Lake Jesup
Monthly bird counts

St. Johns River Water Management District
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BIRDS 10/12/1996 11/16/1996 12/14/1996 01/18/1997 02/15/1997 03/15/1997 04/19/1997 05/10/1997 06/21/1997 07/19/1997 08/16/1997 09/20/1997
Pied-billed Grebe 1 7 3 3 3 4            
American White Pelican         80 376 1 96 12      
Brown Pelican 1       1              
Double-crested Cormorant 12 16 16 54 17 20 189 2 3   5  
Anhinga 14 4 10 38 12 3 16 4 13 1 19 3
Least Bittern             1   2 2 9  
Great Blue Heron 16 15 29 52 48 46 71 64 45 22 32 8
Great Egret 15 9 8 27 45 61 63 85 116 18 99 8
Snowy Egret 30 8 6 16 10 38 133 27 264 39 200 17
Little Blue Heron 48 30 18 37 23 22 13 3 31 9 119 9
Tricolored Heron 23 10 4 25 7 15 21 13 22 3 141 3
Cattle Egret 446 5 36 50 166 19 213 91 574 332 489 386
egret sp. 15           2          
Green Heron     1 9 1   20 2 7 2 13  
Black-crowned Night-Heron       25           1    
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron                     4  
White Ibis 159 76 19 566 102 128 34 14 50 51 88 18
Glossy Ibis 7 27 25 147 151 110 20 1 1 11 40 48
Wood Stork 1 7 10 6 2   1 11 3 1    
Black Vulture 22 81 6 26 18 33 41 19 7 4 32 30
Turkey Vulture 39 81 65 82 166 86 65 2 29 36 25 25
Fulvous Whistling-Duck                     2  
Wood Duck       1   7 9   3      
Mottled Duck 73 17 10 4 15 2 13   3   1  
Blue-winged Teal 166 7   29 14 34 18          
Green-winged Teal     8 4                
Hooded Merganser   1                    
duck sp. 2 3                   3
Osprey 14 12 6 25 13 15 73 12 46 48 55 5
Swallow-tailed Kite           1            
Bald Eagle 13 16 7 17 12 40 22 4 6 2 4 4
Northern Harrier 3 6 10 11 4 7 3          
Sharp-shinned Hawk   3 1   1 3            
Cooper's Hawk       1   1           1
Red-shouldered Hawk 13 2 8 8 6 5 11 6 8 13 9 14
Red-tailed Hawk 7 8 18 17 7 14 11 2 5 8 5 5
BIRDS 10/12/1996 11/16/1996 12/14/1996 01/18/1997 02/15/1997 03/15/1997 04/19/1997 05/10/1997 06/21/1997 07/19/1997 08/16/1997 09/20/1997
"Harlan's" Red-tailed Hawk     1                  
American Kestrel 4 3 12 2 2 3            
Peregrine Falcon 1         2            
Northern Bobwhite 2       4 8 14 9 31 2 19 40
King Rail 1 1 1           1   1  
Sora       1                
Purple Gallinule       10     19 2     14  
Common Moorhen 20 2 9 68 25 12 135 21 48 7 42 4
American Coot 1 7 10 174 31 40 113 17        
Limpkin   1 1 3     1   7 1 3 1
Sandhill Crane 2               4 3 1  
Black-bellied Plover             12          
Semipalmated Plover               1        
Killdeer 35 12 49 92 56 281 21 7 10 17 24 31
Black-necked Stilt           3 35 15 5      
American Avocet           6            
Greater Yellowlegs   2 16 3 7 21 15          
Lesser Yellowlegs 40 2 6 12 42 56 20          
Spotted Sandpiper                     1  
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1                      
Least Sandpiper 5   10   12 62 21 4       5
peep sp.           180   2        
dowitcher sp.       2   5 24          
Common Snipe 7 41 59 67 178 141 11         26
sandpiper sp.             22 7        
Laughing Gull   41       1 1          
Bonaparte's Gull       3                
Ring-billed Gull   32 5 25 8 5 1          
gull sp.     7                  
Caspian Tern     2   4 8 2          
Sandwich Tern               1        
Forster's Tern   6   9 3 40            
Least Tern           8 1          
Rock Dove 11         1     12 5 19  
Mourning Dove 8 7 20 7 27 14 13 8 30 18 28 2
Common Ground-Dove 1   1 1 3     3 1 3   1
BIRDS 10/12/1996 11/16/1996 12/14/1996 01/18/1997 02/15/1997 03/15/1997 04/19/1997 05/10/1997 06/21/1997 07/19/1997 08/16/1997 09/20/1997
dove sp.                     1  
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2               1   1 1
Barn Owl     1                  
Eastern Screech-Owl     2 2 1 1         1 1
Great Horned Owl       2 1 3 1          
Barred Owl 4   1     3     1 1 3 2
Common Nighthawk 1           1     1    
Chuck-will's-widow             1          
