Burgess Bird Book Alphabetical List of Birds (Florida notes)

Field guide: Birds of Florida Field Guide by Stan Tekiela

Coloring books: Dover Birds of Prey (BP), Dover Fifty Favorite Birds (F)

Bird Chapter Guide Notes

Bald-headed Eagle 20: A Fisherman Robbed 69 BP20.
Baltimore Oriole 12: Some Unlikely Relatives 285, Pass through spring & fall
329 migration.
Bank Swallow 22: Some Feathered Diggers
Barn Swallow 16: A Robber in the Old Orchard 79 F2
Black and White Warbler 25: Three Cousins Quite Unlike 33 Winter
Blue Jay 17: More Robbers 87 F5
Bluebird 5: Peter Learns Something He Hadn't Guessed 81 Eastern bluebird, year-
round. F4
Bobolink 13: More of the Blackbird Family - Spring & fall during
migration
Brown Creeper 39: Peter Discovers Two Old Friends F7
Brown Thrasher 30: Jenny Wren's Cousins 147 Year-round but may notice
only in spring. F8.
Canada Goose 38: Honker and Dippy Arrive 261 Year-round north FL. F9.
Cardinal 27: A New Friend and an Old One 133, F10
295
Catbird 27: A New Friend and an Old One 233 Year-round N, W. Winter rest
of FL. F11.
Cedar Waxwing 36: A Stranger and a Dandy 123 Winter. F12.
Chickadee 37: Farewells and Welcomes 209 Carolina chickadee year-
round except S FL
Chimney Swift 15: A Swallow and One Who Isn't 97 Summer. F13.
Chuck-wills-widow 23: Some Big Mouths 157 Year-round S. FL, rest
summer. More common in
FL than common nighthawk.
Cowbird 12: Some Unlikely Relatives 5, Winter? (some guides say
125 year-round). F15.
Crossbill 43: Queer Feet and a Queerer Bill
Crow 17: More Robbers 21 American crow. Year-round.
Very common. F16.
Crow 18: Some Homes in the Green Forest 21
Crow Blackbird 19: A Maker of Thunder and a Friend in Black
English Starling 36: A Stranger and a Dandy 7 (European starling.). Year-
round. F40.
Golden-winged Flicker 10: Redwing and Yellow Wing
Goldfinch 33: A Royal Dresser and a Late Nester 323 Winter (mid-Nov to mid-
May). F19.
Goshawk 45: Peter Sees Two Terrible Feathered Hunters
Great Blue Heron 21: A Fishing Party 265 Year-round.
Great Crested Flycatcher 7: The Watchman of the Old Orchard 227 Year-round S. FL, summer
rest.
Great Horned Owl 45: Peter Sees Two Terrible Feathered Hunters 191 Year-round.
Hawk: Goshawk 45: Peter Sees Two Terrible Feathered Hunters
Hawk: Red-tailed 18: Some Homes in the Green Forest 187 Year-round, winter far S. FL.
Probably most common
hawk in N. America. BP11.
Hermit Thrush 31: Voices of the Dusk
Horned Lark 41: More Friends Come With the Snow
House (English) sparrow 2: The Old Orchard Bully 113 Year-round. F23.
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House wren 1: Jenny Wren Arrives 103 Winter. F24.
Hummingbird: Ruby-throated 35: A Butcher and a Hummer 267
Indigo Bunting 32: Peter Saves a Friend and Learns Something 77, Migrate through (spring &
109 fall)
Junco 40: Some Merry Seed-Eaters
Kingbird 7: The Watchman of the Old Orchard 225 Summer.
Kingfisher 21: A Fishing Party 89 Belted Kingfisher. Winter
migrant, returns to FL late
summer. Year-round W. FL.
Kingfisher 22: Some Feathered Diggers 89
Least Flycatcher 6: An Old Friend In A New Home
Loon 38: Honker and Dippy Arrive 67 Winter. Coast.
Magnolia Warbler 26: Peter Gets a Lame Neck
Maryland Yellow-Throat 25: Three Cousins Quite Unlike
Meadow Lark 14: Bob White and Carole the Meadowlark 335 Year-round but noticeable in
spring. Grasslands.
Mockingbird 30: Jenny Wren's Cousins 241 Northern mockingbird, year-
round. F27.
Mourning Dove 34: Mourner the Dove and Cuckoo 155 Year-round. F28.
Myrtle Warbler 26: Peter Gets a Lame Neck
Nighthawk 23: Some Big Mouths 137 Summer. Grasslands. F30.
Northern Goshawk 45: Peter Sees Two Terrible Feathered Hunters
