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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
Black Vulture 2
Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture 3
Cathartes aura
Cardinals and Allies 4
Cardinalidae
Mockingbirds and Thrashers 5
Mimidae
Carolina Wren 6
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Melanerpes carolinus
Common Raccoon 8
Procyon lotor
Fox Squirrel 9
Sciurus niger
Eastern Spotted Skunk 10
Spilogale putorius
Marsh Rabbit 11
Sylvilagus palustris
Virginia Opossum 12
Didelphis virginiana
Pileated Woodpecker 13
Dryocopus pileatus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 14
Sciurus carolinensis
Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Sora 15
Porzana carolina
King Rail 16
Rallus elegans
Clapper Rail 17
Rallus longirostris
Virginia Rail 18
Rallus limicola
Black Rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
Common Gallinule 19
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot
Fulica americana
Yellow Rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Wild Turkey 20
Meleagris gallopavo
Common Peafowl 21
Pavo cristatus
Northern Bobwhite 22
Colinus virginianus
Mangrove Cuckoo 18
Coccyzus minor
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 23
Coccyzus americanus
Smooth-billed Ani 24
Crotophaga ani
Belted Kingfisher 25
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 26
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Dove 27
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 28
Zenaida macroura
White-winged Dove 29
Zenaida asiatica
Common Ground-Dove 16
Columbina passerina
White Ibis 30
Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis 31
Plegadis falcinellus
Red Knot 32
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 33
Calidris alba
Stilt Sandpiper 34
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 35
Calidris mauri
Dunlin 36
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 37
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 38
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 39
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 16
Calidris fuscicollis
Short-billed Dowitcher 40
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 15
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Solitary Sandpiper 32
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 32
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 41
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel 42
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 43
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 16
Scolopax minor
Ruddy Turnstone 44
Arenaria interpres
Marbled Godwit 45
Limosa fedoa
Upland Sandpiper 16
Bartramia longicauda
Black-capped Petrel 46
Pterodroma hasitata
Leach's Storm-Petrel 47
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Sooty Shearwater 41
Puffinus griseus
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 48
Oceanites oceanicus
Cory's Shearwater 49
Calonectris diomedea
Horned Grebe 32
Podiceps auritus
Pied-billed Grebe 17
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 18
Phalacrocorax auritus
Brown Pelican 38
Pelecanus occidentalis
American White Pelican 5
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Ring-billed Gull 50
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull 51
Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 52
Larus fuscus
Common Tern 53
Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern 54
Sterna forsteri
Black Skimmer 55
Rynchops niger
Black Tern 56
Chlidonias niger
Common Loon 16
Gavia immer
Magnificent Frigatebird 40
Fregata magnificens
Peregrine Falcon 57
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 18
Falco sparverius
Merlin 58
Falco columbarius
Crested Caracara 59
Caracara cheriway
Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
Kentish Plover 60
Charadrius alexandrinus
Killdeer 61
Charadrius vociferus
Wilson's Plover 32
Charadrius wilsonia
Piping Plover 62
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 63
Charadrius semipalmatus
Black-necked Stilt 64
Himantopus mexicanus
American Oystercatcher 65
Haematopus palliatus
American Avocet 66
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover 32
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover 16
Pluvialis dominica
Little Blue Heron 67
Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron 16
Egretta tricolor
Snowy Egret 38
Egretta thula
Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
Great Blue Heron 15
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 68
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 69
Nyctanassa violacea
Least Bittern 70
Ixobrychus exilis

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