Whip-poor-will         1              
Chimney Swift 118           6 2   18 16 36
Ruby-throated Hummingbird               1 1   2  
Belted Kingfisher 6 3 3 6 3 5         2 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 42 12 31 19 48 31 39 15 65 45 43 38
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   1 3 3 2 2            
Downy Woodpecker 11 1 4 1 5 2 1 4 8 11 8 12
Hairy Woodpecker                       1
Northern Flicker 1 1 6   3 2 1   1 3   3
Pileated Woodpecker 7 4 9 3 10 7 6 3 17 4 11 13
Empidonax sp.                     1  
Eastern Phoebe 4 21 28 14 17 4            
Great Crested Flycatcher             10 2 4 5 2  
Eastern Kingbird             7     1   1
Loggerhead Shrike 11 6 17 14 11 4 6 3 7 25 17 10
White-eyed Vireo 7 1   3 6 1           3
Yellow-throated Vireo           1            
Blue-headed Vireo   1 2 3 3 4            
Red-eyed Vireo   1           2     2 3
Blue Jay 10 1 2 1 25 2 14 5 6 3 10 21
American Crow 1 1 1       2   6 2 1 1
Fish Crow 8 35 34 1501 145 107 17 2 27 7 7 1
crow sp. 6 8   6 6 1 8 2   8   1
Purple Martin           2 18 30 2 6    
Tree Swallow 127 5 1033 201 315 909 1158          
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3               1      
Bank Swallow             10          
Barn Swallow 74 6         1020 2     119 23
BIRDS 10/12/1996 11/16/1996 12/14/1996 01/18/1997 02/15/1997 03/15/1997 04/19/1997 05/10/1997 06/21/1997 07/19/1997 08/16/1997 09/20/1997
swallow sp.             40     3    
Tufted Titmouse 10 7 2 6 5 10 13 6 1 21 15 16
Brown-headed Nuthatch               2        
Carolina Wren 38 2 18 8 36 30 39 20 30 39 45 46
House Wren 2 8 24 4 12 8 8          
Sedge Wren 11 11 12 4 12 4 14          
Marsh Wren 1 2 3   4 2 12 2        
wren sp.           1            
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 10 10 12 14 11            
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 21 16 27 8 19 37 17 12 12 20 24 42
Veery                       1
Hermit Thrush                       1
American Robin   6 667 466 785 51            
Gray Catbird 26 2 12 5 6 1 5 2        
Northern Mockingbird 32 4 5 9 15 3 11 3 23 7   19
Brown Thrasher       1   3 1   3   3 3
European Starling 21 1 5 9 151 24 21 1 56 36 5 10
American Pipit         1              
Cedar Waxwing     95 68 1895 61 31          
Tennessee Warbler                       1
Orange-crowned Warbler           1            
Northern Parula         1 20 18 9 9   10 19
Yellow Warbler                     2  
Cape May Warbler             1          
Black-throated Blue Warbler               2        
Yellow-rumped Warbler   115 330 268 175 95            
Yellow-throated Warbler 1   1 1             1 8
Pine Warbler 2 2 4   1 2     3      
Prairie Warbler             1       10 1
Palm Warbler 124 125 90 158 29 45 22 1       3
Blackpoll Warbler             1 6        
Black-and-white Warbler 5 1 2 1 3 7 9         3
American Redstart 17             18     2 1
Ovenbird 2                     1
Northern Waterthrush 3                     3
Louisiana Waterthrush                       2
BIRDS 10/12/1996 11/16/1996 12/14/1996 01/18/1997 02/15/1997 03/15/1997 04/19/1997 05/10/1997 06/21/1997 07/19/1997 08/16/1997 09/20/1997
waterthrush sp.                       4
Common Yellowthroat 95 12 40 16 23 8 21 5 1   2 37
warbler sp. 1             2        
Summer Tanager                   1    
Eastern Towhee 2       4       2 1 3 3
Field Sparrow         2              
Vesper Sparrow       1                
Savannah Sparrow   9 40 28 145 168 100          
Grasshopper Sparrow           1            
Song Sparrow             2          
Swamp Sparrow 1 10 20 3 25 5 14          
sparrow sp. 3     2   7            
Northern Cardinal 61 9 15 6 21 25 37 33 59 56 52 60
Blue Grosbeak 8           1          
Indigo Bunting 11           1          
Painted Bunting 2                      
Bobolink             18 10       70
Red-winged Blackbird 1633 254 434 1158 1046 845 790 104 724 332 437 162
Eastern Meadowlark 119 24 56 30