Funds
Raised
| 1. |
Jaybirds |
Cathy
Olson,
Gregg Klowden, Norm Epiphany,
Betty Denniss |
$760.05 |
| 2. |
Mangrove
Cuckoos |
Joan
and Chuck Froman,
Charles Frogman, Stu
and Louise Lewis, Jim
and Barb Homme |
$465.40 |
| 3. |
Hawkeyes |
Lynn
Bates, Dillys Randall,
George Bates, Paul
Holmes |
$125.00 |
| |
TOTAL |
|
$1350.45 |
Species
List
| |
Jaybirds |
Hawkeyes |
Mangrove
Cuckoos
|
All |
|
TOTALS |
84 |
103 |
104 |
133 |
|
Anhinga |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Ani,
Smooth-billed |
|
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Avocet,
American |
|
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Bittern,
American |
|
|
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Bittern,
Least |
|
|
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Blackbird,
Brewer's |
|
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|
|
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Blackbird,
Red-winged |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Blackbird,
Rusty |
|
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|
|
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Blackbird,
Yellow-headed |
|
|
|
|
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Bluebird,
Eastern |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Bobwhite,
Northern |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Budgerigar |
|
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Bufflehead |
|
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Bunting,
Indigo |
|
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Bunting,
Painted |
|
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Canvasback |
|
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Caracara,
Crested |
|
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Cardinal,
Northern |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Catbird,
Gray |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Chickadee,
Carolina |
|
|
|
|
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Chuck-will's
Widow |
|
|
|
|
|
Coot,
American |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Cormorant,
Double-crested |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Cowbird,
Brown-headed |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Cowbird,
Shiny |
|
|
|
|
|
Crane,
Sandhill |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Creeper,
Brown |
|
|
|
|
|
Crow,
American |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Crow,
Fish |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Cuckoo,
Black-billed |
|
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Cuckoo,
Mangrove |
|
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|
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Cuckoo,
Yellow-billed |
|
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|
Curlew,
Long-billed |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Dove,
Common Ground |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Dove,
Eurasian Collared |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Dove,
Mourning |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Dove,
Ringed Turtle |
|
|
|
|
|
Dove,
White-winged |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Dowitcher,
Long-billed |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Dowitcher,
Short-billed |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Duck,
Black-bellied Whistling |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Duck,
Domestic (wild) |
|
|
|
|
|
Duck,
Mallard |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Duck,
Mottled |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Duck,
Muscovy |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Duck,
Ring-necked |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Duck,
Ruddy |
|
|
|
|
|
Duck,
Whistling-Fulvous |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Duck,
Wood |
|
|
|
|
|
Dunlin |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Eagle,
Bald |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Eagle,
Golden |
|
|
|
|
|
Egret,
Cattle |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Egret,
Great |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Egret,
Reddish |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Egret,
Snowy |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Falcon,
Peregrine |
|
|
|
|
|
Flicker,
Northern |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Flycatcher,
Acadian |
|
|
|
|
|
Flycatcher,
Great Crested |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Flycatcher,
Scissor-tailed |
|
|
|
|
|
Frigate-bird,
Magnificent |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Gadwall |
 
|
|
|
|
|
Gallinule,
Purple |
|
|
|
|
|
Gannet,
Northern |
|
|
|
|
|
Gnatcatcher,
Blue-gray |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Godwit,
Marbled |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Goldfinch,
American |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Grackle,
Boat-tailed |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Grackle,
Common |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Grebe,
Horned |
|
|
|
|
|
Grebe,
Pied-billed |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Grosbeak,
Blue |
|
|
|
|
|
Gull,
Bonaparte's |
|
|
|
|
|
Gull,
Great Black-backed |
|
|
|
|
|
Gull,
Herring |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Gull,
Laughing |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Gull,
Ring-billed |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Harrier,
