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Field observations should be sent to the Chair of the Field Observations Committee, Bill Pranty (see Field Observations, this issue). Reports of birds for which the FOS Records Committee requires documentation (see http://www. fosbirds.org/RecordsCommittee/RecordsCommittee.aspx) should be sent to the Secretary of the Committee, Andrew W. Kratter, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, P.O. Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800; E-mail: kratter@flmnh.ufl.edu Florida Field Naturalist PUBLISHED BY THE FLORIDA ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY VoL. 40, No. 1 March 2012 Pages 1-40 CONTENTS ARTICLES Population growth, spread, and persistence of Purple Swamphens {Porphyrio porphyria) in Florida Bill Pranty 1 TWENTIETH REPORT OF THE FLORIDA ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY RECORDS COMMITTEE: 2010 Andrew W. Kratter 13 FIELD OBSERVATIONS Summer report: June- July 2011 Bill Pranty 27 CORRIGENDA Data for a Thick-billed Murre specimen from Florida 38 ANNOUNCEMENTS Friends of FFN 39 FOS Special Publications 40 Florida Field Naturalist PUBLISHED BY THE FLORIDA ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY VoL. 40, No. 1 March 2012 Pages 1-40 Florida Field Naturalist 40(1): 1-12, 2012. POPULATION GROWTH, SPREAD, AND PERSISTENCE OF PURPLE SWAMPHENS (Porphyrio porphyrio) IN FLORIDA Bill Pranty 8515 Village Mill Row, Bayonet Point, Florida 34667-2662 E-mail: hillpranty@hotmail.com Abstract. — Since their inadvertent release into Pembroke Pines, Broward County, during the 1990s, Purple Swamphens {Porphyrio porphyrio) have greatly expanded their range and increased their numbers in Florida. Their core area currently covers approxi- mately 2,840 k m ^ in Broward, Hendry, and Palm Beach counties, and a minimum convex polygon drawn around all swamphen locations encompasses an area of about 35,000 km^. One swamphen photographed in southeastern Georgia in November 2009 may have dispersed more than 600 km. From October 2006 to December 2008, an eradica- tion program by state agencies killed 3,187 swamphens on seven public wetlands in the Everglades-Lake Okeechobee watershed. The program was later deemed unsuccessful and was discontinued. Range expansion of Purple Swamphens into additional wetlands in Florida is predicted if not already underway. The Purple Swamphen {Porphyrio porphyrio) is a wide-ranging species of Europe, Africa, southeastern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and islands in the Pacific Ocean (Dickinson 2003). Thirteen subspecies are recognized (Dickinson 2003), which Sangster (1998) had previously proposed splitting into six species. Swamphens were first noted in Florida at Pembroke Pines, Broward County, around December 1996. Pranty and Schnitzius (1998) announced the discovery, speculated on the source, and presented results of initial surveys. Pranty et al. (2000) detailed the discovery and initial distribution of the population, provided a much more likely source, presented results of the first formal surveys and proof of breeding, and suggested that more than one swamphen subspecies may be present. Pranty (2001a) presented results of seven surveys and the first dispersals away from Pembroke Pines. Hardin et al. (2011) described an unsuccessful eradication effort by state agencies 1 2 FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST that resulted in the shooting of 3,187 swamphens between October 2006 and December 2008. A study of the genetics of the introduced swamphens is underway (D. Williams fide S. Hardin in litt.). In this paper, I report the results of nine formal Purple Swamphen surveys at Pembroke Pines, characterize the current known distribution, and list additional dispersals, including one to southeastern Georgia. Methods Survey methods were described by Pranty et al. (2000) and Pranty (2001a). I obtained locations of Purple Swamphens from communication with the birding community and from reviews of the Field Observations section oi Florida Field Naturalist since 1998, the archives of the Miami Bird Board since 2000 (Tropical Audubon Society 2011), Hardin et al. (2011), and the state’s Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System (EDD- MapS 2011). Many dispersal records are verifiable from archived photographic evidence. I ignored some web-published reports, such as those posted to eBird and the Great Back- yard Bird Count, that may have represented misidentified Purple Gallinules (Porphyria martinica). I entered all swamphen locations into ArcView GIS 3.1 (ESRI 1998) cover- ages. I followed Wunderlin and Hansen (2008) for the English names of plants. Results Discovery and surveys . — Purple Swamphens were discovered in Florida at the “SilverLakes” development, Pembroke Pines, Broward County, by Abigail, Kevin, and Kim Schnitzius. SilverLakes is a 1,000- ha medium-density development that features many shallow fresh- water ponds and lakes created for wetlands mitigation and to provide wildlife habitat. Based on memory, the swamphens were thought to have been present since ca. December 1996 (Pranty et al. 2000). In 1997, one swamphen pair produced three young in a marsh behind the Schnitzius home (Pranty et al. 2000), furnishing the first breeding report. Kim Schnitzius obtained the first photographic evidence of swamphens in late March or early April 1998. The Schnitzius family soon found swamphens elsewhere in SilverLakes, counting 28 birds in July 1998 and 29 in August 1998 (Pranty et al. 2000; totals corrected from those published by Pranty and Schnitzius 1998). I first visited Pembroke Pines on 9 October 1998, when the Schnitzius family, Helen Lovell, and I counted 84 swamphens and instituted formal surveys. We searched areas within 1 km of the SilverLakes development and found additional swamphens (Table 1), indicating that colonization was already underway. We counted 134 swamphens on 21-22 February 1999, along with a road-killed swamphen found on 20 February. Fluctuations in swamphen numbers noted on subsequent surveys (e.g.. Columns A-C in Table 1) suggested that variation in local water levels had encouraged some swamphens to disperse. We ended formal surveys in February 2003, partly because vegetation planted along the Pranty — Purple Swamphens in Florida 3 Table 1. Results of the nine formal Purple Swamphen surveys at Pembroke Pines, Broward County, Florida, 1998-2003. A = SilverLakes, Schnitzius back- yard; B = SilverLakes, Sheridan Street; C = SilverLakes, 172nd Avenue; D = Sil- verLakes, various interior roads; E = SilverLakes, 184th Avenue; F = Pembroke Isles at 172nd Avenue and Pines Boulevard; and G = Southwest Broward Re- gional Library pond at Sheridan Street and Jaguar Way. Sites not surveyed are designated by a hyphen; results of partial surveys are listed in parentheses. Formal surveys ended in early 2003, partly because vegetation planted along the shorelines of surveyed wetlands had grown so tall as to hamper observa- tions. ^Includes one road-killed swamphen salvaged on 20 February 1999. Date A B C D E F G Totals 9 October 1998 4 32 48 84 21-22 February 1999 5 29 80 10 1 9 — 135* 25 July 1999 3 22 41 17 3 9 — 95 16 November 1999 3 14 33 — — 9 — 59 26 August 2000 0 4 26 — — — (0) 30 18 January 2001 0 20 33 — 9 13 12 87 28 May 2001 1 13 31 — (1) 10 24 80 10 November 2001 0 8 25 5 8 11 16 73 1 February 2003 0 8 13 — — 4 — 25 lakeshores had grown so tall as to greatly limit views of the marshes and the swamphens that occupied them. Source . — Pranty and Schnitzius (1998) speculated that the source of the naturalized population was Miami MetroZoo, 43 km to the south. But Pranty et al. (2000) subsequently concluded that the likely source was one or two aviculturists who lived within 600 m of SilverLakes. These aviculturists collectively owned as many as 13 pairs of swamphens, obtained beginning in 1992. The swamphens were not pinioned and were permitted to roam the neighborhoods surrounding the aviculturists’ homes (Pranty et al. 2000). A few of these swamphens evidently wandered away from the aviculturists, found suitable habitat, and began breeding. Neither aviculturist had been aware of the naturalized population of swamphens breeding nearby (D. Mhoon pers. comm., February 1999, H. Sardou pers. comm., February 1999). Subspecific identification . — Most Purple Swamphens in Florida appear to be the gray-headed subspecies, P. p. poliocephalus, native from the Indian subcontinent to southern Asia (Pranty pers. obs., S. Hardin in litt.). Three Florida specimens (UF 40766, GEW 6016, and UCF 2387) are poliocephalus (Kratter et al. 2002, G. E. Woolfenden pers. comm., B. H. Anderson in litt.). A few swamphens with entirely blue heads were observed in Florida as early as 1998 and were thought to represent a second subspecies, although lighting and viewing angle affected apparent head color to some degree (Pranty 2001a). One of the aviculturists mentioned above owned a mixed pair of swamphens (a gray-headed male and a blue-headed female) that produced numerous young (Pranty et al. 2000). If any of the potential intergrade young Table 2. Locations (n = 30) occupied by Purple Swamphens, ca. December 1996-April 2011, arranged chronologically by the date of the first observation. Stormwater Treatment Area 3/4 is also known as Harold Campbell Public Use Area; Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee NWR (= National Wildlife Refuge) is also known as WCA 1. The Distance column, which refers to the number of km FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST rs o o O c3 c3 c3 j tH tH 1 — H rH rH a»o o o o o ^ o o o o ^ CN (M (M (M ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ sh iH Hi Cl |i| PHCScSCCCr'i * 5.4 sh !h ir: .(In dn Ph Ph Qh .i— X- * * * .i— a d CO -S O O o o o O tC (M (M O O JD t>j >> c c c 'S "c ^ ^^PLhPLhh:! og C to lO H lo o o H o ^ § .3 c PLh* * H Ph o ■S oo^. 