Canaveral Marshes
Monthly bird counts


St. Johns River Water Management District
Recreation Guide - MAP & Description
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BIRDS 10/14/2000 11/18/2000 12/09/2000 01/13/2001 02/12/2001 03/10/2001 04/28/2001 05/12/2001 06/09/2001 07/14/2001 08/11/2001 09/15/2001
Pied-billed Grebe 4 19 5   2 2            
American White Pelican         135 62            
Double-crested Cormorant 10 1 7 23 50 6 8 2 1     1
Anhinga 5 14 9 18 12 2 10 3 3 2 2  
American Bittern   1                    
Least Bittern                   1 2  
Great Blue Heron 13 19 10 15 9 18 9 12 6 15 12 8
Great Egret 17 39 22 41 19 25 11 41 32 18 40 10
Snowy Egret 10 32 43 55 7 5 31 15 8 7 2 4
Little Blue Heron 16 43 26 38 12 26 8 6 14 18 10 4
Tricolored Heron 8 15 10 10 15 8 19 13 10 22 8 21
Cattle Egret     2 2 2   9 8 44 161 142 270
Green Heron 3   2 2 3   13 19 14 17 8 7
Black-crowned Night-Heron     2         2 1      
White Ibis 10 365 91 288 87 79 14 1 4 2 11 45
Glossy Ibis 2 124 60 179 42 60 1 13 1 3 1 3
Roseate Spoonbill               2 1 3    
Wood Stork 2 35 99 26 6 25 2 1       1
Black Vulture 14 80 129 229 70 83 103 140 70 77 351 148
Turkey Vulture 51 136 211 113 131 92 41 45 32 82 43 41
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 9 23                    
Greater White-fronted Goose   2                    
Wood Duck             1     1   4
Gadwall       2                
American Wigeon       2                
Mallard             1          
Mottled Duck 5 18       5 9 15 9 78   7
Blue-winged Teal 201 50 4 25 8 5 6          
Northern Shoveler   8   1                
Northern Pintail   6                    
Green-winged Teal   80   150 250 30            
Lesser Scaup   13                    
Hooded Merganser     7 9 1              
duck sp.     6 1 2         2    
Osprey 7 2 1 4 4 9 8 7 7 5 1 1
Swallow-tailed Kite                     1  
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Bald Eagle 11 4 9 13 1 14 8 2 2   2 6
Northern Harrier   11 10 4 5 7 2         1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 3 3 2 4              
Cooper's Hawk 3 1   1 1             1
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 5 3 8 7 3 5 12 1 1 1 6
Red-tailed Hawk   4 3 5 4 4 2       3 1
hawk sp.         1              
Crested Caracara     2       1          
American Kestrel 2 6 4 5 2 3 1          
Merlin       2                
Peregrine Falcon 3   1                  
falcon sp.                       1
Northern Bobwhite   2     2 4 18 17 17 17 5  
King Rail 5 1 8 4 3 4 5 1 1 5 5 1
Virginia Rail   1             1     1
Sora   1 1       2          
Common Moorhen 2   2 5 6 4 9 2 11 11 12  
American Coot       1 1              
Limpkin             1          
Sandhill Crane 2 1 12   8 7 1 7   14   1
Semipalmated Plover             4 23        
Killdeer 1 95 39 21 58 12 13 23 19 26 4 3
Black-necked Stilt             25 23 5 26    
Greater Yellowlegs 7 43 23 12 9 5 4 11 2 9   1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1 15 17 6 6 9 11 4   20    
Solitary Sandpiper             3 7        
Spotted Sandpiper             4 5   1    
Semipalmated Sandpiper               45        
Least Sandpiper   55 51 34 100 9 51 75   33    
Pectoral Sandpiper   1               1   1
Dunlin       13                
Stilt Sandpiper               2        
Short-billed Dowitcher               1        
Long-billed Dowitcher   60 35 75 17              
dowitcher sp.       15                
Common Snipe   62 38 46 32 10            
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sandpiper sp.   13                    
shorebird sp.                       50
Laughing Gull   1 1250               6 1
Ring-billed Gull     1000 28                
gull sp.     20 50                
Gull-billed Tern   3                    
Black Tern                       12
Caspian Tern   8 5 12 2 1            
Forster's Tern     3     1            
Least Tern               1 4      
Eurasian Collared-Dove     1     2 1          
Mourning Dove 37 67 17 18 20 16 15 9 51 32 67 20
