Pacific Loon: 1 off Alligator Point (Franklin) 28 Nov (L. Hopkins et al.).
Common Loon: 60 in a raft off Dog Island 29 Nov (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Eared Grebe: 1 at Fort Walton (Okaloosa) 25 Oct (D. Ware); 1 at Polk phosphate mines 7 Nov (P. Fellers).
Masked Booby: 11 at Dry Tortugas (Monroe) 28 Oct (T. Palmer).
Northern Gannet: about 1000 (95% immatures) off Playalinda Beach (Brevard) 21 Nov (S. Rowe); 408 off Turtle Mound, Canaveral National Seashore (Volusia) 26 Nov (H. Robinson et al.); 100s off Hollywood Beach (Broward) 29-30 Nov (J. Baker).
American White Pelican: flocks moved E past Dog Island 27 Sep through Nov, with 500 observed 3 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick); 2000 at Polk phosphate mines 7 Nov (P. Fellers).
Double-crested Cormorant: a migratory flock of ca. 35 over Archbold Biological Station 29 Oct (R. Crain et al.) was locally rare.
Magnificent Frigatebird: 369 on Cortez Key (Manatee) and 530 on Tarpon Key (Pinellas) 18 Aug, of which about 15% were immatures (R. Paul); singles regular off Dog Island Aug-Sep (D. Evered, L. Messick); 2 near Panama City (Bay) 30 Oct (E. and L. Keppner); "many" more than usual around Marco Island (Collier) throughout the period (T. Below).
American Bittern: 6-7 flying around Rainey Slough (Glades) at dawn 30 Oct (F. Lohrer, B. Pranty, FOS group).
Great Blue Heron: 30 pairs nesting on Cortez Key, and 20 pairs on Terra Ceia Key (Manatee) in mid-Nov (A. Schnapf).
"Great White Heron:" 1 at Wards Bank (Duval) 8 Aug (J. Wheat); 1 at the Carrabelle River mouth (Franklin) 19 Sep (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Snowy Egret: 325 at Polk phosphate mines 26 Sep (P. Fellers, C. Geanangel).
Reddish Egret: 3 at St. Marks NWR (Wakulla) 2 Aug-10 Oct (R. Gidden, A. Foder et al.); 9 dark morphs at Hagen's Cove (Taylor) 23 Aug (R. Paul); 3 white morphs on Shell Key (Pinellas) 11 Sep (P. Blair et al.); 13 dark morphs in one flock on Dog Island 18 Sep (D. Evered, L. Messick) is the highest-ever count for the Big Bend (fide B. Anderson); 1 near Panama City 17 Oct (T. Menart, E. Fontaine).
Glossy Ibis: 1 on Key West (Monroe) 2 Oct was locally rare (J. Ondrejko); 10,000 10 miles E of Belle Glade (Palm Beach) 17 Oct (W. Biggs, C. Garrett) is the state's highest-ever count by far (fide B. Anderson).
White Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia): 1 at McKay Bay (Hillsborough) 20 Oct through the period (G. Woolfenden et al.). Although the species has strayed to Greenland (AOU 1983:779. Check-list of North American Birds), this individual was traced to a bird that escaped from nearby Busch Gardens (fide D. Canterbury). This is the first report of the species in Florida (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992).
Roseate Spoonbill: 40+ S of South Bay 29 Aug (J. Baker, E. Rosenberg); 6 at Dundee (Polk) through the period (P. Fellers et al.).
Wood Stork: 1600-1700 S of South Bay 29 Aug, and 1000 there 15 Sep (J. Baker, E. Rosenberg); 150 at Lake Munson (Leon) 23 Sep (T. Morrill) and 180 there 27 Sep (G. Menk); 1500 10 miles E of Belle Glade 17 Oct (W. Biggs, C. Garrett).
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia): 1 photographed S of Chipley (Washington) 16-17 Aug (P. Toole) was presumably the same individual observed at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 21 Sep (L. Riopelle) and photographed at Pelican Island NWR (Indian River) 18 Nov-mid Dec (P. Tritaik, fide P. W. Smith). Presumably an escapee from captivity, but possibly a natural vagrant from the Old World, this is the first record for Florida (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992).
Fulvous Whistling-Duck: 1000 10 miles E of Belle Glade 17 Oct (W. Biggs, C. Garrett); 1 at Smyrna Dunes Park (Volusia) 22 Oct (W. Biggs et al.).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck: 2 at St. Marks NWR 21 Sep (M. Cicciarelli) is the first N Florida report; 8 on the Myakka River (Sarasota) 17 Oct (W. Biggs, C. Garrett).
Snow Goose: 32 white morphs flying S over the Myakka River 31 Oct (B. and W. Biggs et al.); up to 4 (1 white and 3 blue morphs) at Polk phosphate mines 1-6 Nov (B. and L. Cooper, P. Fellers); 1 blue morph at Venice Beach (Sarasota) 2 Nov (F. and V. Bates); 12 at Fort Walton 5 Nov (W. Fullilove); 163 (80% blue morphs) S of South Bay 7 Nov (E. Rosenberg et al.), and 196 videotaped there 13 Nov (L. and B. Atherton, M. Wilkinson, A. McKelvey); 3 blue morphs at Rookery Bay Sanctuary 7 Nov (B. J. Anderson, J. McGinity) was the third Collier report (T. Below); 12 near Arcadia (De Soto) 13 Nov (J. Arnold); 3 white morphs at Lake Lochloosa (Alachua) 16 Nov (R. Rowan); 16 at Merritt Island NWR (Brevard) 21 Nov (C. and P. Small); 1 blue morph (with a white belly) at Springhill Road STF 30 Nov (J. Cavanagh); several flocks at St. Marks NWR throughout the period (fide J. Cox).
Brant: 1 at Honeymoon Island SRA (Pinellas) 29 Nov (S. Hackshaw, S. Goodbred).
Mallard: two reports of wild birds in Hillsborough: a "few" at McKay Bay Oct-Nov, and 2 pairs at Hillsborough Bay 29 Nov (both R. Paul).
Blue-winged Teal: 30 at Archbold Biological Station 31 Aug (K. Tarvin, M. Garvin); 300 at Orlando Wilderness Park (Orange) 18 Sep, 125 on 1 Oct, but only 80 there 29 Nov (D. Freeman); 1500 at Polk phosphate mines 7 Nov (P. Fellers).
