Dansk Ornithologisk Forening                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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                        24. marts – 8. april 2000

                         Københavnsafdelingen 
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FORORD

Med DOF´s København´s afdeling som arrangør gennemførte 12 deltagere og 2 ledere en 2 ugers tur til Florida. Vi skulle besøge nogle af Floridas mest berømte og fuglerige lokaliteter, samt gøre en udflugt med katamaran ud i den Mexicanske Golf til øgruppen Dry Tortugas. Det sydlige og centrale Florida blev kørt tyndt i 2 lejede minibusser med turlederne som chauffører. Vejene er gode og brede, og selv om trafikken til tider er tæt, lykkedes det ikke for os at komme væk fra hinanden, så transporten mellem lokaliteterne forløb gnidningsløst. Vejret var også med os på hele turen. Selv om det på første del af turen blæste lidt og var overskyet, fik vi kun ubetydelig regn. Resten af turen var temperaturen omkring 28 grader med rigelig sol.
Florida har nogle lokaliteter i verdensklasse, f.eks. The Everglades og Merrit Island, men også mindre kendte områder, som er fantastiske at se på fugle i, fordi fuglene ofte er tillidsfulde, farvestrålende og lokalt almindelige. Udflugten til Dry Tortugas var ny i forhold DOF´s tur til Florida i 1993, og det blev da også den storslåede oplevelse, vi alle havde set frem til.
Turens model, at selv køre minibusser og bo på moteller langs ruten, var lånt fra tidligere ture, og var den model, vi fandt billigst og mest flexibel, således at vi kunne imødekomme specielle ønsker i forhold til afgangstidspunkter og hjemkomster og for  andre særarrangementer. Aktivitetsniveauet var moderat og derfor ikke fysisk krævende. For det meste havde vi valgt 2 – 4 overnatninger som baser for de forskellige ekskursioner, dog med enkeltovernatning på de længere strækninger. Maden var ikke inkluderet i turens pris, hvilket gav os større muligheder for at spise hvor og hvornår, vi ville. 
Hele turen foregik i en hyggelig, rar, afslappet og kammeratlig atmosfære, som deltagerne hermed takkes varmt for, det har været en fornøjelse at tilbringe denne begivenhedsrige tur med jer alle.
           
                                                                            Med venlig hilsen
                                                             Ivan Olsen og Flemming Volkersen.

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Forside fotos:
Northern Cardinal, Red-shouldred Hawk
Brown Pelican, Roseate Spoonbill
Alle fotograferet af Mogens Friis.

Deltagere:
Vagn Pedersen, Søborg
Lars Falck Petersen, Helsingør
Mogens Friis, Greve Strand
Aase Ilum, Smørum
Steen Skaarup, Nivå
Kenneth Darborg, Borup
Birthe Brandt, Odense
Ole Brandt, Odense
Ole Jørgensen, Lyngby
Carl Axel Hendrichsen, Roskilde
Dorrit Krabbe, Helsingør
Ivan Olsen, Helsingør (turleder og chauffør)
Flemming Volkersen (turleder og chauffør).

Andreas Bruun takkes for gode råd i planlægningsfasen.
 
I artslisten er fuglene angivet med engelsk, latinsk og dansk navn. De danske navne er de officielle navne, som Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Navnegruppe har fastsat. Navnegruppen har endnu ikke afsluttet sit arbejde for alle fuglegrupper, så for visse fugle er der ikke angivet dansk navn i rapporten. 

I rapporten er anvendt følgende forkortelser:
Pull.: Pullus – unger der ikke kan flyve.
Juv.: Juvenil – fugl i dens første fjerdragt.
Imm.: Immature – ungfugl som er ældre end juvenil.
1.sum. : 1. sommer – mere præcis aldersangivelse af ungfugl.
2K: Fugl i dens 2. kalenderår
Ad.: Adult – fugl i voksendragt.
Mig./trk.: Migration - trækkende.
Rest./rast.: Resting/rastende.

Rapporten:
Ivan Olsen har stået for fuglenotater og indskrivning af disse. Observationer, som er gjort af enkeltpersoner, er disse angivet med personens initialer. Flemming Volkersen har stået for dagbog og indskrivning af denne.

Rejserute
Fredag d. 24. marts: Afgang fra Kastrup via London til Miami. Miami – South Bay, Okeechobee.
Lørdag d. 25. marts: South Bay – Loxahatchee – Mc Arthur – South Bay.
Søndag d. 26. marts: South Bay – Fort Pierce – Cocoa Beach.
Mandag d. 27. marts: Cocoa Beach – Titusville – Merrit Island – Cocoa Beach.
Tirsdag d. 28. marts: Cocoa Beach – Merrit Island – Kennedy Space Center – Cocoa Beach.
Onsdag d. 29. marts: Cocoa Beach – Lake Kissimmee – Bok Tower Gardens – Sebring.
Torsdag d. 30. marts: Sebring – Highland Hammocks – Corkscrew Swamp – Fort Meyers.
Fredag d. 31. marts: Fort Meyers – Sanibel Island – Cape Coral – Fort Meyers.
Lørdag d. 1. april: Fort Meyers – Everglades – Homestead – Key Largo – Key West.
Søndag d. 2. april: Key West – Dry Tortugas – Key West.
Mandag d. 3. april: Key West – Homestead – Everglades –     Flamingo Lodge.
Tirsdag d. 4. april: Flamingo Lodge – Everglades – Flamingo     Lodge.
Onsdag d. 5. april: –      //         –             –      //              –              
Torsdag d. 6. april: –     //         –            –      //              –               
Fredag d. 7. april: Flamingo Lodge – Homestead – Miami – afgang mod London.
Lørdag d. 8. april: London – Kastrup.

DAGSPROGRAM

FREDAG 24/3
Flyet fra British Airways lettede fra Kastrup kl. 8.15 dansk tid og ankom til London kl. 9.35. Man fik på fornemmelsen at London lå i kælderen. Bustranporten mellem terminalerne i Heathrow lufthavnen foregik mere eller mindre under jorden, med en masse trapper opad til følge. Tusinder af mennesker sad og ventede i hallerne, det var svært at finde en plads til os alle. Jumbojetten gik på vingerne kl. 13.15 Londontid med kurs mod Miami. Kl. 17 amerikansk tid landede vi i Miami, hvor lysene så småt var ved at tændes. Al bagagen var med. Efter en langvarig ekspeditionstid i biludlejningen blev vi transporteret i bus med mørke ruder og høj musik ud til vores minibusser i et stort udlejningscenter. Vi fik udleveret 2 stk. Dodge vans med automat gear, aircondition og mørke ruder, hvilket skulle vise sig at være en fordel i den skarpe sol.
Det var nu helt mørkt, og vi blev kastet hovedkulds ud i den voldsomme myldretidstrafik i Miami, med det resultat, at vi kørte forkert 2 gange, men undgik at komme væk fra hinanden. Hovedvej 27 mod nordvest førte os til det første overnatningssted i den lille by South Bay ved den store indsø Lake Okeechobee. Ankomst til Okeechobee Inn kl. 20.35. Hurtig aftensmad på den nærliggende restaurant Fat Boys, hvor både farmers og den lokale sherif spiste.

Vejr: 29 grader C. En regnbyge under vejs mod South Bay.

Miami Lufthavn 17.00-18.30
Mourning dove 1, Starling 4.

Miami-South Bay 18.30-20.35
Ingen fuglenotater.

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LØRDAG 25/3
Vejr: 27 grader, sol, skyfrit, god sigt.
Efter morgenmad hos Fat Boys ses de første fugle omkring hotellet inden afgang. Vi kørte østpå ad en snorlige vej gennem et fladt landskab med majs- og grøntsagsmarker gennemskåret af kanaler. Shortstops flere gange med flere nye fugle og de første alligatorer. Loxahatchee reservatet er virkelig et besøg værd med mange andefugle og hejrer. Hovedindgangen nås på vestsiden af vej 441.  Entre 5 $ pr. bil. Selve reservatet er placeret i udkanten af et skovområde og har en vandresti hele vejen rundt om flere lavvandede småsøer og sumpe. Et meget stort fugletårn rager op i det sydvestlige hjørne og giver et godt overblik over området.

South Bay 6.00-7.30
Brown Pelican 5 trk., Double-crested Cormorant 1, Little Blue Heron 2, Great White Egret 1, Cattle Egret 4, White Ibis 16 trk., Turkey Vulture 12 trk., Black Vulture 2, Osprey 1, American Kestrel 4 trk., Killdeer 1, Ringbilled Gull 10, Mourning Dove 5, Collared Dove 5, Purple Martin 1,     Northern Mockingbird 5, American Crow 2, Starling 20, Palm Warbler 1, Boat-tailed Grackle 15, House Sparrow 40

South Bay-Loxahatchee 7.30-10.30
Double-crested Cormorant 6, Anhinga 1, Cattle Egret 50, Great Blue Heron 3, Turkey Vulture 50, Black Vulture 40, Hen Harrier 2, Red-tailed Hawk 2, Osprey 7,  Moorhen 1, Lesser Yellowlegs 2, Caspian Tern 1, Belted Kingfisher 8, Northern Mockingbird 3, Starling 40, Red-winged Blackbird 50, Boat-tailed Grackle 200, American Alligator 2.

Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge 10.30-14.30
Pied-billed Grebe 2, Double-crested Cormorant 1, Anhinga 26, Tricolored Heron 2, Green-backed Heron 4, Little Blue Heron 6, Snowy Egret 3, Cattle Egret 17, Great Blue Heron 4, White Ibis 60, Glossy Ibis 35, Wood Stork 8,  Mottled Duck 10, Blue-winged Teal 4 han 1 hun, Black Vulture 3, Turkey Vulture 15, Hen Harrier 1, Red-shouldred Hawk 1, Osprey 2, American Purple Gallinule 2, Moorhen 35, American Coot 60, Sandhill Crane 2, Black-necked Stilt 22, Killdeer 5, Least Sandpiper 16, Common Snipe 3,  Short-billed Dowitcher 2, Lesser Yellowlegs 7,  Red-bellied Woodpecker 2, Tree Swallow 100, Catbird 1, Loggerhead Shrike 2, Fish Crow 1, American Crow 16,  Yellow-runped Warbler 2, Northern Cardinal 1, Sawannah Sparrow 2, Red-winged Blackbird 50, Common Grackle 1, Boat-tailed Grackle 100, Grey Squirrel 2, American Alligator 2, Red-eared Slider 10, Pansergedde 1.

Loxahatchee-Palm Beach 14.30-16.30
Frokoststop ved tankstation undervejs.
Anhinga 3, Green-backed Heron 3, Canadagoose 1, Sharp-shinned Hawk 1, Osprey 2, Ring-billed Gull 2, Mourning Dove 10, Collared Dove 5, Loggerhead Shrike 3, Boat-tailed Grackle 10.

Vi fortsatte nordpå til Palm Beach, hvor planen var at ob´se ved havet, men tæt trafik, højhuse og private villaområder forhindrede dette, i stedet fortsattes mod nord til reservatet: J.D. McArthur State Beach Park. En lang gangbro førte os over lagunen med mangroveskov ud til sandtangen og Atlanterhavet. Fin udsigt i aftensolen med suler, fregatfugl og terner. På tilbagevejen sås en Yellow-crowned  Night-heron mellem mangroverødderne og et kolossalt aftentræk af Fishcrows satte sig til hvile på gangbroen.

Palm Beach 16.30-16.45
Brown Pelican 3, Ring-billed Gull 10, Laughing Gull 5, Collared Dove 6, Mourning Dove 2, Northern Mockingbird 2, Fish Crow 10, Starling 5, Boat-tailed Grackle 50.

John D. MacArthur State Park 17.05-18.00
Northern Gannet 1 1.vinter + 2 ad., Brown Pelican 10, Anhinga 4, Magnificent Frigatebird 1, Yellow-crowned Night-heron 1, Great Blue Heron 3, White Ibis 4, Mottled Duck 1, Black Vulture 4, Osprey 2, Sanderling 35, Laughing Gull 6, Great Black-backed Gull 2, Herring Gull 3, Sandwich Tern 1, Caspian Tern 2, Royal Tern 17, Belted Kingfisher 1, Fish Crow 200.  

John D. MacArthur State Park-South Bay 18.15-20.00
Kørsel ad vej 95.
Brown Pelican 10, Fish Crow 50, Boat-tailed Grackle 30.

SØNDAG 26/3
Vejr: 28 grader, sol, 0/8. 

South Bay 7.00-8.00
Great Blue Heron 16 trk., Red-shouldred Hawk 1, Mourning Dove 1, Collared Dove 1, Rough-winged Swallow 2, Blue Jay 3, Fish Crow 4, Palm Warbler 1, Boat-tailed Grackle 20, House Sparrow 10.

South Bay-Okeechobee 8.00-10.10
American White Pelican 1, Brown Pelican 1, Cattle Egret 70, Great Blue Heron 1, Turkey Vulture 5, Bald Eagle 1 imm. 2 ad. + 1, Hen Harrier 1, Laughing Gull 1, Mourning Dove 10, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1, Northern Mockingbird 2, Solitary Vireo 1, Yellow-throated Warbler 1, Starling 10, Red-winged Blackbird 36, Common Grackle 1, Boat-tailed Grackle 110.

Port Mayaca (Lake Okeechobee) 10.10-11.05
American White Pelican 12, Brown Pelican 8, Double-crested Cormorant 35, Cattle Egret 20, Great Blue Heron 1, Lesser Scaup 3 hunner, Black Vulture 2, American Kestrel 1, American Coot 7, Moorhen 2, Ring-billed Gull 9, Bonaparte’s Gull 1, Laughing Gull 15, Herring Gull 5 1.vinter, Great Black-backed Gull 1 1.vinter, Forsters Tern 1, Caspian Tern 2, Rough-winged Swallow 30, Tree Swallow 1, Northern Mockingbird 2, Eastern Meadowlark 2, Boat-tailed Grackle 40, Sawannah Sparrow 3.