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Area, east of US-27 ~64 Pearlstine 2007 Jan 2008 Highlands Lake Istokpoga 62 Hardin et al. 2011 Pranty — Purple Swamphens in Florida 5 H S CO o , 2^. o a CO OQ c4 o "S X 8 ’-j o d (Mffi >> . 03 03 5h T3 PLh qzl 43 'B iS 3 -s J3 O ■ i3 CO S o< P"-* m . § 33 i3 III ^ 8:2 ! 3 ^ opq LOt-COiXi003CO(M t-iH tH 00 (M03 ) cr> co(M Office r^< ^ o rc3 ns Q ^-TS >> ;h Sh 1 Si 03 ^ CO CO -s 2 s be ^ BB ^ 3 B HoocOJSo-^cO ^f^SHf-itScOSnCOin ffipq pq g H pq hJO 03 o o (M 22 B O cO 0'-3 (Mt^ C^.iH O 2 §1- H 33 O S 33 ^ o S >-3 Z o CD tH . Si Sh(M .in ^ tHCO 6 FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST joined the naturalized population, they might have accounted for the differences in head color noted. Preliminary genetic analysis of the Purple Swamphen population in Florida has revealed two different sequences in mitochondrial DNA, suggesting the presence of two taxonomic forms (D. Williams fide S. Hardin in litt.). Population increase and range expansion . — Beginning shortly after their discovery and continuing to the present, Purple Swamphens have been noted at several other sites in the peninsula and beyond (Table 2). Because swamphens are infrequent in avicultural collections (e.g., ), I believe that dispersal from Pembroke Pines explains the presence of swamphens elsewhere in the state. The first known dispersal was to Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Palm Beach County, in June 2000, a distance of 68 km. Numerous other dispersals followed, including six greater than 100 km (Table 2). By April 2011, Purple Swamphens had been reported from 30 sites in ten counties in the Florida peninsula, including swamphens found in Brevard, Collier, Lake, and Orange counties (Table 2, Fig. 1). By far the longest dispersal to date was one adult gray-headed swamphen photographed at Glennville, Tattnall County, Georgia, on 21 November 2009 (Blankenship and Southern 2010, Table 2), a site 680 km from Pembroke Pines. Long-distance movements have been reported for Purple Swamphens in other parts of their range. One swamphen at Catalonia, Spain in 1984 was more than 1,000 km from the nearest breeding population (Grussu 1999). Another swamphen, apparently P. p. madagascariensis, photographed at Bernard Park, Bermuda, on 26 October 2008 (Norton et al. 2010), may have fiown more than 6,500 km from western Africa. Most swamphen dispersals in Florida have been to the north or northwest, with only one dispersal to the west and two to the south (Fig. 1). Considering that most of the Big Cypress-Everglades-Lake Okeechobee region is relatively inaccessible to birders. Purple Swamphens may be much more widely distributed than is known. For instance, swamphens have been observed in all six Stormwater Treatment Areas (STAs), two of the three Water Conservation Areas (WCAs), and both of the recently-constructed birding wetlands (Green Cay and Wakodahatchee) in Palm Beach County (Table 2). Review of Google Earth imagery of the areas north and south of Pembroke Pines shows hundreds of km^ of developments with dozens of shallow wetlands interspersed — habitats that appear very similar to those at SilverLakes. Drawing a polygon around all sites where swamphens are known or presumed to be breeding results in a core range of approximately 2,840 km^ (smaller polygon in Fig. 1). A minimum convex polygon drawn around all swamphen locations in Florida encompasses an area of about 35,000 km^ (larger polygon in Fig. 1). Expansion of Purple Pranty — Purple Swamphens in Florida 7 Figure 1. Locations of Purple Swamphens in Florida, ca. December 1996-April 2011. Based on a minimum convex polygon drawn around all Florida locations — and intentionally ignoring the recent record from southeastern Georgia — the occupied range of swamphens includes an area about 35,000 km^. This range is bounded by Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area to the northwest, Orlando Wetlands Park and “Viera Wetlands” to the northeast. Fort Lauderdale to the southeast, Everglades National Park to the south, and Carnestown to the southwest. The core breeding area of swamphens in Florida is much smaller, perhaps 2,840 km^ in Broward, Hendry, and Palm Beach counties. ★ = Pembroke Pines (discovery and source site) • and ★ = breeding sites © = non-breeding site FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST Swamphens into additional watersheds, such as Myakka Lake and River, the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, and the Upper St. Johns River, is predicted if not already underway. Breeding evidence . — It is clear from the population increase and range expansion that Purple Swamphens in Florida are breeding prolifically. Breeding populations are known from only Broward, Hendry, and Palm Beach counties (Fig. 1), but access limitations prevent assessment of other populations, such as those at Lake Okeechobee, where swamphens have been present since February 2001 (Table 2, Hardin et al. 2011). The captive swamphens that presumably were the source of the naturalized population produced two or three broods annually, and the pair in the Schnitzius yard produced two broods during 1998 (Pranty et al. 2000). During 1998 and 1999, I and others observed swamphen chicks at Pembroke Pines in eight calendar months (January-May, July, August, and October), suggesting that swamphens may breed nearly year-round (Pranty and Schnitzius 1998, Pranty et al. 2000). I photographed one swamphen nest with five eggs at Pembroke Pines on 25 July 1999 (Pranty et al. 2000), and ca. 15 other nests have been found in the state (Pranty 2001a, Hardin et al. 2011). Population size . — No estimate is available for the size of the Purple Swamphen population in Florida. However, the eradication effort undertaken by staff of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and South Florida Water Management District indicates that the size of the population is large. The eradication effort began in August 2006, when four swamphens were scooped up in dip nets from airboats (Hardin et al. 2011). Afterward, swamphens were shot-gunned from airboats or earthen levees. Between October 2006 and December 2008, 3,187 swamphens were shot at seven sites, all of them public wetlands (Hardin et al. 2011; Table 3). In March 2009, the eradication effort was deemed unsuccessful and was discontinued. Despite claims to the contrary (e.g.. Clary 2009, Pranty et al. 2010), no estimate was made of the number of swamphens that survived (S. Hardin in litt.). Many swamphens occupied thick stands of cattail {Typha) where they were well concealed, and some swamphens may have dispersed from areas where they were subject to intense shooting pressure (Hardin et al. 2011). None of the swamphens within private wetlands (e.g., those at Pembroke Pines) were targeted for eradication, which may have aided growth and expansion of the overall population. Large numbers of swamphens were shot at some sites (i.e., STA IW, STA 3/4, and WCA 2B; Table 3), but it is not known whether local breeding was solely responsible for such numbers, or whether swamphens had immigrated from nearby areas. Pranty — Purple Swamphens in Florida 9 Table 3. Numbers of Purple Swamphens shot in Florida from October 2006 to De- cember 2008 (Hardin et al. 2011). All sites are public wetlands. STA = Stormwa- ter Treatment Area; WCA = Water Conservation Area. Sites not hunted are des- ignated by a hyphen. STAs 1-4 are in Palm Beach County, STAs 5 and 6 are in Hendry County, and WCA 2B is in Broward County. The swamphens shot at Lake Okeechobee were thought to be in Glades and Hendry counties (S. Hardin in litt.). Site 2006 2007 2008 Totals STAIW 151 521 251 923 STA 2 — 30 9 39 STA 3/4 — 440 745 1,185 STAS 5 181 13 199 STA 6 — — 14 14 WCA 2B 177 273 340 790 Lake Okeechobee — — 37 37 Totals 333 1,445 1,409 3,187 Natural history in Florida. — Except for the genetic analysis now underway (D. Williams fide S. Hardin in litt.), no formal study of the biology of the Purple Swamphen population in Florida has been undertaken; the sparse information known is from opportunistic observations. Habitats occupied by swamphens at Pembroke Pines are shallowly-flooded wetlands with open or semi-open, emergent vegetation such as Gulf Coast spikerush {Eleocharis cellulosa), arrowhead {Sagittaria spp.), pickerelweed {Pontederia cordata), and water lily (Nymphaea spp.) (Pranty et al. 2000) — reference to horsetail {Equisetum spp.) was based on a misidentiflcation of spikerush (Pranty pers. obs.). Habitats used at WCA 2B are Gulf Coast spikerush glades interspersed with patches of southern cattail {T^pha domingensis), broadleaf cattail (T. latifolia), Jamaica swamp sawgrass {Cladium jamaicense), and Carolina willow (Salix caroliniana), with a water depth typically above 0.85 m (Hardin et al. 2011). Cattail marshes form a greater component at the STAs (Hardin et al. 2011). Perhaps because of habitat succession, swamphens have declined in abundance from many wetlands at Pembroke Pines that previously were more open (Pranty pers. obs., L. Manfredi in litt.). Observations of foraging swamphens at Pembroke Pines suggest that they are largely herbivorous, and also take some invertebrate prey, such as worms (Pranty et al. 2000). STA IW in Palm Beach County was planted with rice {Oryza saliva) to attract waterfowl and waterfowl hunters, and the stomachs of some swamphens shot there were nearly bursting with rice grains (D. Eggeman pers. comm.). Stomachs from other swamphens contained cattail flbers (S. Hardin in litt.) or bits of unidentifled vegetation (GEW 6016, G. E. Woolfenden pers. comm.). Hardin et al. (2011) mention a swamphen that was observed carrying an object thought to have been a Black-necked Stilt {Himantopus 10 FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST mexicanus) chick at STA IW on 17 June 2010. This report, if accurate, may furnish the only observation of a swamphen in Florida taking vertebrate