Northern
(Marsh Hawk) |
|
|
|
|
|
Hawk,
Broad-winged |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Hawk,
Cooper's |
|
|
|
|
|
Hawk,
Red-shouldered |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Hawk,
Red-tailed |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Hawk,
Sharp-shinned |
|
|
|
|
|
Hawk,
Short-tailed |
|
|
|
|
|
Heron,
Great Blue |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Heron,
Great White |
|
|
|
|
|
Heron,
Green |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Heron,
Little Blue |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Heron,
Tricolored |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Hummingbird,
Ruby-throated |
|
|
|
|
|
Ibis,
White |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Ibis,
Glossy |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Ibis,
White faced |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Jay,
Blue |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Jay,
Florida-Scrub |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Kestrel,
American |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Killdeer |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Kingbird,
Eastern |
|
|
|
|
|
Kingbird,
Gray |
|
|
|
|
|
Kingbird,
Western |
|
|
|
|
|
Kingfisher,
Belted |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Kinglet,
Ruby-crowned |
|
|
|
|
|
Kite,
Snail |
|
|
|
|
|
Kite,
Swallow-tailed |
|
|
|
|
|
Knot,
Red |
|
|
|
|
|
Limpkin |
|
|
|
|
|
Loon,
Common |
|
|
|
|
|
Loon,
Red-throated |
|
|
|
|
|
Martin,
Purple |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Meadowlark,
Eastern |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Merganser,
Hooded |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Merganser,
Red-breasted |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Merlin |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Mockingbird,
Northern |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Moorhen,
Common
(gallinule, common) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Nighthawk,
Common |
|
|
|
|
|
Night-heron,
Black-crowned |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Night-heron,Yellow-crowned |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Nuthatch,
Brown-headed |
|
|
|
|
|
Oriole,
Northern |
|
|
|
|
|
Oriole,
Orchard |
|
|
|
|
|
Osprey |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Ovenbird |
|
|
|
|
|
Owl,
Barn |
|
|
|
|
|
Owl,
Barred |
|
|
|
|
|
Owl,
Burrowing |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Owl,
Great Horned |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Owl,
Screech |
|
|
|
|
|
Oystercatcher,
American |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Parakeet,
Black Hooded |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Parakeet,
Monk |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Parula,
Northern |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Pelican,
Brown |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Pelican,
White |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Phoebe,
Eastern |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Pigeon,
Rock |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Pigeon,
White-crowned |
|
|
|
|
|
Pintail,
Northern |
|
|
|
|
|
Pipit,
American |
|
|
|
|
|
Plover,
Black-bellied |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Plover,
Piping |
|
|
|
|
|
Plover,
Semi-palmated |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Plover,
Snowy |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Plover,
Wilson's |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Rail,
Clapper |
|
|
|
|
|
Rail,
King |
|
|
|
|
|
Rail,
Virginia |
|
|
|
|
|
Red-head |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Redstart,
American |
|
|
|
|
|
Robin,
American |
|
|
|
|
|
Sanderling |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Sandpiper Solitary |
|
|
|
|
|
Sandpiper,
Least |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Sandpiper,
Pectoral |
|
|
|
|
|
Sandpiper,
Semi-palmated |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Sandpiper,
Spotted |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Sandpiper,
Stilt |
|
|
|
|
|
Sandpiper,
Upland |
|
|
|
|
|
Sandpiper,
White-rumped |
|
|
|
|
|
Sandpiper,
Western |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Sapsucker,
Yellow-bellied |
|
|
|
|
|
Scaup,
Greater |
|
|
|
|
|
Scaup,
Lesser |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Shoveler,
Northern |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Shrike,
Loggerhead |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Skimmer,
Black |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Snipe,
Common |
|
|
|
|
|
Snipe,
Wilsons |
|
|
|
|
|
Sora |
|
|
|
|
|
Sparrow,
Bachman's |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Sparrow,
Chipping |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Sparrow,
House |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Sparrow,
Savannah |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Sparrow,
Seaside |
|
|
|
|
|
Sparrow,
Sharp-tailed |
|
|
|
|
|
Sparrow,
Song |
|
|
|
|
|
Sparrow,
Swamp |
|
|
|
|
|
Sparrow,
Vesper |
|
|
|
|
|
Sparrow,
White Throated |
|
|
|
|
|
Spoonbill,
Roseate |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Starling,
European |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Stilt,
Black-necked |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Stork,
Wood |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Swallow,
