Florida Trip Part 1

 It was finally May 6, and my families trip had begun. We started driving down from Michigan to Southwest Florida for my brothers wedding. We will be staying for almost the whole month, therefore I will have a lot of time for birding. The drive was long, but not too bad. On the drive, I saw 51 species of bird, including two new birds for me, Cattle Egret and Florida Scrub Jay. The full list of birds sighted on the trip are below. I will write an update on the trip soon.

(The list is not in taxonomical order; Sorry!)

1. Canada Goose
2. Eastern Towhee
3. Wild Turkey
4. Brown Pelican
5. Magnificent Frigatebird: Venice Beach
6. Anhinga
7. Double-crested Cormorant
8. Great Blue Heron
9. Great Egret
10. Snowy Egret
11. Little Blue Heron
12. Tricolored Heron
13. Cattle Egret
14. Glossy Ibis
15. White Ibis
16. Wood Stork
17. Eastern Bluebird
18. Black Vulture
19. Turkey Vulture
20. Osprey
21. Bald Eagle
22. Red-tailed Hawk
23. Red-shouldered Hawk
24. Swallow-tailed Kite
25. American Kestrel
26. Sandhill Crane
27. Black-bellied Plover: Venice Beach
28. Sanderling: Venice Beach
29. Laughing Gull: Venice Beach
30. Rock Pigeon
31. Mourning Dove
32. Eurasian Collared Dove
33. Chimney Swift
34. Northern Mockingbird
35. Brown Thrasher
36. Boat-tailed Grackle
37. Common Grackle
38. European Starling
39. Fish Crow: Siesta Key
40. American Crow
41. Pileated Woodpecker
42. Red-bellied Woodpecker
43. Blue Jay
44. Florida Scrub Jay: Oscar Scherer State Park
45. Barn Swallow
46. American Robin
47. Northern Parula
48. Northern Cardinal
49. Red-winged Blackbird
50. Eastern Meadowlark
51. House Sparrow