prey, although swamphens probably often take small- vertebrate prey such as fish and frogs. Predators of swamphens or their eggs in Florida probably include American alligators {Alligator mississippiensis), various mammals, and snakes. Kim Schnitzius observed a Great Blue Heron {Ardea herodias) take a swamphen chick at SilverLakes on 29 March 1999 (Pranty et al. 2000, Pranty 2001a). Most of the swamphens shot during the eradication effort were left to lie where they fell; many could not be retrieved from dense cattail stands (S. Hardin in litt.). At my urging, perhaps 200 swamphen carcasses were salvaged by Dave Eggeman of FWC, and these were delivered to Archbold Biological Station, where they await preparation and analyses. It is anticipated that examination of these specimens will result in several publications, such as those on morphometries, sex ratios, molt sequence and timing, stomach contents, internal and external parasites, and taxonomy. Establishment in Florida. — Purple Swamphens in Florida were first observed to breed in 1997 (Pranty et al. 2000) but the numbers of swamphens found in late 1998 and early 1999 (Table 1) suggest that reproduction outside of captivity may have begun a few to several years earlier. In 2009, the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee (FOSRC) voted against adding the swamphen (FOSRC 09-728) to its Official State List on the grounds that swamphens may have been breeding for only 13 years, rather than the requisite 15 or more years. However, FOSRC members felt that “there was little doubt that the [swamphen] population would meet the Persistence Criterion in the next few years” (Kratter 2010). A re-vote by the FOSRC in 2011 was again not resolved. Two members felt that it was premature to consider the species as established in light of potential control efforts by FWC in the future; the matter will come up for a vote again in 2012 (A. W. Kratter in litt.). Acknowledgments I thank Kevin and Kim Schnitzius and Helen W. Lovell for assistance with swamphen surveys; Angel Abreu, Paul Gray, Scott Hardin, Larry Manfredi, Harry Robinson, Joel Wilcox, and the late Al Liberman for providing locations of swamphens; Darryl Mhoon and Horacio Sardou for information on the swamphens in their collections; Jonathan Alderfer, Paul Baicich, and Jon S. Greenlaw for providing copies of references; Dave Eggeman and Scott Hardin of FWC for information on the eradication effort; Bruce H. Anderson and the late Glen E. Woolfenden for information on swamphen specimens in their care; and Dave Eggeman, Reed Bowman, and Dave Willard for assistance with preservation of swamphen carcasses at Archbold Biological Station. Andrew W Kratter updated the status of FOSRC votes, and Jon S. Greenlaw and Scott Hardin improved drafts of the manuscript. Pranty — Purple Swamphens in Florida 11 Literature Cited Blankenship, K., and J. Southern. 2010. 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TWENTIETH REPORT OF THE FLORIDA ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY RECORDS COMMITTEE: 2010 Andrew W. Kratter Florida Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA Abstract. — This 20th report of the Florida Ornithological Society Records Com- mittee (FOSRC) summarizes decisions made by members of the Committee in 2010. The FOSRC critically reviews submitted reports of rare birds in Florida, in- cluding potential new records for the state, and whether exotic species meet crite- ria to be considered established. Submissions are requested for species or distinc- tive subspecies that are believed to be first-time vagrants in Florida or that are listed as review species or subspecies on the Official State List, published on-line in the Florida Ornithological Society’s (FOS) website (http://www.fosbirds.org/of- ficial-florida-state-bird-list). FOSRC review species or subspecies (=Review List) are mostly those taxa on the Official State List for which the FOSRC has previ- ously reviewed and accepted 10 or fewer reports (but see below). In a few cases, species or distinctive subspecies are included in the Review List when Committee members seek further information on their status in the state. The FOSRC web pages (see above) also include the Rules and Procedures that govern the activities of the committee, a reporting form for the direct on-line submission of reports to the FOSRC, the names and addresses of current committee members, reports to the FOS Board on the proceedings of all recent FOSRC meetings, and a growing gallery of photographs of rare birds in Florida evaluated by the FOSRC. This report details the evaluations of 49 submissions, involving 35 species and one subspecies. Of the 42 new reports, received from September 2009 through July 2010, 33 were reviewed and accepted, six were not accepted, and three were tabled pending further consideration of available evidence and specimen examination. Of the six submissions not accepted, one (Mute Swan) was not accepted because it could not be determined if the individual originated from feral populations in Florida that are not considered established, or was a vagrant from established populations to the north, and five submissions were not accepted because the identification had not been firmly established. In addition, the committee resolved four reports that had been tabled pending further information or were otherwise previously unresolved: Red-necked Grebe (FOSRC #09-711) was not accepted; White-tipped Dove (FOSRC #09-751) was not accepted to either the genus (Leptotila) or species level; “Audubon’s” Yellow-rumped Warbler (FOSRC #09-754) was not accepted; and Tricolored Munia (FOSRC #09-762) was not accepted. We considered the latter species correctly identified, but could not determine if the birds photographed originated from established populations in Cuba or from birds escaped from captivity in Florida. Three submissions that were unresolved at our August 2009 meeting remained unresolved in our 2010 deliberations: a report of a Razorbill from Indian River Co. (FOSRC #09-713); the Broad-billed Hummingbird submission from Alachua Co. from 2004, initially a report, but with photographs added in 2010 (FOSRC #05-530); and the Yellow-faced Grassquit photographed in Monroe Co. in 2009 (FOSRC #09-735). Thus, overall, the committee evaluated or reevaluated a total of 49 submissions at its 2010 meeting, accepting 33 of them (67%), not accepting 10 of them (20%), and tabling 13 14 FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST the rest. The current acceptance rate is close to the rate of 71.8 percent in the period from 2001-2009 (267 of 372 submissions accepted). The percentage of new submissions that include a specimen or photographic/video/audio evidence supporting the submission (79%) continued to be high, as mentioned in previous reports (Greenlaw and Kratter 2007, Kratter 2008, Kratter 2010a,b). For the 33 new submissions that were accepted, all but three (91%) were accompanied by specimen or photographic/video/audio evidence. Of the 10 submissions not accepted, four (40%) were accompanied by specimen or photographic/ video/audio evidence. The Committee feels that more sight reports would be accepted if the descriptions were more complete, and if the submitters presented more thorough analyses of how the species was separated from similar species. The Committee firmly believes that well-substantiated reports are an important part of documenting rare birds in Florida. Bowman and Greenlaw (2006) reviewed the history of the Official State List of the Birds of Florida and provided an updated list for the period ending 31 December 2005. This list comprised a total of 495 species, all of which are based on independently verifiable evidence (specimens, photographs or videos, and audio recordings). Two species were added to this list in the 16th Report (Greenlaw and Kratter 2007), four species were added in the 17th report (Kratter 2008), two species were added in the 18th report (Kratter 2010a), and a genus and four species were added in the 19th report (Kratter 2010b) to bring the State total to 508 species. For 2010, we added two species: Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus, FOSRC #2010-788), and Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus, FOSRC #2010-807). These additions bring the total number of species on the State List to 510. All documentation reviewed by the FOSRC, including descriptions, photographs, videotapes, audio recordings, and committee comments, is archived in the Ornithology Division of the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH), University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, and is available for public access. Observers are encouraged to submit reports on Review listed species, and on species potentially new to the State List. Ideally, observers should record details of plumage, shape, size, behavior, and other pertinent information, in a timely fashion in the field. Reports to the Committee should provide all pertinent forms of documentation, including a written description of observations, in the original submission. All observations should be submitted on the standard report form available from the Secretary or on-line in the FOSRC web-pages (see link above). In addition to uniformity, the report form provides the Committee and the observer with guidelines to those criteria used by the FOSRC for its evaluation. Completed forms should be submitted to the Secretary of the FOSRC, Andrew W. Kratter (address above), email at kratter@flmnh.ufl.edu. Starting 1 January 2012, secretarial duties of the FOSRC switch to Jon Greenlaw (jgreenlaw@earthlink.net). This report was prepared on behalf of all members of the FOSRC serving during 2010 when the reports discussed here were evaluated. The members serving during these reviews and their last year of tenure were: Sally Jue (2010), Andrew W. Kratter (2011), Bruce Anderson (2012), Mark Berney (2013), John