Orchard Oriole 13: More of the Blackbird Family 287, Summer N & W FL.
331
Osprey 20: A Fisherman Robbed 65 Year-round.
Oven Bird 18: Some Homes in the Green Forest Winter.
Owl: Great Horned Owl 45: Peter Sees Two Terrible Feathered Hunters 191 Year-round. BP 39.
Owl: Screech Owl 42: Peter Learns Something About Spooky 237 Eastern screech owl. Year-
round. BP38.
Parula Warbler 26: Peter Gets a Lame Neck
Phoebe 6: An Old Friend In A New Home 223 Winter
Pine Grosbeak 44: More Folks in Red
Purple Linnet 33: A Royal Dresser and a Late Nester
Purple Martin 16: A Robber in the Old Orchard 83 Summer. F32.
Quail 14: Bob White and Carole the Meadowlark
Red-eyed Vireo 29: The Constant Singers F33.
Redpoll 44: More Folks in Red
Redstart 24: The Warblers Arrive 283, American redstart.
331 Winter/migration.
Red-tailed Hawk 18: Some Homes in the Green Forest 187 Year-round, winter far S. FL.
Probably most common
hawk in N. America. BP11.
Red-winged Blackbird 10: Redwing and Yellow Wing 9, Year-round. F35.
135
Robin 5: Peter Learns Something He Hadn't Guessed 239 Winter. F36.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 28: Peter Sees Rosebreast and Finds Redcoat Rare migrant bird (winter)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 35: A Butcher and a Hummer 267
Ruffed Grouse 19: A Maker of Thunder and a Friend in Black
Ruffed Grouse 43: Queer Feet and a Queerer Bill
Scarlet Tanager 28: Peter Sees Rosebreast and Finds Redcoat Spring & fall migration
Screech Owl 42: Peter Learns Something About Spooky 237 Eastern screech owl. Year-
round. BP38.
Shrike 35: A Butcher and a Hummer 235 Loggerhead shrike in FL year
round.
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Snow Bunting 41: More Friends Come With the Snow
Sparrow hawk 22: Some Feathered Diggers
Sparrows: Chipping, Vesper, Tree 4: Chippy, Sweetvoice, and Dotty 99 Chipping: winter (Oct-May).
F14.
Sparrows: Song Sparrow, White- 3: Jenny Has a Good Word for Some Sparrows 105 Song: Winter. F38.
throated, Fox
Sparrows: Tree Sparrow, Junco 40: Some Merry Seed-Eaters
Spotted Sandpiper 9: Longbill and Teeter 127 Winter/migration.
Thrushes: Wood, Hermit, Wilsons 31: Voices of the Dusk
Towhee 32: Peter Saves a Friend and Learns Something 3, Year-round. F41.
121
Tree Sparrow 40: Some Merry Seed-Eaters
Tree Swallow 15: A Swallow and One Who Isn't 75 Year-round.
Vireo: Red-eyed, Warbling, Yellow- 29: The Constant Singers
throated
Warbler: Black and White Warbler 25: Three Cousins Quite Unlike
Warbler: Magnolia Warbler 26: Peter Gets a Lame Neck
Warbler: Maryland Yellow-Throat 25: Three Cousins Quite Unlike
Warbler: Myrtle Warbler 26: Peter Gets a Lame Neck F29.
Warbler: Parula Warbler 26: Peter Gets a Lame Neck
Warbler: Redstart 24: The Warblers Arrive
Warbler: Yellow 24: The Warblers Arrive
Warbler: Yellow-breasted Chat 25: Three Cousins Quite Unlike
Warbling Vireo 29: The Constant Singers
Whip-poor-will 23: Some Big Mouths Winter.
White-breasted Nuthatch 39: Peter Discovers Two Old Friends 207 Year-round most FL. F7.
Wilson's Thrush 31: Voices of the Dusk
Wood Peewee 8: Old Clothes and Old Houses
Wood Thrush 31: Voices of the Dusk Spring & fall migration. F36.
Woodcock 9: Longbill and Teeter
Woodpeckers: Downy, Hairy, Red- 11: Drummers and Carpenters 35, Downy: Year-round. F17
headed 39, Hairy: Year-round most
41 Red: Year-round most
Yellow Warbler 24: The Warblers Arrive
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 34: Mourner the Dove and Cuckoo Spring & fall migration
(common)
Yellow-breasted Chat 25: Three Cousins Quite Unlike
Yellow-throated Vireos 29: The Constant Singers 325 Year-round. F45.