Northern Shoveler: 1 female over Archbold Biological Station 17 Aug (G. Woolfenden); 2000 at Polk phosphate mines 7 Nov (P. Fellers).
Gadwall: 42 at Polk phosphate mines 13-28 Nov (P. and D. Fellers, C. Geanangel).
Eurasian Wigeon: 1 male at Merritt Island NWR 7 Nov (S. Buettner).
American Wigeon: 500 at Polk phosphate mines 28 Nov (P. and D. Fellers, C. Geanangel).
Ring-necked Duck: 3000 at Polk phosphate mines 13 Nov (P. Fellers, C. Geanangel).
Surf Scoter: 2 near Boca Raton (Broward) 30 Oct-8 Nov (B. Hope); 1 in female plumage off Cedar Key (Levy) 30 Oct-9 Nov (R. Rowan, M. Manetz).
Scoter species: 600, of which about 10% were White-winged Scoters, off Playalinda Beach 21 Nov (S. Rowe).
Hooded Merganser: 450 at Polk phosphate mines 28 Nov (P. and D. Fellers, C. Geanangel).
Raptors: three hawk watches were conducted by S. Walter: 28 Oct at Delray Beach (Palm Beach) 29 Nov at Flamingo, Everglades National Park, Monroe, and 30 Nov also at Flamingo.
Species 28 Oct 29 Nov 30 Nov Black Vulture 3 2 22 Turkey Vulture 872 1448 584 Osprey 8 Bald Eagle 1 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 5 3 Cooper’s Hawk 2 Broad-winged Hawk 4 13 Short-tailed Hawk 1 Swainson’s Hawk 7 2 Red-tailed Hawk 28 36 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 Total Species 7 6 9 Total Individuals 922 1464 1293
Turkey Vulture: 150 over Key West 8 Nov and 30 Nov (J. Ondrejko).
Osprey: 26 over Boot Key (Monroe) 9 Oct (W. Hoffman et al.).
Swallow-tailed Kite: 1 over Dog Island 15 Aug (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 over Key West 19 Aug (J. Ondrejko)
White-tailed Kite: 1 juvenile S of South Bay 3 Sep (B. Hope, W. George et al.); 1 on St. George Island (Franklin) 23 Oct (E. and D. White); 1 W of Homestead (Dade) 21 Nov was the only report from that location all season (P. W. and S. Smith).
Snail Kite: 1 in female plumage on Lake Arbuckle (Polk) 13 Sep (D. Stotz).
Mississippi Kite: 1 juvenile over Boot Key 2 Oct (W. Hoffman); 1 over S Jacksonville (Duval) 28 Sep (J. Cocke).
Bald Eagle: 1 immature at Fort Walton 12 Nov (K. and M. Strangeland), where the species was "almost completely absent until a few years ago, now at least 2 active nests" (B. Duncan in litt.); 1 territorial pair on Dog Island through the period was suspected to nest (D. Evered, L. Messick, S. Rein); at least 2 new nest sites N of Tallahassee (Leon) (W. Baker, J. Cox).
Northern Harrier: 1 on Dog Island 8 Sep, and 10 there 25 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick); 9 over Boot Key 9 Oct (W. Hoffman et al.).
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 98 over Boot Key 9 Oct (W. Hoffman et al.); 26 over Cape Florida (Dade) 20 Oct (J. Edscorn, P. Fellers).
Cooper's Hawk: 1 at Brooker Creek (Pinellas) 8 Aug (D. Sumpter); 14 over Boot Key 9 Oct (W. Hoffman et al.); 3 over Cape Florida 20 Oct (J. Edscorn, P. Fellers).
Broad-winged Hawk: 1 immature at Saddle Creek CP (Polk) 18 Sep and an adult there 21 Nov (P. Fellers); 1 over Key West 30 Sep and 17 there 2 Oct (J. Ondrejko); 4 over Cape Florida 20 Oct (J. Edscorn, P. Fellers); 22 at Spanish River Park, Boca Raton 25 Oct (B. Hope).
Short-tailed Hawk: 1 dark morph at Brooker Creek 3 Aug, where at least 1 bird was regularly seen since Jun (D. Sumpter); 1 dark morph over Archbold Biological Station 7 Aug (D. Stotz) and 1 Sep (J. Fitzpatrick et al.); 1 dark morph at Lettuce Lake CP (Hillsborough) 22 Sep (S. Backes); 1 light morph over Lake Placid (Highlands) 2 Oct (J. Fitzpatrick); 4 dark morphs over Boot Key 9 Oct (W. Hoffman et al.) and 4 there 16 Oct (W. Hoffman, C. Sewell, L. Richard); 1 dark morph at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 12 Oct (D. Stotz); 2 dark morphs on Key West 14 Nov (J. Ondrejko).
Swainson's Hawk: "several" at St. Joseph Peninsula SP (Gulf) 24 Oct (H. Loftin et al.); 1 over Boot Key 16 Oct (W. Hoffman, C. Sewell, L. Richard); 3 at Spanish River Park 25 Oct (B. Hope); 1 dark morph over Archbold Biological Station 22 Nov (J. Fitzpatrick et al.); 1 light morph on Key West 30 Nov (J. Ondrejko).
Ferruginous Hawk: 1 at Cedar Key 1-2 Oct (D. Henderson, N. Taylor, details to FOSRC).
Crested Caracara: 2 in SE Martin 4 Nov (V. Merritt) were locally rare.
American Kestrel: 65 over Boot Key 9 Oct (W. Hoffman et al.); 20 over Cape Florida 20 Oct (J. Edscorn, P. Fellers).
Merlin: 1 over Archbold Biological Station 17 Aug (J. Fitzpatrick) was the earliest-ever fall report (fide B. Anderson); a seasonal total of 26 at Dog Island 23 Sep through Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 at Lake Alfred (Polk) 1 Oct (P. Fellers); 42 over Boot Key 9 Oct (W. Hoffman et al.); 1 at Polk phosphate mines 1-13 Nov (B. Cooper, P. Fellers, C. Geanangel).