Murphy (2014), Jon Greenlaw (2015), and Ed Kwater (2016). See the FOS website (above) for a list of the current members on the FOSRC and their addresses. Contributors to this report (all submitters are acknowledged below, but only those reports that are accepted include initials of the submitter): Angel and Mariel Abreu , Bruce Anderson (BA), Jim & Emily Barr (JEB), Fred Bassett, Zach Bentley (ZB), Mark Berney (MBe), Joseph Bonislawsky, Michael Brothers (MBr), Bob Carroll, Jim Cavanagh, Brian Cole, Donald Goody, Chris Costers, David DeReamus, Bob Duncan, Lucy Duncan, Tom Dunkerton, Charlie Ewell, Teresa Fiorillo, David Freeland, Murray Gardler, Bernice and Larry Gilley, Doug Gochfeld, Carl Goodrich, Jon Greenlaw, Mitchell Harris, Linda Hensley, John Hintermister, Peter H. Homann, Andy Kratter, Charlene Leonard, Karin Lebo, Judy Lyle, Katie MacMillen, Mike Manetz, Chris Mason, Tony Twentieth Report — FOS Records Committee 15 Menart (TMe), Trey Mitchell, Rick Mills, John Murphy, Barrett Pierce, Marcus Ponce, Bill Pranty (BPr), Callus Quigley, Peter A. Quincy, Maria Rodriguez, Lesley Royce, Fran Rutkovsky, Leann Streeper, Andrew Thornton, Ralph Todd, Alex Vinokur, Boh Wallace, and Doug Wassmer. Committee News, Formats, and Terminology Committee news . — During 2010, the FOSRC met once, on 31 July 2010 at the Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville. At this meeting, FOSRC member Sally Jue reached the end of her term on the committee. Sally’s vacancy was filled by Michael Brothers, who is new to the FOSRC. Formats and terminology . — The following accounts report on all actions undertaken by the committee during 2010, and provide information on the history of the rare species in Florida covered in the accepted reports. We follow current nomenclature and sequence in the species accounts that follow (AOU 1998 and subsequent supplements). Within accounts, reports on more than one submission on a species are introduced sequentially by the date of receipt. Before 2010, the code (in parentheses) associated with each submitted report to the committee (e.g., 06-601) is the catalog number for the sighting or specimen report that is logged into an electronic catalog as it is received, and refers to year (06-) followed by sequential number (-601), beginning with the first entry in the catalog. Starting in 2010, FOSRC numbers associated with each submission will use a four digit prefix (e.g., 2010) instead of a two digit prefix. The initials following the catalog number refer to one or more contributors who supplied information to the committee (see list above). Our terminology for age largely follows the calendar-based system outlined in Pyle (1997, 2008); however we use “cycles” for gulls, as found in Olsen and Larsson (2004). We may use terms such as “first fall” or “first winter”, but we use “first year” instead of the ambiguous term “first summer”, which can mean both hatching summer and second calendar summer. We normally do not review subspecies, but on occasion we accept submissions on distinctive, field-identifiable subspecies whose taxonomic rank may be revisited by the American Ornithologists’ Union. Our use of the words “report” and “record” to describe occurrences of species in Florida follows Robertson and Woolfenden (1992) and the Field Observation Committee reports. For each species, the number of records and reports previously accepted by the FOSRC is detailed. In addition, records with specimens or photographic evidence prior to establishment of the FOSRC (1983) are also included. For species with five or fewer acceptable records or FOSRC accepted reports, we provide details of previous occurrences in Florida. Abbreviations used in this report are: FLMNH, Florida Museum of Natural History; nm = nautical miles, NWR, National Wildlife Refuge; UCF, University of Central Florida; UF, University of Florida (an acronym applied to catalog numbers of specimens in the FLMNH collection); and subsp. and sspp., singular and plural for subspecies. Accepted Submissions Cackling Goose, Branta hutchinsii. 2010-793. (JM, JB). This bird was found by Danny Bales on 28 January 2009 at St. Marks NWR (Wakulla Co.). It was photographed by several people the same day. Florida has three previous accepted records: a December 1956 specimen from Wakulla Co. (FOSRC #05-560, Bowman and Greenlaw 2006); one photographed in Brevard 16 FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST Co. that was present December 2002-February 2003 (FOSRC #06-601; Kratter 2008); and one photographed in Okaloosa Co. in December 2005 (FOSRC #06-596; Kratter 2010a). Common Merganser, Mergus merganser. 2010-790. (LR). This female was found and photographed 8 January 2010 at Huguenot Memorial Park in Jacksonville (Duval Co.). Previously, there were four records from Florida, one specimen (TTRS 3216) from Leon Co. in December 1953, and photographs from Wakulla Co. (1975), Hillsborough Co. (1980), and Pasco Co. in April 2009 (FOSRC #09-727, Kratter 2010b). Masked Duck, Nomonyx dominicus. 2010-787. (DF, MBe). This adult male was found 22 December 2009 at the Viera Wetlands (Brevard Co.) by Donna Faylo; it was photographed and seen by many during its stay to 6 February 2010. The FOSRC has accepted six previous submissions (5 photographs, 1 report); in addition, Stevenson and Anderson (1994) listed eleven documented records (7 photographs, 4 specimens) that have not been evaluated by the FOSRC. Yellow-nosed Albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos. 2010-809. (ZB). This bird was caught on a fishing hook on 5 July 2010 near the Western Dry Rocks, 13 nm SW of Key West (Monroe Co.). A photograph was taken while the bird was being held. The very pale head suggests a young bird. The only previous submission accepted by the FOSRC was one photographed in Pinellas Co. in May 2000 (FOSRC #00-420; Bowman 2000). Two other records have not been reviewed by the FOSRC: a specimen from Monroe Co. in May 1992 (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992), and a bird “recognizably” photographed in Wakulla Co. in July 1982 (Stevenson and Anderson 1994). A bird observed in Palm Beach Co. in January 1995 (FOSRC #95-326; Anderson 1996) was accepted to genus only (Diomedea at the time), as the description did not exclude some subspecies of the Shy Albatross (T. cawto; Anderson 1996). Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffinus. 2010-798. (MG, BW). This bird was photographed in flight during a pelagic trip, 14 nm east of Ponce de Leon Inlet (Volusia Co.) on 1 February 2010. Of the 16 previously accepted records for Florida (11 specimens, 2 photographed, 3 reports), all but one (FOSRC #97-374 in Escambia Co.) were from the Atlantic Coast. Neotropic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus. 09-776. (CM, TMe, JL). This adult, present from 7 September 2009 to 21 March 2010 at St. Marks NWR, was seen by many observers and photographed. 2010-786. (TD, DF). This breeding-plumaged adult was found and photographed 30 November 2009 by Tom Dunkerton at the Viera Wetlands. It was present until 2 December 2009. These two records represent the fifth and sixth records for Florida, with all since 2007. The previous records were three from Monroe Co. in 2007 and 2009 (two separate birds, though one is possibly the same individual as in 2007), and one from Orange Co. in 2009 (Kratter 2008, Pranty et al. 2010, Kratter 2010b). Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica. 2010-803. (DG, BW). This first-spring female was found and photographed by Doug Twentieth Report — FOS Records Committee 17 Gochfeld on 28 April 2010 at Flamingo, Everglades National Park (Monroe Co.). The excellent documentation shows the hird standing among Marhled Godwits (L. fedoa) and Willets {Tringa semipalmata). The bird is from the Alaska/eastern Russian baueri group of subspecies. Florida has only three prior records; one photographed in Brevard Co., present from October 1970-April 1971 (McKey 1971, Robertson and Woolfenden 1992); one in Franklin Co. in September 1984 (FOSRC #84-067; Powell 1986), and another in Pinellas Co. during the winter of 1985-86 (FOSRC #86-099; Dowling 1989). SuRFBiRD, ApAri 2 :a virgata. 2010-802. (BW). This bird was observed and photographed along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, southwest of Shell Mound near Cedar Key in Levy Co. on 14 March 2010. Florida previously had two accepted records: one photographed in Lee Co. in October 2001 (FOSRC #02-476; Bowman 2004) and one photographed in Volusia Co. in April 2005 (FOSRC #05-566; Bowman and Greenlaw 2006). Two additional records - one photographed in Escambia Co. on March 1968 and one photographed in Lee Co. in February 1978 (Robertson and Woofenden 1992) — have not been assessed by the FOSRC. California Gull, Larus californicus. 2010-812. (MH). This adult was present and photographed at the Central Disposal Facility in Cocoa (Brevard Co.) from 12-19 February 2010. It is probably the same adult California Gull observed by David Freeland and Carl Goodrich on 29 January 2010. The FOSRC has previously accepted seven submissions: a report from Pinellas Co. in 1983 (Powell 1986), one photographed in Franklin Co. in 1998 (Bowman 2000), one photographed in April 2006 in Levy Co. (Kratter 2008), one photographed in Brevard in 2009 (Kratter 2010b), one photographed in Volusia Co. in January-February 2008 (Kratter 2010a), and two separate ones photographed there in January-March 2009 (Kratter 2010b). The State’s first record, photographed in Pinellas Co. in April 1978, has not been assessed by the FOSRC but was accepted by Robertson and Woolfenden (1992). Thayer’s Gull, Larus thayeri. 09-772. (MBr). This first-cycle bird was present and photographed 12-25 January 2009 at Daytona Beach Shores (Volusia Co.). It is more strongly patterned than a Thayer’s Gull accepted ( #09-726; Kratter 2010b) at the same locality from 2 March 2009. 