Fra Port Mayaca forlod vi Lake Okeechobee ad vej 76 gennem et fladt landskab med mange fyrretræer og palmer. Et øde område med mange gribbe. Ved vejkrydset Indian Town gik en lille flok Sandhill Cranes. Næste stop var Jonathan Dickinsons State Park ved Loxahachee River. Parken bliver brugt som udflugtsmål, hvor store græsplæner har borde og bænke, og hvor der er aktiviteter ved floden. Det er blandingsskov med ringe udsigt. Ikke den store fuglerigdom.  

Port Mayaca-Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 11.05-12.30
American White Pelican 1, Turkey Vulture 60, Black Vulture 17, Bald Eagle 1 imm. 1 ad., Sharp-shinned Hawk 1, Red-tailed Hawk 3, Red-shouldred Hawk 2, Sandhill Crane 5, Belted Kingfisker 1, Tree Swallow 400, Loggerhead Shrike 5, American Crow 1, Starling 40, Eastern Meadowlark 1. 

Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 12.30-14.00
Green-backed Heron 1, Wood Stork 2, Turkey Vulture 7, Black Vulture 2, Sharp-shinned Hawk 1, Osprey 1, Northern Mockingbird 1, Pine Warbler 1 hørt, Northern Cardinal 2 han 1 hun. 

Jonathan Dickinsons State Park-Fort Pierce 14.00-1530
Canadagås 1, Turkey Vulture 3, Black Vulture 14, Collared Dove 22, Starling 2.

Fort Pierce er kendt for at være tilholdssted for Manatees (søkøer) i lystbådehavnen ved kraftværket i Ft. Pierce Inlet. Vi besøgte også stedet, men der var ingen hjemme. De store dyr havde været der om formiddagen. Til alt held fik Mogens spottet et par stykker, da vi kørte over Indian River umiddelbart nord for havnen. De var åbenbart søgt op ad floden til mere naturlige omgivelser. Efter denne oplevelse fulgtes Highway 95 hele vejen nordpå til næste overnatningssted Motel 6 i Cocoa Beach, som er et hotel- og restaurant område umiddelbart syd for Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 

Fort Pierce harbour and surroundings 15.30-17.00 
Manatee Preserve Education Center
American White pelican 1, Brown Pelican 4, Double-crested Cormorant 5, Red-breasted Merganser 2, Turkey Vulture 30, Osprey 1, American Kestrel 1, Ring-billed Gull 5, Laughing Gull 100, Royal Tern 30, Collared Dove 10, Belted Kingfisher 1, Northern Mockingbird 4, Fish Crow 40, Starling 50,  West Indian Manatee 4.

Fort Pierce-Cocoa Beach 17.00-20.00
Kørsel ad vej 95N.
Brown Pelican 5, Great White Egret 2, Great Blue Heron 1, Mallard 3, Black Vulture 4, Osprey 1, Laughing Gull 3, Starling 10, crow sp. 9, Boat-tailed Grackle 59.

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MANDAG 27/3
Vejr: 20 grader C.
Dagen igennem vekslende mellem byger og opklaring.
Motellet lå i behagelig gåafstand til stranden, så de morgenfriske fik lidt fugletræk langs kysten før morgenmaden. Bagefter gik turen over de 3 broer tilbage til fastlandet og nordpå ad Highway 1 til Titusville, hvor der blev handlet ind til frokost i et supermarked. Vej 406 fører direkte fra Titusville ud til Merrit Island National Wildlife Refuge, som er den vigtigste vadefuglerasteplads på østkysten af Florida. Området består af vidtstrakte lavvandede lagunesøer i et sandet landskab med spredte småtræer og buske indenfor klitterne mod Atlanterhavet. Yderst i området på denne kolossale sandtange ligger selve Cape Canaveral Airbase med Kennedy Space Center. Vi valgte først at se på vadefugle ved kysten mod syd umiddelbart efter at have nået Merrit Island ad vej 406. Derefter besøgtes selve reservatet, hvor en vej Black Point Wildlife Drive følges rundt med masser af gode muligheder for stops. Entre 4 dollars pr. bil. Senere fulgtes vej 402 helt ud til det yderste dige ved Playalinda Beach og havet. Da vi kom sent tilbage til motellet var vore værelser låst på en måde, så vi ikke kunne komme ind. Det viste sig at bero på betalingen fra i går havde været for stor til at blive registreret rigtig, så der skulle udfyldes nye formularer. Aftensmad på en græsk restaurant, hvor tjeneren havde store problemer med at dele regningen ud på flere personer.

Cocoa Beach 6.00-8.00
Northern Gannet 1 trk., Brown Pelican 50 trk., Great White Egret 8 trk., Great Blue Heron 10 trk., Sharp-shinned Hawk 1, American Kestrel 1, Sanderling 1, Willet 1, Ringbilled Gull 150, Laughing Gull 200, Red-bellied Woodpecker 2, House Wren 1, Northern Mockingbird 1, Loggerhead Shrike 1, Starling 10, Palm Warbler 2, Boat-tailed Grackle 100.

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge 9.00-17.00
Horned Grebe 1, Pied-billed Grebe 12, Northern Gannet 163 rast./trk.,White Pelican 7, Brown Pelican 20, Double-crested Cormorant 49, Anhinga 35, Tricolored Heron 5, Little Blue Heron 4, Reddish Egret 3 + 1 hvid form, Snowy Egret 37, Great White Egret 57, Great Blue Heron 5, Wood Stork 4, Glossy Ibis 99,White Ibis 52, Roseate Spoonbill 1, Shoveler 1 han, Blue-winged Teal 15, Lesser Scaup 78, Ruddy Duck 13, Turkey Vulture 83, Black Vulture 20, Bald Eagle 1 ad., American Swallow-tailed Kite 2, Hen Harrier 7, Osprey 17, American Kestrel 2, American Coot 45, Black-necked Stilt 4, Semipalmated Plover 30, Killdeer 3, Black-bellied Plover 15, Sanderling 30, Western Sandpiper 250, Least Sandpiper 530, Dunlin 710, Short-billed Dowitcher 159, Marbled Godwit 4, Willet 25, Greater Yellowlegs 25, Lesser Yellowlegs 46, Ruddy Turnstone 45, Laughing Gull 370, Bonaparte’s Gull 3, Ringbilled Gull 185, Least Tern 2, Forster’s Tern 29, Royal Tern 9,  Caspian Tern 4, Black Skimmer 1+ 16 trk., Mourning Dove 5, Collared Dove 1, Tree Swallow 1, Barn Swallow 2, Cedar Waxwing 80 (Titusville), House Wren 1, Blue Jay 1, Starling 2, Palm Warbler 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler 1, Northern Cardinal 2, Sawannah Sparrow 1, Red-winged Blackbird 150, Common Grackle 5, Boat-tailed Grackle 110, Wild Pig 2.

Cocoa Beach 18.45
Peregrine Falcon 1 trk.

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TIRSDAG 28/3
Vejr: 0/8, sol, 28 grader.
De morgenfriske var igen på stranden. En attrap af stor hornugle på hjørnet af et hotel vakte opsigt på l km´s afstand. Den så meget virkelig ud i morgendisen, men blev altså siddende urørlig.Tilbage på Merrit Island fandt vi en beboet havørnerede. Rundturen på Black Point Drive var igen helt i top. Eftermiddagen blev brugt til et rigtigt turistbesøg på Kennedy Space Center. Selve entreen var gratis, men vi valgte en rundtur med bus ud i området med mange stops og besøg i div. haller, bl.a. så vi den store Saturn raket og en film om månelandingen. Rundturen tog ca. 3 timer for 14 $ pr. pers. Ud over seværdighederene såsom at kunne gå ind i rumfærgen Challender, sås en del fugle i området bl.a. flere hvidhovede havørne, og gribbene brugte den store bygning, hvor man samler affyringsraketterne, til rasteplads. Bygningen er ca. 200 m høj. På græsplænen ved udgangen rendte nogle bæltedyr rundt, de eneste vi så på turen. Mexicansk aftensmad. 

Cocoa Beach 6.15-8.15
Northern Gannet 2 trk., Brown Pelican 8, Double-crested Cormorant 9, Blue-winged Teal 7 trk., Little Blue Heron 6 trk., Snowy Egret 4 trk., Great White Egret 3 trk., Great Blue Heron 7, Cattle Egret 2 trk., Black-bellied Plover 1, Willet 1, Ruddy Turnstone 4, Laughing Gull 200, Ringbilled Gull 150, Royal Tern 1, Collared Dove 1, House Wren 1, Gray Catbird 1,Yellow-rumped Warbler 1, Palm Warbler 8. 

MERRITT ISLAND (Black Point Drive) 9.30-13.00
Pied-billed Grebe 6, American White Pelican 2 + 7 trk., Double-crested Cormorant 16, Green-backed Heron 7, Tricolored Heron 8, Little Blue Heron 5, Snowy Egret 39, Great White Egret 5, Cattle Egret 6, Glossy Ibis 26, White Ibis 45, Roseate Spoonbill 1, Blue-winged Teal 175, Green-winged Teal 1 han, Shoveler 31, Gadwall 1 han, Mottled Duck 4, Hooded Merganser 1 hun, Turkey Vulture 20, Black Vulture 1, Bald Eagle 2, Osprey 4,  Sora 1 hørt., Moorhen 5, American Coot 1200, American Avocet 26, Black-necked Stilt 4, Killdeer 5 ad. + 5 pull., Black-bellied Plover 2, Least Sandpiper 600, Calidris sp. 1000, Stilt Sandpiper 49, Willet 1, Greater Yellowlegs 25, Lesser Yellowlegs 27, Belted Kingfisher 1, Northern Flicker 2, Cedar Waxwing 30 (Titusville), Gray Catbird 1, Northern Mockingbird 1, Pine Warbler 1 hørt, Common Yellowthroat 1, Eastern Meadowlark 1, Red-winged Blackbird 30, Boat-tailed Grackle 150.

Kennedy Space Center 14.30-18.30
Tricolored Heron 1, Little Blue Heron 2, Glossy Ibis 35, White Ibis 20, Mottled Duck 4, Turkey Vulture 11, Black Vulture 70, Bald Eagle 4 ad + 1 rede, Laughing Gull 20, Herring Gull 5, Black Skimmer 16 trk. Collared Dove 2, Common Grackle 15, Boat-tailed Grackle 100, Nine-banded Armadillo 5, Raccoon 1 ad. 3 juv., American Alligator 6.
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ONSDAG 29/3
Vejr: sol, 26 grader, 2/8-0/8.
De morgenfriske var igen på stranden. Efter morgenmad blev bilerne pakket og Cocoa Beach forlades. Highway 95 følges mod syd til vej 192. Denne vej fører i vestlig retning ind i landet gennem et ret øde område, mere øde end vi måske havde forventet, for tankstationerne, som ellers er meget talrige, udeblev totalt og vor benzinbeholdning var truende lav. Byen Holopaw viste sig at være 2 huse og en befriende tankstation. Ca. 20 miles sydpå ad vej 441 ligger et spændende vidtstrakt sølandskab kaldet Prairie Lakes State Preserve, et område med småsøer og lunde af blandskov midt på prærien øst for den store sø Lake Kissimmee. Ved synet af hvidhovede havørne på himlen blev bilerne stoppet i vejsiden. Flere ørne kom til og tilsidst var en hel skrue på i alt 16 ørne oppe på en gang. Vej 523 fulgtes nu mod vest og nordvest. På vestre side af vejen findes indgangen til Tree Lakes naturparken. Der er ingen vagt ved indgangen, men man skal selv løse billet, 6 $ pr. bil, som så blev kontrolleret senere. Hvis man ikke har billet vanker der bøder. Midt i skoven kan man parkere, hvor et lille vandløb løber under vejen. Stedet var en god mulighed for at se Limkin, og vi var heldige ved at følge vandløbet i sydlig retning. Tilbage på hovedvejen kørtes mod nord et par få miles og en vej på venstre side bærer navnet: Joe Overstreet Road. Det er en lang jordvej, som fører helt ned til Lake Kissimmee. Vilde kalkuner, Meadowlarks og Sandhill Cranes langs vejen mod søen. Vejen ender med en parkeringsplads ved en lille havn efter at have passeret familien Overstreets store gård. Vi var netop ankommet til stedet, da 2 stk. Wooping Cranes kom flyvende ind fra søen og landede ca.100 m fra os i et lidt sumpet terræn. Vi var godt klar over, at man i forsøget på at redde denne rødlistede traneart har ladet unger opfostre hos Sandhill Cranes i Florida, men da verdensbestanden nu kun tæller ca. 200 individer, var vi selvfølgelig glade for at have oplevet denne elegante fugl i naturen. Frokosten blev derefter indtaget i en sværm af myg.

Cocoa Beach 6.15-7.00
Northern Gannet 4 trk., Brown Pelican 23, Double-crested Cormorant 25 trk., Green-backed Heron 1, Sharp-shinned Hawk 1, Willet 1 + 5 trk., Laughing Gull 25, Ringbilled Gull 30, House Wren 1, Northern Mockingbird 5, Palm Warbler 3, Northern Cardinal 1. 

Cocoa Beach-Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area 8.00-10.30
Anhinga 1, Little Blue Heron 1, Cattle Egret 34, Wood Stork 3, Turkey Vulture 14, Black Vulture 36, Bald Eagle 1 imm. + 1 ad., Hen Harrier 1, Sharp-shinned Hawk 1, Red-tailed Hawk 3, Osprey 2, Sandhill Crane 12, Collared Dove 6, Mourning Dove 6, Belted Kingfisher 1, Tree Swallow 4, Cedar Waxwing 30, Northern Mockingbird 9, Loggerhead Shrike 4, Starling 5, Northern Cardinal 1, Boat-tailed Grackle 10.

Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area 10.30-12.30
Tricolored Heron 1, White Ibis 28, Turkey Vulture 12, Black Vulture 7, Bald Eagle 16 i skrue, Red-shouldred Hawk 1, Limpkin 1, Sandhill Crane 2, Downy Woodpecker 1, Northern Mockingbird 2, Tufted Titmouse 1, White-eyed Vireo 4, Solitary Vireo 2, Yellow-throated Warbler 3, Yellow-rumped Warbler 1, Palm Warbler 4, Black-and-White Warbler 1, Northern Cardinal 2, Rufous-sided Towhee 3, White-tailed Deer 1.