Peregrine Falcon: 1 S of South Bay 15 Sep and 10 Nov (J. Baker, E. Rosenberg) and 3 there 30 Oct (W. Bracey, M. Greenburg); 1 at Springhill Road STF 21 Sep (J. Cavanagh) and 25 Sep (G. Menk); 1 adult near Gainesville (Alachua) 30 Sep-6 Oct (J. Hintermister, B. Muschlitz); 1 over the Suwannee River (Dixie) 30 Sep (J. Krummrich); 1 at Orlando Wilderness Park 1 Oct (D. Freeman); 1 at Hamilton phosphate mines 3 Oct (J. Krummrich); 1 over Archbold Biological Station 4 Oct (G. Woolfenden et al.); 190! over Boot Key 9 Oct (W. Hoffman et al.) is the state's highest-ever count (fide B. Anderson); 1 at Polk phosphate mines 6 and 13 Nov (P. Fellers); a seasonal total of 13 over Dog Island 25 Sep-22 Nov (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Yellow Rail: 1 at St. Marks NWR 23 Oct (N. Wamer).
Black Rail: 1 at Lower Suwannee NWR (Levy) 29 Nov (J. Krummrich).
Purple Gallinule: 1 immature near Panama City 25 Nov (B. and M. Kittredge, T. Menart) was locally late.
Sandhill Crane: 14 over St. Marks NWR 21 Nov (H. Hooper, D. Harris); 27 W of Crawfordville (Wakulla) also 21 Nov (G. Menk); 6 over Dog Island 22 Nov (D. Evered, L. Messick).
American Golden-Plover: 1 in Collier 7 Sep (D. Shock) was locally rare; 1 at Polk phosphate mines 6 Nov (P. Fellers); 2 S of South Bay 13 Nov (L. Atherton et al.).
Snowy Plover: 14 on Shell Key 11 Sep (P. Blair et al.).
Semipalmated Plover: 1 at Springhill Road STF 2 Sep (T. Morrill); up to 3 at Paynes Prairie Basin 10 Sep-8 Oct (R. Rowan, M. Manetz) was only the second Alachua report; 325 on Shell Key 11 Sep (P. Blair et al.) is the highest-ever fall report (fide B. Anderson).
Piping Plover: 2 on Virginia Key (Dade) 11 Sep (J. Villamil et al.); 60 on Dog Island 23 Sep (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 at John Lloyd SRA in Dania (Broward) in late Oct (E. Rosenberg); 31 at Big Sabine (Escambia) 17 Nov (G. Fleming, F. Logan).
Killdeer: 150 flew E past Dog Island in one hour 23 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Black-necked Stilt: up to 102 at St. Marks NWR 2 Aug-20 Sep (J. Reinman et al.); 31 at Sawgrass Lake CP (Pinellas) 6 Aug (R. Smith); 15 at a new breeding site at Pensacola Naval Air Station (Escambia) 12 Aug (M. McMillian); 250 at Zellwood farms (Orange) 14 Aug (L. Hopkins, R. Smith et al.); 100+ S of South Bay 29 Aug (E. Rosenberg, J. Baker); 24 at Polk phosphate mines 13-28 Nov (P. Fellers, C. Geanangel).
American Avocet: up to 5 at St. Marks NWR 14 Aug-28 Oct (R. Gidden); 1 on Dog Island 10 Sep (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 at Springhill Road STF 21 Sep (J. Cavanagh); 1 near Pace (Santa Rosa) 12 Oct, and 2 near there 15-22 Oct (B. Milmore); 586 at Homeland mine (Polk) 7 Nov (C. Geanangel, P. Timmer).
Willet: 1 at Zellwood 21 Aug (P. Fellers et al.).
Upland Sandpiper: 1 at Avon Park AFR (Polk) 17 Aug (D. Stotz); 40 at Zellwood 21 Aug (P. Fellers et al.) and 21 there 22 Aug (J. Hintermister et al.); 2 W of Homestead 29 Aug (P. W. and S. Smith); 1 at Merritt Island NWR 3-10 Sep (S. Rowe); 1 at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 19 Sep (D. Stotz).
Long-billed Curlew: 4 at Alafia Banks (Hillsborough) 12 Sep (A. Schnapf); 3 on Fort Myers Beach (Lee) 26 Nov (B. Atherton).
Marbled Godwit: 1 at Paynes Prairie Basin 1-3 Sep (R. Rowan et al.) was the first Alachua report.
Ruddy Turnstone: 1 at Springhill Road STF 1 Sep (G. Menk).
Red Knot: 400 at Fort De Soto CP (Pinellas) 11 Aug (R. Paul); 550 on Shell Key 11 Sep (P. Blair et al.), and 5000 there 17 Sep (P. Blair) is the second highest-ever count (fide B. Anderson); 1 S of South Bay 8 Nov (B. Hope) was very rare inland.
Sanderling: 1 at Springhill Road STF 1 Sep (G. Menk).
Semipalmated Sandpiper: 2 at Springhill Road STF 1 Nov (G. Menk) were late.
White-rumped Sandpiper: 3 S of South Bay 8-13 Nov (B. Hope, H. Langridge).
Baird's Sandpiper: 1 at Wards Bank 11 Sep (J. Bledsoe, S. Buettner); 1 on Dog Island 12 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Pectoral Sandpiper: 1 at St. Marks NWR 14-15 Aug (R. Gidden et al.); 6 on Dog Island 10 Sep (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 at Springhill Road STF 18 Nov (G. Menk).
Calidris species: 11,000 at Polk phosphate mines 13 Nov (P. Fellers, C. Geanangel).
Purple Sandpiper: 2 at Fort Clinch SP (Nassau) 8 Nov (B. Muschlitz) and 23 Nov (J. Bledsoe); 1 at Smyrna Dunes Park 26 Nov (W. Biggs et al.); 1 at Bahia Honda SP (Monroe) 25 Nov (D. and E. O'Neill); 1 at Port Canaveral (Brevard) 26 Nov through the period (W. Biggs et al.).
Dunlin: up to 3 at Polk phosphate mines 1-28 Nov (B. and L. Cooper, P. Fellers); 100 S of South Bay 13 Nov (B. Hope, H. Langridge).
