Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nicole "Nikki" Fried, Commissioner

Florida Forest Service Erin Albury, Director www.FDACS.gov/FloridaForestService eminole State Forest provides a boundless Sp Su F W Sp Su F W KITES, HAWKS,EAGLES: Accipitridae GULLS & TERNS: Laridae opportunity for birdwatchers. As part of the ____Osprey C C C C ____Bonaparte’s Gull X S Wekiva River Basin the ecological diversity includes ____American Swallow-tailed Kite O O X ____Ring-billed Gull X 13 natural communities, each containing unique flora and ____Mississippi Kite X ____Herring Gull X fauna. A few examples are flatwoods, scrub, blackwater ____Bald Eagle O O U U ____Caspian Tern X X streams and bottomland forests. Sand pine scrub provides ____Northern Harrier O O O ____Royal Tern X for the threatened . Other ____Sharp-shinned Hawk U U U ____Forster’s Tern X ____Cooper’s Hawk R X X ____Least Tern O O that make their home on Seminole State Forest include: ____Red-shouldered Hawk C C C C sandhill crane, swallow-tailed kite, limpkin, osprey and Northern Cardinal ____Short-tailed Hawk X X DOVES: Columbidae snowy egret. ____Red-tailed Hawk C C C C ____Rock Dove X X X X ____Mourning Dove C C C C For birding opportunities on FALCONS: Falconidae ____Common Ground Dove U U U U Seminole State Forest, the pastures ____American Kestrel O O O near the main north parking area ____Merlin X X CUCKOOS: Cuculidae ____Peregrine Falcon X ____Yellow-billed Cuckoo U U U offer the chance to view sandhill Sp Su F W ____Black-billed Cuckoo X cranes. At the intersection of Royal GREBES: Podicipedidae TURKEYS: Trails Road and SR 44 is a ____Horned Grebe X ____Wild Turkey U U U U TYPICAL OWLS: Strigidae wet weather pond where ____Pied-billed Grebe C C C ____Eastern Screech-Owl U U U U woodstorks have been spotted. : Odontophoridae ____Great Horned Owl U U U U Common Yellow-throat Florida scrub jays can be seen at CORMORANTS: Phalacrocoracidae ____Northern Bobwhite O O O O ____Barred Owl C C C C points along hiking trails, horse trails ____Double-crested Cormorant U C C RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS: Rallidae GOATSUCKERS: Caprimulgidae and designated open roads. At the south parking area, DARTERS: Anhingidae ____King Rail X ____Common Nighthawk U C C you are likely to see wading birds on Bear Pond. An ____Anhinga C C C C ____Virginia Rail X ____Chuck-will’s-widow C C R occasional eagle, osprey or swallow-tailed kite may also ____Sora R R R ____Whip-poor-will X X be observed. BITTERNS & HERONS: Ardeidae ____Purple Gallinule X X X ____American Bittern X ____Common Moorhen C C C C SWIFTS: Apodidae ____Great Blue Heron C C C C ____American Coot O O O O ____Chimney Swift U U U Seasons ____Great Egret C C C C These categories indicate the general periods in which to ____Snowy Egret U U U U LIMPKINS: Aramidae HUMMINGBIRDS: Trochilidae expect the various . ____Little Blue Heron C C C C ____Limpkin O O O O ____Ruby-throated Hummingbird R U ____Tricolored Heron U U U U ____Cattle Egret U U U U CRANES: Gruidae KINGFISHERS: Alcedinidae Spring (Sp) March April May ____Green Heron C C C C ____Sandhill Crane U U U U ____Belted Kingfisher C C C Summer (Su) June July August ____Black-crowned Night-Heron X Fall (F) September October November ____Yellow-crowned Night-Heron U U U PLOVERS: Charadriidae WOODPECKERS: Picidae Winter (W) December January February ____Killdeer U U U U ____Red-headed Woodpecker O O O O IBISES: Threskiornithidae ____Red-bellied Woodpecker C C C C ____White Ibis C C C C STILTS: Recurvirostridae ____Yellow-bellied Sapsucker U U Categories of Abundance ____Glossy Ibis X X ____Black-necked Stilt X ____Downy Woodpecker C C C C These designations apply to the relative ____Hairy Woodpecker U U U U abundance of species seen (or heard) in the appropriate STORKS: Ciconiidae SANDPIPERS: Scolopacidae ____Northern Flicker C C C C habitat. ____Wood Stork O O O O ____Greater Yellowlegs X X ____Pileated Woodpecker C C C C ____Lesser Yellowlegs R X NEW WORLD VULTURES: Cathartidae ____Solitary Sandpiper R X TYRANT FLYCATCHERS: Tyrannidae C- Common: Usually present in large numbers; ____Black Vulture C C C C ____Spotted Sandpiper R X X ____Eastern Wood-Pewee R O likely to be seen. ____Turkey Vulture C C C C ____Least Sandpiper X X ____Acadian Flycatcher O O U- Uncommon: Usually present in small numbers; ____Short-billed Dowitcher X ____Eastern Phoebe C C C not certain to be seen or heard. : ____Common Snipe U O U ____Great Crested Flycatcher C C O O- Occasional: Seen only a few times during a season. ____Wood C C C C ____American Woodcock X X X ____Eastern Kingbird O O O R- Rare: Not to be expected, observed at intervals of ____Green-winged Teal X ____Mottled Duck X SHRIKES: Laniidae 2-5 years. ____Blue-winged Teal U U U ____Loggerhead Shrike U U U U X- Accidental: Fewer than 5 records total; may apply to ____Ring-necked Duck X O White-eyed out-of-season records of “regular” species. ____Hooded Marganser X R Vireo VIREOS: Vireonidae ____Red-breasted Merganser R R ____White-eyed Vireo C C C C ____Common Merganser X ____Solitary Vireo O U U