Joe Overstreet Road 12.50-13.45 and 15.00-16.00
Cattle Egret 220, Mottled Duck 2, Turkey Vulture 16, Black Vulture 10, Hen Harrier 1, American Kestrel 1, Wild Turkey 4, Sandhill Crane 7, Mourning Dove 3, Loggerhead Shrike 1, Savannah Sparrov 13, Eastern Medowlark 9.

Lake Kissimmee 13.45-15.00
Pied-billed Grebe 1, Anhinga 3, Great White Ibis 6, Great Blue Heron 3, Cattle Egret 230, Black Ibis 2, Mottled Duck 2, Turkey Vulture 10, Black Vulture 10,  Bald Eagle 1 ad., Red-shouldred Hawk 1, Osprey 1, Sandhill Crane 6, Wooping Crane 2, Black-necked Stilt 4, Willet 15 trk., Lesser Yellowlegs 5,  Forsters Tern 1, Belted Kingfisher 3, Northern Mockingbird 2, American Crow 20, Eastern Medowlark 2, Boat-tailed Grackle 15.

Næste lokalitet var Bok Tower Garden lige før byen Lake Wales. Det er en park, som er god for småfugle, og har et fugleskjul ved en lille sø. Der er også opsat mange foderautomater i haven, så man kan se småfuglene på nærmeste hold. Desværre for os lukkede parken netop da vi ankom. Vi blev forsinkede af et stop ved landevejen mellem Yeehaw Junktion og Lake Wales, hvor en Crested Caracara sad i grøften og spidste et ådsel. Da parken var lukket kunne vi lige så godt gå en tur ad et hjulspor langs med en appelsinlund, hvilket gav en god del småfugle. Det blev næsten mørkt før vi ankom til motel Days Inn i udkanten af byen Sebring. 

Lake Kissimmee-Bok Tower 15.00-17.15
Cattle Egret 50, Turkey Vulture 30, Black Vulture 10, Bald Eagle 1, Red-tailed Hawk 1, Red-shouldred Hawk 1, Crested Caracara 3, Wild Turkey 8, Sandhill Crane 4, Tree Swallow 40, Northern Mockingbird 11, American Crow 4, Eastern Medowlark 4, Red-winged Blackbird 2, Boat-tailed Grackle 31.

Bok Tower 17.15-18.15
White-winged Dove 3, Mourning Dove 4, Common Ground Dove 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker 2, Great Crested Flycatcher 1, Tree Swallow 300, Barn Swallow 1, Gray Catbird 1, Northern Mockingbird 5, Brown Thrasher 1, Loggerhead Shrike 1, Palm Warbler 10, Yellow-rumped Warbler 4, Blue Jay 6, Northern Cardinal 1, Rufous-sided Towhee 1, Red-winged Blackbird 16, Common Grackle 2.

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TORSDAG 30/3
Vejr: 28 grader, sol, 0/8.
Vi forlod det dejlige motel i Sebring og kørte til den nærliggende Highland Hammock State Park, en rigtig Florida-urskov krydret med gamle ege. Svalehale-glente hang over en lysning i skoven. Vi fulgte et par afmærkede stier og var heldige at se den sortspætte-store Pileated Woodpecker. På ruten videre mod sydvest blev det frokoststop på en tilfældig sidevej før ankomsten til Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Fra parkens besøgcenter går en ca. 6 km lang trægangbro ud i området, som præges af sumpcypresser og langnålet fyr. Entreen er høj da parken er privat ejet: $ 8 pr. person. Alligatorer i massevis, slanger og fuglene rigtig tæt på. Corkscrews attraktion er bl.a. den store koloni af Woodstorks, men er også god for småfugle og spætter. Vi var heldige at finde Barred Owl, en mørk ca. slagugle-stor ugle, inden vi forlod reservatet. På en tankstation umiddelbart uden for reservatet sås 2 Great Horned Owl på telefonstolperne. Det blev helt mørkt da vi kørte ind gennem Fort Meyers. Vi havde lidt svært ved at overskue alle de blinkende lys og lysreklamer, så vi spurgte om vej til Motel 6. Det viste sig at ligge nærmere end 100 m. Aftensmaden stod på græsk mad.

Sebring 7.00-8.05
Osprey 1, Northern Mockingbird 2, Purple Martin 3, Northern Cardinal 1.

Highland Hammock State Park 8.40-13.30
Great White Egret 1, White Ibis 1,Turkey Vulture 2, Black Vulture 2, American Swallow-tailed Kite 2, Sharp-shinned Hawk 1, Red-shouldred Hawk 2, Mourning Dove 2, Red-bellied Woodpecker 4, Downy Woodpecker 1, Pileated Woodpecker 2, Great Crested Flycatcher 3, Carolina Wren 1 hørt, Northern Mockingbird 4, Blue Jay 2, American Crow 4, Red-eyed Vireo 3, Northern Parula 9, Black-and-white Warbler 1, Palm Warbler  2, Pine Warbler 2 + 3 hørt, Northern Cardinal 3.

Highland Hammock-Corkscrew Swamp 13.30-16.30
Cattle Egret 70, Turkey Vulture 20, Black Vulture 2, American Swallow-tailed Kite 4, Osprey 1, Northern Mockingbird 11, Loggerhead Shrike 2, Red-winged Blackbird 6, Common Grackle 6, Boat-tailed Grackle 20.

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 16.30-19.30
Anhinga 4, Black-crowned Night-heron 7 ad. + 1 juv., Green-backed Heron 4, Tricolored Heron 2, Little Blue Heron 11, Snowy Egret 4,  Great White Egret 10, Great Blue Heron 1, Cattle Egret 5, Wood Stork 20 + ynglekoloni (ikke optalt), White Ibis 18, Turkey Vulture 4, Black Vulture 5, American Swallow-tailed Kite 3, Red-shouldred Hawk 1 + rede, Moorhen 1, Mourning Dove 4, Barred Owl 1, Great Horned Owl 2 (Benzinstation udenfor reservatet), Downy Woodpecker 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker 8, Pileated Woodpecker 3, Great Crested Flycatcher 6, Carolina Wren 1, Tufted Titmouse 1, Palm Warbler 4, Northern Cardinal 3, Common Grackle 7, White-tailed Deer 5, Black Racer 1, Green Anole 20, Alligator 11.

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FREDAG 31/3
Vejr: 32 grader, sol, 0/8.
En kort regnbyge om morgenen friskede det hele op, da vi kørte den korte strækning til broen over til øen Sanibel Island. Det er en betalingsbro, $ 3 pr. bil, og vi gjorde holdt på sandøen umiddelbart efter broen til højre. Ved stranden sås bl.a. islommer, fregatfugl, strandskader og Wilsons Plover. Under næste bro svømmede Manatees. Selve Sanibel Island er et mondænt ferieparadis for mange mennesker, et sted hvor især brudepar rejser til, lange sandstrande og palmer. Priserne er derefter: Skyhøje. Øen er også kendt for reservatet Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, som har en ynglekoloni af rosa skestorke. Vi besøgte først sydspidsen af øen, og gik langs stranden ved fyret. Mange badende mennesker, også 3 af vore deltagere sprang i det varme vand. På stranden mange smukke muslingeskaller, måger og terner. Kratlusk omkring fyret. Da vi ankom til Ding Darling reservatet var Indigo Trail, som vejen hedder, lukket for bilkørsel om fredagen, så vi valgte at gå ud i området ad en grusvej. Det gav dog ingen nye fugle til listen, så i den stærke varme valgte vi at vende om og køre over til fastlandet igen. Længst ude mod vest for bydelen Cape Coral ved Fort Meyers lykkedes det os at finde prærieuglerne, et stort ønske for flere af deltagerne, men det er et spørgsmål om tid, hvorlænge uglerne kan findes her, fordi villabebyggelserne rykker nærmere år for år. Det ene uglerevir lå således på en grund med skiltet: Til Salg! Tilbage i Fort Meyers spiste vi aftensmad på restaurant Land & Sea tæt på motellet. 

Fort Myers 6.00-8.00
Mallard 2, Mottled Duck 7, Collared Dove 1, Mourning Dove 2, Northern Flikker 2, Northern Mockingbird 4, Blue Jay 2, Fish Crow 6, Palm Warbler 8, Boat-tailed Grackle 50.

Sanibel Island (the bridge) 9.00-10.10
Great Northern Diver 1 + 1 –yngledragt + 1 +yngledragt alle ad., Brown Pelican 20, Double-crested Cormorant 5, Magnificent Frigatebird 1, Great White Egret 1, Red-breasted Merganser 1, Osprey 2, American Oystercatcher 2, Wilson’s Plover 1, Semipalmated Plover 6, Black-bellied Plover 3, Sanderling 4, Least Sandpiper 6, Willet 8, Ruddy Turnstone 11, Laughing Gull 15, Ringbilled Gull 2, Herring Gull 1, Sandwich Tern 4, Royal Tern 1, Manatee 1.

Sanibel Island East Beach 10.20-13.15
Brown Pelican 15, Magnificent Frigatebird 5, Yellow-crowned Nightheron 3 ynglepar på rede, Osprey 2 + rede, Black-bellied Plover 22, Knot 4, Sanderling 12, Willet 45, Ruddy Turnstone 35, Laughing Gull 30, Ringbilled Gull 35, Herring Gull 3 2K., Northern Flicker 2, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Pileated Woodpecker 2, Great Crested Flycatcher 1, Carolina Wren 1, Gray Catbird 4, Veery 1, Fish Crow 14, Starling 1, Prairie Warbler 1, Hooded Warbler 1, Common Yellowthroat 1, Northern Cardinal 1, Common Grackle 10, Atlantic Bottle-nosed Dolphin 3.

J. D. Ding Darling N.W.R. (Indigo Trail) 13.30-15.00
Anhinga 5, Yellow-crowned Night-heron 1, Little Blue Heron 2, White Ibis 10, Osprey 2, Moorhen 7, Pileated Woodpecker 1, Purple Martin 2, Barn Swallow 1, Northern Cardinal 1.

Cape Coral 16.30-18.30
Cattle egret 25, Bald Eagle 2, Mourning Dove 4, Common Ground-dove 5, Burrowing Owl 3, Eastern Medowlark 2. 

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LØRDAG  1/4
Vejr: 20-33 grader, sol, 0/8. Svag  w. vind.
Transportdag. Vi skulle køre fra Fort Meyers tværs over The Everglades og ud på the Keys for at slutte i Key West, en tur på ca. 500 km. Derfor var der tidlig afgang. Første rast blev gjort ved indianer landsbyen Miccosukkee cirka midtvejs tværs over Everglades sumpene. Det er en stor rasteplads, hvor der ligger et supermarked med souvenirs, indianerting, postkort, d.v.s alt hvad ornitologer ellers ikke ser, men som på et tidspunkt bliver nødvendige, når man er ude at rejse. Vi så også de særprægede, farvestrålende, lave indianerhuse med stråtage. Nogle af indbyggerne lever af at sejle turister rundt i rørskovene på fladbundede både, som har en stor propel bagpå som drivkraft. På den anden side af vejen kredsede snegleglenter over rørskovene, i alt 13 stykker, et stort antal. Resten af vejen mod Miami følges en stor kanal. Vi svingede mod syd gennem Homestead og Florida City ud på den første og største af øerne i perlerækken, som danner The Keys: Key Largo. Ved vejen sås et par Black-hooded Parakeet inden frokoststedet: John Pennecamp State Park ved havet. Det var svært at finde et ordentligt frokoststed p.g.a. mange mennesker og biler i parken. Det er et berømt sted med mulighed for at dykke ved et koralrev. Turen fortsatte over adskellige Keys og over den storslåede Seven Mile Bridge mod Key West med et par stops undervejs ad den ca. 200 km lange vej ud i havet. Hotellet i Key West var et fint renoveret træhus i 1900-tals stil, beliggende i den gamle by, ikke langt fra Hemmingway`s hus. Her er klimaet tropisk og behageligt på denne årstid, også om aftenen. Vores vært bød velkommen med en stor hvid papegøje på skulderen, og vi fik fine værelser i L´Habitation Guesthouse. Overgangen til sommertid skabte en del debat om, hvornår færgen Dry Tortugas i virkeligheden ville afgå næste morgen.

Fort Myers-Vej 41 og 997 syd herunder kort stop i Miccosukkee Indian Village 7.15-12.10
Double-crested Cormorant 77, Anhinga 23, Least Bittern 1 (Miccosukee), Tricolored Heron 2, Great White Egret 2, Great Blue Heron 5, Cattle Egret 58, Wood Stork 13, Turkey Vulture 36, Black Vulture 74, Snail Kite 13 (Miccosukee), Hen Harrier 2, Red-shouldred Hawk 3, Osprey 4, 
American Crow 3, Starling 10, Red-winged Blackbird 13, Common Grackle 30, Boat-tailed Grackle 150.

Vej 997 syd-Key Largo 12.10-12.40
Ingen fuglenotater.

John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park på Key Largo 13.35-14.15
Brown Pelican 5, Magnificent Frigatebird 1, White Ibis 1, Red-shouldred Hawk 1, Osprey 1, Collared Dove 3, Common Ground-dove 3, Black-hooded Parakeet 2 (udenfor parken), Black Racer 1.

Key Largo-Key West 14.15-17.00
Brown Pelican 185, Double-crested Cormorant 700, Anhinga 1, Reddish Egret 1, Snowy Egret 2, Great White Egret 5, Turkey Vulture 5, Osprey 2, Laughing Gull 95, Herring Gull 1, Collared Dove 32, Belted Kingfisher 1, Savannah Sparrow 1, Red-winged Blackbird 2.

Key West (L’ Habitation Guesthouse, Old Town) 17.30-24.00
White-crowned Pigeon 4.