2010-789. (MG). This first-cycle bird was found and photographed on 18 December at the Central Disposal Facility in Cocoa. The 13 previously documented or accepted reports of Thayer’s Gull in Florida include one specimen and six records with photographs from before 1984 (and not reviewed by the FOSRC; Stevenson and Anderson 1994) and six birds subsequently accepted by the FOSRC (Kratter 2010a). Razorbill, AZca tor da. 2010-810. (AK). This after-second-year female was found dead at Cocoa Beach (Brevard Co.) by Margie Mitchell on 2 February 2010. The specimen was sent to the FLMNH (UF 47787). This rare winter visitor to both coasts of peninsular Florida was previously known from Florida on the basis of one photographed in Brevard Co. in 1967 (Robertson and 18 FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST Woolfenden 1992), 12 specimens (Stevenson and Anderson 1994; Pranty 1993, 1996; Greenlaw and Kratter 2007), and one report from Volusia Co. (Kratter 2010a). Ancient Murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus. 2010-788. (MBr, AK). This hatch-year male, a first state record (Kratter and Brothers 2010), was found on a boat ramp at Ponce Inlet (Volusia Co.) on 15 December 2009 and brought to the Marine Science Center. It died overnight and the specimen was sent to the FLMNH (UF 47280). Atlantic Pueein, Fratercula arctica. 2010-792. (PQ, AK). This adult was found dead on the beach at Kobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge (Martin Co.) on 29 January 2010 by Peter Quincy. The specimen (UF 47309) was sent to the FLMNH. 2010-795. (BA). This second-year bird was found dead on a beach at Patrick Air Force Station (28° 13.065’ N, 80° 35.858’ W; Brevard Co.) on 4 February 2010 by Teresa Fiorillo and Keitha Datillo-Bain. The specimen (UCF 2447) was sent to UCF Previously the FOSRC had accepted two submissions: one observed in Martin Co. in December 1986 (FOSRC #87-120; Baker 1991), and a specimen from St. Johns Co. in December 2004 (FOSRC #05-558; Bowman and Greenlaw 2006). Long-eared Owl, Asio otus. 09-777. (BPr). This female specimen at Archbold Biological Station (ABS, GEW 5781) was found injured or sick 8 December 1992 at Cassia (Lake Co.); it died three days later at the Center for Birds of Prey. Previously Florida has five accepted reports of this species: a specimen from Monroe Co., in 1898 (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992), a videotaped bird from Highlands Co. (FOSRC #94-290; Anderson 1996), a report from Highlands Co (FOSRC #95-330; Anderson 1996), one photographed in April 2003 in Monroe Co. (FOSRC #03-503; Bowman and Greenlaw 2006), and one found injured in Santa Rosa Co. in November 2007 and released after rehabilitation (FOSRC #07-654; Kratter 2010a). Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus. 2010-791. (FB). This after-hatch-year female was present from 19 December 2009 to 23 March 2010 at a residence in Fort Walton Beach (Okaloosa Co.). It was captured, photographed, and banded by Fred Bassett. The FOSRC had previously accepted five records of Broad-tailed Hummingbird in Florida, all since 2000 and all from the Panhandle; one from Wakulla Co. (FOSRC #00-409; Bowman 2000), one from Okaloosa Co. (FOSRC #08-663; Kratter 2010), and three from Escambia Co. (FOSRC #01-434, 02-470, 04-532; Bowman 2004, Bowman and Greenlaw 2006). Say’s Phoebe, Sayornis saya. 2010-783. (LS, GQ). The winter of 2009-2010 was the third consecutive winter that what was probably the same Say’s Phoebe wintered along Ranch Road in Astatula (Lake Co.: FOSRC #2010-785, below, and FOSRC #07-656, Kratter 2010a). It was observed and photographed from 29 October 2009-20 February 2010. 2010-784. (CC). This bird was found and photographed 4 January 2010 at Fort Walton Beach (Okaloosa Co.); it was present until 23 March 2010. 2010-785. (LS). This was the second winter that what was probably the same Say’s Phoebe wintered along Ranch Road in Astatula (FOSRC #2010-783 above and FOSRC Twentieth Report — FOS Records Committee 19 #07-656). The bird was present and photographed between 18 November 2008 and 22 February 2009. Prior to these records, the FOSRC had accepted four previous reports of this species: one observed in Franklin Co. in October 1988 (FOSRC #88-158; Baker 1991); one photographed in Hamilton Co. in January 1998 (FOSRC #98-382; Bowman 2000); one photographed in Escambia Co. in October 2003 (FOSRC #03-520; Bowman and Greenlaw 2006), and the Lake Co. record in 2007 mentioned above. Alder Flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum. 2010-813. (MBe). The Southern Glades Wildlife and Environmental Area (“The Annex”) in Miami-Dade Co. is a regular locale for observing Empidonax flycatchers during fall migration. On 29 August 2009, Mark Berney made audio recordings of at least three different vocalizing Alder Flycatchers. One bird gave a slurred short song, and two others were giving agitated squeaky calls. 2010-806. (MM). This singing bird was heard but not seen by a birder experienced with the songs of both Willow Flycatcher and Alder Flycatcher on 25 April 2010 in Gainesville (Alachua Co.). The song was described as: “a scratchy, sneezy, two- syllabled song, freee-BEER. The first syllable up-slurred, the second syllable shorter, more emphatic, and about a musical fifth higher than the end of the first syllable.” In 2006 the FOSRC added Willow Flycatcher and Alder Flycatcher to the FOSRC review list because the status of these extremely similar species, which were formerly lumped as TrailFs Flycatcher {E. traillii), is very unclear in Florida (Bowman and Greenlaw 2006). Prior to these two submissions, the FOSRC had accepted two fall records of Alder Flycatcher, both audio-taped from Miami-Dade Co. (Kratter 2010a); no Willow Flycatcher submissions have been received. Tropical Kingbird, Tyrannus melancholicus. 2010-811. (JEB). This bird was videotaped at the Stormwater Treatment Area 5 (Hendry Co.) on 6 March 2010. The videotape includes audio recordings of the distinctive twittering vocalizations that distinguish Tropical Kingbird from Couch’s Kingbird (T. couchii). This is the eleventh accepted record of Tropical Kingbird in Florida; nine of these are supported by photographs and recordings and/or descriptions of vocalizations, the other is an accepted report. In addition, four accepted records (three photos and one report, see Kratter 2010b) exist of birds that were either Tropical Kingbird or Couch’s Kingbird {T. couchii). Red-legged Thrush, Tardus plumbeus. 2010-807. (MP, BPr [photographs of habitat only]). This bird was found and photographed by Marcus Ponce at the Maritime Hammock Sanctuary (Brevard Co.) on 31 May 2010. This is the first accepted record for Florida and the United States (Anderson and Ponce 2010). The subspecies represented, T. p. plumbeus, occurs in the northern Bahamas. The species has no recent history of being kept in captivity in Florida or elsewhere in the United States. “Audubon’s” Yellow-rumped Warbler, Dendroica coronata auduboni group. 2010-800. (PH). This adult male in alternate plumage was captured, banded, and photographed on 10 April 1994 at 117 Ridgeland Road in Tallahassee (Leon Co.). 20 FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST 2010-808. (AV). This bird was observed a few times from 14-26 December 2008 on Clay Island at the Lake Apopka North Shore Restoration Area (Lake Co.). The description included the distinctive call note, face pattern, and yellow throat mixed with white in the chin. The FOSRC has accepted three previous reports: one observed in Monroe Co. in April 1988 (FOSRC #88-143; Dowling 1989); one photographed in Monroe Co. in April 2008 (FOSRC #08-687; Kratter 2010a); and one photographed September 2006 in Pinellas Co. (FOSRC #06-592; Greenlaw and Kratter 2007). MacGillivray’s Warbler, Geothlypis tolmiei. 2010-804. (DC). This adult male was photographed at the visitor parking lot of Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (Palm Beach Co.) on 20 April 2010. The FOSRC has accepted five previous submissions: birds photographed in Lee Co. in April 1998 (FOSRC #98-385, Bowman 2000) and Pinellas Co. in April 2008 (FOSRC #08-682; Kratter 2010a), and reports from Broward Co. in February-March 2002 (FOSRC #02-464, Bowman 2004), and Miami-Dade Co. in April 2001 (FOSRC #02-487, Bowman 2004) and September 2005 (FOSRC #06-588, Greenlaw and Kratter 2007). Green-tailed Towhee, Pipilo chlorurus. 09-779. (RD, LD, BW, BLG). This bird was found by Lucy Duncan at Fort Pickens, Gulf Islands National Seashore (Escambia Co.) on 1 November 2009; it was seen by many and photographed during its stay through 12 March 2010. The two previous accepted records in Florida include one videotaped in Polk Co. January 1990 (FOSRC #90-185; Baker 1991, Robertson and Woolfenden 1992) and one photographed in Pinellas Co. in February 2003 (FOSRC #03-511; Bowman 2006). Lark Bunting, Calamospiza melanocorys. 09-773. (JM) This after-hatch-year male, in pre-basic molt, was found and photographed on 29 August 2009 at Alligator Point (Franklin Co.). Previously verified records or accepted reports in Florida of this species include a specimen from Miami-Dade Co., in September 1968, birds photographed in Okaloosa Co. in September 1967, in Orange Co. in April - May 1977, in Franklin Co., February- March 1985 and September 2008 (FSORC 08-698; Kratter 2010b), and a report from Wakulla Co. in September 1990 (Baker 1991, Stevenson and Anderson 1994). Lazuli Bunting, Passerina amoena. 2010-797. (BPr, JG). This male, probably after-second-year, was observed and photographed visiting a feeder in a yard at the north end of Lake Thonotosassa (Hillsborough Co.) from 12-17 February 2010. Eleven records and reports have been previously accepted by the FOSRC (Kratter 2010b). Western Meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta. 09-780. (RD). This bird was observed on 14 November 2009 at Peake’s Point subdivision in Gulf Breeze (Santa Rosa Co.). The malar area was described as yellow, and the vocalizations were described as a “low chuck”, which is distinctive for Western Meadowlark. Since a number of records and observations before 1980 (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992, Stevenson and Anderson 1994), the FOSRC has accepted only one record, a bird photographed in Escambia Co. in January 2007 (FOSRC #07-625; Kratter 2008). Twentieth Report — FOS Records Committee 21 Bullock’s Oriole, Icterus bullockii. 