buckeye

Black and White Warbler (male)

Birds of Hammock Park

Compiled by Harold W. Sims, Jr. • September 1981
Past Instructor of Ecology — St. Petersburg College
Past President — St. Petersburg Audubon Society, Inc.

Listed below are some of the birds that one might see as you walk along the nature trails in Dunedin's Hammock. Many of these species are found in the dense woods and are not easily seen. Some will be found along the tidal creek and drainage canals, others in the open areas. As many of the species are transient visitors, they may not always be found in The Hammock. For this reason, the bird watcher should visit The Hammock often and, when there, be watchful.

The birds are listed by common name, in the following groupings: Permanent Resident, Winter Resident, Summer Resident, and Transient Visitor. A letter after the name indicates whether the bird is found commonly (c), occasionally (o), or rarely (r).

As you walk through the Park, see how many different species you can find!

Permanent Resident

Anhinga c

Great Blue Heron c

Common Egret c

Snowy Egret c

Cattle Egret c

Louisiana Heron c

Little Blue Heron c

Green Heron c

Black-crowned Night Heron c

Yellow-crowned Night Heron c

White Ibis c

Turkey Vulture c

Black Vulture c

Red-tailed Hawk o

Red-shouldered Hawk c

Osprey c

Bobwhite c

Clapper Rail c

Common Gallinule c

Killdeer c

Screech Owl o

Great Horned Owl o

Barred Owl c

Flicker c

Pileated Woodpecker o

Red-bellied Woodpecker c

Red-headed Woodpecker o

Hairy Woodpecker o

Downy Woodpecker o

Blue Jay c

Fish Crow c

Tufted Titmouse

Carolina Wren c

Mockingbird c

Brown Thrasher c

Eastern Bluebird o

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher c

Loggerhead Shrike c

Starling c

White-eyed Vireo c

Pine Warbler

Prairie Warbler

House Sparrow c

Eastern Meadowlark c

Red-winged Blackbird c

Boat-tailed Grackle c

Common Grackle c

Cardinal c

White-eyed Towhee c

Winter Resident

Pied-billed Grebe c

American Bittern c

Wood Ibis o (also summer c)

Mallard c

Black Duck c

Wood Duck c

Redhead c

Red-breasted Merganser c

Bald Eagle c

Sparrow Hawk c

Virginia Rail c

Sora Rail c

American Coot c

Spotted Sandpiper c

Semipalmated Sandpiper c

Ruby-throated Hummingbird c

Belted Kingfisher c

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker c

Eastern Phoebe c

Tree Swallow c

Carolina Chickadee r

Catbird c

Robin c

Ruby-crowned Kinglet c

Water Pipit c

Black and White Warbler c

Orange-crowned Warbler c

Myrtle Warbler c

Yellow-throated Warbler c

Chestnut-sided Warbler c

Palm Warbler

Ovenbird c

Painted Bunting r

American Goldfinch c

Red-eyed Towhee c

Savannah Sparrow c

Grasshopper Sparrow r

Vester Sparrow c

Bachman's Sparrow r

Slate-colored Junco r

Chipping Sparrow c

Field Sparrow r

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow r

Summer Resident

Least Bittern c

Wood Ibis c (also winter o)

Black-necked Stilt r

Yellow-billed Cuckoo o

Chuck-will's Widow c

Common Nighthawk c

Eastern Kingbird c

Purple Martin c

Black-whiskered Vireo c

Summer Tanager

Transient Visitor

Blue-winged Teal o

Black-billed Cuckoo r

Whip-poor-will r

Barn Swallow

Wood Thrush

Veery

Red-eyed Vireo c

Prothonotary Warbler

Swainson's Warbler r

Worm-eating Warbler

Golden-winged Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Parula Warbler c

Yellow Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Black-throated Warbler

Cerulean Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Black-poll Warbler

Northern Waterthrush o

Louisiana Waterthrush

Kentucky Warbler

Connecticut Warbler

Mourning Warbler r

Yellow-breasted Chat

Hooded Warbler c

Wilson's Warbler r

Canada Warbler r

American Redstart c

Bobolink

Orchard Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Scarlet Tanager

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Dick Cissel o

Purple Finch r