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SØNDAG 2/4
Vejr: 28 grader, sol, 2-0/8.
Afgang fra hotellet i Eaton Street tidligt for at være sikre på sommertiden og færgen afgik kl. 8. Det var en stor katamaran, som skulle bringe os ud til Dry Tortugas National Park, en øgruppe bestående af 7 små øer og sandrevler beliggende ca. 100 km ude i den Mexicanske Golf. Tortugas = skildpadder. Øerne blev først opdaget af Ponce de Leon i 1513, og de store havskildpadder forsynede skibene med frisk kød, men der var ingen fersk vand. Alt skulle fragtes derud. Debbie, vores guide ombord, bød velkommen, og der blev serveret morgenmad. Vejret på udturen var ret stille, og man kunne opholde sig på soldækket med udsigten til småøer, hvor nogle af husene havde priser på omkring 1 mill. Dollars. Der blev ob´set flittigt over det turkisfarvede hav under overfarten, som tog 2½ time. Landgang kl. ca. 10.30 ved det imponerende Fort Jefferson, et rødt ottekantet fort i stil med tv serien ”fangerne på fortet”. Øerne tiltrak allerede militærets opmærksomhed i det tidlige 1800 tal, men opførelsen af fortet begyndte først i 1846 for at huse desertører fra borgerkrigen, men blev aldrig fuldført. I den store centergård findes enkelte småtræer og en kilde (fontaine), som tiltrækker forskellige småfugle. Fra ringmurens top er der en storslået udsigt til Bush Key, reservatets yngleplads for ca. 40.000 sodfarvede terner, brune noddyer og Magnificent Frigatebirds. Reservatet, som har adgangsbegrænsning, ligger kun 50 m fra hovedøen, så der er ingen grund til at gå der ud. Fregatfuglene hænger over hovederne, og havfuglene stryger tæt forbi kysten, specielt ved molen i nordøst. Der blev serveret frokost på stranden. Efter 4½ times ophold startede hjemturen, som skulle vise sig at blive streng, fordi vinden var tiltaget, og mange blev da også søsyge. Men forinden sejlede kaptajnen en lille omvej (for vores skyld) forbi nogle sandøer, hvor der ynglede Maskesuler. Tilbage i Key West ved 18 tiden. 

Sejltur Key West-Fort Jefferson-Key West 8.00-10.30 og 14.30-18.00
Northern Gannet 4, Masked Booby 9 (Hospital Key), Brown Pelican 10, Double-crested Cormorant 65, Magnificent Frigatebird 5, Great Blue Heron 1, Osprey 1, Merlin 1, Ruddy Turnstone 8 (Key West Havn), Pomarine Skua 1, Laughing Gull 20, Ringbilled Gull 2, Sandwich Tern 6, Black Skimmer 4.

Fort Jefferson og Bush Key 10.30-14.30
Brown Pelican 30, Double-crested Cormorant 10, Magnificent Frigatebird 12, American Kestrel 1, Merlin 1, Black-bellied Plover 9, Whimbrel 1, Ruddy Turnstone 3, Herring Gull 9, Sandwich Tern 7, Royal Tern 18, Sooty Tern (koloni ikke optalt), Brown Noddy (koloni ikke optalt), Black Skimmer 6, Mourning Dove 2, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1, Gray Kingbird 2, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 20, Barn Swallow 12, Yellow-throated Vireo 1, Red-eyed Vireo 1, Black-whiskered Vireo 1, Blue-winged Warbler 1, Northern Parula 4, Black-and-white warbler 4, Cape May Warbler 2, Yellow-rumped Warbler 5, Yellow-throated Warbler 1, Prairie Warbler 2, Palm Warbler 14, Kentucky Warbler 1, Hooded Warbler 9, Worm-eating Warbler 1, Lousiana Waterthrush 1, Indigo Bunting 4, Orchard Oriole 2.
                 
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MANDAG 3/4
Vejr: 28 grader, sol, 2/8.
Morgenmad på terrassen på L´Habitation. På turen fra Key West og tilbage til fastlandet besøgtes først en meget førsømt botanisk have, der var simpelthen ikke ryddet op efter diverse storme, og det gav da heller ikke mange fugle. Næste stop blev gjort ved en næsten udtørret sø kaldet 22 Mile Pond, som bød på en gåtur gennem buskads og stikkende krat uden det store fugleresultat. Frokosten blev indtaget ved en kanal med brune pelikaner på stolper. I forstaden Homestead besøgte vi en bro, under hvilken der skulle yngle den sjældne Cave Swallow, men de var ikke ankommet endnu, så vi besluttede at komme igen senere på turen. Stoppede ved ”Martinhouse”, et hus med koloni for Purple Martin ved siden af en købmand på vejen ud til Everglades. Første stop efter indkørslen i selve reservatet var Mrazek Pond, en træomkranset sø lige ved reservatvejen. Ankomst til Flamingo Lodge kl. 17.30. Nøglerne var for en gangs skyld klar. 

Key West (Old Town) 7.00-8.45
White-crowned Pigeon 6, Red-bellied Woodpecker 2, Gray Kingbird 1.

Key West Botanical Garden 9.00-10.00
Magnificent Frigatebird 1, Turkey Vulture 1, Red-shouldred Hawk 1, Mourning Dove 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Red-eyed Vireo 1, American Redstart 1 hun. 

22 Mile Pond from Key West 10.30-11.00
Blue-winged Teal 10, Great White Egret 1, Cattle Egret 10, White Ibis 1.

Key West-Homestead 10.00-15.30
Brown Pelican 62, Double-crested Cormorant 20, Tricolored Heron1, Turkey Vulture 180 trk., Osprey 3, Moorhen 2, American Coot 20, Laughing Gull 40, Caspian Tern 1, Collared Dove 5, Belted Kingfisher 2, Northern Cardinal 1, Starling 10, Red-winged Blackbird 21, Boat-tailed Grackle 30.

Homestead 15.30-16.00
Purple Martin 3, Common Myna 3.

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
Everglades National Park er et stort sumpområde, som strækker sig fra ca. 80 km sydvest for Miami og helt ned til Floridas sydkyst. Man kommer til reservatet ved at dreje fra i Homestead, og efter nogle kilometer passerer man Visitor Centret. Flamingo Lodge ligger ca. 1 times kørsel fra indgangen. Størstedelen af parken står bogstaveligt under vand. Parken gennemløbes af en op til 80 km lang flod, hvis dybde variere fra 0-50 cm. Floden kommer fra underjordiske kilder og fra vandstrømme, hvor Lake Okeechobee leverer størstedelen af vandet. Vandet er livsnødvendigt for økosystemet, mens parken trues af stigende befolknings tæthed, opdyrkning og landbrugets vandbehov. Store arealer er dækket af savgræs, der giver forestilling om afrikas savanner, andre steder ses spredte træer afhængig af vandmængden, som så erstattes af sumpcypresser, der tåler at stå med rødderne i vand. Ved kysten findes mangroveskov. Bakkerne i landskabet kaldes Hammocks (hængekøjer) og har en utrolig frodig vegetation med tropiske træer og planter, som ikke findes andre steder i USA.

Everglades Visitor Center-Flamingo 16.40-18.00
White Ibis 2, Turkey Vulture 4, Osprey 2, American Kestrel 1, Northern Mockingbird 2, American Crow 15, Eastern Medowlark 1, Common Grackle 2, Boat-tailed Grackle 2, White-tailed Deer 1.

Mrazek Pond 17.10-17.30
Brown Pelican 2, Double-crested Cormorant 2, Anhinga 1, Tricolored Heron 1, Snowy Egret 6, Great White Egret 2, Great Blue Heron 1, Blue-winged Teal 18, Hen Harrier 1, Moorhen 4, Belted Kingfisher 2, Gray Catbird 1, Northern Cardinal 1 syng.

Flamingo 18.00-24.00
Snowy Egret 50, Cattle Egret 30, Roseate Spoonbill 6, Turkey Vulture 25 trk., Black Vulture 4, Peregrine Falcon 1 trk., Short-billed Dowitcher 200, Willet 200, ryle sp. 300, Black Skimmer 350, Northern Flicker 1.

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TIRSDAG 4/4
Vejr: 28 grader, 0/8, sol.
Flamingo Lodge er en lille ”by” bestående af en snes småhuse til udlejning, en campingplads, en lille havn med en benzinstander og en købmand. Stedet er glimrende som base til at udforske de mange stier ud i området, som ellers er meget ufremkommeligt. Det rigtig gode fuglested Eco Pond ligger i gåafstand fra Lodgen. Der er en koloni af White Ibis lige over for fugletårnet på en lille ø. Man kan gå rundt om søen. Vi så bl.a. en alligator, som åd en stor sumpskildpadde. Ved kysten ud for campingpladsen mange vadefugle. Senere på dagen besøgtes Mahogany Hammock, en stor knold i landskabet med tropisk regnskov, men her var dele af plankestien i skoven styrtet sammen ved den seneste orkan og ikke genopbygget. Fortsatte til Nine Mile Pond, som har en koloni af skovstorke og får tit besøg af rosa skestorke. En lang gåtur ud ad Snake Bite Trail levede op til sit navn, idet vi så den store klapperslange Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake krybe over skovstien. For enden af sporet ved kysten foregik et kollosalt vadefugle-aftentræk med uforglemmelige flokke af saksnæb. Under aftensmaden løb en vaskebjørn ind i restauranten, og blev jaget ud af en tjener.

Flamingo 6.00-8.15, 10.30-13.00, 19.00-24.00
Brown Pelican 12, Great Blue Heron 1+1 hvid fase, Roseate Spoonbill 1, Turkey Vulture 4, Black Vulture 2, Bald Eagle 1 imm., American Swallow-tailed Kite 1, Osprey 6, Semipalmated Plover 1, Black-bellied Plover 5, Least Sandpiper 8, Dunlin 25, Short-billed Dowitcher 10, Willet 20, Spotted Sandpiper 2, Laughing Gull 2, Northern Flicker 2, Red-bellied Woodpecker 4, Gray Kingbird 1, Great Crested Flycatcher 5, House Wren 1, American Crow 20, Starling 2, White-eyed Vireo 5, Yellow-throated Vireo 1, Prairie Warbler 2, Palm Warbler, Northern Cardinal 11, Raccoon 2.

Eco Pond 8.15-10.25
Pied-billed Grebe 2, American White Pelican 1, Double-crested Cormorant 11, Green-backed Heron 4, Tricolored Heron 8, Little Blue Heron 4, Reddish Egret 1, Great White Egret 1 + 2 trk., Cattle Eghret 15, White Ibis 26, Glossy Ibis 1, Turkey Vulture 6, Black Vulture 1, Red-shouldred Hawk 3, Osprey 3, Black-necked Stilt 2 trk., American Purple Gallinule 2, Moorhen 6, American coot 6, Red-bellied Woodpecker 4, Great Crested Flycatcher 3, Gray Catbird 2, White-eyed Vireo 6, Black-and-white warbler 1, Prairie Warbler 1, Common Yellowthroat 2, Northern Cardinal 7, Painted Bunting 2 han 1 hun,  Red-winged Blackbird 50, Boat-tailed Grackle 10, Baltimore Oriole 1 han, Marsh Rabbit 2, Pig frog, American Alligator 6.

Paurotis Pond 13.30-13.40 og 14.30-15.20
American White Pelican 8, Double-crested Cormorant 1, Anhinga 3, Great White Egret 5, Cattle Egret 2, White Ibis koloni (ikke optalt), Wood Stork 48+ unger (koloni), Roseate Spoonbill 14 (koloni), Turkey Vulture 1, Bald Eagle 1 subad., American Swallow-tailed Kite 4, Red-shouldred Hawk 1, Osprey 1, Moorhen 2, American Coot 4, American Crow 1.

Mahogany Hammock 13.40-14.15
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2, Great Crested Flycatcher 2, Gray Catbird 3, Wood Thrush 1,  American Crow 2, Black-and-White Warbler 1, Northern Cardinal 1, Florida Cottenmouth 1.

Nine Mile Pond 15.30-15.50
Double-crested Cormorant 5, Turkey Vulture 4, Osprey 2, Little Blue Heron 1, Belted Kingfisher 1, White-eyed Vireo 1, American Alligator 3. 

Snake Bite Trail 16.10-18.30
Green-backed Heron 1, Reddish Egret (hvid form) 1, Great Blue Heron (Würdemann´s form) 2, Red-breasted Merganser 2, Turkey Vulture 2, Bald Eagle 2 ad + 2 imm., American Avocet 70, Black-bellied Plover 75 trk., Dunlin 700, Least Sandpiper 300, Short-billed Dowitcher 2150 rast.-trk., Marbled Godwit 13, Willet 150 trk., Greater Yellowlegs 1, Ruddy Turnstone 10, Caspian Tern 4, Black Skimmer 1030 trk., Common Ground-dove 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1,  Gray Catbird 2, American Crow 2, White-eyed Vireo 1, Black-and-white Warbler 1, Magnolia Warbler 1, Prairie Warbler 3, Northern Cardinal, Indigo Bunting 1 han, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake 1.  

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ONSDAG 5/4
Vejr: 28 grader, 2/8, sol, kraftig blæst om formiddagen. 
Anhinga Trail er den nordligste af gåturene for denne dag. Det er et spor, hvor man går ad en vandrerute på plankefortov ud i sumpområdet og kommer rigtig tæt på fuglene. Det nærliggende Gumbo-Limbo spor viser de smukke gulbrune træer med samme navn. Long Pine Trail besøgtes om eftermiddagen og det lykkedes at finde Pine Warbler. Udsigtstårnet ved Pa-Hay-Okee viser som regel få fugle, men udsigten over vidtrakte savgræsskove er storslået.

Flamingo-Visitor Center 8.15-9.15
Tricolored Heron 6, Snowy Egret 5, Great White Egret 1, Great Blue Heron 3,  White Ibis 15, Wood Stork 10, Turkey Vulture 11, Osprey 3, Northern Mockingbird 2, American Crow 4, Indigo Bunting 1 han.

Anhinga Trail 9.15-11.20
Double Crested Cormorant 14, Anhinga 30 + redeunger, Least Bittern 2, Green-backed Heron 5, Yellow-crowned Night-heron 1, Tricolored Heron 2, Great Blue Heron 5 + 1 hvid fase, White Ibis 4, Wood Stork 17, Turkey Vulture 9, Black Vulture 8, American Swallow-tailed Kite 1, Hen Harrier 1 hun, Osprey 2, American Purple Gallinule 1, Moorhen 1, Great Crested Flycatcher 3, Gray Catbird 4, Palm Warbler 1, Northern Cardinal 2, Red-winged Blackbird 2, Boat-tailed Grackle 60, American Alligator 31, Florida Gar, Oscar, Mayan Cichlid.