Curlew Sandpiper: 1 at Fort Myers Beach 14 Oct through the period (V. McGrath et al.).
Stilt Sandpiper: singles on Dog Island 31 Aug and 17 Sep were new there (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 at St. Marks NWR 7 Nov (C. and R. Christen); 600 at Polk phosphate mines 7 Nov (P. Fellers).
Buff-breasted Sandpiper: 4 at Zellwood 24 Aug (B. Muschlitz, J. Hintermister, H. Adams); 3 W of Homestead 28 Aug (P. W. and S. Smith); 1 at Merritt Island NWR 2-3 Sep (S. Rowe); single immatures on Dog Island 18 and 23 Sep (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Ruff: 1 with a broken wing S of South Bay 7 Aug remained about a month (J. Sigsbee et al.).
Short-billed Dowitcher: 1200 at Polk phosphate mines 13 Nov (P. Fellers, C. Geanangel).
Long-billed Dowitcher: 13 at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 2 Oct (D. Stotz); 80 W of Moore Haven (Glades) 30 Oct (D. Stotz, S. Gill, FOS group); 1000 S of South Bay 8-14 Nov (B. Hope, H. Langridge) is the state's highest-ever count (fide B. Anderson).
Common Snipe: 1 at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 19 Aug (D. Stotz) was somewhat early.
American Woodcock: 1 at Tiger Point (Santa Rosa) 18 Aug (B. Bremser) had been present since mid-Jun (fide B. Duncan).
Wilson's Phalarope: 1 at St. Marks NWR 15 Aug (K. NeSmith), 22 Aug (J. LaVia), and 14 Sep (P. Collings, D. Waldman); 1 at Springhill Road STF 19 and 24 Aug (J. Cavanagh); 5 at Zellwood 21 Aug (P. Fellers et al.) and 2 there 22 Aug (J. Hintermister et al.); 1 photographed on Marco Island 18 Sep was the first Collier record (T. Below).
Pomarine Jaeger: 879 off Turtle Mound 26 Nov (H. Robinson, W. Biggs, G. Stoccardo, W. Bracey); 400 off Playalinda Beach, also 26 Nov (J. Hintermister).
Parasitic Jaeger: 1 off Dog Island 30 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick); 124 off Turtle Mound 26 Nov (H. Robinson, W. Biggs, G. Stoccardo, W. Bracey).
Jaeger species: 300 flying S off Playalinda Beach 21 Nov, and 100 there 23 Nov (S. Rowe).
Franklin's Gull: 1 first-year bird on Fort Myers Beach 7 Nov (B. and L. Atherton, videotape).
Iceland Gull: 1 at Wards Bank 9 Oct (S. Buettner, details to FOSRC).
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 1 adult at Fort Pickens (Escambia) 7 Oct (G. Fleming et al.) was probably the same bird observed at Wayside Park, Pensacola (Escambia) 20-28 Oct (W. Fullilove, J. Knepton); 2 on the Sunshine Skyway causeway (Pinellas) 4-5 Oct, one lingering to 11 Oct (L. Atherton, J. Turner, A. Kretschmar); 8 adults at Wards Bank 16 Oct (N. Wamer, T. West) and 7 Nov (J. Wheat); 1 adult S of South Bay 10-14 Nov (E. Rosenberg, J. Baker, H. Langridge); 1 on Shell Island (Bay) 22 Nov (R. West); 1 at Merritt Island NWR 28 Nov (W. Biggs et al.).
Great Black-backed Gull: 1 adult off Dog Island 30 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Gull-billed Tern: 1 at Zellwood 21 Aug (P. Fellers et al.); 1 S of South Bay 29 Aug, and 2 there 10 Nov (E. Rosenberg, J. Baker).
Caspian Tern: 60 S of South Bay 10 Nov (J. Baker, E. Rosenberg).
Sandwich Tern: 537 on Shell Key 11 Sep (P. Blair et al.); 2000-3000 at Alafia Banks 2 Oct (R. Paul) and 24 Oct (A. Schnapf) is the state's highest-ever count (fide B. Anderson).
Common Tern: 224 on Shell Key 11 Sep (P. Blair et al.); 700 that flew E off Dog Island in one hour 5 Oct were the peak of a heavy migration there in early Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Least Tern: 27 at Lake Jackson (Leon) 1 Aug (G. Menk); 3 on Key West 8 Aug were the last observed there this year (J. Ondrejko).
Black Tern: 350 on Shell Key 27 Aug (P. Blair); 6 at Lake Jackson 31 Aug-2 Sep (G. Menk); 1 at Lake Munson 8 Sep (T. Morrill).
Black Skimmer: the high of 528 at Polk phosphate mines 1 Nov was lower than usual (B. and L. Cooper); 60 S of South Bay 10 Nov (J. Baker, E. Rosenberg).
White-crowned Pigeon: 1 on Hypoluxo Island (Palm Beach) 15 Oct (C. Weber, G. Hunter et al.), and 2 at Big Cypress Bend (Collier) 20 Nov (J. McGinity) were fall dispersers N of their breeding grounds.
Eurasian Collared-Dove: 1 on Dog Island 26 Sep (D. Evered, L. Messick); 60 at Little Sabine (Escambia) 29 Oct (M. McMillian et al.); 1 at Fort Pickens 29 Oct (fide W. Fullilove); 4 new locations reported by P. W. and S. Smith in Oct: 20+ birds 7 miles E of Dunnellon (Marion); a "small colony" at Carrabelle (Franklin); and dozens of birds each at Moore Haven and Clewiston (Hendry); 300 in a flock S over Port St. John (Brevard) 24 Nov (S. Rowe).
White-winged Dove: 1 near Pensacola 11 Aug (A. Forster); up to 11 at Lake Parker Park, a new Polk site, 30 Sep (T. Palmer); singles at Cedar Key 14-31 Oct and 20 Nov through the period (D. Henderson); 2 on Key West 14 Oct (J. Ondrejko); singles on Dog Island 21 Oct, 25 Oct, and 8 Nov (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 in Wakulla 30 Oct-2 Nov (C. and J. Stevenson).
Black-headed Parrot (Pionites melanocephala): 1 near Miami International Airport (Dade) 14 Nov (W. Hoffman) is the first report of the species in Florida (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992).
