Red-throated Loon: 1 at Alligator Point (Franklin) 31 Dec (J. Dunn, S. Utterback); 1 in the Indian River (Indian River) 5 Jan (I. Weigley).
Common Loon: raft of 450+ near Dog Island (Franklin) 19 Dec (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Pied-billed Grebe: 527 on the Lakeland CBC (Polk) 18 Dec was that count's highest-ever total (fide P. Fellers); 893 on the Merritt Island CBC (Brevard) 20 Dec (fide D. Stuckey); 200+ at Myakka River SP (Sarasota) 31 Dec-6 Feb (L. and R. Smith et al.).
Eared Grebe: 1 at Air Products Wildlife Sanctuary (Escambia) 19 Nov-5 Dec (B. Milmore); up to 7 at Canaveral National Seashore (Brevard) 6 Dec-5 Feb (W. Biggs et al.); 6 at Polk phosphate mines 11 Dec (P. Fellers, D. Ford); 1 at Oakland Park (Broward) 19 Dec (J. Baker, E. Rosenberg et al.); 3-6 at Hamilton phosphate mines 18 Dec through the period (R. Rowan, M. Manetz).
Brown Booby: 1 immature at Sebastian Inlet (Brevard or Indian River) 6 Feb (G. Beaton).
Northern Gannet: 200 off Palm Beach 1 Dec (W. Bracey); 113 off Dade 18 Dec (J. Sigsbee, M. Cooper, R. Kelly).
American White Pelican: 1 at Lake Wauberg 15 Dec, and observed in other parts of Alachua through Jan, was that county's second report (B. Muschlitz); 779 on the South Brevard CBC (Brevard and/or Indian River) 2 Jan was the highest local total in 10 years (fide J. Taylor); 3000 at Polk mines 9 Jan (P. Fellers, J. Novick, C. Nace).
Brown Pelican: 1 on Lake Jon (Polk) 15 Dec (A. Fritzsche); 1 on the Econlockhatchee CBC (Orange, Seminole, or Volusia) 2 Jan (fide L. Malo); 8 on Lake Arbuckle (Polk) 11-13 Jan (R. Barker et al.).
Least Bittern: 1 at Lake Alice (Alachua) 29 Jan (L. Fitzgerald) was seasonally rare.
Great White Heron: 1 at Oyster Creek, Englewood (Charlotte) 26 Feb through the period (B. Myers).
*Scarlet Ibis: 1 at Eco Pond, Everglades National Park (Monroe) 26 Jan (North American Rare Bird Alert fide D. Canterbury).
Wood Stork: no birds bred at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary (Collier) this year, despite favorable water levels (T. Below).
White Spoonbill: the 1 bird reported from the fall was observed on the Tampa CBC at McKay Bay (Hillsborough) 31 Dec (G. Woolfenden, R. Bowman, B. Pranty, J. Goldstein).
Greater Flamingo: 10 at Christian Point, Everglades National Park (Monroe) 2 Jan (J. Webber, E. Shaughnessy).
Flamingo species: 1 at Merritt Island NWR 20 Dec (H. Hill).
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck: 141 on the Sarasota CBC (Sarasota) 18 Dec (fide J. Palmer).
Coscoroba Swan: 1 in the St. Johns River S of Jacksonville (Duval) 25 Feb was the same individual seen several miles away in May 1993. The bird still had a short length of fishing line trailing from its bill (not previously reported) (P. Powell).
Snow Goose: 1 immature white morph at St. Petersburg (Pinellas) 18-19 Dec (P. Blair, L. Bielsa); 1 adult blue morph at Spring Hill (Hernando) 22 Dec (D. Robinson, A. and B. Hansen et al.); 1 blue morph on the St. Johns River (Duval) 26 Dec (J. Hintermister); 7 in Sarasota celery fields 3 Jan (J. Palmer); 2 immature white morphs at the state prison W of Miami (Dade) 28 Jan (P. W. and S. Smith).
Northern Pintail: 2920 on the Merritt Island CBC 20 Dec (fide D. Stuckey).
Cinnamon Teal: 1 male at Myakka River SP (Sarasota) 28 Jan (J. Kapitski); 1 male with ca. 1000 Blue-winged Teal on Lake Okeechobee S of the Harney Pond Canal (Glades) 11 Feb (L. Riopelle).
Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal: 1 hybrid at Merritt Island NWR throughout the period (fide L. Cooper).
Eurasian Wigeon: 2 adult males at Merritt Island NWR 13 Feb (1 had been reported earlier) (L. and B. Atherton, B. Payne).