Gumbo Limbo Trail 11.20-12.30
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Northern Cardinal 3.

Long Pine Key 13.00-14.00
Black Vulture 1, American Crow 1, Palm Warbler 6, Pine Warbler 3, Red-bellied Woodpecker 2, White-tailed Deer 2.

Pa-Hay-Okee 14.30-14.45
Glossy Ibis 11 trk., Turkey Vulture 6, American Crow 2.

Mahogany Hammock 15.00-15,30
Turkey Vulture 3, Northern Mockingbird 1, American Crow 2.

Noble Hammock 15.40-16.00
American Swallow-tailed Kite 1, Merlin 1.

Eco Pond 18.00-19.30
Green-backed Heron 3, Tricolored Heron 15, Cattle Heron 30, White Ibis 400 rast/trk., Roseate Spoonbill 3 trk., Turkey Vulture 2, American Coot 4, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Eastern Kingbird 1, Gray Catbird 4, Brown Trasher 1, White-eyed Vireo 1, Prairie Warbler 1, Common Yellowthroat 1, American Redstart 1 hun, Northern Cardinal 2, Red-winged Blackbird 200, Common Grackle 100, Boat-tailed Grackle 20, Orchard Oriole 4 han + 2 hun.

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TORSDAG 6/4
Vejr: 30 grader, sol, 1/8.
De morgenfriske gik til Eco Pond. Formiddagsturen gik langs kysten på et Costal Prairie Trail, som begynder ved campingpladsen. Her var mange døde dolkhaler.Eftermiddagen blev brugt til afslapning inden den anstrengende hjemtur dagen efter. Aften turen til Eco Pond  gav siddende hvidhovedet havørn og mange fugle til overnatning. Afslutningsmøde på Ole´s værelse.

Eco Pond 6.15-7.15
Barred Owl 2 hørt, Baltimore Oriole 1 han. 

Costal Prairie ved Flamingo 8.15-10.15
Gåtur fra Flamingo Camping og videre langs kysten
Little Blue Heron 4, Great Blue Heron 1, White Ibis 3, Willet 29, Red-shouldred Hawk 1, Osprey 1, Northern Flicker 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker 2, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3, Barn Swallow 14, Gray Catbird 4, White-eyed Vireo 1, Prairie Warbler 5, Northern Cardinal 2, Eastern Medowlark 4, Raccoon 2.

Flamingo 10.30-16.15
Black-bellied Plover 2, Willet 28, Spotted Sandpiper 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker 2, Bank Swallow 1, Northern Roughwinged Swallow 100 trk., Northern Cardinal 3, Sawannah Sparrow 5, Red-winged Blackbird 600 trk.

Eco Pond 16.30-18.30
Pied-billed Grebe, Brown Pelican 2, Green-backed Heron 1, Tricolored Heron 9, Little Blue Heron 5, Snowy Egret 8 + 5 trk., Great White Egret 2 + 5 trk., Cattle Egret 23, White Ibis 400 rast./trk., Roseate Spoonbill 4 trk., Blue-winged Teal 2, Turkey Vulture 13, Bald Eagle 1 ad., American Swallow-tailed Kite 3, Red-shouldred Hawk 1, Osprey 1, American Coot 9, Moorhen 7, American Purple Gallinule 1, Belted Kingfisher 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker 3, Eastern Kingbird 1, Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1, Barn Swallow 15, Gray Catbird 7, American Crow 6, Starling 10, White-eyed Vireo 2, Prairie Warbler 2, Palm Warbler 1, Common Yellowthroat 2, Northern Cardinal 3, Red-winged Blackbird 500, Common Grackle 50, Boat-tailed Grackle 100, Orchard Oriole 9 ad. han + 1 juv. han + 2 hun + 5.

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FREDAG 7/4
Vejr: 28 grader, sol, 2/8.
Efter afgang fra Lodgen besøgtes endnu engang Woodstork-kolonien og Mahogany Hammock inden udkørslen ved Visitorcentret. Tilbage ved broen i Homestead var svalerne ankommet og alle fik en ny art. Det er så vidt vi ved det eneste sted i hele Florida, at den findes. Kørte derfra i tæt trafik ind til Miami. Et stop ved et ældrehospital i Miami Springs gav oplevelsen af Munkeparakitter bygge reder i parkens høje træer. Derefter styrede vi mod lufthavnen og fik afleveret bilerne, så var det bare at vente på den lange flyvetur hjem. 

Paurotis Pond 9.25-9.40
Black-crowned Night-heron 1 juv., Woodstork colony was not counted, Roseate Spoonbill 2, Common Yellowthroat 1, + andre fugle set den 4/4.

Mahogany Hammock 9.50-10.15
Red-shouldred Hawk 3, Red-bellied Woodpecker 1, Gray Catbird 1, Northern Mockingbird 3, Blue Jay 6, Northern Cardinal 1.

Homestead / Hainlin Mill Drive 12.15-12.50
Common Nighthawk 3 trk., Cave Svallow 35.

Miami Springs 7 Nursing Home Park 14.00-15.00
Monk Parakeet 30 (breeding colony), Red-bellied Woodpecker 2, Northern Mockingbird 5, Blue Jay 3, Starling 30, Northern Parula 1, Prairie Warbler 2, Palm Warbler 2, Boat-tailed Grackle 4.

BIRDLIST

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer Islom
Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 1 + 1 ad. breeding + 1 ad. non-breeding plumage.

PIED-BILLED GREBE Podilymbuspodiceps Tyknæbbet Lappedykker
Loxahatchee 25/3 2, Merritt Island 27/3 12, 28/3 6, Lake Kissimmee 2973 1, Everglades: (Eco Pond) 4/4 2, 6/4 1.

HORNED GREBE Podiceps auritus Nordisk Lappedykker
Merritt Island 27/3 1.

MASKED BOOBY Sula dactylatra Maskesule
Hospital Key 2/4 9.

NORTHERN GANNET S. bassanus Sule
J.D. MacArthur State Park 25/3 5 1.winter 2 ad., Cocoa Beach 27/3 1, 28/3 2 mig., 29/3 4,  Merritt Island (kysten) 27/3 163 rest., Key West-Fort Jefferson 2/4 4.

AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Amerikansk  Hvid Pelikan
South Bay-Okeechobee 26/3 1, Port Mayaca 26/3 12, Port Mayaca-Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 1, Fort Pierce 26/3 1, Merritt Island 27/3 7, 28/3 2 + 7 mig., Everglades: (Eco Pond) 4/4 1, (Paurotis Pond) 4/4 8.

BROWN PELICAN P. occidentalis Brun Pelikan
South Bay 25/3 5 mig., Palm Beach 25/3 3, J.D. MacArthur State Park 25/3 10, J.D. MacArthur State Park 25/3 10, South Bay-Okeechobee 26/3 1, Port Mayaca 26/3 8, Fort Pierce 26/3 4, Fort Pierce-Cocoa Beach 26/3 5, Cocoa Beach 27/3 50, 28/3  5 + 3 mig., 21 + 2 mig.,  Merritt Island 27/3 21, Sanibel Island 31/3 (broen) 20, (øststrand) 15, John Pennekamp State Park 1/4 5, Key Largo-Key West 1/4 135, Key West-Fort Jefferson 2/4 10, Fort Jefferson 2/4 30, Key West-Homestedt 3/4 62, Everglades: (Mrazek Pond) 3/4 2, (Flamingo) 4/4 12, (Eco Pond) 6/4 2.

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT Phalacrocorax auritus Amerikansk Topskarv
South Bay 25/3 1, South Bay-Loxahatckee 25/3 6, Loxahatchee 25/3 1, Port Mayaca 26/3 35, Fort Pierce 26/3 5, Merritt Island 27/3 49, 28/3 16, Cocoa Beach 28/3 9 mig., 29/3 25 mig., Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 5, Fort Myers-Road 997 South 1/4 77, Key Largo-Key West 1/4 700, Key West-Fort Jefferson-Key West 2/4 65, Fort Jefferson 2/4 10, Key West-Homestedt 3/4 20, Everglades: (Mrazek Pond) 3/4 2, (Eco Pond) 4/4 11, (Paurotis Pond) 4/4 1, (Nine Mile Pond) 4/4 5.

ANHINGA Anhinga anhinga Amerikansk Slangehalsfugl
South Bay-Loxahatchee 25/3 2, Loxahatchee 25/3 26, Loxahatchee-Palm Beach 25/3 3, J.D: MacArthur State Park 25/3 4, Merritt Island 27/3 35, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 1, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 3, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 4, Ding Darling N.W.R. 31/3 5, Fort Myers-Road 997 South 1/4 23, Key Largo-Key West 1/4 1, Everglades: (Mrazek Pond) 3/4 1, (Paurotis Pond) 4/4 3, (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 30 + nestlings.

MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD Fregata magnificens Pragtfregatfugl
J.D. MacArthur State Park 25/3 1, Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 1, (eastbeach) 5, John Pennekamp State Park 1/4 1, Key Largo-Key West 1/4 1, Key West-Fort Jefferson 2/4 5, Fort Jefferson 2/4 12, Key West Botanical Garden 3/4 1 mig.

LEAST BITTERN Ixobrychus exilis Amerikansk Dværghejre
Miccosukee Indian Village 1/4 1 (FV), (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 2.

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON Nycticorax nycticorax Nathejre
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 1 juv. + 7 ad., Everglades: (Paurostis Pond) 7/4 1 juv.

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON N. violaceus Gulkronet Nathejre
J.D. MacArthur State Park 25/3 1, Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 3 breedingpairs seen at nest, (Ding Darling) 1, Everglades: (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 1.

GREEN-BACKED HERON Butorides striatus Grønrygget Hejre
Loxahatchee 25/3 4, Loxahatchee-Palm Beach 25/3 3, Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 1, Merritt Island 28/3 7, Cocoa Beach 29/3 1, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 4, Everglades: (Eco Pond) 4/4 4, 5/4 3, 6/4 1, (Anhinga Trail) 5/5 5.

TRICOLORED HERON Egretta tricolor Trefarvet Hejre
Loxahatchee 25/3 2, Merritt Island 27/3 5, 28/3 8, Kennedy Space Center 28/3 1, Three Lakes 29/3 1, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 2, Miccosukee Indian Village 1/4 2, Key West-Homestedt 3/4 1, Everglades: (Mrazek Pond) 3/4 1, (Eco Pond) 4/4 8, 5/4 15, 6/4 9, (Flamingo-Visitor Center) 5/4 6, (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 2.

LITTLE BLUE HERON E. caerulea Lille Blå Hejre
South Bay 25/3 2, Loxahatchee 25/3 6, Merritt Island 27/3 4, 28/3 5, Cocoa Beach 28/3 6 trk., Kennedy Space Center 28/3 2, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 1, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 11, Ding Darling n.W.R. 31/3 2, Everglades: (Eco Pond) 4/4 4, 6/4 5, (Nine Mile Pond) 4/4 1, (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 1, (Costal Prairie) 6/4 4.

REDDISH EGRET E. rufescens Rusthejre
Merritt Island 27/3 2 + 1 white phase, Key Largo-Key West 1/4 1, (Eco Pond) 4/4 1, (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 1 white phase.

SNOWY EGRET E. thula  Amerikansk Silkehejre
Loxahatchee 25/3 3, Merritt Island 27/3 37, 28/3 39, Cocoa Beach 28/3 4 mig., Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 4, Key Largo-Key West 1/4 2, Everglades: (Mrazek Pond) 3/4 6, Everglades: (Flamingo) 3/4 50, (Flamingo-Visitor Center) 5/4 5, (Eco Pond) 6/4 8 + 5 mig.

GREAT WHITE EGRET E. alba egretta Amerikansk Sølvhejre
South Bay 25/3 1, Fort Pierce-Cocoa Beach 26/3 2, Cocoa Beach 27/3 1 mig., 28/3 3 mig., Merritt Island 27/3 57, 28/3 5, Kennedy Space Center 28/3 5, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 6, Highland Hammock 30/3 1, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 10, Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 1, Fort Myers-Road 997 South 1/4 2, Key Largo-Key West 1/4 5, 22 Mile Pond from Key West 3/4 1, Everglades: (Mrazek Pond) 3/4 2, (Eco Pond) 4/4 1+ 2 mig., 6/4 2 + 5 mig., (Paurotis Pond) 4/4 5, (Flamingo-Visitor Center) 5/4 1. 

CATTLE EGRET Bubulcus ibis Kohejre
South Bay-Loxahatchee 25/3 50, Loxahatchee 25/3 17, South Bay-Okeeckobee 26/3 70, Port Mayaca 26/3 20, Cocoa Beach 28/3 2 trk., Merritt Island 28/3 6, Cocoa-Kissimmee 29/3 34,
Joe Overstreet Road 29/3 220, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 230, Lake Kissimmee-Bok Tower 29/3 50, Highland Hammock-Corkscrew Swamp 30/3 70, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 5, Cape Coral 31/3 25, Fort Myers-Road 997 South 1/4 58, 22 Mile Pond from Key West 3/4 10, Everglades: (Flamingo) 3/4 30, (Eco Pond) 4/4 15, 5/4 30, 6/4 23, (Paurotis Pond) 4/4 2.

GREAT-BLUE HERON Ardea herodias Stor Blåhejre
South Bay-Loxahatchee 25/3 3, Loxahatchee 25/3 4, J.D. MacAtrhur State Park 25/3 3, South Bay 26/3 16 mig. (VP), South Bay-Okeechobee 26/3 1, Port Mayaca 26/3 1, Fort Pierce-Cocoa Beach 26/3 1, Cocoa Beach 27/3 10 trk., 28/3 7 mig., Merritt Island 27/3 5, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 3, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 1, Fort Myers-Road 997 South 1/4 5, Key West-Fort Jefferson 2/4 1 mig., Everglades: (Mrazek Pond) 3/4 1, (Flamingo) 4/4 1+1 white phase, (Snake Bite Trail) 2 würdemann’s phase, (Flamingo-Visitor Center) 5/4 3, (Anhinga Trail 5/4 5 + 1 white phase, (Costal Prairie) 6/4 1.