Barn |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Swallow,
Cliff |
|
|
|
|
|
Swallow,
Rough-winged |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Swallow,
Tree |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Swan,
Mute |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Swift,
Chimney |
|
|
|
|
|
Tanager,
Summer |
|
|
|
|
|
Teal,
Blue-winged |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Teal,
Green-winged |
|
|
|
|
|
Tern,
Black |
|
|
|
|
|
Tern,
Caspian |
|
|
|
|
|
Tern,
common |
|
|
|
|
|
Tern,
Forster's |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Tern,
Gull-billed |
|
|
|
|
|
Tern,
Least |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Tern,
Roseatte |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Tern,
Royal |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Tern,
Sandwich |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Thrasher,
Brown |
|
|
|
|
|
Thrush,
Gray-cheeked |
|
|
|
|
|
Thrush,
Hermit |
|
|
|
|
|
Thrush,
Swainson's |
|
|
|
|
|
Thrush,
Wood |
|
|
|
|
|
Titmouse,
Tufted |
|
|
|
|
|
Towhee,
Eastern (Rufous Sided) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Turkey,
Wild |
|
|
|
|
|
Turnstone,
Ruddy |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Vireo,
Black-whiskered |
|
|
|
|
|
Vireo,
Red-eyed |
|
|
|
|
|
Vireo,
Blue-headed |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Vireo,
White-eyed |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Vireo,
Yellow-throated |
|
|
|
|
|
Vulture,
Black |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Vulture,
Turkey |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Warbler,
Black-and-white |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Warbler,
Hooded |
|
|
|
|
|
Warbler,
Palm |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Warbler,
Pine |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Warbler,
Prairie |
|
|
|
|
|
Warbler,
Prothonotary |
|
|
|
|
|
Warbler,
Yellow |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Warbler,
Yellow-rumped |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Warbler,
Yellow-throated |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Water-thrush,
Northern |
|
|
|
|
|
Waxwing,
Cedar |
|
|
|
|
|
Whimbrel |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Whip-poor-will |
|
|
|
|
|
Wigeon,
American |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Wigeon,
Eurasian |
|
|
|
|
|
Willet |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Woodpecker,
Downy |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Woodpecker,
Hairy |
|
|
|
|
|
Woodpecker,
Pileated |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Woodpecker,
Red-bellied |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Woodpecker,
Red-cockaded |
|
|
|
|
|
Woodpecker,
Red-headed |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Wren,
Carolina |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Wren,
House |
|
|
|
|
|
Wren,
Marsh |
|
|
|
|
|
Wren,
Sedge |
|
|
|
|
|
Yellowlegs,
Greater |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Yellowlegs,
Lesser |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Yellow-throat,
Common |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
TOTALS |
84 |
103 |
104 |
133 |
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2004 BIRDATHON RESULTS
How did you spend your Saturday,
March 20? Well, members of
Peace River Audubon spent their
Saturday racing around the
area looking for as many different
bird species as possible.
Competitive birding--a Birdathon--whatever
you call it, it happens to
be one of the ways Peace River
Audubon raises money to support
the educational efforts of
Charlotte Harbor Environmental
Center.
There were 15 participants
on three teams. A total of
133 bird species were counted
by all. The winning team, Mangrove
Cuckoos, saw 104 species according
to team leaders Joan and Chuck
Froman, and team members Charles
Frogman, Stu and Louise Lewis
and Jim and Barb Homme.
Second place Hawkeyes, led
by Lynn Bates, with team members
Dillys Randall, George Bates
and Paul Holmes saw 103 species.
Third place team, Jaybirds,
led by Cathy Olson, with members
Gregg Klowden, Norm Epiphany,
and Betty Denniss saw a total
of 84.
In total $1338.35 were raised
with the Jay birds raising
$760.05, the Mangrove Cuckoos
$468.30, and the Hawkeyes $110.
Where does the fund raising
come in? Well, each team obtains
as much sponsorship as possible;
normally, a stated amount per
bird species seen. For example,a "pledge" of
$.10 a bird times 133 birds
seen nets the Peace River Audubon
$13.30, or if the "pledge" is
$1-a-bird species seen amounts
to $133. Other sponsors offer
a fixed cash amount regardless
of the number of birds counted. "That
makes all the hard work worthwhile,
not forgetting it is a lot
of fun," said Paul Holmes,
who, like the other teams,
was up at dawn and spent the
whole day searching places
such as Babcock-Webb, Bayshore
Oaks Park, the trails around
CHEC and many other 'secret'
spots. "We don't want
to give away too many secrets," said
Hawkeye's team leader Lynn
Bates. "After all, there's
always next year."
If you would like to support
Peace River Audubon's efforts
to help ensure Charlotte Harbor's
students receive a good environmental
education, it is not too late
to sponsor the event. Please
send your donations, which
are tax deductible, to PRAS
at PO Box 510760, Punta Gorda,
FL 33951-0760. |
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