Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival November 12 - 16, 2003 -- Brevard County, Florida A celebration of birds and wildlife.

Sixth Annual Festival – 2002
Field Trip Bird Counts

Blue Spring: 54 Species Pied-billed Grebe Double Crested Cormorant Anhinga Great Blue Heron Great Egret Tri-colored Heron Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron Yellow-crowned Night Heron American Bittern White Ibis Woodstork Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk American Kestrel Wild Turkey Common Moorhen Limpkin Killdeer Common Snipe Rock Dove Mourning Dove Monk Parakeet Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe White-eyed Vireo Florida Scrub Jay American Crow Fish Crow Carolina Wren Ruby Crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Swainson’s Thrush American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler Palm Warbler Common Yellowthroat Chipping Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Boat-tailed Grackle American Goldfinch

Butterfly Field Trip; 27 Species Polydamus Swallowtail Great Southern White Cloudless Sulpher Barred Yellow Little Yellow Red-banded Hairstreak Eastern Pygmy Blue Cassius Blue Ceraunus Blue Gulf Fritillary Zebra Heliconian Phaon Crescent Pearl Crescent Common Buckeye White Peacock Carolina Satyr Monarch Queen Long-tailed Skipper Dorantes Longtail Tropical Checkered Skipper Clouded Skipper Southern Skipperling Salt Marsh Skipper Obscure Skipper Ocola Skipper Brazilian Skipper Many thanks go to Elizabeth and Walter Kanjorski for their gracious hospitality in hosting the tour for a visit to their garden where numerous butterflies were upstaged by a delightful Ruby-throated Hummingbird.

North Brevard Hotspots: 90 Species Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe American White Pelican Brown Pelican Double Crested Cormorant Anhinga Great Blue Heron Great Egret Reddish Egret Tricolored Heron Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron White Ibis Glossy Ibis Wood Stork Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Mottled Duck Blue-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Surf Scoter (F.I.N.D. Dredge Fill Site) Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Osprey Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Common Moorhen American Coot Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover Killdeer American Avocet Common Snipe Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Laughing Gull Caspian Tern Royal Tern Forster’s Tern Rock Dove Eurasian Collared Dove Mourning Dove Great Horned Owl Ruby-throated Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Loggerhead Shrike White-eyed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay Fish Crow Tree Swallow Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren House Wren Sedge Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Hermit Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird European Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler Palm Warbler Eastern Towhee Savannah Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Northern Cardinal Painted Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Boat-tailed Grackle House Sparrow

St Johns River Airboat Tour, 49 Species Pied-billed Grebe Double Crested Cormorant Anhinga Great Blue Heron Great Egret Tri-colored Heron Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron White Ibis Glossy Ibis Woodstork Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Mottled Duck Blue-winged Teal Osprey Northern Harrier Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Crested Cara Cara Peregrine Falcon Purple Gallinule Common Moorhen Sandhill Crane Killdeer Common Snipe Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Laughing Gull Rock Dove Mourning Dove Belted Kingfisher Eastern Phoebe Fish Crow Purple Martin Tree Swallow American Robin Northern Mockingbird Yellow-rumped Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Common Yellowthroat Savannah Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Boat-tailed Grackle

Whooping Cranes/Forever Florida: 70 Species Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Anhinga Great Blue Heron Great Egret Tri-colored Heron Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron White Ibis Glossy Ibis Wood Stork Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Mottled Duck Osprey Snail Kite Northern Harrier Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Crested Cara Cara American Kestrel Wild Turkey Common Moorhen American Coot Sandhill Crane Whooping Crane (8) Killdeer Common Snipe Ring-billed Gull Laughing Gull Rock Dove Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Loggerhead Shrike Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Carolina Wren House Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird European Starling Yellow-rumped Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Common Yellowthroat Eastern Towhee Savannah Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Boat-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird House Sparrow