WOOD STORK Mycterida americana Amerikansk Skovstork
Loxahatchee 25/3 8, Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 2, Merritt Island 27/3 2 + 2 mig., Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 3, Corkscrew Swamp 30/3 20 + breedingcolony (not count), Fort Myers-Road 997 South 1/4 13, Everglades: (Paurotis Pond) 4/4  and 7/4 48 + nestlings in breedingcolony, (Flamingo-Visitor Center) 5/4 10, (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 17.

GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus Sort Ibis
Loxahatchee 25/3 35, Merritt Island 27/3 99, 28/3 26, Kennedy Space Center 28/3 35, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 2, Everglades: (Eco Pond) 4/4 1, (Pa-Hay-Okee) 5/4 11 mig.

WHITE IBIS Eudocimus albus Hvid Ibis
South Bay 25/3 16 mig., Loxahatchee 25/3 60, J.D. MacArthur State Park 25/3 4, Port Mayaca 26/3 120 trk., Merritt Island 27/3 52, 28/3 45, Kennedy Space Center 28/3 20, Three Lakes 29/3 28, Highland Hammock 30/3 1, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 18, Ding Darling N.W.R. 31/3 10, John Pennekamp State Park 1/4 1, 22 Mile Pond from Key West 3/4 1, Everglades: (Visitor Center-Flamingo) 3/4 3, (Eco Pond) 4/4 28, 5/4 400 rest./mig., 6/4 400 rest./mig., (Paurotis Pond) 4/4 breedingcolony not count, (Flamingo-Visitor Center) 5/4 15, (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 4, (Costal Prairie) 6/4 3.

ROSEATE SPOONBILL Ajaia ajaja Rosaskestork
Merritt Island 27/3 1, 28/3 1 mig., Everglades: (Flamingo) 3/4 6, 4/4 1,  (Paurotis Pond) 4/4 14 in breedingcolony, 7/4 2, (Eco Pond) 5/4 3 mig., 6/4 4 mig..

CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis Canadagås
Loxahatchee-Palm Beach 25/3 1, Jonathan Dickinsons State Park-Fort Pierce 26/3 1.

MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos Gråand
Fort Pierce-Cocoa Beach 26/3 3, Fort Myers 31/3 2.

MOTTLED DUCK A. fulvigula Florida Gråand
Loxahatchee 25/3 16, J.D. MacArthur State Park 25/3 1, Merritt Island 28/3 4, Kennedy Space Center 28/3 4, Joe Overstreet Road 29/3 2, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 2, Fort Myers 31/3 7.

GADWALL Anas strepera Knarand
Merritt Island 28/3 1 male.

GREEN-WINGED TEAL A. crecca carolinensis Amerikansk Krikand
Merritt Island 28/3 1 male.

BLUE-WINGED TEAL A. discors Blåvinget And
Loxahatchee 25/3 4 male 1 female, Merritt Island 27/3 15, 28/3 175, Cocoa Beach 28/3 7 mig., 22 Mile Pond from Key West 3/4 10, Everglades: (Mrazek Pond) 3/4 18, (Eco Pond) 6/4 2.

SHOVELER A. clypeata Skeand
Merritt Island 27/3 1 male, 28/3 31.

LESSER SCAUP Aythya affinis Lille bjergand
Port Mayaca 26/3 3 females, Merritt Island 27/3 78.

HOODED MERGANSER Mergus cucullatus Hjelmskallesluger
Merritt Island 28/3 1 female.

RED-BREASTED MERGANSER M. serrator Toppet Skallesluger
Fort Pierce 26/3 2, Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 1, Everglades: (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 2.

RUDDY DUCK Oxyura jamaicensis Amerikansk skarveand
Merritt Island 27/3 13.

TURKEY VULTURE Cathartes aura Kalkungrib
South Bay 25/3 12 mig., Loxahatchee 25/3 15, South Bay-Okeechobee 26/3 5, Port Mayaca-Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 65, Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 7, Jonathan Dickinsons State Park-Fort Pierce 26/3 3, Fort Pierce 26/3 30, Merritt Island 27/3 83, 28/3 20, Kennedy Space Center 28/3 11, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 14, Three Lakes 29/3 12,
Joe Overstreet Road 29/3 16, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 10, Lake Kissimmee-Bok Tower 29/3 30, Highland Hammock 30/3 2, Highland Hammock-Corkscrew Swamp 30/3 20, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 4, Fort Myers-Road 997 South 1/4 36, Key Largo-Key West 1/4 5, Key West Botanical Garden 3/4 1, Key West-Homestedt 3/4 180, Everglades: (Visitor Center-Flamingo) 3/4 4, (Flamingo) 3/4 25 mig. 4/4 5, (Eco Pond) 4/4 6, 5/4 2, 6/4 13, (Paurotis Pond) 4/4 1, (Nine Mile Pond) 4/4 4, (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 2, (Flamingo-Visitor Center) 5/4 11, (Anhinga Trail) 9, (Pa-Hay-Okee) 5/4 6, (Mahogany Hammock) 5/4.

BLACK VULTURE Coragyps atratus Ravnegrib
South Bay 2, Loxahatchee 25/3 3, J.D. MacArthur State Park 25/3 4, Port Mayaca 26/3 2, Port Mayaca-Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 17, Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 2, Jonathan Dickinsons State Park-Fort Pierce 26/3 14, Fort Pierce-Cocoa Beach 26/3 4, Merritt Island 27/3 20, 28/3 1, Kennedy Space Center 28/3 70, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 36, Three Lakes 29/3 7,
Joe Overstreet Road 29/3 10, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 10, Lake Kissimmee-Bok Tower 29/3 10, Highland Hammock 30/3 2, Highland Hammock-Corkscrew Swamp 30/3 2, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 5, Fort Myers-Road 997 South 1/4 74, Everglades: (Flamingo) 3/4 4, 4/4 2, (Eco Pond) 4/4 1, (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 8, (Long Pine Key) 5/4 1.

BALD EAGLE Haliaeetus leucocephalus Hvidhovedet Havørn
South Bay-Okeechobee 26/3 1+ 1 imm. + 2 ad., Port Mayaca-Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 1 juv + 1 ad., Merritt Island 27/3 1 ad. + 1 nest, 28/3 2 ad., Kennedy Space Center 28/3 4 + 1 nest, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 1 ad. + 1 imm., Three Lakes 29/3 16 i skrue, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 1 ad., Lake Kissimmee-Bok Tower 29/3 1, Cape Coral 31/3 2, Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 1 imm., (Paurotis Pond) 4/4 1 subad., (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 2 ad + 2 imm., (Eco Pond) 6/4 1 ad.

AMERICAN SWALLOW-TAILED KITE Elanoides forficatus Svalehaleglente 
Merritt Island 27/3 2 mig., Highland Hammock 30/3 2, Highland Hammock-Corkscrew Swamp 30/3 4, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 3, Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 1, (Paurotis Pond) 4/4 4, (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 1, (Noble Hammock) 5/4 1, (Eco Pond) 6/4 3,.

SNAIL KITE Rostrhamus sociabilis Snegleglente
Miccosukee Indian Village 1/4 13.

HEN HARRIER Circus cyaneus hudsonius Blå Kærhøg (amerikansk: Northern Harrier).
South Bay-Loxahatchee 25/3 2 female, Loxahatchee 25/3 1, South Bay-Okeechobee 26/3 1, Merritt Island 27/3 7, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 1, Joe Overstreet Road 29/3 1, Fort Myers-Road 997 South 1/4 2, Everglades: (Mrazek Pond) 3/4 1, (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 1 female.

SHARP-SHINNED HAWK Accipiter striatus Amerikansk Spurvehøg
Loxahatchee-Palm Beach 25/3 1, Port Mayaca-Jonathan Dickinsosn State Park 26/3 1, Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 1, Cocoa Beach 27/3 1 trk., 29/3 1, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 1, Highland Hammock 30/3 1.

RED-SHOULDRED HAWK Buteo lineartus Rødskuldret Musvåge
Loxahatchee 25/3 1, South Bay 26/3 1 (VP), Port Mayaca-Jonathan Dickinsosn State Park 26/3 2, Three Lakes 29/3 1, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 1, Lake Kissimmee-Bok Tower 29/3 1, Highland Hammock 30/3 2, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 1 + nest, Fort Myers-Road 997 South 1/4 3, John Pennekamp State Park 1/4 1, Key West Botanical Garden 3/4 1, Everglades: (Eco Pond) 4/4 3, 6/4 1, (Paurotis Pond) 4/4 1, 7/4 3, (Costal Prairie) 6/4 1.

RED-TAILED HAWK B. jamaicensis Rødhalet Våge
South Bay-Loxahatchee 25/3 2, Port Mayaca-Jonathan Dickinsosn State Park 26/3 3, Cocoa-Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 3, Lake Kissimmee-Bok Tower 29/3 1.

OSPREY Pandion haliatus Fiskeørn
South Bay 25/3 1, South Bay-Loxahahatchee 25/3 7, Loxahatchee 25/3 2, Loxahatchee-Palm Beach 25/3 2, J.D. Mac Arthur State Park 25/3 2, Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 1, Fort Pierce 26/3 1, Fort Pierce-Cocoa Beach 26/3 1, Merritt Island 27/3 17, 28/3 4, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 2, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 1, Sebring 30/3 1, Highland Hammock-Corkscrew Swamp 30/3 1, Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 2, (eastbeach) 2 + rede, (Ding Darling) 2, Fort Myers-Road 997 South 1/4 4, John Pennekamp State Park 1/4 1, Key Largo-Key West 1/4 2, Key West-Fort Jefferson 2/4 1, Key West-Homestedt 3/4 3, Everglades: (Visitor Center-Flamingo) 3/4 2, (Flamingo) 4/4 6, (Eco Pond) 4/4 3, 6/4 1, (Paurotis Pond) 4/4 1, (Nine Mile Pond) 4/4 2, (Flamingo-Visitor Center) 5/4 3, (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 2, (Costal Prairie) 6/4 1.

CRESTED CARACARA Polyborus plancus Caracara
Lake Kissimmee-Bok Tower 29/3 2 ad. + 1 imm.

AMERICAN KESTREL Falco sparverius Amerikansk Tårnfalk
South Bay 4 mig., Port Mayaca 26/3 1, Fort Pierce 26/3 1, Cocoa Beach 27/3 1 trk., Merritt Island 27/3 2, Joe Overstreet Road 29/3 1, Fort Jefferson 2/4 1, Everglades: (Visitor Center-Flamingo) 3/4 1.

MERLIN F. columbarius Dværgfalk
Key West-Fort Jefferson 2/4 1 mig., Fort Jefferson 2/4 1, Everglades: (Noble Hammock) 5/4 1.

PEREGRINE FALCON F. peregrinus Vandrefalk
Cocoa Beach 27/3 1 mig., Everglades: (Flamingo) 3/4 1 mig.

WILD TURKEY Meleagris gallopavo Kalkun
Joe Overstreet Road 29/3 4, Lake Kissimmee-Bok Tower 29/3 8.

SORA Porzana carolina
Merritt Island 28/3 1 heard.

AMERICAN PURPLE GALLINULE Porphyrula martinica
Loxahatchee 25/3 2, Everglades: (Eco Pond) 4/4 2, 6/4 1, (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 1.

MOORHEN Gallinula chloropus Grønbenet Rørhøne
South Bay-Loxahatchee 25/3 1, Loxahatchee 25/3 35, Port Mayaca 26/3 2, Merritt Island 28/3 5, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 1, Ding Darling N.W.R. 31/3 7, Key West-Homestedt 3/4 2, Everglades: (Mrazek Pond) 3/4 4, (Eco Pond) 4/4 6, 6/4 7, (Paurotis Pond) 4/4 2, (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 1.

AMERICAN COOT Fulica americana Amerikansk Blishøne
Loxahatchee 25/3 60,  Port Mayaca 26/3 7, Merritt Island 27/3 45, 28/3 1200, Key West-Homestedt 3/4 20, Everglades: (Eco Pond) 4/4 6, 5/4 4, 6/4 9, (Paurotis Pond) 4/4 4.

LIMPKIN  Aramus guarauna Riksetrane
Three Lakes wildlife Management Area 29/3 1.

SANDHILL CRANE Grus canadensis Prærietrane
Loxahatchee 25/3 2, Port Mayaca-Jonathan Dickinsosn State Park 26/3 5, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 12, Three Lakes 29/3 2, Joe Overstreet Road 29/3 7, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 6, Lake Kissimmee-Bok Tower 29/3 4.

WOOPING CRANE G. americana Trompetertrane
The birds are released in central Florida in 1993. The cranes are color-banded, fitted with radio transmitters, and monitored by aircraft daily. It is planed to release at least 200 birds over the next 10 years.
Lake Kissimmee 29/3 2.

AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER Haemantopus palliatus Amerikansk Strandskade
Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 2.

AMERICAN AVOCET Recurvirostra americana Amerikansk Klyde
Merritt Island 28/3 26, Everglades: (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 70.

BLACK-NECKED STILT Himantopus mexicanus Sortnakket Stylteløber
Loxahatchee 25/3 22, Merritt Island 27/3 4, 28/3 4, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 4, Everglades: (Eco Pond) 4/4 2 mig..

WILSON’S PLOVER Charadrius wilsonia Tyknæbbet Præstekrave
Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 1.

SEMIPALMATED PLOVER C. semipalmatus Amerikansk Præstekrave
Merritt Island 27/3 30, Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 6, Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 1.

KILLDEER C. vociferus Kildire
South Bay 25/3 1, Loxahatchee 25/3 5, Merritt Island 27/3 3, 28/3 5 ad. + 5 pull.

BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola Strandhjejle
Merritt Island 27/3 15, 28/3 2, Cocoa Beach 28/3 1, Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 3, (eastbeach) 22, Fort Jefferson 2/4 9, Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 5, 6/4 2, (Snake Bite Trail) 75 mig.

