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Camp Bayou Field Guide

Some of the species you might see at Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center, Ruskin, FL 33570.
Please understand that the plants and animals in this list are drawn from historical records specific to Hillsborough County, FL imported from the Encyclopedia of Life.
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Gopher Tortoise 1
Gopherus polyphemus
Zebra Swallowtail 2
Eurytides marcellus
Palamedes Swallowtail 3
Papilio palamedes
Gulf Fritillary 4
Agraulis vanillae
Dorantes Longtail 5
Urbanus dorantes
Horace's Duskywing 6
Erynnis horatius
Zebra Longwing 7
Heliconius charithonia
Longtail Skippers 8
Urbanus
Black Vulture 9
Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture 10
Cathartes aura
Cardinals and Allies 11
Cardinalidae
Mockingbirds and Thrashers 12
Mimidae
Carolina Wren 13
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 14
Melanerpes carolinus
Common Raccoon 15
Procyon lotor
Fox Squirrel 16
Sciurus niger
Eastern Spotted Skunk 17
Spilogale putorius
Marsh Rabbit 18
Sylvilagus palustris
Virginia Opossum 19
Didelphis virginiana
Pileated Woodpecker 20
Dryocopus pileatus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 21
Sciurus carolinensis
Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Sora 22
Porzana carolina
King Rail 23
Rallus elegans
Clapper Rail 24
Rallus longirostris
Virginia Rail 25
Rallus limicola
Black Rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
Common Gallinule 26
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot
Fulica americana
Yellow Rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Wild Turkey 27
Meleagris gallopavo
Common Peafowl 28
Pavo cristatus
Northern Bobwhite 29
Colinus virginianus
Mangrove Cuckoo 25
Coccyzus minor
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 30
Coccyzus americanus
Smooth-billed Ani 31
Crotophaga ani
Belted Kingfisher 32
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 33
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Dove 34
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 35
Zenaida macroura
White-winged Dove 36
Zenaida asiatica
Common Ground-Dove 23
Columbina passerina
White Ibis 37
Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis 38
Plegadis falcinellus
Red Knot 39
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 40
Calidris alba
Stilt Sandpiper 41
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 42
Calidris mauri
Dunlin 43
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 44
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 45
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 46
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 23
Calidris fuscicollis
Short-billed Dowitcher 47
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 22
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Solitary Sandpiper 39
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 39
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 48
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel 49
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 50
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 23
Scolopax minor
Ruddy Turnstone 51
Arenaria interpres
Marbled Godwit 52
Limosa fedoa
Upland Sandpiper 23
Bartramia longicauda
Black-capped Petrel 53
Pterodroma hasitata
Leach's Storm-Petrel 54
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Sooty Shearwater 48
Puffinus griseus
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 55
Oceanites oceanicus
Cory's Shearwater 56
Calonectris diomedea
Horned Grebe 39
Podiceps auritus
Pied-billed Grebe 24
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Phalacrocorax auritus
Brown Pelican 45
Pelecanus occidentalis
American White Pelican 12
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Ring-billed Gull 57
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull 58
Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 59
Larus fuscus
Common Tern 60
Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern 61
Sterna forsteri
Black Skimmer 62
Rynchops niger
Black Tern 63
Chlidonias niger
Common Loon 23
Gavia immer
Magnificent Frigatebird 47
Fregata magnificens
Peregrine Falcon 64
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 25
Falco sparverius
Merlin 65
Falco columbarius
Crested Caracara 66
Caracara cheriway
Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
Kentish Plover 67
Charadrius alexandrinus
Killdeer 68
Charadrius vociferus
Wilson's Plover 39
Charadrius wilsonia
Piping Plover 69
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 70
Charadrius semipalmatus
Black-necked Stilt 71
Himantopus mexicanus
American Oystercatcher 72
Haematopus palliatus
American Avocet 73
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover 39
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover 23
Pluvialis dominica
Little Blue Heron 74
Egretta caerulea

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