Rose-ringed Parakeet: 1 at Gainesville 19 Nov (B. Muschlitz, M. Manetz).
Blue-crowned Parakeet: increasing in Pinellas, with 15 at St. Petersburg 19 Oct (D. Goodwin), and 2 at Honeymoon Island SRA 20 Nov (R. Smith).
Black-billed Cuckoo: 2 at Seminole State Forest (Lake) 11 Sep (S. Blitch); 1 at Honeymoon Island SRA 7 Oct (R. Smith); singles banded on Dog Island 13 and 17 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 at Paynes Prairie 16 Oct (M. Manetz, R. Rowan).
Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 30 on Dog Island 10 Oct, and 50 there 22 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Groove-billed Ani: 1 on Dog Island 9-10 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick) was the only report received, in contrast to last fall.
Burrowing Owl: 1 at Archbold Biological Station 31 Oct (D. Stotz) was the first Station report.
Whip-poor-will: 2 at Archbold Biological Station 27 Aug (G. Woolfenden).
Chuck-will's-widow: 1 banded on Dog Island 20 Nov (D. Evered, L. Messick) was late.
Buff-bellied Hummingbird: 1 immature female banded at Destin (Okaloosa) 5-9 Nov (B. Hardison, B. and M. Sargent, details to FOSRC).
Black-chinned Hummingbird: 1 immature male at Cedar Key 28 Oct-2 Nov (D. Henderson).
Archilochus species: 1 immature male, probably a Black-chinned Hummingbird, at Homestead 29 Oct-7 Nov (P. W. and S. Smith).
Rufous Hummingbird: 1 in Calhoun 5 Nov through the period (S. Arbery).
Allen's Hummingbird: 1 in female plumage at Pensacola 19-27 Aug (J. and M. Knepton) was banded 25 Aug (B. and M. Sargent, photos to FOSRC). This will be the first Florida record if accepted by the FOSRC.
Selasphorus species: 1 immature male at Homestead 29 Sep-11 Oct, and an immature female there 25 Oct-7 Nov (P. W. and S. Smith); 1 immature male, believed to be a Rufous, photographed at Dade City the last week in Nov (D. Ward) was the first record of the genus in Pasco (fide B. Pranty).
Red-headed Woodpecker: 1 at Bonaventure (Broward) mid Jul-29 Aug (E. Rosenberg) was locally rare.
Hairy Woodpecker: 1 in a stand of mostly-dead pines near Payne Creek, E of Fort Green (Hardee) 8 Sep (R. Paul).
Olive-sided Flycatcher: 1 videotaped at Fort De Soto CP 11 Sep (L. and B. Atherton et al.); 1 at St. Joseph Peninsula SP 24 Sep (P. Powell).
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher: 1 banded on Casey Key (Sarasota) 14 Sep (A. Stedman); 1 banded and photographed on Dog Island 19 Sep (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 at Saddle Creek CP 2 Oct (C. Geanangel); 1 at Homestead 2 Oct (P. W. and S. Smith); 1 on St. George Island 24 Oct (C and J. Stevenson).
Acadian Flycatcher: 1 at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 3 Sep (D. Stotz) and 1 at Archbold Biological Station 17 Sep (B. Pranty) were the first Highlands reports (fide F. Lohrer).
Least Flycatcher: 1 at Fort De Soto CP 12 Sep and 3 Oct (L. Atherton et al.) and 3 Nov (L. and R. Smith); 2 at Saddle Creek CP 12 Sep (B. and L. Atherton, D. Narins), and 1 there 19 Sep (B. Atherton, J. Turner, A. Kretschmar) and 25 Sep (P. Fellers); 1 at Lettuce Lake CP 17 Sep (L. and B. Atherton, D. Narins); 1 at Homestead 29 Sep-6 Oct (P. W. and S. Smith).
Empidonax species: 1 "Traill's" Flycatcher at Placid Lakes (Highlands) 2 Sep (D. Stotz); 1 at John Lloyd SRA 16 Sep (J. Baker); 11 "Traill's" Flycatchers banded on Dog Island 23 Sep-5 Oct were mostly apparently Alder Flycatchers (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 probable Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at Avon Park AFR (Polk) 11 Oct (D. Stotz).
Eastern Phoebe: ca. 50 on Dog Island 18 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Vermilion Flycatcher: 1 adult male at Fort Pickens 7 Oct (L. Gould, A. Ziccardi et al.); 1 immature male at St. Marks NWR 8 Oct (S. and D. Jue) was joined by an adult male 11 Oct and an immature male 26 Nov, all in the same area (N. Wamer et al.); 1 adult male at Lake Munson 29 Oct through the period (G. Menk); 1 near Blountstown (Calhoun) about 18 Nov (S. Arbery).
Brown-crested Flycatcher: 1 at St. George Island SP 30 Sep (C. and J. Stevenson) is the earliest fall report (fide B. Anderson).
Myiarchus species: 1 at Flamingo (Monroe) 29 Nov was thought to be a Brown-crested Flycatcher (S. Walter).
Western Kingbird: 1 on Dog Island 31 Aug, 25 Sep, and 4 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 at Paynes Prairie 20 Oct (R. Rowan); 1 at Merritt Island NWR 23 Oct (S. Backes, D. Taylor); 1 at Parker Island (Highlands) 29 Oct (B. Pranty, D. Goodwin, L. McCullagh) increased to 4 birds by 28 Nov (D. Stotz); 1 at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 3 Nov (D. Stotz); 2 W of Homestead 8 Nov reached a high of 7 birds 20 Nov (P. W. and S. Smith); 1 at Honeymoon Island SRA 20 Nov (R. Smith, P. Blair, B. and B. Wotton); 1 at Fort De Soto CP 20 Nov (N. McClelland et al.); 1 at St. Marks NWR 26 Nov (J. Brunner, L. Findley).
Eastern Kingbird: 95 on Sheppard Road,Old Venus (Highlands) 23 Aug (D. Stotz); 73 at Merritt Island NWR 3 Sep (S. Rowe); 100s near Lake Rosalie (Polk) the second week in Sep (D. Struthers).
Gray Kingbird: 1 photographed N of Venus (Highlands) 2 Aug (K. Tarvin, B. Pranty); 1 at Avon Park AFR (Polk) 22 Aug (D. Stotz).