Viera Ponds 60 Species Pied-billed Grebe Double Crested Cormorant Anhinga Great Blue Heron Great Egret Tri-colored Heron Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron White Ibis Glossy Ibis Wood Stork Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Wood Duck Gadwall Blue-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Osprey Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Crested Cara Cara American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Common Moorhen American Coot Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover Killdeer Common Snipe Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Forster’s Tern Rock Dove Mourning Dove Eastern Phoebe Loggerhead Shrike White-eyed Vireo Fish Crow Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Cave Swallow (1st Brevard Record) Northern Mockingbird European Starling Water Pipit Yellow-rumped Warbler Palm Warbler Savannah Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Boat-tailed Grackle

Shorebird Workshop: 85 Species Pied-billed Grebe American White Pelican Brown Pelican Double Crested Cormorant Anhinga Great Blue Heron Great Egret Reddish Egret Tri-colored Heron Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron White Ibis Glossy Ibis Roseate Spoonbill Wood Stork Black Vulture Turkey Vulture American Widgeon Mottled Duck Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Canvasback Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Osprey Northern Harrier Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Common Moorhen American Coot Black-bellied Plover Semi-palmated Plover Killdeer American Avocet Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Marbled Godwit Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Willet Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dunlin Wilson’s Phalarope Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Laughing Gull Caspian Tern Sandwich Tern Royal Tern Forster’s Tern Black Skimmer Rock Dove Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Common Ground Dove Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Flicker Eastern Phoebe Loggerhead Shrike Fish Crow Tree Swallow Northern Mockingbird European Starling American Pipit Yellow-rumped Warbler Palm Warbler Common Yellowthroat Savannah Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Boat-tailed Grackle

Pelican Island NWR Boat Trip: 45 Species Double Crested Cormorant Anhinga American White Pelican Brown Pelican Great Blue Heron Great Egret Reddish Egret Tri-colored Heron Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron White Ibis Wood Stork Mottled Duck Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Osprey Killdeer American Oystercatcher American Kestrel Common Moorhen Limpkin Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Laughing Gull Royal Tern Common Tern Forster’s Tern Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Loggerhead Shrike Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow Northern Mockingbird Yellow-rumped Warbler Palm Warbler Northern Cardinal Boat-tailed Grackle House Sparrow Participants enjoyed a dolphin pod with young calves.

Little Big Econ State Forest: 65 Species Pied-billed Grebe American White Pelican Anhinga Great Blue Heron Great Egret Tri-colored Heron Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Cattle Egret White Ibis Glossy Ibis Wood Stork Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Hooded Merganser Osprey Northern Harrier Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Common Moorhen American Coot Sandhill Crane Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Mourning Dove Barred Owl Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe White-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Blue Jay Fish Crow Tree Swallow Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren House Wren Sedge Wren House Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Hermit Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird American Pipit Northern Parula Yellow-rumped Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Black and White Warbler Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Eastern Towhee Savannah Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Boat-tailed Grackle Baltimore Oriole American Goldfinch

Kayak Lake Monroe: 78 Species Pied-billed Grebe Double Crested Cormorant Anhinga Great Blue Heron Great Egret Tri-colored Heron Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron White Ibis Glossy Ibis Wood Stork Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Green-winged Teal Blue-winged Teal Osprey Northern Harrier Cooper's Hawk Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk King Rail Virginia Rail Sora Purple Gallinule Common Moorhen American Coot Sandhill Crane Killdeer Common Snipe Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper Laughing Gull Caspian Tern Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Barred Owl Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Northern Flicker Eastern Phoebe Loggerhead Shrike White-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay Fish Crow Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren House Wren Sedge Wren Marsh Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird European Starling American Pipit Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Palm Warbler Northern Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Savannah Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Boat-tailed Grackle American Goldfinch

Hal Scott Preserve: 68 Species Pied-billed Grebe Double Crested Cormorant Anhinga Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Cattle Egret White Ibis Glossy Ibis Wood Stork Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Wood Duck Osprey Northern Harrier Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Northern Bobwhite Killdeer Common Snipe Rock Dove Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Great Horned Owl Whip-poor-will Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-cockaded Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Loggerhead Shrike White-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow Tree Swallow Tufted Titmouse Brown-headed Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird European Starling American Pipit Cedar Waxwing Yellow-rumped Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Black and White Warbler Common Yellowthroat Eastern Towhee Bachman's Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Boat-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird American Goldfinch

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