Canvasback: 225 at Lake Seminole (Jackson) 16 Jan (P. Fellers, P. Timmer, C. Geanangel).
Redhead: three locally rare Orlando (Orange) reports 20-31 Dec: 15 on Lake Adair, 2 males on Lake Estelle, and 1 male on Lake Cherokee (all G. Bretz).
Greater Scaup: 1 male on Lake Sirena (Highlands) 8 Jan (D. Stotz).
Lesser Scaup: 268 on the Econlockhatchee CBC 2 Jan (fide L. Malo).
Eider species: 1 sub-adult male, thought to be a *King Eider, at Perdido Bay (Escambia) 27 Dec (G. Fleming et al., details to FOSRC).
Long-tailed Duck: 1 at Wards Bank (Duval) 12 Dec (J. Wheat); 6 off St. Marks NWR (Wakulla) 17 Dec (J. Stevenson) with singles there 29 Dec (M. Hill, S. Hardin) and 20 Feb (N. Wamer).
Black Scoter: 25 off Amelia Island (Nassau) 10 Dec (E. Colborn); 2 males off Green Key, New Port Richey 29 Dec (B. Pranty, D. Goodwin) was the first Pasco report; 4 males on Lake Placid (Highlands) 27 Dec (W. Hoffman, P. W. Smith) was the first inland Florida report (fide B. Anderson).
Surf Scoter: 1 off Boynton Beach (Palm Beach) 2 Dec (H. Langridge, G. Hunter) was rare so far south.
White-winged Scoter: ca. 30 at Ft. Pickens SP (Escambia) 20 Feb (J. Saunders, J. Ballman).
Common Goldeneye: 1 male at Honeymoon Island SRA 22 Jan was a rarity for Pinellas (L. and R. Smith).
Bufflehead: 7 on the Lake Wales CBC (Polk) 2 Jan (fide M. Sehi); 14 at Polk mines 5 Feb (P. Timmer, C. Geanangel).
Hooded Merganser: 250 at the Orlando wastewater treatment plant 16 Dec (W. Freeman).
Red-breasted Merganser: 2 males on Lake Jackson (Leon) 4 Jan (G. Menk).
Ruddy Duck: 65 on the Lakeland CBC 18 Dec is that count's lowest-ever count, down from nearly 100,000 birds 20-25 years ago (fide P. Fellers).
White-tailed Kite: 2 in S Brevard 30 Dec-16 Jan (B. and S. Hills); 2 near the Scarborough Ranch (Highlands), an area of frequent reports recently, 27 Dec (W. Biggs et al.); 1 along the Sawgrass Expressway (Broward) 28 Dec (P. W. and S. Smith); 2 at Loxahatchee NWR (Palm Beach) 2 Jan (B. Hope).
Snail Kite: 61 W of West Palm Beach (Palm Beach) 28 Dec (W. Bracey); 1 in female plumage on Lake June (Highlands) 14 Jan "for a week at least" (fide T. Krips) and 17 Feb (B. and M. Kittredge); 1 on Lake Parker, Lakeland 29 Jan (F. and K. Eastman); 17 at Loxahatchee NWR 8 Feb (F. Broemer).
Bald Eagle: single adults at Air Products Wildlife Sanctuary 9 Dec and 20 Jan (B. Milmore) were further evidence of an expanding Panhandle population.
Broad-winged Hawk: 13 over Key West 2 Dec (J. Ondrejko); 1 at Babson Park (Polk) 8 Jan (P. Fellers).
Short-tailed Hawk: 2 dark morphs wintered on Key West (J. Ondrejko); 1 at Paynes Prairie 17 Dec (J. Weimer) was only the second Alachua report; single light morphs at Hollywood (Broward) 19 Dec and 28 Jan, and single dark morphs there daily 25-27 Jan and 10 Feb (J. DiPasquale, J. Baker); 5 dark morphs in Dade 2 Jan (M. Cooper et al.); 1 near Loxahatchee NWR 16 Jan (F. Broemer).
Swainson's Hawk: 1 over Key West 2 Dec (J. Ondrejko); 1 dark morph in Dade 2 Jan (M. Cooper); 1 immature light morph on SR 70 E of CR 721 (Highlands) 24 Jan (V. Morrison); 1 "rather dark" immature over Royal Palm Hammock, Everglades National Park (Miami-Dade) 26 Jan (P. W. and S. Smith); 1 adult in NW Dade 7 Feb (P. W. Smith).