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher: 1 on Dog Island 13 Sep (S. Rein) and 27 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 at Gulf Breeze (Santa Rosa) 13 Oct (B. Duncan); 1 at Fort De Soto CP 21 Oct (H. Fagan); 1 at Fernandina Beach (Nassau) 27 Oct (E. Colborn); 1 male at Parker Island 29 Oct through the period (B. Pranty et al.); 2 near Cockroach Bay (Hillsborough) 13 Nov (S. Backes, D. Taylor); 1 W of Homestead 15 Nov through the period (P. W. and S. Smith); 1 at Weston (Broward) 24-25 Nov (R. Carlton); 1 at Babson Park (Polk) 28 Nov (C. Geanangel, P. Timmer).
Horned Lark: 1 at Merritt Island NWR 30 Nov, at the same site as last winter (S. Rowe).
Tree Swallow: 800 flew E by Dog Island in 30 minutes 18 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Northern Rough-winged Swallow: ca. 20 over Archbold Biological Station 31 Aug-1 Sep (G. Woolfenden et al.); 26 at Springhill Road STF 1 Oct (G. Menk).
Bank Swallow: 2 at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 2 Sep (D. Stotz); 6 at Springhill Road STF 1 Oct (G. Menk).
Cliff Swallow: 1 at St. Marks NWR 22 Aug (N. Wamer); 15 at Springhill Road STF 1 Oct (G. Menk); ca. 750 over Boot Key 9 Oct (P. W. Smith et al.) is the state's highest-ever count by far (fide B. Anderson); up to 15 at Paynes Prairie 20 Oct (R. Rowan); 2 at Dry Tortugas 28 Oct (T. Palmer).
Barn Swallow: 900 flew E by Dog Island in 30 minutes 18 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Scrub Jay: 1 at Morningside Nature Center 2 Oct (M. Girard) and 1 at Paynes Prairie 5 Oct (J. Gillen), possibly the same wandering individual, are the first recent Alachua reports, and are about 20 miles from the nearest known jays at Ocala National Forest (Archbold Biological Station data); 124 birds in 39 territories at Disney Wilderness Preserve (Osceola and Polk) 15-19 Nov (B. Pranty). This large population was not known to Jeffrey Cox (1987. Status and Distribution of the Florida Scrub Jay. FOS Special Pub. No. 3).
Fish Crow: 9 on Key West 10 Oct (J. Ondrejko).
Red-breasted Nuthatch: 1 at A. D. Barnes CP (Dade) 13-23 Oct (P. W. and S. Smith et al.) is the southernmost Florida report.
Winter Wren: 1 in NW Jefferson 13 Oct (N. Wamer).
Sedge Wren: 1 on Dog Island 23 Sep (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Veery: 1 banded on Casey Key 7 Nov (A. Stedman).
Gray-cheeked Thrush: 4 banded on Casey Key 14 Sep-18 Oct (A. Stedman); 19 banded on Dog Island through 26 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Swainson's Thrush: 25 at Boyd Hill Nature Park (Pinellas) 16 Oct (R. Smith) is a high local count; 10 at Saddle Creek CP 17 Oct (C. Geanangel).
Wood Thrush: 1 at Panther Point (Polk) 19 Sep (P. Fellers); 1 at Hugh Birch SRA (Broward) 4 Oct (W. George); 1 at Boyd Hill Nature Park 16 Oct (R. Smith); 4 banded on Casey Key 14 Oct-3 Nov (A. Stedman); 4 at Dry Tortugas 28-29 Oct (T. Palmer).
Gray Catbird: ca. 6000 on Dog Island 28 Sep (D. Evered, L. Messick) is the state's highest-ever count (fide B. Anderson).
Bahama Mockingbird: the male on Key West was last observed 14 Aug (J. Ondrejko).
Sprague's Pipit: 1 at Springhill Road STF 12 Nov (G. Menk); 1 at St. Marks NWR 13 Nov (D. and S. Jue); 1 on St. George Island causeway 26 Nov through the period (L. Hopkins, R. Smith et al.).
Thick-billed Vireo: 1 on Boot Key 3-10 Oct (W. Hoffman et al.).
Philadelphia Vireo: 1 at Lettuce Lake CP 29 Sep (S. Backes); 1 S of Tallahassee 2 Oct (T. Morrill); 1 near Panama City 2 Oct (R. and A. Ingram); 1 at Pace 6 Oct (B. Milmore); 1 at Fort De Soto CP 10 Oct (R. Smith); 1 at Fort Pickens 11 Oct (E. Case, W. Fullilove); 1 at Hugh Birch SRA 12 Oct (W. George); 1 at Jacksonville 24 Oct (J. Cocke); 1 at Cedar Key 30 Oct (D. Henderson).
Blue-winged Warbler: 1 at Lake Parker Park 27 Aug (T. Palmer); 1 at Arlington Park (Sarasota) 28 Aug (E. Miller); 2 at Fort De Soto CP 29 Aug (L. and B. Atherton); 1 banded on Casey Key 14 Sep (A. Stedman); 1 at Black Swamp (Leon) 17 Sep (G. Menk); 7 at John Chestnut CP (Pinellas) 18 Sep (L. and B. Atherton); 1 at the Seminole environmental center 18 Sep (B. Krikorian); 2 at Colohatchee Park, Fort Lauderdale (Broward) 19 Sep (B. and T. Center); 1 at Pace 27 Sep (B. Milmore); 2 at Avon Park AFR (Polk) 28 Sep (D. Stotz); 1-2 at Saddle Creek Park through Sep (fide L. Cooper); 1 at Homestead 2 Oct (P. W. and S. Smith).
Golden-winged Warbler: 6 Alachua reports 20 Aug-2 Oct (B. Muschlitz et al.); 1 male at Fort De Soto CP 29 Aug (L. and B. Atherton); 1 female on Seminole Ranch (Orange) 11 Sep (B. Krikorian); 1 on Dog Island 18 Sep and 1 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 at Spanish River Park 19 Sep (B. Hope); 1 at Miami (Dade) 24 Sep (fide M. Cooper); 1 male at Avon Park AFR (Polk) 28 Sep (D. Stotz); 1 at Fort Pickens 29 Sep (E. Case); 1 female at Highlands Hammock SP (Highlands) 3 Oct (D. Stotz); 1 at Hugh Birch SRA 3 Oct (W. George); 1 male at Avon Park AFR (Polk) 11 Oct and 17 Oct (D. Stotz); 9 in Pinellas and Hillsborough during the season, (fide L. Atherton).
