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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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Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 1
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 2
Botaurus lentiginosus
Anhinga 3
Anhinga anhinga
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4
Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Harrier 5
Circus cyaneus
Red-shouldered Hawk 6
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 7
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 8
Buteo platypterus
Swallow-tailed Kite 9
Elanoides forficatus
Bald Eagle 10
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Snail Kite 11
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 12
Chaetura pelagica
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 13
Dendrocygna bicolor
American Black Duck 1
Anas rubripes
Eurasian Wigeon 2
Anas penelope
Mallard 14
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 15
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 16
Anas crecca
Mottled Duck 2
Anas fulvigula
Blue-winged Teal 17
Anas discors
Gadwall 18
Anas strepera
American Wigeon 19
Anas americana
Common Goldeneye 20
Bucephala clangula
Red-breasted Merganser 21
Mergus serrator
Surf Scoter 17
Melanitta perspicillata
Ring-necked Duck 17
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 22
Aythya affinis
Redhead
Aythya americana
Canvasback 9
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 23
Oxyura jamaicensis
Wood Duck 24
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 1
Lophodytes cucullatus
Cedar Waxwing 25
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 26
Certhia americana
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9
Polioptila caerulea
Winter Wren 16
Troglodytes troglodytes
House Wren 9
Troglodytes aedon
Sedge Wren 9
Cistothorus platensis
Marsh Wren 17
Cistothorus palustris
Florida Scrub Jay 27
Aphelocoma coerulescens
Fish Crow 28
Corvus ossifragus
American Crow 29
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue Jay 30
Cyanocitta cristata
Northern Cardinal 9
Cardinalis cardinalis
Swamp Sparrow 31
Melospiza georgiana
Song Sparrow 32
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 33
Spizella passerina
Field Sparrow 34
Spizella pusilla
White-throated Sparrow 35
Zonotrichia albicollis
Orchard Oriole 36
Icterus spurius
Baltimore Oriole 1
Icterus galbula
Eastern Towhee 1
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Eastern Meadowlark 37
Sturnella magna
Boat-tailed Grackle 38
Quiscalus major
Common Grackle 39
Quiscalus quiscula
Yellow-throated Warbler 40
Dendroica dominica
Common Yellowthroat 1
Geothlypis trichas
Red-winged Blackbird 41
Agelaius phoeniceus
Golden-winged Warbler 9
Vermivora chrysoptera
Summer Tanager 42
Piranga rubra
Scarlet Tanager 9
Piranga olivacea
Savannah Sparrow 43
Passerculus sandwichensis
Dark-eyed Junco 32
Junco hyemalis
Le Conte's Sparrow 44
Ammodramus leconteii
Henslow's Sparrow 45
Ammodramus henslowii
Nelson's Sparrow 46
Ammodramus nelsoni
Grasshopper Sparrow 44
Ammodramus savannarum
Saltmarsh Sparrow 47
Ammodramus caudacutus
Seaside Sparrow 48
Ammodramus maritimus
Vesper Sparrow 9
Pooecetes gramineus
Painted Bunting 49
Passerina ciris
Indigo Bunting 49
Passerina cyanea
American Redstart 50
Setophaga ruticilla
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 51
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-and-white Warbler 8
Mniotilta varia
Rusty Blackbird 27
Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird 13
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 9
Molothrus ater
Swainson's Warbler 52
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Bobolink 53
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Dickcissel 9
Spiza americana
Prothonotary Warbler 31
Protonotaria citrea
Cliff Swallow 54
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 55
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 56
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 17
Tachycineta bicolor
Bank Swallow 57
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 9
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Lanius ludovicianus
American Robin 58
Turdus migratorius
Swainson's Thrush 59
Catharus ustulatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 41
Catharus minimus
Hermit Thrush 13
Catharus guttatus
Veery 1
Catharus fuscescens
Eastern Bluebird 60
Sialia sialis
Wood Thrush 61
Hylocichla mustelina

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