2010-814. (FR, JC). For the fifth consecutive winter a female returned to a yard at 3210 Brookforest Drive in Tallahassee; it was present and photographed 3 January-4 April 2010. There were nine previously confirmed records of Bullock’s Oriole for Florida (Pranty et al. 2005, Greenlaw and Kratter 2007, Kratter 2010b), although five of these likely refer to the same individual. Submissions Not Accepted Mute Swan, Cygnus olor. 2010-799. This adult was photographed on Mizzell Road in St. Augustine Beach (St. Johns Co.) on 14 February 2010. Mute Swans are not resident in the area, and it was presumed by the observer that this bird was a migrant from established populations in the northeastern United States. The Committee had no doubt that the identification was correct. The established population of Mute Swans currently reaches south to North Carolina, with a small population established in South Carolina as well. Although this population does not show much migratory movement, it has shown the capacity to expand into new areas. Clouding the issue, however, is a growing population in Florida that is not considered established. This population probably includes some recruits from wild breeding but likely includes escaped birds from captivity as well. Mute Swans have been reported frequently north to Brevard Co. in recent years. The Committee felt that the bird in St. Johns Co. was more likely from the non-established population in Florida rather than the established population to the north. Common Merganser, Mergus merganser. 2010-796. A fiock of eight males was observed fiying over Matanzas Inlet (St. Johns Co.) on 2 February 2010. The description of the birds, seen mainly from underneath, included lanky merganser shape, dark heads, white necks and underparts, and white secondaries contrasting with dark primaries. The Committee felt this report unusual, because all previously accepted records of Common Mergansers in Florida have been solitary females or young males. The description lacked details of the birds’ upper surface, including the white wing coverts and scapular patches. The Committee felt that other duck species, for instance a flock of female Red-breasted Mergansers (M. serrator) or male Common Goldeneyes {Bucephala clangula) had not been definitely excluded. Red-necked Grebe, Podiceps grisegena. 09-711. This bird was found and photographed 7 January 2009 at Bunche Beach (Lee Co.). This submission was initially withdrawn by the observer (visiting from overseas) after photographs of what was thought to be the same bird were posted on the internet, which showed a definite Horned Grebe {P. auritus). However, on his return home, the original observer looked more carefully at his photographs and thought that they depicted a different bird. The submission was reopened at the August 2009 meeting, but the vote was unresolved (3 to accept, 4 not to accept). The original observer’s three photographs are all rather distant and show a grebe swimming alone. The bird is mostly dark gray with a white cheek patch, a flat head, and a rather long bill; in one photo the bill looks vaguely tinged yellowish. The forehead is quite sloping and the head flat and squared off toward the back. The bill length and head shape vary among the photographs, perhaps because of diving 22 FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST behavior. After studying specimens of both species and photos on the internet, the Committee felt that the bill length, shape, and the bird’s face pattern were not correct for Red-necked Grebe, but were within the range of Horned Grebe. There are only three previously accepted reports of Red-necked Grebe for Florida, all from the western Panhandle: one photographed in Santa Rosa Co. in December 2000 (FOSRC #01-437, Bowman 2004) a report, also from Santa Rosa Co, in January 2001 (FOSRC #01-442, Bowman 2004), and a report from February 2008 in Escambia Co. (FOSRC #08-675, Kratter 2010a). Northern Goshawk, Accipiter gentilis. 2010-801. This hatch-year bird was photographed on Thomas Drive in Panama City Beach (Bay Co.) on 18 March 2010. The hawk is consuming a Rock Pigeon (Columba livia). The bird, an obvious Accipiter sp., is brown above, streaked below, with a long banded tail. Its large size and faint supercilium are reminiscent of a Northern Goshawk, but other characters point to Cooper’s Hawk (A. cooperii). The underparts are lightly streaked from the upper breast to the upper belly; the undertail coverts and lower belly are unmarked. Northern Goshawks have heavier streaks that continue through the undertail coverts. The dark tail bands are even across the tail, whereas the bands on Northern Goshawks are arched across each feather, resulting in wavy pattern of dark and light bands. The Committee felt that the bird was likely an immature female Cooper’s Hawk, which can show a faint supercilium. The only record of this species in Florida that is currently verifiable is a partial skeleton of one salvaged in PineUas Co. in November 1927 (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992). Black-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus. 2010-782. This adult was observed in a field with other gulls from ca. 200 m away on 13 December 2009 in East Palatka (Putnam Co.). The description included very pale overall color, bright red bill and feet, and a clean white head with possibly a small smudge near the eye. The bird was not described in flight. Although this brief description is indicative of a Black-headed Gull, some other gulls cannot be ruled out, including Gray-headed Gull (C. cirrocephalus), Slender-billed Gull (C. genei), or perhaps. Silver Gull (C. nouaehollandiae, sometimes kept at zoos). Aberrant Laughing Gulls {Leucophaeus atricilla) with red bills and feet and paler mantles are annually seen in Florida. Adult Black-headed Gulls tend to have darker markings on the face that reach the crown. There were nine previously documented records and one accepted report for Florida (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992; Kratter 2010b). White-tipped Dove, Leptotila verreauxi. 09-751. On 3 May 2009, this bird was flushed from the ground and seen in flight across a pond by two observers at Indigenous Park on Key West (Monroe Co.). It was submitted as a “probable White-tipped Dove” so we assessed it both as a White-tipped Dove and as Leptotila sp. at the August 2009 meeting (Kratter 2010b). At this meeting the Committee voted to not accept to species; we felt that there was not enough detail to preclude Caribbean Dove (L. jamaicensis), which has an introduced population on New Providence in the Bahamas. Caribbean Dove has not been recorded in Florida, although the proximity of New Providence makes it a possible stray. The vote at that meeting to accept the record as Leptotila sp. was not resolved (4 to accept, 3 not to accept). Those voting not to accept to genus felt that not enough detail was provided. Both White- tipped Dove and Caribbean Dove show a paler forehead that should contrast markedly Twentieth Report — FOS Records Committee 23 with the rest of the plumage. The bright cinnamon underwing coverts of both species were not mentioned. For the July 2010 meeting, a description was submitted by the second observer. The observer stated that he had a good view of the upper surface of the bird, which was “uniformly brown on top from wing tip to wing tip and from head to tail except the tail which was white tipped.” However, both verreauxi and jamaicensis show a paler forecrown. Although other features, such as overall shape, tail pattern, and tail shape indicate a Leptotila sp., the Committee felt that the overall description was inconsistent with this identification. Florida has had only two records, both from the Dry Tortugas (Monroe Co.); one in April 1995 (FOSRC #95-337; Bowman 2000) and one in April 2003 (FOSRC #03-504; Greenlaw and Kratter 2007). Alder Flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum. 2010-805. This singing bird was observed 25 April 2010 at San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park (Alachua Co.); the description compares it with Acadian Flycatcher {E. virescens). The two-note song was described as harsher than Acadian. However, Willow Flycatcher {E. traillii) and Least Flycatcher {E. minimus) also give two-note songs that are harsher than Acadian. The brief description of the plumage could pertain to either Least, Willow, or Alder Flycatcher. Rose-throated Becard, Pachyramphus aglaiae. 09-781. This bird, observed at Upper Pithlachascotee River Preserve (Pasco Co.) on 4 December 2009 during a rain storm, was described as having a burgundy or maroon bib, “dove” gray back, sooty head, and a phoebe-like bill. It was sallying from an open perch on a teeter-totter to the ground for insects. Although the description is vaguely like a male Rose-throated Becard, the deep wide bills of becards are not much like that of a phoebe. Becards tend to forage within the canopy, sallying for insects or fruit; they rarely if ever sally to the ground. The behavior seems much more like an Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), and if wet, a male may appear to have gray or black upperparts. In the United States, this species occurs only along the Mexican border in southern Texas and southern Arizona (AOU 1998). “Audubon’s” Yellow-rumped Warbler, Dendroica coronata [auduboni group]. 