Red-tailed Hawk: 1 "Krider's" race at St. Marks NWR 23 Dec (J. Stevenson).
*Ferruginous Hawk: 2 on M. K. Ranch (Gulf) 7-18 Feb (S. Arbery).
Merlin: 1 at Indian Pass (Gulf) 28 Dec (B. and S. Stedman); 1 at Alligator Point 31 Dec (J. Dunn, S. Utterback) and 12 Feb (J. Cox, K. NeSmith).
Peregrine Falcon: 1 flying W over Dog Island 4 Dec (D. Evered, L. Messick).
King Rail: at least 15 along a one-mile walk at Shark Valley, Everglades National Park (Miami-Dade) 12 Feb (P. W. and S. Smith).
Sandhill Crane: 1 flying over Black Hammock Island (Duval) 19 Dec (S. Buettner) was locally rare; 154 at a dusk roost at Crews Lake CP 22 Dec (P. Young, D. Robinson et al.) was an extremely high number for W Pasco (fide B. Pranty); ca. 32 in a flock going N, very high over Archbold Biological Station (Highlands) 10 Feb (B. Pranty) were presumably northbound migrants.
Black-bellied Plover: 1 at Polk mines 11 Dec (P. Fellers, D. Ford).
Semipalmated Plover: 35 at Polk mines 11 Dec (P. Fellers, D. Ford); 400 on Shell Key (Pinellas) 12 Dec (P. Blair) was a very high count.
Piping Plover: 3 on Virginia Key (Dade) 18 Dec (M. Cooper, E. Einspruch).
Black-necked Stilt: 2 over Rookery Bay Sanctuary (Collier) 17 Dec (T. Below, J. Douglas); 8 wintered at Sawgrass Lake CP (Pinellas) (R. Smith et al.); 2 at Air Products Wildlife Sanctuary 28 Feb was the first sanctuary report (B. Milmore).
American Avocet: 1 at Snake Bight, Everglades National Park (Monroe) 5 Jan (J. Goodwin) was locally rare.
Solitary Sandpiper: 1 on the Lakeland CBC 18 Dec in the same location as previous years (B. and L. Cooper).
Marbled Godwit: 61 at the Carrabelle River mouth (Franklin) 31 Jan (D. Evered, L. Messick) were considered to be the same wintering flock observed E to St. Marks NWR (many obs.).
Red Knot: 1000 on Shell Key 2 Dec, and 2000 there 12 Dec (P. Blair).
Sanderling: 500+ on Shell Key 12 Dec (P. Blair).
Pectoral Sandpiper: 1 at Loxahatchee NWR 17 Dec, and 1 near there 31 Dec and 4 Jan (F. Broemer).
Purple Sandpiper: up to 5 at Fort Clinch SP (Nassau) throughout the period (fide L. Cooper); 1 on SR 405 at Merritt Island NWR 21 Jan (S. Rowe, B. Smith).
Dunlin: 7 at Polk mines 4 Dec (P. Fellers).
*Curlew Sandpiper: 1 at Fort Myers Beach (Lee), reported in the fall, remained through the period (fide D. Canterbury).
Stilt Sandpiper: 2 at Lake Pasadena (Pasco) 22 Dec (D. Robinson, B. Pranty, D. and G. Woodard) were locally rare; 2 on LT Ranch W of Myakka River SP (Sarasota) 14 Jan (R. Ferren); 1 at Loxahatchee NWR 7 Feb, and 4 there 14 Feb (F. Broemer).
Long-billed Dowitcher: 13 at Merritt Island NWR 15 Dec through the period (D. Stuckey); 247 at Polk mines 9 Jan (P. Fellers, J. Novick, C. Nace); 1 at St. Marks NWR 22 Jan (N. Wamer); 15 at the state prison W of Miami 28 Jan (P. W. and S. Smith); 75 on CR 780 over the Myakka River (Sarasota) 6 Feb (L. and B. Atherton).
Jaeger species: 62 off Palm Beach 1 Dec (H. Langridge, G. Hunter).
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 1 at Miami Beach (Dade) 18 Dec (J. Goodwin); 4 at Oakland Park 19 Dec (J. Baker et al.); 1 adult and 1 immature N of Marco Island (Collier) 2 Jan (T. Below, J. Fitch); 1 adult at MacDill Air Force Base (Hillsborough) 3 Jan (L. Atherton, M. Wilkinson); 1 on Siesta Beach (Sarasota) 18 Jan (J. Palmer); 1 adult on Dog Island 28 Jan was the first report for the island (D. Evered, L. Messick, K. NeSmith, J. Cox).