Vermivora hybrid: 1 "Brewster's Warbler" at Sawgrass Lake CP 25 Sep (S. Backes, D. Taylor), and 3 in Alachua 25 Sep (R. Rowan), 29 Sep (B. Muschlitz, C. Reno), and 4 Oct (M. Manetz).
Tennessee Warbler: 3 at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 28 Sep (D. Stotz); 2 at Archbold Biological Station 29 Sep (J. Fitzpatrick); 1 banded on Casey Key 1 Nov (A. Stedman).
Nashville Warbler: 1 on St. George Island 11 Sep (J. Cavanagh); 2 at Fort De Soto CP 12 Sep (L. Atherton, M. Wilkinson et al.); 1 at Spanish River Park 18 Sep (B. Hope); 1 at Cedar Key 25 Sep-2 Oct (D. Henderson) was only the second Levy report; 1 at Pace 27 Sep (B. Milmore).
Yellow Warbler: 6 at Count Philippe Park (Pinellas) 1 Aug (R. Smith); 260 through the period at Gulf Breeze, and 60 there 23 Aug (B. Duncan), the highest-ever fall count (fide B. Anderson).
Magnolia Warbler: 1 at Black Swamp 3 Nov (G. Menk); among 4 observed at Everglades National Park 20 Nov was 1 at Mahogany Hammock (Dade) at the same site as where 1 wintered last year (P. W. and S. Smith).
Cape May Warbler: 1 at St. George Island SP 23 Oct (C. and J. Stevenson) and 1 female banded on Dog Island 23 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick) were locally rare.
Black-throated Blue Warbler: 1 female banded on Dog Island 11 Nov (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Townsend's Warbler: 1 female videotaped at Fort De Soto CP 11 Sep (L. and B. Atherton et al., details to FOSRC).
Black-throated Green Warbler: 3 at Mahogany Hammock, a regular wintering site, 20 Nov (P. W. and S. Smith).
Palm Warbler: 1 on Dog Island 8 Sep (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 at St. Marks NWR 12 Sep (B. Hardy, F. James); 4 at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 13 Sep (D. Stotz).
Bay-breasted Warbler: 1 near Destin (Okaloosa) 19 Sep (D. Ware); 1 at St. Marks NWR 18 Oct (P. W. and S. Smith); 1 at Alturas (Polk) 17 Nov (P. Timmer).
Blackpoll Warbler: 1 at Gulf Breeze 19 Sep was only the third local fall report (B. Duncan).
Cerulean Warbler: 1 at Sawgrass Lake CP 11 Aug (R. Smith); 1 immature at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 20 Aug (D. Stotz); 4 at Fort De Soto CP 29 Aug (L. and B. Atherton); 1 male near Panther Hammock (Wakulla) 30 Aug (J. Cavanagh); 1 at Jacksonville 4 Sep (J. Cocke); 2 at Saddle Creek CP 11 Sep (B. and L. Cooper et al.); 1 N of St. Marks NWR 24 Oct (M. Cicciarelli); 29 in Pinellas and Hillsborough this season, less than last year (fide L. Atherton).
American Redstart: 1 male at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 7 Aug (D. Stotz); 24 at Saddle Creek CP 16 Oct is a high local count (P. Fellers et al.); 1 on Dog Island 6 Nov (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Prothonotary Warbler: 12 at Spanish River Park 5 Sep (B. Hope); 10 at Saddle Creek CP 11 Sep (B. and L. Cooper et al.).
Worm-eating Warbler: 1 at Seminole State Forest 21 Aug (D. Freeman); 1 at Avon Park AFR (Polk) 4 Sep (D. Stotz); 4 at Leon Sinks (Leon) 7 Sep (T. Morrill); 3 at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 13 Sep, and 1 there 21 Sep (D. Stotz); 2 at Seminole environmental center 18 Sep, and singles there 9 and 16 Oct (B. Krikorian); 1 at Highlands Hammock SP 22 Sep (D. Stotz); 2 at Hal Scott Preserve (Orange) 2 Oct (D. Freeman); 3 Dog Island reports, including 1 banded 13 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Swainson's Warbler: 1 at Lettuce Lake CP 6 Sep (L. Atherton); 1 banded on Dog Island 6 and 15 Sep (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 at John Lloyd SRA 16 Sep (J. Baker); 1 at Homestead 3 Oct (P. W. and S. Smith).
Ovenbird: 1 on Dog Island 14 Aug (D. Evered, L. Messick); 75 at Spanish River Park 5 Sep (B. Hope).
Northern Waterthrush: 1 at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 12 Aug (D. Stotz); 1 at Parker Island 6 Nov (D. Stotz).
Louisiana Waterthrush: up to 4 singing at Saddle Creek CP 7 Aug-6 Sep (C. Geanangel, P. Fellers et al.).
Kentucky Warbler: 6 S of Tallahassee 8 Aug (G. Menk); 7 Alachua reports 13 Aug-21 Sep; 2 at Fort De Soto CP 29 Aug (L. and B. Atherton); 3 in Leon 7 Sep (T. Morrill); 3 at Saddle Creek CP 11 Sep (B. Cooper et al.); 1 at Spanish River Park 22 Sep (B. Hope); 2 on Cape Florida 25 Sep (fide M. Cooper); 1 at Miami 5-7 Oct (M. Cooper).
Mourning Warbler: 1 at Spanish River Park 27 Sep (B. Hope).
Hooded Warbler: among 9 reports were 1 at Dry Tortugas 28 Oct (T. Palmer) and 2 on Key West 1 Nov (J. Ondrejko).
Wilson's Warbler: 1 male at Fort De Soto CP 11-12 Sep (L. Atherton), and 1 female there 12 Sep (L. Atherton); 1 banded on Casey Key 13 Sep (A. Stedman); 1 at Jacksonville 16 Sep (J. Cocke); 1 at Black Swamp 17 Oct-3 Nov (G. Menk); 1 at Fort Pickens 29 Sep (E. Case); 1 at Gainesville 23 Nov (R. Kiltie).