09-754. This bird was seen by two observers on 13 December 2008 at the Southwest Regional Library Wetlands in Pembroke Pines (Broward Co.). The vote at the August 2009 meeting was unresolved (5 to accept, 2 not to accept). In addition to the face pattern and yellow throat, which indicated Audubon’s Warbler, the brief description included a “broad white wing patch,” which is characteristic of Audubon’s Warbler in alternate plumage. In basic plumage, the wings coverts are edged white, resulting in two wingbars. The Committee felt that this inconsistency called the identification into question. Tricolored Munia, Lonchura malacca. 09-762. Two adults were photographed on 7 July 2009 on Garden Key in the Dry Tortugas National Park (Monroe Co.). The vote at our August 2009 meeting was unresolved (3 to accept, 4 not to accept; Kratter 2010b). The identification of the two birds on the Dry Tortugas was not disputed, but the provenance of the birds is in question. The species is present in the pet-bird trade in the United States. The Tricolored Munia, native to southeast Asia, has established exotic populations on Puerto Rico and Hispaniola (AOU 1998) and on Cuba (Raffaele et al. 1998, Garrido and Kirkconnell 2000). The species has apparently established populations on Cuba 24 FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST and Jamaica by colonizing from Puerto Rico and Hispaniola, which indicates that it is capable of overwater dispersal. The photographs are not clear enough to assess cage wear or abnormal bill or toe nail growth resulting from captivity. The Committee felt that evidence available for either captive origin or for a natural vagrant from established populations was equivocal. Unresolved Submissions South Polar Skua, Stercorarius maccormicki. 09-775. This bird was observed from shore for ca. 20 minutes as it harassed terns 400-1- m offshore on 10 September 2009, at Playalinda Beach (Brevard Co.). Dissenting voters felt that skua and dark Pomarine Jaeger (S. pomarinus) identification is a difficult task at that distance, and observations corroborated with photographs are perhaps essential. The two voting to accept felt that the experienced observer’s description, including the hefty build, broad wings, and short tail characteristic of a skua sp., coupled with the blond collar, adequately described South Polar Skua. Razorbill, Alca torda. 09-713. This bird was observed 12 December 2008 at Sebastian Inlet State Park (Indian River Co.). Votes at the meetings on February 2009 (2 to accept, 5 not to accept) and August 2009 (3 to accept, 4 not to accept) were not resolved (Kratter 2010b). No new information was available for the July 2010 meeting. Not surprisingly, the submission remained unresolved. Broad-billed Hummingbird, Cynanthus latirostris. 04-536. This female, found on 20 December 2003 in Gainesville, was originally submitted as a report in 2005 and was not accepted. At the time, it would have been a first for Florida, and the FOSRC felt that better documentation was required. In February 2009, two photographs of a female hummingbird taken the following day were submitted to the FOSRC. The submission was reopened in August 2009. The vote at that meeting was not resolved (2 to accept, 5 not to accept). In July 2010, a description by another observer was added to the file. Because the FOSRC has accepted three Broad-billed Hummingbirds since this report (FOSRC #04-549, #08-660, #08-664; see Kratter 2010a), the Committee felt that we could relax the unofficial criterion, held by all current members, that only records with irrefutable evidence (e.g., photographs, specimens, diagnostic sound recordings) could be used to add a species to the Florida State List. The main topic of conversation was whether photographs and descriptions all pertained to the same bird. Other hummingbirds present at the same time included a Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope) and a Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus). Committee members were unanimous in their view that the photographs were likely not a Broad-billed Hummingbird. The written descriptions varied on whether the tail had white tips, the color of the underparts, and whether the bill had a red base. The recently submitted report did include this last characteristic, which is distinctive for Broad-billed Hummingbird, but the other reports stated that the bill was all black. An important discussion ensued on whether one description can trump the other descriptions, which may have pertained to other species. The vote was not resolved. The two dissenting voters felt that the body of evidence was contradictory, and even the best description lacked some key field marks. Twentieth Report — FOS Records Committee 25 Long-eared Owl, Asio otus. 09-778. This female specimen (ABS 1001) lacks a location other than “Florida,” and has no date. It was prepared by B. Marks, possibly from the Field Museum of Natural History, and has modern data and label. Dorothy Kaufmann (in litt.), director of the Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida in Pensacola, has a record of sending a Long- eared Owl to Glen Woolfenden at ABS in January 1997; the only other Long-eared Owl specimen at ABS is the above bird. The two dissenting voters felt that we should wait to accept until we had better details on locality. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Myiodynastes luteiventris . 09-774. Two birds were seen and heard on 12 September 2009 at the Southern Glades Wildlife and Environmental Area (“The Annex”); later that afternoon, the birds were heard vocalizing by a different observer, but not seen. Most dissenting voters had issues with the brief description of the birds, which failed to eliminate the similar looking Streaked Flycatcher {M. maculatus), Variegated Flycatcher {Empidonomus varius), or Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius). Some squeaky vocalizations of Alder Flycatchers (Empidonax alnorum), which were present at the same time, are roughly similar to those of Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher. The three voting to accept felt that the description of the vocalizations, which one observer mentioned as “like a rubber toy,” coupled with the brief description, was suitable to eliminate these other species. The FOSRC has previously accepted six submissions: five documented by photographs, from either Miami-Dade Co. (four) or Pinellas Co. (one), and one sight report from Franklin Co. (Kratter 2010a). Yellow-faced Grassquit, Tiaris olivaceus. 09-735. This male was present and photographed 20-26 April 2009 at Fort Zachary Taylor on Key West (Monroe Co.). The vote at the August 2009 meeting was unresolved (Kratter 2010b). The Committee agreed that the photographs show a Yellow-faced Grassquit of the nominate West Indian subspecies, but the provenance of individuals of this species is Florida is debatable. It was believed that the Mexican and northern Central American subspecies are far more common in captivity than the West Indian subspecies, which has led the FOSRC previously to accept individuals of the latter (see Smith et al. 1991, Anderson 1996, Bowman 2004). However, this difference may no longer be valid. Several shipments of Yellow-faced Grassquits (subspecies not listed) have been confiscated by the United States Fish & Wildlife Service in Miami, with an origin listed as Cuba, whereas no confiscated birds are listed as originating in Mexico or Central America. In one instance, nominate Yellow-faced Grassquits were confiscated by the USFWS in the Bahamas from a passenger flying from Cuba and attempting to bring the birds into the United States (Norton and White 2001). Aviculturists breed and sell nominate Yellow-faced Grassquits in the United States, using the name “Cuban Olive Finch.” Nonetheless, the bird shows no sign of cage wear and was in an area known for natural vagrants from Cuba. The dissenting four voters felt that a captive provenance of this bird could not be ruled out. Literature Cited Anderson, B. H. 1996. Twelfth report of the Florida Ornithological Society Records Com- mittee. Florida Field Naturalist 24:122-134. Anderson, B. H., and M. S. Ponce. 2010. First record of Red-legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) for Florida and the North American mainland. North American Birds 64:364-367. 26 FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST A.O.U. [American Ornithologists’ Union], 1998. Check-list of North American Birds, 7th ed. American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D. C. Baker, J. L. 1991 FOS Records Committee Report. Florida Field Naturalist 19:56-57. Bowman, R. 2000. 