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Systematic list - part 12: Owls, Nightjars, Swifts and Hummingbirds

 

Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio (1)

1 Loxahatchee 26th - a red morph bird peering out of a hole in a telegraph pole: I'm grateful to the guy who pointed this out to me.

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Eastern Screech-Owl, Loxahatchee, 26th April

 

Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus (1)

1 Everglades (Long Pine Key) 18th.

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Great Horned Owl, Long Pine Key (Everglades), 18th April

 

Barred Owl Strix varia (1)

1 Everglades (Royal Palm Hammock car park) 18th.

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Barred Owl, Royal Palm Hammock (Everglades), 18th April

 

Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor (19)

Recorded at 10 well-spread locations. Birds were seen hawking long after dawn and well before dusk but the larger counts were at dusk: 6 Babcock-Webb 16th and 4 John Dickinson State Park 16th. The only individual seen at rest was 1 Dry Tortugas (Garden Key) 20th.

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Common Nighthawk, Everglades entrance, 24th April

 

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Common Nighthawk, Jonathan Dickinson State Park, 24th April

 

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Common Nighthawk, Garden Key, 20th April

 

Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis (2)

1+ Everglades 18th and 1+ Dry Tortugas (Garden Key) 20th & 21st. The first in the Everglades was seen in headlights at the base of Research Road, with probably another heard calling nearby along Royal Palm Hammock road. A second Nightjar seen in headlights along Research Road was not identified. On Garden Key 1 was seen resting on the same branch in a copse outside of the fort on both days but on the second day a bird was seen 2-3 times in flight inside the fort - it could have been the same bird.

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Chuck-will's-widow, Garden Key, 21st April

 

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Chuck-will's-widow, Garden Key, 20th April

 

(Eastern) Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus (1)

1 Everglades (Research Road) 18th. This bird was initially heard calling close to the road and then could just be seen in silhouette perched on a post a few feet from the car.

 

Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica (8)

3 Alva 15th, 3 Corkscrew Swamp 15th (1 there 16th), 1 Dry Tortugas (Garden Key) 20th and 2 Biscayne 24th.

 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris (3)

1 Corkscrew Swamp 15th and at least 2 (probably several more) Dry Tortugas (Garden Key) 20th-22nd. The Corkscrew bird was a female seen very briefly in flight so was not 100% identified - Ruby-throated is by far the most likely hummingbird in southern Florida at this time of year but other species are possible.

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Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Garden Key, Dry Tortugas, 21st April (left) and 20th April (right)

 

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