KNOT Calidris canutus Islandsk Ryle
Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 4.

SANDERLING C. alba Sandløber
J.D. MacArthur State Park 25/3 35, Cocoa Beach 27/3 1, Merritt Island 27/3 30, Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 4, (eastbeach) 12.

WESTERN SANDPIPER C. mauri Alaskaryle
Merritt Island 27/3 250. 

LEAST SANDPIPER C. minutilla Amerikansk Dværgryle
Loxahatchee 25/3 16, Merritt Island 27/3 530, 28/3 600, Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 6, Everglades (Flamingo) 4/4 8, (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 300,.

DUNLIN C. alpina Almindelig Ryle
Merritt Island 27/3 710, Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 25, (Snake BiteTrail 4/4 700.

SANDPIPER SP. C. sp.
Merritt Island 28/3 1000. Everglades: (Flamingo) 3/4 300.

STILT SANDPIPER Micropalama himantopus Klireryle
Merritt Island 28/3 49.

COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago Dobbeltbekkasin
Loxahatchee 25/3 3.

SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER Limnodromus griseus Kortnæbbet Sneppeklire
Loxahatchee 25/3 2, Merritt Island 27/3 159, 28/3 55, Everglades: (Flamingo) 3/4 200, 4/4 10, (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 2150 rest./mig.

MARBLED GODWIT Limosa fedoa Prærie-kobbersneppe
Merritt Island 27/3 4, Everglades: (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 13.

WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus Lille Regnspove
Fort Jefferson 2/4 1.

WILLET Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Willet
Cocoa Beach 27/3 1, 28/3 1, 29/3 1 + 5 trk.,  Merritt Island 27/3 25, 28/3 1, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 15 trk., Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 8, (eastbeach) 45, Everglades: (Flamingo) 3/4 200, 4/4 20, 6/4 28, (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 150 mig., (Costal Prairie) 6/4 29.

GREATER YELLOWLEGS Tringa melanoleuca Stor Gulben
Merritt Island 27/3 25, 28/3 25, Everglades: (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 1.

LESSER YELLOWLEGS T. flavipes Gulben
South Bay-Loxahatchee 25/3 2, Loxahatchee 25/3 7, Merritt Island 27/3 46, 28/3 37, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 5.

SPOTTED SANDPIPER Actitis macularia Plettet Mudderklire
Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 2, 6/4 1.

RUDDY TURNSTONE Arenarina interpres Stenvender
Merritt Island 27/3 45, Cocoa Beach 28/3 4, Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 11, (eastbeach) 35, Key West harbour 2/4 8, Fort Jefferson 2/4 3, Everglades: (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 10,

POMARINE SKUA Stercorarius pomarinus Mellemkjove
Key West-Fort Jefferson 2/4 1 mig. (FV. m.fl.).

LAUGHING GULL Larus atricilla Lattermåge
Palm Beach 25/3 5, J.D. MacArthur State Park 25/3 6, South Bay-Okeechobee 26/3 1, Port Mayaca 26/3 15, Fort Pierce 26/3 100, Fort Pierce-Cocoa Beach 26/3 3, Cocoa Beach 27/3 200, 28/3 200, 29/3 25, Merritt Island 27/3 370, Kennedy Space Center 28/3 20, Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 15, (eastbeach) 30, Key Largo-Key West 1/4 95, Key West-Fort Jefferson 2/4 20, Key West-Homestedt 3/4 40, Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 2.

BONAPARTE’S GULL L. philadelphia Bonapartemåge
Port Mayaca 26/3 1, Merritt Island 27/3 3.

RINGBILLED GULL L. delawarensis Ringnæbbet Måge
South Bay 25/3 10, Loxahatchee-Palm Beach 25/3 2, Palm Beach 25/3 10, Port Mayaca 26/3 9, Fort Pierce 26/3 5, Cocoa Beach 27/3 150, 28/3 150, 29/3 30,  Merritt Island 27/3 185, Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 2, (eastbeach) 35, Key West-Fort Jefferson 2/4 2.

HERRING GULL L. argentatus smithsonianus Sølvmåge
J.D. MacArthur State Park 25/3 3, Port Mayaca 26/3 5 1.sum., Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 1, (eastbeach) 7, Key Largo-Key West 1/4 1, Fort Jefferson 2/4 9.

GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL L. marinus Svartbag
J.D. MacArthur State Park 25/3 2, Port Mayaca 26/3 1 juv.

LEAST TERN S. antillarum Lille Terne
Merritt Island 27/3 2.

FORSTER’S TERN Sterna forsteri Prærieterne
Port Mayaca 26/3 1, Merritt Island 27/3 29, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 1.

SANDWICH TERN S. sandvicensis Splitterne
J.D. MacArthur State Park 25/3 1, Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 4, Key West-Fort Jefferson 2/4 6, Fort Jefferson 2/4 7.

CASPIAN TERN S. caspia Rovterne
South Bay-Loxahatchee 25/3 1, J.D. MacArthur State Park 2, Port Mayaca 26/3 2, Merritt Island 27/3 4, Key West-Homestedt 3/4 1, Everglades: (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 4.

ROYAL TERN S. maxima Kongeterne
J.D. MacArthur State Park 25/3 17, Fort Pierce 26/3 30, Merritt Island 27/3 9, Cocoa Beach 28/3 1, Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 1, Fort Jefferson 2/4 18.

SOOTY TERN S. fuscata Sodfarvet Terne
Fort Jefferson/Bush Key 2/4 40.000 breeding pairs. The colony was not counted.

BROWN NODDY Anous stolidus Brun Noddy
Fort Jefferson/Bush Key 2/4 200 breeding pairs. The colony was not counted.

BLACK SKIMMER Rynchops niger Amerikansk Saksnæb
Merritt Island 27/3 1 + 16 mig., Kennedy Space Center 28/3 16 mig. (VP), Key West-Fort Jefferson 2/4 4, Fort Jefferson 2/4 6, Everglades: (Flamingo) 3/4 350, (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 1030 rest/mig.

WHITE-CROWNED PIGEON Columba leucocephala
Key West (Old Town) 1/4 4, 3/4 6.

ROCK DOVE C. livia Klippedue/Tamdue
Common everywhere.

MOURNING DOVE Zenaida macroura
Miami Lufthavn 24/3 1, South Bay 25/3 5, Loxahatchee-Palm Beach 25/3 10, Palm Beach 25/3 2, South Bay 26/3 1, South Bay-Okeechobee 26/3 10, Merritt Island 27/3 5, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 6, Joe Overstreet Road 29/3 3, Bok Tower 29/3 4, Highland Hammock 30/3 2,
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 4, Fort Myers 31/3 2, Cape Coral 31/3 4, Fort Jefferson 2/4 2, Key West Botanical Garden 3/4 1.

WHITE-WINGED DOVE Z. asiatica
Bok Tower 29/3 3.

COLLARED DOVE Streptopelia decaocto Tyrkerdue
South Bay 25/3 5, Loxahatchee-Palm Beach 25/3 5, Palm Beach 25/3 6, South Bay 26/3 1, Jonathan Dickinsons State Park-Fort Pierce 26/3 22, Fort Pierce 26/3 10, Merritt Island 27/3 1, Cocoa Beach 28/3 1, Kennedy Space Center 28/3 2, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 6, Fort Myers 31/3 1, John Pennekamp State Park 1/4 3, Key Largo-Key West 1/4 32, Key West-Homestedt 3/4 5.

COMMON GROUND-DOVE Columbina passerina
Bok Tower 29/3 1, Cape Coral 31/3 5, John Pennekamp State Park 1/4 3, Everglades: (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 1.

MONK PARAKEET Myiopsitta monachus Munkeparakit
Miami Springs / Nursing Home Park 7/4 30 (breeding colony).

BLACK-HOODED PARAKEET Nandayus nenday
Introduced from South America, the birds are still unestablished. 
John Pennekamp State Park (outside the park) 1/4 2.

GREAT HORNED OWL  Bubo virginianus Amerikansk Stor Hornugle
Gas station on way 846 immediate outside Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 2.

BARRED OWL Strix varia Båndet Natugle
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 1 seen and heard, Everglades (Eco Pond) 6/4 2 heard (VP).

BURROWING OWL  Speotyto cunicularia Prærieugle
Cape Coral 31/5 3.

COMMON NIGHTHAWK Chordeiles minor Nathøg
Homestedt / Hainlin Mill Drive 7/4 3 mig.

RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD Archilochus colubris Rubinstrube
Fort Jefferson 2/4 1.

BELTED KINGFISHER Megaceryle alcyon Bæltestødfisker
South Bay-Loxahatchee 25/3 8, J.D. MacArthur State Park 25/3 1, Port Mayaca-Jonathan Dickinsosn State Park 26/3 1, Fort Pierce 26/3 1, Merritt Island 28/3 1, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 1, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 3, Fort Myers-Road 997 South 1/4 8, Key Largo-Key West 1/4 1, Key West-Homestedt 3/4 2, Everglades: (Mrazek Pond) 3/4 2, (Nine Mile Pond) 4/4 1, (Eco Pond) 6/4 1.

RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER Melanerpes carolinus Zebra-spætte
Loxahatchee 25/3 2, Cocoa Beach 27/3 2, Bok Tower 29/3 2, Highland Hammock 30/3 4, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 8, Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 1, Key West (Old Town) 3/4 2, Key West Botanical Garden 3/4 1, Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 5, 6/4 2, (Eco Pond) 4/4 4, 5/4 1, 6/4 3, (Mahogany Hammock) 4/4 2, (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 1, (Gunbo Limbo Trail) 5/4 1, (Long Pine Key) 2, (Costal Prairie) 6/4 2, (Paurostis Pond) 7/4 1, Miami Springs/ Nursing Home Park 7/4 2.

NORTHERN FLICKER Colaptes auratus Guldspætte
Merritt Island 28/3 2, Fort Myers 31/3 2, Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 2, Everglades: (Flamingo) 3/4 1, 4/4 2, (costal Prairie) 6/4 1.

YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER Sphyrapicus varius Gulbuget Saftspætte
Fort Jefferson 2/4 1.

DOWNY WOODPECKER Picoides pubescens Dværg-flagspætte
Three Lakes Management Area 29/3 1, Highland Hammock 30/3 1, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 1.

PILEATED WOODPECKER Dryocopus pileatus Amerikansk Sortspætte
Highland Hammock 30/3 2, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 1 + 2 heard, Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 2, (Ding Darling) 1.

EASTERN KINGBIRD Tyrannus tyrannus
Everglades: (Eco Pond) 5/4 1, 6/4 1.

GRAY KINGBIRD T. dominicensis
Fort Jefferson 2/4 2, Key West (Old Town) 3/4 1, Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 1.

SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER T. forficatus
Okechobee 26/3 1.

GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER Myiarchus criniyus
Bok Tower 29/3 1, Highland Hammock 30/3 4, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 6, Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 1, Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 5, (Eco Pond) 4/4 3, (Mahogany Hammock) 4/4 2, (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 3.

TREE SWALLOW Tachycineta bicolor Træsvale
Loxahatchee 25/3 100, Port Mayaca 26/3 1, Port Mayaca-Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 400, Merritt Island 27/3 1, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 4, Lake Kissimmee-Bok Tower 29/3 40, Bok Tower 29/3 300.

PURPLE MARTIN Progne subis
South Bay 25/3 2 female, Sebring 30/3 3, Ding Darling N.W.R. 31/3 2, Homestedt 3/4 3.

BANK SWALLOW Riparia riparia Digesvale
Everglades: (Flamingo) 6/4 3 mig. (FV.LFP. m.fl.).

NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW Stelgidopteryx serripennis
South Bay 26/3 2, Port Mayaca 26/3 30, Fort Jefferson 2/4 20, Everglades: (Costal Prairie) 6/4 3, Flamingo) 6/4 100 mig., (Eco Pond) 6/4 1.

BARN SWALLOW Hirundo rustica Landsvale
Merritt Island 27/3 2, Bok Tower 29/3 1, Ding Darling N.W.R. 31/3 1, Fort Jefferson 2/4 12, (Costal Prairie) 6/4 14, (Eco Pond) 6/4 15.

CAVE SWALLOW H. fulva
Homestedt / Hainlin Mill Drive 7/4 35.

CEDAR WAXWING Bombycilla cedrorum Amerikansk Silkehale
Titusville 27/3 80, 28/3 30, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 30.

HOUSE WREN Troglodytes aedon
Cocoa Beach 27/3 1 sing. (VP), 28/3 1, 29/3 1, Merritt Island 27/3 1, Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 1.

CAROLINA WREN Thryothorus ludovicianus
Highland Hammock 30/3 1 heard, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 1, Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 1.

GRAY CATBIRD Dumetella carolinensis Kattedrossel
Loxahatchee 25/3 1, Cocoa Beach 28/3 1, Merritt Island 28/3 1, Bok Tower 29/3 1, Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 4, Everglades: (Mrazek Pond) 3/4 1, (Eco Pond) 4/4 2, 5/4 4, 6/4 7, (Mahogany Hammock) 4/4 3, (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 2, (Anhinga Trail) 4, (Costal Prairie) 6/4 4, (Paurostis Pond) 7/4 1.

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD Mimus polyglottos Nordlig Spottedrossel
South Bay 25/3 5, South Bay-Loxahatchee 25/3  3, Palm Beach 25/3 2, South Bay-Okeechobee 26/3 2, Port Mayaca 26/3 2, Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 1, Fort Pierce 26/3 4, Cocoa Beach 27/3 1, 29/3 5, Merritt Island 28/3 1, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 9, Three Lakes 29/3 2, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 2, Lake Kissimmee-Bok Tower 29/3 11, Bok Tower 29/3 5, Sebring 30/3 2, Highland Hammock 30/3 4, Highland Hammock-Corkscrew Swamp 30/3 11, Fort Myers 31/3 4, Everglades: (Visitor Center-Flamingo) 3/4 2, (Flamingo-Visitor Center) 5/4 2, (Mahogany Hammock) 5/4 1, (Paurostis Pond) 7/4 3, Miami Springs 7/4 5.

BROWN THRASHER Toxostoma rufum Røddrossel
Bok Tower 29/3 1, Everglades: (Eco Pond) 5/4 1.