Glaucous Gull: 1 at Fort Clinch SP 23 Dec (S. Buettner, B. Chartier).
Great Black-backed Gull: 1 first-year bird on Cape San Blas (Gulf) 29 Dec (S. Stedman); 1 first-year bird on Dog Island 28 Jan was the first report for the island (D. Evered, L. Messick, K. NeSmith, J. Cox); 1 adult and 1 second-year bird in the Sunshine Skyway bridge/Tierra Verde area (Pinellas) throughout the period (L. and B. Atherton et al.).
Gull-billed Tern: 2 at Myakka River SP (L. and B. Atherton) may have been the same 2 birds that have wintered there in previous years.
Royal Tern: 1 at Newnan's Lake 15 Jan (M. Manetz, R. Rowan) was rare inland.
Common Tern: 1 immature off Dog Island 29 Dec (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Forster's Tern: 950 at Polk mines 9 Jan (P. Fellers, J. Novick, C. Nace).
Black Skimmer: 5 on the Lake Wales CBC 2 Jan (fide M. Sehi); 4 on Lake Jackson (Highlands) 12 Feb (F. Lohrer); 130 at Belle Glade marina (Palm Beach) 25 Feb (J. Baker, E. Rosenberg).
Dovekie: 1 in the Indian River off Wabasso (Indian River) 4 Dec (B. Kleckner).
*Long-billed Murrelet: 1 found dead on the beach at Fort De Soto CP 4 Dec (K. Christensen) is now in the collection at the University of Central Florida, Orlando. This is the second record for the state.
White-crowned Pigeon: ca. 200 feeding on Paurotis Palm nuts in SW Everglades National Park (Monroe) 7 Jan (P. W. and S. Smith).
Eurasian Collared-Dove: 220 on the Lakeland CBC 18 Dec is triple the 1992 count (fide P. Fellers); 2 ca. 10 miles SE of Okeechobee (Okeechobee) 26 Dec (P. W. and S. Smith); 257 on the Naples CBC 2 Jan is a four-fold increase over the 1992 count (T. Below); 2 on SR 70, 0.8 miles W of the Kissimmee River (Highlands) 13 Jan (F. Lohrer); 1 on Dog Island 3 Dec (D. Evered, L. Messick).
White-winged Dove: 1 on Key West 5 Dec (J. Ondrejko); 1 on Tierra Verde 1 Jan was considered a western stray (L. Atherton); 1 on the South Brevard CBC 2 Jan (fide J. Taylor).
Cockatiel: 3 at Archbold Biological Station 26 Jan (J. Goldstein).
Groove-billed Ani: 1 W of Delray Beach 15 Jan through the season (B. Hope et al.) was the third report for Palm Beach, and may be the same bird found there 18 Nov 1992 (see Florida Field Naturalist 21(2):47).
Great Horned Owl: 1 pair raised 2 young from an old Fish Crow nest at Fort De Soto CP (Pinellas) Jan-Feb, the first successful nesting by the species in the park, despite attempts by the same pair for the past several years. Among the prey items fed to the chicks were Snowy Egret, Merlin, and Black Skimmer (!) (L. Atherton et al.); from below a nest adjacent to Archbold Biological Station in Jan-Feb, prey items included remains of 1 Red-tailed Hawk and 1 Barn Owl (G. Woolfenden et al.).
*Lesser Nighthawk: birds wintered at Eco Pond Dec-mid Feb (many obs.), with 5 there 5 Jan (J. Goodwin). If these were documented, this would be the first winter record for Florida (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992:91).
Common Nighthawk: 2 over Universal Studios, Orlando 7 Jan (R. Ferren); 1 calling over Arcadia (De Soto) 10 Jan (J. Dozier). There is no verifiable winter record in Florida (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992:91).
Whip-poor-will: 7 on Alligator Point 17 Feb (J. Dozier).
Chuck-will's-widow: 1 at Panther Point (Polk) 18 Dec (C. and D. Ford, P. Fellers); 1 female on Dog Island 15 Feb (D. Evered, L. Messick).
*Vaux's Swift: 2 Alachua reports: 1 at Newnan's Lake 19 Dec (R. Norton, L. Karlix) and 2 at Lake Kanapaha 16 Jan (J. Hintermister).
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 1 on the South Brevard CBC 2 Jan (fide J. Taylor).