Canada Warbler: 1 at Arlington Park 26 Aug (J. Palmer); 3 in one bush on St. George Island 4 Sep (J. Cavanagh); singles on Dog Island 8 Sep, 18 Sep, and 30 Sep (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 at Spanish River Park 12 Sep (B. Hope); 1 at Niceville (Okaloosa) 25 Sep (M. Lambert); 1 at Saddle Creek CP 15 Sep (P. Fellers), and 2 there 17 Sep (L. and B. Atherton, D. Narins); 1 male at San Felasco Hammock (Alachua) 27 Sep (B. Muschlitz, H. Adams); 1 at Hugh Birch SRA 9 Oct (T. Center, W. George).
Yellow-breasted Chat: 1 banded on Casey Key 12 Sep (A. Stedman).
Summer Tanager: 1 migrant at Archbold Biological Station 21 Aug (G. Woolfenden); 2 on Dog Island 27 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Blue Grosbeak: many Dog Island reports 4 Sep-16 Nov, including 20 birds on 16 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick), the highest-ever fall count (fide B. Anderson).
Indigo Bunting: 1 at Avon Park AFR (Polk) 17 Aug (D. Stotz); 60-70 at Jacksonville 24-26 Oct (J. Cocke); 5 on Key West 1 Nov (J. Ondrejko); 4 at Black Swamp 3 Nov (G. Menk).
Painted Bunting: 1 male at Lake Saddlebags (Highlands) 12 Aug (fide A. Rasmussen); 1 immature male banded on Dog Island 27 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Dickcissel: 1 at St. Marks NWR 21 Aug (N. Wamer), and 5 Oct and 24 Oct (M. Cicciarelli); 1 N of St. Marks NWR 24 Sep (J. Cavanagh); 1 on Key West 18 Oct (J. Ondrejko).
Bachman's Sparrow: 1 juvenile banded on Dog Island 3 Oct (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Clay-colored Sparrow: 1 at Gulf Breeze 2 Oct (B. Duncan, P. Tetlow); 1 at Fort Pickens 7 Oct (C. Kingsbery et al.); 2 on Dog Island 16 Oct (P. W. Smith); 2 W of Homestead 21 Nov (P. W. and S. Smith); 2 at Babson Park 28 Nov (C. Geanangel, P. Timmer).
Lark Sparrow: 1 at Fort Pickens 25 Sep (P. Powell); 1 at Springhill Road STF 3 Oct at the same site as last year (T. Morrill); 1 at St. Marks NWR 18 Nov (D., J., and R. Ballman).
Fox Sparrow: 1 at Avalon Beach (Santa Rosa) 21 Nov (K. and M. Strangeland) tied the earliest local fall date (fide B. Duncan).
Lincoln's Sparrow: 2 W of Homestead 21 Nov (P. W. and S. Smith).
White-throated Sparrow: 1 in E Pasco 24 Nov (S. Backes) was locally rare.
White-crowned Sparrow: 2 on Dog Island 24 Oct, and single birds there 25 and 27 Oct and 7-9 Nov (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 at Hickory Mound Impoundment (Taylor) 7 Nov (J. Cox, K. NeSmith); 1 W of Homestead 21 Nov (P. W. and S. Smith); 35 at Babson Park 28 Nov (C. Geanangel, P. Timmer) is the state's highest-ever count (fide B. Anderson).
Dark-eyed Junco: 1 immature female on Dog Island 11 Nov (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 at Lake Woodruff NWR (Volusia) 28 Nov (W. Biggs).
Bobolink: 600 on SR 64 E of Avon Park (Highlands) 14 Sep (D. Stotz); 1 at Dry Tortugas 28 Oct (T. Palmer).
Eastern Meadowlark: 1 on Dog Island 28 Aug (D. Evered, L. Messick) is the earliest-ever fall report (fide B. Anderson).
Western Meadowlark: 1 calling on Dog Island 22 Oct was the first report there (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Yellow-headed Blackbird: 1 at Destin 29 Aug (M. Sheasby); 1 on Dog Island 23 Sep (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 at Homestead 29 Sep-1 Oct (E. O'Dell); 1 at St. Marks NWR 16 Oct (R. Kautz, N. Wamer); 5 (2 females and 3 immatures) at St. Andrews SP (Bay) 20 Oct (A. Ingram, R. Ingram, T. Rybicki); 1 female in E Highlands 28 Oct (D. Stotz); 1 adult male at Gainesville 4 Nov (R. Rowan), and another there 20-22 Nov (R. Rowan, M. Manetz).
Rusty Blackbird: ca. 50 N of Tallahassee 23 Nov (J. Cavanagh).
Brewer's Blackbird: 1 banded on Casey Key 28 Sep (A. Stedman) is the earliest-ever fall report (fide B. Anderson); 2 N of Tallahassee 23 Nov (J. Cavanagh).
Shiny Cowbird: 1 at St. Marks NWR 22 Aug (J. LaVia); 3 at Rookery Bay Sanctuary 12 Nov (J. McGinity), the third consecutive year birds have wintered there (fide T. Below).
Bronzed Cowbird: 1 male at Gainesville 18 Nov (R. Rowan); 1 male at Cedar Key 25 Nov (D. Henderson).
Orchard Oriole: 1 in female plumage at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 12 Aug (D. Stotz).
Bullock’s Oriole: 2 at Homestead 26 Sep through the period (P. W. and S. Smith).
Baltimore Oriole: 1 female at Parker Island 6 Nov (D. Stotz).
House Finch: 1 female at Homestead 19-27 Oct (P. W. and S. Smith); 1 over Carrabelle 13 Nov (D. Evered, L. Messick); 1 male at Cedar Key 24-25 Nov (D. Henderson); birds also at Lake City (Columbia) and Gainesville this fall (P. Powell).
American Goldfinch: 1 over Archbold Biological Station 17 Sep (B. Pranty), and 1 male at Gainesville 19-21 Sep (C. Reno, I. Fromberg) were the 2nd and 3rd earliest-ever fall reports (fide B. Anderson).