Tropical Audubon Society

South Florida’s Voice of Conservation

During the Biscayne National Park Christmas Bird Count, conducted on December 18th 2015, a total of 64 species of birds were identified. The highlight of the trip was an American Flamingo who has decided to make his temporary home on an ocean side beach of Elliott Key. The list of the species and total counts are included below. Thanks to all the great birders who participated!

American Flamingo 1
American Goldfinch 1
American Redstart 2
American White Pelican 47
Anhinga 4
Belted Kingfisher 11
Black Vulture 3
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Black-bellied Plover 17
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 17
Brown Booby 7
Brown Pelican 97
Caspian Tern 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Double-crested Cormorant 735
Eastern Phoebe 1
European Starling 20
Gray Catbird 1
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 16
Great Blue Heron (White form) 15
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Great Egret 27
Green Heron 3
Herring Gull 2
Killdeer 3
Laughing Gull 155
Least Sandpiper 174
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
Lesser Scaup 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Little Blue Heron 25
Loggerhead Shrike 2
Magnificent Frigatebird 43
Mourning Dove 7
Northern Cardinal 2
Northern Mockingbird 11
Northern Parula 2
Osprey 7
Ovenbird 1
Palm Warbler 18
Prairie Warbler 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Red-breasted Merganser 16
Red-winged Blackbird 31
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 10
Roseate Spoonbill 4
Royal Tern 167
Ruddy Turnstone 15
Sanderling 52
Semipalmated Plover 24
Short-billed Dowitcher 41
Snowy Egret 3
Spotted Sandpiper 34
Tricolored Heron 4
Turkey Vulture 71
White Ibis 436
White-crowned Pigeon 9
Willet 2
Wood Stork 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 13
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler 181
Yellow-throated Warbler 1