*Black-chinned Hummingbird: 1 adult male at Dade City (Pasco) 4 Dec through at least early Jan (D. Ward, photos to FOSRC); 1 immature male at Jacksonville 2 Jan through the period (P. Powell).
*Rufous Hummingbird: 3 near Blountstown (Calhoun) 5 Dec through the period (S. Arbery); 1 at Melrose (Alachua) 24 Dec-4 Jan (P. Renzelman); 1 adult male at S Jacksonville 17 Jan through the period (P. Powell).
Hairy Woodpecker: 15 on the Avon Park Air Force Range CBC (Highlands and Polk) 21 Dec (fide D. Stotz) is the highest Florida CBC total ever; 3 at Disney Wilderness Preserve (Osceola and/or Polk) during a Feb survey (fide L. Cooper).
Red-cockaded Woodpecker: 1 inactive cavity tree on Hollingswood Ranch (Citrus), along the Florida Power Corporation's powerline between the Cross-Florida Barge Canal and US 19, 24 Jan (B. Pranty, J. Thompson). This is a previously unreported location for the species.
*Yellow-bellied Flycatcher: 1 wintered at Delray Beach and was audiotaped 24 Jan (B. Hope et al.). This will be the Florida's first winter record if accepted by the FOSRC.
Least Flycatcher: 1 calling NW of San Antonio (Pasco) 22 Dec (W. Biggs) was N of its typical winter range.
Vermilion Flycatcher: 3 (1 adult male, 1 immature male, and 1 female) at St. Marks NWR through the period (N. Wamer et al.); 1 male at Lake Munson (Leon) through at least 3 Feb (G. Menk); 1 male at the Orlando wastewater treatment plant 8-17 Dec (S. Wise et al.).
*Ash-throated Flycatcher: 1 at Fort Walton (Okaloosa) 9 Dec (B. Duncan, details to FOSRC); 2 at Honeymoon Island SRA early Jan through the period (B. and L. Atherton et al., videos and photos to FOSRC).
Great Crested Flycatcher: 1 on the Crystal River CBC (Citrus) 28 Dec (B. Wagner); 1 on Jungle Trail (Indian River) 3 Jan (I. Weigley).
Brown-crested Flycatcher: 1 at Everglades National Park Research Station (Dade) 12 Feb (S. Komito).
Myiarchus species: 1, thought to be an *Ash-throated Flycatcher, at Imeson Industrial Park, Jacksonville 19 Dec, where an Ash-throated Flycatcher was seen in Jan 1987 (S. Buettner, details to FOSRC).
Western Kingbird: 13 W of Florida City (Dade) 29 Jan (P. W. and S. Smith).
*Eastern Kingbird: 1 on the Merritt Island CBC 21 Dec (fide D. Stuckey); and 1 on the Lake Wales CBC 2 Jan (B. Geils). This species is unverified in the state in winter (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992:103, Stevenson and Anderson in press).
Gray Kingbird: 2 W Palm Beach reports: 1 bird 12 Dec (F. Broemer), and 1 at Canal Point 29 Jan (C. Kilmer et al.).
*Couch's Kingbird: 1 calling (but not audiotaped) near Loxahatchee NWR (Palm Beach) 18-28 Dec (A. and P. Weinrich, B. Hope et al., details to FOSRC).
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher: 1 at Philips Inlet (Bay) 17 Dec (J. Dutrow); 1 on Longboat Key (Manatee) 1 Jan (fide A. Rawson); 1 on the Lake Wales CBC at the same site as in previous years (fide M. Sehi); 2 on Key Largo (Monroe) 2 Feb (P. W. and S. Smith); 2 on Cockroach Bay Road, Ruskin (Hillsborough) throughout the period (S. Backes, L. Atherton et al.); 1 male at Parker Island (Highlands), a fairly regular wintering site, through 12 Feb (B. Pranty, L. Richman et al.); 7 wintered on Key West (J. Ondrejko).
*Horned Lark: 1 on SR 405 at Merritt Island NWR 20-27 Dec (W. Frost et al.) is probably the same bird seen there in the fall.
Purple Martin: 4 males at Placid Lakes (Highlands) 24 Jan (D. Stotz) was the earliest report received.
Cave Swallow: 20+ were present at Cutler Ridge (Dade) 25 Jan (P. W. and S. Smith), but the roost had not been checked earlier, leading P. W. Smith to write, "When do they really return?"
American Crow: 802 on the Econlockhatchee CBC 2 Jan was a locally very high number (fide L. Malo); 1 at Crocodile Lakes NWR (Monroe) 2 Feb was an unusual Keys report (P. W. and S. Smith).
