Winged Observations

I will be listing bird observations by regions beginning with Minnesota as it is the shortest list and ending with Dunnellon, Florida since it is the longest list. Since I have recently acquired a digital camera, I hope to periodically post pictures of birds I observe.

Here we go!

REGION: Detroit Lakes area of Minnesota

1. Yellow-headed Blackbird
2. Commom Loon
3. Grosbeak (Red Breasted)
   
4. Canada Goose
5. Snow Goose
6. Cedar Waxwing
7. Nuthatch (White-breated?)
8. Black-Capped Chickadee

Also please note: Minnesota has the cutest chipmunks!

REGION: Pinellas County area of Florida ( we get a lot of birds passing through in the winter months in addition to the native year-round varieties)

1. Robin
2. Meadowlark (not seen as much these days due to development--used to be common)
   
3. Red-Winged Blackbird
4. Blue Jay
5. Towhee
   
6. Cardinal
7. Mouring Dove (very dumb birds)
8. Pidgeons (they're everywhere!)
   
9. Mockingbird (VERY feisty birds-Florida State Bird)
   
10. Blackbird (Brewers?)
    
11. Mallard Duck
12. Coot
13. Muscovy Duck (yuk)
    
14. Herons (see Dunnellon list)
15. Wood Stork
16. Sandhill Crane
17. Screech Owl
18. Roseate Spoonbill
19. Seagulls (Herring, Laughing, others?)
20. Bald Eagle
21. Brown Pelican
22. Least Tern (often referred to as a Skimmer in Florida)
23. Sandpiper (several variesties)
    
24. Osprey (on the increase since nesting sites have been set up for them on power poles)
    
25. Sparrows (assorted)
26. Wrens (assorted)
27. Northern Flicker
28. Ruby Throated Hummingbird
29. Whipoorwill (actually never seen one, but have heard them a lot!)
    
30. Common Grackle
31. Brown Thrasher
32. Yellow-crowned Night Heron - Just recently identified while kayaking in February in southern Pinellas County salt water-very cool bird and there were lots of them!
    

REGION: River and meadow--Dunnellon (Citrus County/Marion County) area of Florida

1. Turkey Vulture
2. Black Vulture
3. Kingfisher
4. Goldfinch
5. Tufted Titmouse
6. Carolina Chickadee
   
7. Red Bellied Woodpecker
8. Red Headed Woodpecker (have only seen once)
   
9. Ibis (White)
   
10. Coot
11. Gallinule
    
12. Limpkin
13. Cattle Egret
14. Snowy Egret
15. Great Blue Heron
16. Green Heron
17. Great Egret
18. Great White Heron
    
19. Little Blue Heron
20. Great Horned Owl
21. Red Shouldered Hawk
22. Mottled Duck
    
23. Anhinga
24. Cormorant
25. Pileated Woodpecker (wow)
26. Crow
    
27. Bullocks Oriole (should not have been there, we think he was lost!)
28. Bittern (American)
29. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
    
30. Kite (unsure of variety- Everglades or Swallowtailed)
31. Wild Turkey
    
32. Quail (Bobwhite)
33. Florida Scrub Jay (only seen once)