TUFTED TITMOUSE Parus bicolor
Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area 29/3 1. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 1.

WOOD THRUSH Hylocichla mustelina Plettet Skovdrossel
Everglades: (Mahogany Hammock) 4/4 1 (VP).

VEERY Catharus fuscescens Rustrygget Skovdrossel
Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 1.

LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE Lanius ludovicianus
Loxahatchee 25/3 2, Loxahatchee-Palm Beach 25/3 3, Port Mayaca-Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 5, Cocoa Beach 27/3 1, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 4, Joe Overstreet Road 29/3 1, Bok Tower 29/3 1, Highland Hammock-Corkscrew Swamp 30/3 2.

BLUE JAY Cyanocitta cristata
South Bay 26/3 3, Merritt Island 27/3 1, Bok Tower 29/3 6, Highland Hammoick 30/3 2, Fort Myers 31/3 2, Everglades: Paurostis Pond) 7/4 6, Miami Springs / Nursing Home Park 7/4 3.

AMERICAN CROW Corvus brachyrhynchos
South Bay 25/3 2, Loxahatchee 25/3 16, Port Mayaca- Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 1,
Lake Kissimmee 29/3  20, Lake Kissimmee-Bok Tower 29/3 4, Highland Hammock 30/3 4, Fort Myers-Road 997 South 1/4 3, Everglades: (Visitor Center-Flamingo) 3/4 15, (Flamingo) 4/4 20, (Paurotis Pond) 4/4 1, (Mahogany Hammock) 4/4 2, 5/4 2, (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 2, (Flamingo-Visitor Center) 5/4 4, (Long Pine Key) 5/4 1, (Pa-Hay-Okee) 5/4 2, (Eco Pond) 6/4 6.

FISH CROW C. ossifragus
Loxahatchee 25/3 1, Palm Beach 25/3 10, J.D. MacArthur State Park 25/3 200, J.D. MacArthur State Park-South Bay 25/3 50, Fort Pierce 26/3 40, Fort Myers 6, Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 14.

CROW SP. C. sp.
Fort Pierce-Cocoa Beach 26/3 9.

STARLING Sturnus vulgaris Stær
Miami Lufthavn 24/3 4, South Bay 20, South Bay-Loxahatchee 25/3 40, Loxahatchee-Palm Beach 25/3 20, Palm Beach 25/3 5, South Bay-Okeechobee 26/3 10, Port Mayaca 26/3 10, Port Mayaca-Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 40, Jonathan Dickinsons State Park-Fort Pierce 26/3 2, Fort  Pierce 26/3 50, Fort Pierce-Cocoa Beach 26/3 10, Cocoa Beach 27/3 10, Merritt Island 27/3 2, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 5, Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 1, Fort Myers-Road 997 South 1/4 10, Key West-Homestedt 3/4 10, Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 2, (Eco Pond) 6/4 10, Miami Springs 7/4 30.

COMMON MYNA Acridotheres tristis Almindelig Maina
Introduced from Asia. First noted in the state in Miami in 1983. The birds are still unestablished.
Homestedt 3/4 3.

WHITE-EYED VIREO Vireo atricapillus
Three Lakes 29/3 4, Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 5, (Eco Pond) 4/4 6, 5/4 1, 6/4 2, (Nine Mile Pond) 4/4 1, (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 1, (Costal Prairie) 6/4 1.

YELLOW-THROATED VIREO V. flavifrons Gulstrubet Vireo
Fort Jefferson 2/4 1, Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 1.

SOLITARY VIREO V. solitarius
South Bay-Okeechobee 26/3 1, Three Lakes 29/3 2.

RED-EYED VIREO V. olivaceus Rødøjet Vireo
Highland Hammock 30/3 2 + 1 heard, Fort Jefferson 2/4 1, Key West Botanical Garden 3/4 1.

BLACK-WHISKERED VIREO V. altiloquus
Fort Jefferson 2/4 1.

BLUE-WINGED WARBLER Vermivora pinus
Fort Jefferson 2/4 1 male (KAH).

NORTHERN PARULA Parula americana Parulasanger
Three Lakes 29/3 3 han 1 female, Highland Hammock 30/3 9, Fort Jefferson 2/4 4, Miami Springs / Nursing Home Park 7/4 1.

BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER Mniotita varia Sorthvid Sanger
Three Lakes 29/3 1, Highland Hammock 30/3 1, Fort Jefferson 2/4 4, Everglades: (Eco Pond) 4/4 1, (Mahogany Hammock) 4/4 1, (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 1.

CAPE MAY WARBLER Dendroica tigrina Brunkindet Sanger
Fort Jefferson 2/4 2,.

MAGNOLIA WARBLER D. magnolia Magnoliesanger
Everglades: (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 1.

YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER D. coronata Myrtesanger
Loxahatchee 25/3 2, Merritt Island 27/3 1, Cocoa Beach 28/3 1, Three Lakes 29/3 1, Bok Tower 29/3 4, Fort Jefferson 2/4 5.

YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER D. dominica
South Bay-Okeechobee 26/3 1, Three Lakes 29/3 3, Fort Jefferson 2/4 1.

PRAIRIE WARBLER D. discolor
Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 1, Fort Jefferson 2/4 2, Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 2, (Eco Pond) 4/4 1, 5/4 1, 6/4 2, (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 3, (Costal Prairie) 6/4 5, Miami Springs / Nursing Home Park 7/4 2.

PINE WARBLER D. pinus
Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 1 sing. (VP), Merritt Island 28/3 1 sing., Highland Hammock 30/3 5 sing. (VP), (Long Pine Key) 5/4 3.

PALM WARBLER D. palmarum Mossanger
South Bay 25/3 1, 26/3 1, Cocoa Beach 27/3 2, 28/3 8, 29/3 3, Merritt Island 27/3 1, Three Lakes 29/3 4, Bok Tower 29/3 10, Highland Hammock 30/3 2, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 4, Fort Myers 31/3 8, Fort Jefferson 2/4 14, Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 1, (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 1, (Long Pine Key) 5/4 6, (Eco Pond) 6/4 1, Miami Springs / Nursing Home Park 7/4 2.

KENTUCKY WARBLER Oporornis formosus
Fort Jefferson 2/4 1 (VP).

HOODED WARBLER Wilsonia citrina
Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 1, Fort Jefferson 2/4 9.

WORM-EATING WARBLER Helmitheros vermivorus
Fort Jefferson 2/4 1.

LOUSIANA WATERTHRUSH Seiurus motacilla Sydlig Vanddrossel
Fort Jefferson 2/4 1.

COMMON YELLOWTHROAT Geothlypis trichas Gulstrube
Merritt Island 28/3 1 (OJ), Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 1, Everglades: (Eco Pond) 4/4 2, 5/4 1, 6/4 2, (Paurostis Pond) 7/4 1.

AMERICAN REDSTART Setophaga ruticilla Amerikansk Ildstjert
Key West Botanical Garden 3/4 1 female, Everglades: (Eco Pond) 5/4 1 female.

NORTHERN CARDINAL Cardinalis cardinalis 
Loxahatchee 25/3 1, Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 2 males 1 female, Merritt Island 27/3 2, Cocoa Beach 29/3 1, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 1, Three Lakes 29/3 2, Bok Tower 29/3 1, Sebring 30/3 1, Highland Hammock 30/3 3, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 3, Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 1, (Ding Darling) 1, Key West-Homestedt 3/4 1, Everglades: (Mrazek Pond) 3/4 1,
(Flamingo) 4/4 11, 6/4 3, (Eco Pond) 4/4 7, 5/4 2, 6/4 3, (Mahogany Hammock) 4/4 1, (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 2, (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 2, (Gunbo Linbo Trail) 5/4 3, (Costal Prairie) 6/4 2, (Paurostis Pond) 7/4 1.

INDIGO BUNTING Passerina cyanea Indigofinke
Fort Jefferson 2/4 4, Everglades: (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 1 male, (Flamingo-Visitor Center) 574 1 male,.

PAINTED BUNTING P. ciris Pavefinke
Everglades: (Eco Pond) 4/4 2 han + 1 hun.

RUFOUS-SIDED TOWHEE Pipilo erythrophthalmus Rødsidet Buskspurv
Three Lakes 29/3 3 (VP), Bok Tower 29/3 1.

SAVANNAH SPARROW Passerculus sandwichensis Savannah Spurv
Loxahatchee 25/3 2, Port Mayaca 26/3 3, Merritt Island 27/3 1, Joe Overstreet Road 29/3 13, Key Largo-Key West 1/4 1, Everglades: (Flamingo) 6/4 5,

EASTERN MEDOWLARK Sturnella magna  Østlig Englærke
Port Mayaca 26/3 2, Port Mayaca-Jonathan Dickinsons State Park 26/3 1, Merritt Island 28/3 1, Joe Overstreet Road 29/3 9, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 2, Lake Kissimmee-Bok Tower 29/3 4, Cape Coral 31/3 2, Everglades: (Visitor Center-Flamingo) 3/4 1, (Costal Prairie) 6/4 4.

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD Agelaius phoeniceus Rødvinget Trupial
South Bay-Loxahatchee 25/3 50, Loxahatchee 25/3 50, South Bay-Okeechobee 26/3 36, Merritt Island 27/3 150, 28/3 30, Lake Kissimmee-Bok Tower 29/3 2, Bok Tower 29/3 16, Highland Hammock-Corkscrew Swamp 30/3 6, Fort Myers-Road 997 South 1/4 13, Key Largo-Key West 1/4 2, Key West-Homestedt 3/4 21, Everglades: (Eco Pond) 4/4 50, 5/4 200, 6/4 500, (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 2, (Flamingo) 6/4 600 mig.

COMMON GRACKLE Quiscalus quiscula Sort Trupial
Loxahatchee 25/3 1, South Bay-Okeechobee 26/3 1, Merritt Island 27/3 5, Kennedy Space Center 28/3 15, Bok Tower 29/3 2, Highland Hammock-Corkscrew Swamp 30/3 6, Corkscrew swamp Sanctuary 30/3 7, Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 10, Fort Myers-Road 997 South 1/4 30, Everglades: (Visitor Center-Flamingo) 3/4 2, (Eco Pond) 5/4 100, 6/4 50.

BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE Q. major
South Bay 25/3 15, 26/3 20, South Bay-Loxahatchee 25/3 200, Loxahatchee 25/3 100, Loxahatchee-Palm Beach 25/3 10, Palm Beach 25/3 50, J.D. MacArthur State Park-South Bay 25/3 30, South Bay-Okeechobee 26/3 110, Port Mayaca 26/3 40, Fort Pierce-Cocoa Beach 26/3 59, Cocoa Beach 27/3 100, Merritt Island 27/3 110, 28/3 150, Kennedy Space Center 28/3 100, Cocoa Beach-Lake Kissimmee 29/3 10, Lake Kissimmee 29/3 15, Lake Kissimmee-Bok Tower 29/3 31,
Highland Hammock-Corkscrew Swamp 30/3 20, Fort Myers 31/3 50, Fort Myers-Road 997 South  1/4 150, Key West-Homestedt 3/4 30, Everglades: (Visitor Center-Flamingo) 3/4 2, (Eco Pond) 4/4 10, 5/4 20, 6/4 100, (Anhinga Trail) 5/4 60, Miami Springs 7/4 4.

ORCHARD ORIOLE Icterus spurius
Fort Jefferson 2/4 2, Everglades: (Eco Pond) 5/4 4 males + 2 females, 6/4 5 + 1 juv male + 9 ad. males + 2 females.

BALTIMORE ORIOLE I. galbula Baltimoretrupial
Everglades: (Eco Pond) 4/4 1 male, 6/4 1 male (KAH).

HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus Gråspurv
South Bay 25/3 40, 26/3 10.

171 fuglearter.

MAMMALS

NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO Dasypus novemcinctus Ni-båndet Bæltedyr
Kennedy Space Center 28/3 5.

MARSH RABBIT sylvilagus palustris
Everglades: (Eco Pond) 4/4 2.

GRAY SQUIRREL Scuirus carolinensis
Loxahatchee 25/3 2.

RACCOON Procyon lotor Vaskebjørn
Kennedy Space Center 28/3 1 ad. + 3 juv. (VP), Everglades: (Flamingo) 4/4 2, (Flamingo Camping) 6/4 2.

ATLANTIC BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN Tursiops truncatus Øresvin
Sanibel Island 31/3 (eastbeach) 3.

WEST INDIAN MANATEE Trichecus manatus Søko
Fort Pierce 26/3 4, Sanibel Island 31/3 (the bridge) 1.

WILD PIG (Sus scrofa)
domisticated
Merritt Island 27/3 2.

WHITE-TAILED DEER Odocoileus virginianus
Three Lakes Management Area 29/3 1, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 5, Everglades: (Visitor center-Flamingo 3/4 1, (Long Pine Key) 5/4 2.

REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS AND FISH

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR Alligator mississippiensis
South Bay-Loxahatchee 25/3 2, Loxahatchee 25/3 2, Kennedy Space Center 28/3 6, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 11, Everglades: (Eco Pond) 6, (Nine Mile Pond) 4/4 3, (Anhinga Trail) 31.

Turtles
RED-EARED SLIDER Trachemys scripta
Common.

FLORIDA SOFTSHELL Apalone ferox
Common in quiet waters. Everglades: Eco Pond and Anhinga Trail.

Snakes
BLACK RACER Coluber constrictor
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 1. John Pennekamp State Park 1/4 1.

FLORIDA COTTONMOUTH Agkistrodon contortrix
Everglades: (Mahogany Hammock) 4/4 1.

EASTERN DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE Sistrurus miliarius
The Worlds greatest Rattlesnake.
Everglades: (Snake Bite Trail) 4/4 1.

Lizards
GREEN ANOLE Anolis carolinensis
Common but the majority seen in Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary 30/3 20.

Frogs
PIG FROG Rana grylio
Common - Everglades.

Fish
FLORIDA GAR.
Loxahatchee 25/3 1, Everglades: (Anhinga Trail) 5/4.

OSCAR
Everglades: (Anhinga Trail) 5/4.

MAYAN CICKLID
Everglades: (Anhinga Trail) 5/4

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