Fish Crow: 15000 at a Polk roost 4 Dec was a locally high count (P. Fellers); 7 at Lake Ingraham, Everglades National Park (Monroe) 2 Jan (G. Meyer, M. Sturm) were locally unusual.
Brown-headed Nuthatch: 36 at Disney Wilderness Preserve in Feb (fide L. Cooper).
Brown Creeper: 1 at Gainesville 19 Dec (M. King); 2 at Florida Caverns SP (Jackson) 16 Jan (P. Fellers, P. Timmer, C. Geanangel).
Winter Wren: 4 at Florida Caverns SP 16 Jan (P. Fellers, P. Timmer, C. Geanangel).
Sedge Wren: 54 on the Aripeka-Bayport CBC (Pasco and Hernando) 22 Dec was a very high local number (fide B. Pranty).
Golden-crowned Kinglet: 2 in Brevard in Dec (D. Stuckey); 1 at Hal Scott Preserve (Orange) 15 Jan (L. Malo) was locally rare (fide D. Freeman).
*Bahama Mockingbird: 1 male returned to Key West 20 Feb, for the fourth consecutive year (J. Ondrejko).
*Bell's Vireo: 1 at Parker Island 27 Dec (W. Hoffman, P. W. Smith).
Blue-winged Warbler: 1 banded on Casey Key (Sarasota) 16 Dec (A. Stedman); 1 near Flamingo, Everglades National Park (Monroe) 24-25 Jan (C. and D. Ford). There is no winter record in the state (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992:121).
Tennessee Warbler: 1 at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 21 Dec (J. Fitzpatrick).
Northern Parula: 7 singing at Saddle Creek CP (Polk) 7 Feb (P. Fellers); 1 exhausted male on Dog Island 10 Feb (D. Evered, L. Messick).
Yellow Warbler: 1 female at Paynes Prairie (Alachua) 9 Dec (B. Muschlitz); 1 at Coot Bay, Everglades National Park (Monroe) 2 Jan (P. Bithorn, M. Cooper; 1 at Merritt Island NWR 4 Jan (R. Ferren).
Magnolia Warbler: 1 at "Hog Waller" (Highlands) 27 Dec (P. W. Smith, W. Hoffman); 1 at Tamarac (Broward) 14 Jan (J. Baker); 1 at Royal Palm Hammock 26 Jan (P. W. and S. Smith).
Cape May Warbler: 1 male in Hamilton 18 Dec (F. Sedmera).
Black-throated Blue Warbler: 1 on the Merritt Island CBC 20 Dec (fide D. Stuckey); 1 female at Lake Parker Recreation Area (Polk) 12 Jan (L. Lane).
*Townsend's Warbler: 1 first-year male at Sawgrass Lake CP 4 Dec through the period (L. and B. Atherton et al., videos and photos to FOSRC) was the state's first winter record.
Black-throated Green Warbler: 1 at Talbot Islands SP (Duval) 26 Dec (N. Wamer); 1 on the L7 Ranch (Highlands) 27 Dec (M. McMillian et al.); birds wintered at "several traditional sites" such as Mahogany Hammock, Everglades National Park (Miami-Dade); Royal Palm Hammock; and Big Cypress National Preserve (Monroe or Collier) (P. W. and S. Smith). Bill Smith wrote, "This species probably is the most frequent of the 'rare' S Florida winterers, apparently more numerous and widespread than American Redstart". However, there is still no verifiable evidence of the species wintering in the state (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992)!
Yellow-throated Warbler: 1 feeding on unhulled sunflower seeds at a Wakulla feeder throughout Jan (J. Epler).
Pine Warbler: 1050 on the Avon Park Air Force Range CBC 21 Dec (fide D. Stotz) is the highest-ever CBC total in the country.
Prairie Warbler: 2 at Huguenot Park (Duval) 12 Dec (J. Wheat); 1 on St. Joseph Peninsula (Gulf) 29 Dec (S. Stedman).
American Redstart: 1 on the South Brevard CBC 2 Jan (fide J. Taylor); 1 in female plumage on Jungle Trail 5 Jan (I. Weigley).
Prothonotary Warbler: 1 at Coot Bay 2 Jan (P. Bithorn, M. Cooper).
Worm-eating Warbler: 1 at Snake Bight, Everglades National Park 5 Jan (J. Goodwin); 1 on Plantation Key (Monroe) on the Upper Keys CBC, in the same woodlot for the fifth consecutive winter (P. W. and S. Smith); 1 at Royal Palm Hammock 26 Jan (P. W. and S. Smith).