Common Ground-Dove 8 4 5 4 5 2 30 14 16 36 13 9
Eastern Screech-Owl     1     1         1 3
Great Horned Owl     2                  
Belted Kingfisher 6 6 6 3 2 3       1 1 5
Common Nighthawk               1 5 8    
Chimney Swift               6     10 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 14 15 17 11 13 10 17 9 9 9 9 8
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     2 1                
Downy Woodpecker 6   6 2 1 4 1   2 2 5 2
Northern Flicker 4 3 6 2 6 7 3 4 6 5 6  
Pileated Woodpecker 2   3   5 2 2 2 2 1 1  
Eastern Phoebe 9 18 12 9 17 13            
Great Crested Flycatcher             4   2 1 1  
Eastern Kingbird                     2 4
Loggerhead Shrike 2 2 6 3 7 7 7 2 8 14 9 5
White-eyed Vireo 15   3 2 2 4 6 2 3 9 2  
Blue-headed Vireo 1                      
Red-eyed Vireo 1                 1 2 1
Blue Jay 15 4 8 3 9 3 3 1 3 4 2 10
American Crow     2                  
Fish Crow 1 16   4 6 7 41 6 10 8 5  
crow sp. 60   1   8   5 4   4    
Purple Martin           1 1   9 6 5 5
Tree Swallow 1048 126 149 701 449 3649 2          
BIRDS 10/14/2000 11/18/2000 12/09/2000 01/13/2001 02/12/2001 03/10/2001 04/28/2001 05/12/2001 06/09/2001 07/14/2001 08/11/2001 09/15/2001
Bank Swallow                       2
Cliff Swallow                     5  
Barn Swallow 69   1     2 316 8 1   267 49
Tufted Titmouse               1        
Carolina Wren 24 6 27 5 15 8 34 20 14 24 37 24
House Wren 36 38 32 16 13 13            
Sedge Wren   28 38 14 31 11 23 1        
Marsh Wren 12 37 8 4 2 4 4     1    
wren sp.           1            
Ruby-crowned Kinglet   5 6 2 2 2            
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8 5 6 1 1 4 3 3   1 1 5
American Robin   102 123 4265 147 29            
Gray Catbird 62 33 55 36 44 14 7          
Northern Mockingbird 16 6 20 10 13 13 21 18 19 13 23 8
Brown Thrasher     1 2   7 10 2 16 5 1  
European Starling 3   17 7 15 4 7       7 10
American Pipit   2 10 9 1 12            
Cedar Waxwing       272 1 22            
Orange-crowned Warbler     1 1                
Northern Parula           2 2     1 3 2
Yellow Warbler                     2 9
Blackburnian Warbler                       1
Yellow-throated Warbler                     2 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler   607 1146 1029 574 254            
Pine Warbler       2 1 1           1
Prairie Warbler 1       1 1   1     10 4
Palm Warbler 42 47 58 31 41 30           3
Black-and-white Warbler                     1 4
American Redstart 4                   1 5
Worm-eating Warbler                       1
Ovenbird 1                      
Northern Waterthrush                     1 4
Common Yellowthroat 104 68 81 36 38 40 35 12 40 26 13 35
Hooded Warbler                       1
Summer Tanager                       1
Eastern Towhee 23 25 35 25 49 29 50 26 58 67 96 22
BIRDS 1014/2000 11/18/2000 12/09/2000 01/13/2001 02/12/2001 03/10/2001 04/28/2001 05/12/2001 06/09/2001 07/14/2001 08/11/2001 09/15/2001
Chipping Sparrow                     1  
Savannah Sparrow   8 113 28 66 57 48 3        
Grasshopper Sparrow     2                  
Henslow's Sparrow   1                    
Song Sparrow         9 2            
Swamp Sparrow   27 40 21 15 20 13          
White-throated Sparrow         1              
sparrow sp.     1   2              
Northern Cardinal 21 5 11 14 28 14 40 21 10 31 44 29
Rose-breasted Grosbeak                       1
Blue Grosbeak 2                      
Indigo Bunting 6                      
Painted Bunting             1          
Bobolink             10          
Red-winged Blackbird 335 232 136 71 72 154 325 208 200 443 32 8
Eastern Meadowlark 8 8 10 5 19 4 15 17 26 51 4 2
Common Grackle 18 23 10 35 12 28 40 16 8 1 5 8
Boat-tailed Grackle 104 94 259 72 81 61 138 81 128 130 106 38
Brown-headed Cowbird     120     50 1   1      
American Goldfinch     1                  
TOTAL BIRDS 2564 3189 5900 8371 2980 5262 1755 1104 967 1613 1475 1015
TOTAL SPECIES 66 77 86 80 79 80 75 63 52 57 62 69

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Last Updated on 9/15/01
By Lorne Malo