic type) x Canada Goose (hy- brid) Domestic goose sp. (Domes- tic type) x Canada Goose (hybrid) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec goose sp. Mute Swan Black Swan Trumpeter Swan Trumpeter/Tundra Swan Egyptian Goose 1 10/20/2020, 11:02 AM Bar Charts - eBird 374 species (+101 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Muscovy Duck Muscovy Duck (Domestic type) Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) Northern Shoveler Gadwall Eurasian Wigeon Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec American Wigeon Mallard Mallard (Domestic type) Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hy- brid) American Black Duck Mottled Duck Mallard x Mottled Duck (hy- brid) Mallard/Mottled Duck American Black/Mottled Duck White-cheeked Pintail Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal teal sp. dabbling duck sp. Canvasback Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Greater/Lesser Scaup Aythya sp. Surf Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye 2 10/20/2020, 11:02 AM Bar Charts - eBird 374 species (+101 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec duck sp. waterfowl sp. Helmeted Guineafowl Helmeted Guineafowl (Do- mestic type) Northern Bobwhite Indian Peafowl Indian Peafowl (Domestic type) Red Junglefowl (Domestic type) Wild Turkey Wild Turkey (Domestic type) Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec African Collared-Dove (Do- mestic type or Ringed Turtle- Dove) Streptopelia sp. Common Ground Dove White-winged Dove Mourning Dove pigeon/dove sp. Smooth-billed Ani Groove-billed Ani Smooth-billed/Groove-billed Ani Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Lesser Nighthawk Common Nighthawk nighthawk sp. Chuck-will's-widow 3 10/20/2020, 11:02 AM Bar Charts - eBird 374 species (+101 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Eastern Whip-poor-will Chimney Swift swift sp. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Black-chinned Hummingbird Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird hummingbird sp. King Rail Virginia Rail King/Virginia Rail Rallus sp. Sora Common Gallinule Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec American Coot Purple Gallinule Gray-headed Swamphen moorhen/coot/gallinule sp. Yellow Rail Black Rail Limpkin Sandhill Crane Whooping Crane Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Wilson's Plover Semipalmated Plover Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Piping Plover Killdeer Upland Sandpiper Whimbrel Long-billed Curlew 4 10/20/2020, 11:02 AM Bar Charts - eBird 374 species (+101 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Ruff Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper Sanderling Dunlin Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Baird's Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Semipalmated/Western Sandpiper peep sp. Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Short-billed/Long-billed Dow- itcher American Woodcock Wilson's Snipe Wilson's Phalarope Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs Scolopacidae sp. large shorebird sp. 5 10/20/2020, 11:02 AM Bar Charts - eBird 374 species (+101 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec shorebird sp. Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Bonaparte's Gull Laughing Gull Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Franklin's Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Larus sp. gull sp. Brown Noddy Sooty Tern Bridled Tern Least Tern Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Black Tern Roseate Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Forster's Tern Common/Forster's Tern Sterna sp. Royal Tern Sandwich Tern large tern sp. tern sp. Black Skimmer gull/tern sp. White-tailed Tropicbird Red-throated Loon Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 6 10/20/2020, 11:02 AM Bar Charts - eBird 374 species (+101 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Pacific Loon Common Loon Sooty Shearwater Wood Stork Magnificent Frigatebird Brown Booby Anhinga Neotropic Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant cormorant sp. American White Pelican Brown Pelican American Bittern Least Bittern Great Blue Heron Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Great Egret Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret x Little Blue Heron (hybrid) Tricolored Heron Snowy Egret x Tricolored Heron (hybrid) Reddish Egret Cattle Egret white egret sp. Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Black-crowned/Yellow- crowned Night-Heron heron sp. White Ibis Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Glossy Ibis White-faced Ibis Glossy/White-faced Ibis ibis sp. Roseate Spoonbill 7 10/20/2020, 11:02 AM Bar Charts - eBird 374 species (+101 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Black Vulture Turkey Vulture new world vulture sp. Osprey White-tailed Kite Swallow-tailed Kite Golden Eagle Snail Kite Mississippi Kite Northern Harrier Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk Accipiter sp. Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Short-tailed Hawk Swainson's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Ferruginous Hawk Buteo sp. hawk sp. Barn Owl Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Burrowing Owl Barred Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl owl sp. Belted Kingfisher Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker 8 10/20/2020, 11:02 AM Bar Charts - eBird 374 species (+101 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Downy Woodpecker Red-cockaded Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Downy/Hairy Woodpecker Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Pileated Woodpecker Northern Flicker woodpecker sp. Crested Caracara Eurasian Kestrel American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon large falcon sp. small falcon sp. falcon sp. diurnal raptor sp. Cockatiel Rose-ringed Parakeet Budgerigar Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Monk Parakeet Red-masked Parakeet Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) Least Flycatcher Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax sp. Eastern Phoebe Say's Phoebe Vermilion Flycatcher Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ash-throated Flycatcher 9 10/20/2020, 11:02 AM Bar Charts - eBird 374 species (+101 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Great Crested Flycatcher Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus sp. Tropical Kingbird Cassin's Kingbird Western Kingbird Eastern Kingbird Gray Kingbird Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Fork-tailed Flycatcher flycatcher sp. (Tyrannidae sp.) White-eyed Vireo Bell's Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Philadelphia/Red-eyed Vireo vireo sp. Loggerhead Shrike Blue Jay Florida Scrub-Jay American Crow Fish Crow crow sp. Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Northern Rough-winged Swallow Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Purple Martin martin sp. (Progne sp.) Tree Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow 10 10/20/2020, 11:02 AM Bar Charts - eBird 374 species (+101 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Cave Swallow Cliff/Cave Swallow swallow sp. Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch Blue-gray Gnatcatcher House Wren Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Winter Wren Sedge Wren Marsh Wren Carolina Wren Bewick's Wren wren sp. European Starling Common Myna Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Northern Mockingbird Eastern Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Catharus sp.
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