Northern Waterthrush: 3 at Avon Park AFR (Highlands) 21 Dec (J. Fitzpatrick); 1 on the South Brevard CBC 2 Jan (fide J. Taylor).
Louisiana Waterthrush: 1 at Hillsborough River SP (Hillsborough) in late Jan (R. Miller) was probably wintering; 1 at Turkey Creek Sanctuary 23 Feb (B. and S. Hills).
Wilson's Warbler: 1 female at Air Products Wildlife Sanctuary 15 Dec (B. Milmore); 2 males at Oakland Park 19 Dec (J. Baker); 1 at Tallahassee 13 and 18 Jan (N. Wamer, T. West).
Yellow-breasted Chat: 1 on the Econlockhatchee CBC 2 Jan (fide L. Malo); 1 on CR 361 S of Steinhatchee (Dixie) 26 Feb (R. Smith).
*Bananaquit: 1 John Lloyd SRA (Broward) 19 Dec (J. DiPasquale et al.); 1 at Lake Worth (Palm Beach) 4 Feb (A. and P. Weinrich).
Summer Tanager: 1 at Oakland Park 17 Dec (J. Baker); 1 female on the Cocoa CBC (Brevard) 18 Dec (fide M. Cherrington); 1 adult male at Sawgrass Lake CP 22 Dec-9 Jan (V. Morrison, L. and B. Atherton); 1 male at Gainesville in early Jan (J. Kaufmann).
Scarlet Tanager: 1 male and 1 female on the Lake Wales CBC 2 Jan (fide M. Sehi). This species is unverified in the state during winter (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992:132, Stevenson and Anderson in press).
Western Tanager: 1 first-year male at Jacksonville 29 Jan through the period (R. Davis, videos by B. Atherton).
Rose-breasted Grosbeak: 1 at Delray Beach 5 Dec (B. Hope).
Blue Grosbeak: 1 on the Cocoa CBC 18 Dec (fide M. Cherrington); 1 immature male on Jungle Trail 12 Feb (I. Weigley); 11 at Belle Glade marina 22 Jan (H. Langridge, G. Hunter) was the highest count of the flock that wintered there; 1 E of Loxahatchee NWR 1 Jan (P. Powell, P. Lanzillotti); 1 female at Cedar Key (Levy) 26 Feb (R. Rowan).
Indigo Bunting: 1 on Tierra Verde 2 Jan was the first local winter report (L. Atherton); 2 on the South Brevard CBC 2 Jan (fide J. Taylor); 3 wintered on Key West (J. Ondrejko).
Painted Bunting: 1 on the Lakeland CBC 18 Dec at the same site for the past three winters (D. Ford); 1 female on Fort George Island (Duval) 26 Dec (J. Hintermister); 6 females and 1 male at a Lake Placid feeder 30 Jan (J. Fitzpatrick et al.).
Bachman's Sparrow: 20 at Hal Scott Preserve (no date listed) (fide L. Malo); 50 on the Avon Park CBC 21 Dec (fide D. Stotz) is the highest-ever CBC total in the country.
Clay-colored Sparrow: 1 at Apalachicola NF (Wakulla) 5 Dec (M. Evans); 6 at Lake Wales 30 Jan was the highest-ever Polk count (P. Timmer, C. Geanangel).
Vesper Sparrow: 25 in one field in N Pinellas 19 Feb was a locally high count (R. Smith. D. Goodwin, B. and B. Wotton).
Lark Sparrow: 1 reported from Leon in the fall remained through the winter (G. Menk); 1 near Placid Lakes airstrip 27 Dec (W. Hoffman, B. Smith); 1 on Alligator Point 4 Feb (J. Dozier).
Grasshopper Sparrow: among numerous reports, 1 banded on Casey Key 14 Dec was recaptured 25 Dec (A. Stedman); up to 9 at Paynes Prairie 19 Dec-9 Feb (J. Hintermister, B. Muschlitz, R. Rowan); 20 in one abandoned lime grove W of Homestead (Dade) 2 Jan (P. W. and S. Smith).
Henslow's Sparrow: 1 at St. Marks NWR 17 Dec (J. Cox, K. NeSmith, R. Kautz, F. Leslie); 1 at Paynes Prairie 18 Jan (R. Rowan) and 14 Feb (M. Manetz).
Le Conte's Sparrow: 2 at Imeson Industrial Park 20 Dec-mid Feb (M. Dolan); at least 1 on Cape San Blas 29 Dec (S. Stedman); 1 at St. Marks NWR 8 Jan (N. Wamer).
Sharp-tailed Sparrow: 48 on the Coot Bay CBC (Dade and/or Monroe) 2 Jan (J. Goodwin et al.).
Fox Sparrow: 1 N of Tallahassee 23 Dec (J. Cavanagh); 1 at St. Marks NWR 21 Jan (M. Cohen, T. Cohen).
Lincoln's Sparrow: 2 S of St. Leo 22 Dec (B. Pranty, D. Woodard, D. Robinson) were the first-ever for Pasco (fide B. Pranty); 1 at Paynes Prairie 19 Feb (M. Manetz) and 22 Feb (R. Rowan).
White-throated Sparrow: 2 at Myakka River SP 30 Dec (A. Rawson).
White-crowned Sparrow: 1 at John Lloyd SRA 4 Dec (J. Baker, W. George); 1 immature on Jungle Trail 5 Jan (I. Weigley); 53 at Lake Wales 30 Jan (P. Timmer, C. Geanangel) is the highest-ever Florida count (fide B. Anderson).
*Harris's Sparrow: 1 at Eglin Air Force Base (Okaloosa) 20 Dec (S. Chambers).
Dark-eyed Junco: 1 at Lutz (Hillsborough) 15 Jan through the period (D. Grimes).
*Chestnut-collared Longspur: 7 feeding on sea oats at St. Andrews SP (Bay) 2 Jan (M. Olson, E. Fontaine).
Yellow-headed Blackbird: 3 at Bartow (Polk) 25 Dec through the period (fide L. Cooper); 1 adult male at St. Petersburg 29 Jan (L. and R. Smith).
Rusty Blackbird: 1 adult male at Sawgrass Lake CP 12 Dec (L. Atherton, D. Narins); up to 65 in a Leon pecan grove through 15 Jan (J. Cavanagh).
Brewer's Blackbird: 1-2 males in a flock of Rusty Blackbirds in Leon through 15 Jan (J. Cavanagh); 3 at Orlando 10 Dec (G. Bretz); 10 (6 males and 4 females) in Hamilton 18 Dec (R. Rowan); 3 females at Gore's Dairy, Zephyrhills (Pasco) 21 Dec (P. Blair, R. Smith, B. and B. Wotton); 1 at Hague Dairy (Alachua) 23 Dec (J. Hintermister).
Shiny Cowbird: 20 at Rookery Bay Sanctuary 11 Jan (R. Bliss).
Bronzed Cowbird: 1 at Cedar Key 7 Dec (D. Henderson); 2 on the Lakeland CBC 18 Dec, the same site for the fifth consecutive year (B. and L. Cooper); 1 male at Bartow 23 Feb (B. and L. Cooper).
Orchard Oriole: birds again wintered at Belle Glade marina, with at least 3 birds in Jan (H. Langridge, G. Hunter et al.).
Northern Oriole: 1 female Bullock's Oriole with 2 Baltimore Orioles S of St. Leo 22 Dec (B. Pranty, D. Robinson, D. and G. Woodard); 1 at Flamingo 2 Jan (G. Meyer et al.); 3 female Bullock's Orioles with 7 Baltimore Orioles at Tallahassee 26 Jan through the period (N. Wamer, videotape); ca. 25, including at least 1 female Bullock's Oriole, at Jacksonville through the period (R. Davis).
Purple Finch: 1 at the University of Florida, Gainesville 19 Dec (T. Webber); 25 at a Wakulla feeder 10 Feb (J. Epler).
House Finch: 1 on the Lake Wales CBC 2 Jan (C. Geanangel) was the first Polk report; 8 at Quincy (Gadsden) 16 Jan (P. Fellers, P. Timmer, C. Geanangel); 6 at feeder at Jacksonville mid Dec-Feb (R. Davis, videos by B. Atherton) were the first record for Duval; birds regular at Lake City (Columbia) (J. Krummrich), and occasional at Gainesville and Cedar Key (all fide P. Powell).
Pine Siskin: 3 at Altamonte Springs (Seminole) 23 Jan (G. Bretz).
Chestnut Mannikin (Lonchura malacca): 1 at Belle Glade marina 22 Jan (H. Langridge [sketch], G. Hunter) was the first Palm Beach report. The species has also been reported from Brevard and Dade (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992:191).
Yellow-fronted Canary: 1 on the St. Petersburg CBC 18 Dec is the third Pinellas report (L. Atherton, fide B. Anderson).