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Submit observations to regional compilers within two weeks after the close of each season, or to the state compiler within one month. Addresses of the compilers follow this report. Sight-only observations are considered “reports” while only those supported by verifiable evidence (photographs, video or audio recordings, or specimens) are called “records.” Species for which documentation is required by the FOC and by the FOS Records Committee (FOSRC; ) are marked here with an asterisk (*). A county designation (in italics) accompanies the first-time listing of each site in this report. Abbreviations in this report are: AFB = Air Force Base, CWA = Critical Wildlife Area, EOS = end of season, NERR = National Estuarine Research Reserve, nm = nautical miles, NP = National Park, NSRA = North Shore Restoration Area, NWR = National Wildlife Refuge, SF = State Forest, SP = State Park, STA = Stormwater Treatment Area, STF = sewage treatment facility, and N, S, E, W etc., for compass directions. Bold-faced entries denote birds newly reported or verified in Florida, or record numbers. Starting with this report, BPA catalog numbers are provided for all photographs or video- or audio-recordings archived by the Field Observations Committee. SUMMAEY OF THE SuMMER SeASON The weather this season was uneventful. FOSRC rarities reported were the Tropical Kingbird in Hillsborough County and Yellow-green Vireo at Pensacola Beach. Rare exotics included Florida’s first Blue Waxbill that continued at Tallahassee, the state’s first record of Alexandrine Parakeet at St. Petersburg, and the first report and record of a rosella in Florida, a Crimson Rosella x Eastern Rosella hybrid in Manatee County. Species Accounts Black-bellied Whistling-Duck: 3 at Lettuce Lake Park {Hillsborough) 1 Jun (B. Ahern); 2 at Zephyr Park, Zephyrhills (Pasco) 11 Jun (K. Tracey); 2 at Mead Garden, Winter Park (Orange) 28 Jun (S. Matrazzo); 1 pair with 3 chicks at Venice (Sarasota) 11 Jul (B. Heller); 8 at Tallahassee (Leon) 24 Jul (H. Hooper, L. Reynolds); 1 adult with 17 chicks at The Villages (Sumter) 24 Jul (J. Dinsmore). Fulvous Whistling-Duck: 2 along Taylor Gill Road (Hillsborough) 26 Jun (C. Cox); 1 at “Viera Wetlands”, Viera (Brevard) 3 Jul (J. Wherley); 125 at T. M. Goodwin WMA (Brevard) 20 Jun (D. Freeland, M. Gardler). Canada Goose: 35 at The Villages (Lake) 4 Jun (V. Ponzo, B. Pranty), and 25 at The Villages (Sumter) 11 Jul (J. Dinsmore). Egyptian Goose: 1 at “Viera Wetlands” 23-25 Jul (D. Freeland et al.). Mottled Duck: 125 at Merritt Island NWR (Brevard) 2 Jul (D. Freeland). Blue-winged Teal: as many as 13 (1 Jul) daily, including 1 pair that raised 4 young. 27 28 FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST at Lake Apopka NSRA {Orange-, H. Robinson); 1 at Cockroach Bay Preserve {Hillsborough) 4 Jun (B. Ahern et al.); 2 at “Viera Wetlands” 14 Jun (D. Freeland). Northern Shoveler: 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 29 Jun-1 Jul (H. Robinson); 1 female at Merritt Island NWR 2 Jul (D. Freeland). Northern Pintail: 2 females at Hickory Mound Impoundment, Big Bend WMA {Taylor) 1 Jun (J. Hintermister). Redhead: 2 females at Hickory Mound Impoundment 1 Jun (J. Hintermister); 1 at Tierra Verde {Pinellas) 1 Jun (E. Plage); 1 female at Cockroach Bay Preserve to 4 Jun (C. Cox); 8 at Gulf Harbors, New Port Richey {Pasco) 11-14 Jun (B. Pranty, V. Ponzo), and 4 there 19 Jun (R. Smart); 1 at St. Marks NWR {Wakulla) 25 Jun (J. Simpson). Ring-necked Duck: 1 male at The Villages {Sumter) 12 Jun-8 Jul (J. Dinsmore). Lesser Scaup: 2 males at Hickory Mound Impoundment 1 Jun (J. Hintermister); 1 male at Titusville {Brevard) 4 Jun (D. Freeland); 1 at Cockroach Bay Preserve to 4 Jun (C. Cox); 3 males at Gulf Harbors 19 Jun (R. Smart); 2 males at Merritt Island NWR 18 Jul (M. Brothers), and 1 there 29 Jul (D. Freeland); 1 female at St. Marks NWR 25 Jul (A. Wraithmell). Sure Scoter: 1 adult male at Fort Pickens, Gulf Islands NS {Escambia) 25 Jun (B. & J. Callaway). Ruddy Duck: 1 at Lake Lochloosa {Alachua) 23 Jun-7 Jul (J. Bryan et al.); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA to 13 Jul (H. Robinson). Wild Turkey: 1 at Long Pine Key, Everglades NP {Miami-Dade) 19 Jun (R. Torres, T. Mitchell). Pacieic Loon: 1 at Pensacola Beach {Escambia) 22 Jun was taken to Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida (fide B. Duncan). Common Loon: 1 at Hone 3 mioon Island SP {Pinellas) 8 Jun (S. Mann); 1 at Gainesville {Alachua) 11-12 Jun (B. Carroll et al.); 1 at Ocean Pond, Osceola NF {Baker) 23- 26 Jun (B. Richter). Loon species: 1 that called frequently (a short yodel) at Green Key, New Port Richey 28 Jul was either a Common Loon or Red-throated Loon (K. Tracey, BPA 1499a- d). Pied-billed Grebe: broods of 1, 2, 2, and 4 chicks at Gulf Harbors 11 Jun (B. Pranty, V. Ponzo). Black-capped Petrel: 1 bird 78 nm off Ponce de Leon Inlet (Volusia) 30 Jul (M. Brothers et al.). Cory’s Shearwater: 1 bird 20 nm off Tarpon Springs {Pinellas) 27 Jun (N. Goddard); 1 bird 10 nm off Gulf Harbors {Pasco) 15 Jul (S. Sime, BPA 1558); 1 from Playalinda Beach, Canaveral NS (Brevard) 18 Jul (M. Brothers); 12 birds 8-78 nm off Ponce de Leon Inlet 30 Jul (M. Brothers et al.). Sooty Shearwater: 1 salvaged at Da 3 dona Beach Shores {Volusia) 2 Jun (M. Brothers, specimen to FLMNH); 1 rescued at Vero Beach {Indian River) 3 Jun (B. Wagner). Audubon’s Shearwater: 19 birds 21-78 nm off Ponce de Leon Inlet 30 Jul (M. Brothers et al.). Wilson’s Storm-Petrel: 120 birds 21-78 nm off Ponce de Leon Inlet 30 Jul (M. Brothers et al.). Leach’s Storm-Petrel: 1 off Miami {Miami-Dade) 12 Jun (R. Torres et al.); 3 birds 54-74 nm off Ponce de Leon Inlet 30 Jul (M. Brothers et al.). Band-rumped Storm-Petrel: 3 birds 52-76 nm off Ponce de Leon Inlet 30 Jul (M. Brothers et al.). White-tailed Tropicbird: 2 birds 45-56 nm off Ponce de Leon Inlet 30 Jul (M. Brothers et al.). Wood Stork: 70 along SR-2 (Baker) 17 Jun (B. Richter); as many as 214 at Orange Lake {Alachua) 24 Jun-EOS (J. Bryan, L. Davis et al.). Field Observations 29 Magnificent Frigatebird: 41 at Honeymoon Island SP 9 Jul (J. Wells); 1,180 at ABC Islands, Marco Island {Collier) 16 Jul (T. Below, C. Roman). Masked Booby: 1 subadult at Three Rooker Island {Pinellas) 17 Jul (A. Webb, BPA 1313); perhaps the same subadult at Caladesi Island SP {Pinellas) 18 Jul was taken to Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary (fide S. Patterson, BPA 1314). Red-footed Booby: 1 juvenile brown morph at Fowey Rocks Light, Biscayne Bay {Miami-Dade) 12 Jun (R. Torres et al., BPA 5 17); 1 brown morph from Playalinda Beach, Canaveral NS {Brevard) 16 Jun (M. Harris). Northern Gannet: 4 immatures at Alligator Point {Franklin) 17 Jul (J. Murphy). Anhinga: 300 at T. M. Goodwin WMA 20 Jun (D. Freeland, M. Gardler). American White Pelican: 24 at Lake Apopka NSRA 1 Jun, and 1 there to 1 Jul (H. Robinson); 60 at T. M. Goodwin WMA 25 Jun (B. Wagner, T. Towles); 100 at St. Marks NWR 17 Jul (J. Simpson). Least Bittern: 9 at Cockroach Bay Preserve 1 Jun (B. Ahern). Wading Birds: a rookery with about 1,000 birds, including Little Blue Herons, Cattle Egrets, and others, at Sterling Fibers, Pace {Santa Rosa) 7 Jun (L. Kelly et al.). Great Blue Heron: as many as 53 at Orange Lake 24 Jun-EOS (B. Carroll, L. Davis et al.). Great Blue Heron, white morph: 1 at Harney Pond Canal, Lake Okeechobee {Glades) 5 Jun (P. Gray, BPA 2264); 1 at STA-5 {Hendry) 18 Jun (M. England et al.); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 26 Jun-3 Jul and 24 Jul-EOS (H. Robinson); as many as 2 at Merritt Island NWR 2-29 Jul (D. Freeland, M. Brothers); 1 at Fort Pickens 15 Jul-EOS (B. & L. Duncan). Great Egret: 1,050 at Lake Apopka NSRA 8 Jun (H. Robinson); 4,000 at T. M. Goodwin WMA 20 Jun (D. Freeland, M. Gardler); as many as 254 at Orange Lake 24 Jun-EOS (B. Carroll, R. Rowan et al.). Snowy Egret: 400 at T. M. Goodwin WMA 20 Jun (D. Freeland, M. Gardler); as many as 300 at Orange Lake 24 Jun-EOS (B. Carroll, L. Davis et al.); 805 at Lake Apopka NSRA 6 Jul (H. Robinson). Tricolored Heron: 466 at Lake Apopka NSRA 13 Jul (H. Robinson). Reddish Egret: 1 at Navarre {Santa Rosa) 5 Jul (K. McMullen); 9 at St. Marks NWR 25 Jul (A. Wraithmell). Aerican Sacred Ibis: 1 at West Regional STF, Vero Beach 17 Jun (C. Fredricks, BPA 762). White Ibis: 11,210 at Lake Apopka NSRA 17 Jun (H. Robinson); 1,300 adults and 154 fiedglings at Rookery Bay NERR {Collier) 21 Jul indicated poor breeding success (T. Below et al.). Glossy Ibis: 3,150 at Lake Apopka NSRA 13 Jul (H. Robinson). Roseate Spoonbill: as many as 80 (22 Jul) daily at Lake Apopka NSRA(H. Robinson); 27 nests under construction near T. M. Goodwin WMA 8 May, and 69 fiedglings and 170 juveniles (the latter not associated with the colony) there 26 Jun (B. Wagner, T. Towles); as many as 25 at Orange Lake 18 Jun-EOS (J. Bryan, B. Carroll et al.); 1 at Bethea SF {Baker) 23-24 Jun (B. Richter); 1 at The Villages {Sumter) 1-2 Jul (J. Dinsmore); 4 at Tallahassee 5 Jul (J. Cox, T. Terhune); 8 at St. Marks NWR 8 Jul (K. McMullen); 1 at Blackwater River SF {Santa Rosa) 12-15 Jul (L. Goodman et al.). Osprey: 197 at Lake Apopka NSRA 27 Jul (H. Robinson). Swallow-tailed Kite: 1 snatched a Northern Mockingbird nestling from a nest in a 1.5-m tall oak in a yard at Port LaBelle {Hendry) 5 Jun (A. Murray); 15 over the Kissimmee River {Highlands j Okeechobee) 21 Jun (P. Miller); as many as 50 (9 Jul, Pasco) along Powerline Road {Hernando and Pasco) 23 Jun-13 Jul (D. Simpson, B. Hansen et al.); 200 at T. M. Goodwin WMA 21 Jul (J. A. Andrews); 1,095 at Lake Apopka NSRA 24 Jul (H. Robinson). 30 FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST White-tailed Kite: 1 pair with 2 juveniles at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve SP {Okeechobee) 14 Jun (P Miller). Snail Kite: 1 female-plumaged at Middle Lake 18-25 Jun furnished the second Pasco record (K. Tracey [BPA 1607], D. Simpson et ah); as many as 2 (immature male and female-plumaged) at Bystre Lake {Hernando) 26 Jun-9 Jul (A. Hansen et al., photos by M. Gardler [BPA 1389] and M. Erler-Bradshaw BPA 1390]); 8 at STA-5, 16 Jul (M. England et al.); 1 at The Villages {Sumter) 25 Jul (J. Dinsmore). Mississippi Kite: 1 at Fellsmere 9 Jun (D. Simpson); as many as 8 (mostly second- year) along Powerline Road 23 Jun-13 Jul (D. Simpson, L. Lane et al., photos by P. Graham [BPA 1609a-b, 1610] et al.); 1 over The Villages {Marion) 28 Jul (A. Horst). Bald Eagle: 1 adult near Eastpoint {Franklin) 8 Jul (K. McMullen). Short-tailed Hawk: 1 light morph at J. B. Starkey Wilderness Park {Pasco) 5 Jun (K. Tracey); 1 light morph northeast of Brooksville {Hernando) 7 Jun (K. Wood); 1 light morph at Lakes Park {Hillsborough) 12 Jun (C. Fisher); 1 dark morph over Brandon {Hillsborough) 3 Jul (E. Kwater); 1 dark morph at James Grey Preserve, New Port Richey 31 Jul (C. Fisher, D. Gagne). King Rail: 1 at Hickory Mound Impoundment 1 Jun (J. Hintermister). Sora: 1 at Taylor Slough, Everglades NP {Miami-Dade) 12 Jun (D. Irving, BPA 1488). Purple Swamphen: 70 (including chicks) at STA-5, 18 Jun (M. England et al.). Purple Gallinule: 1 adult with 3 chicks at Brandon 18 Jun (B. Ahern); 2 at Kapok Park, Clearwater {Pinellas) 19 Jun (S. Mann et al.); 1 adult at Trinity {Pasco) 4 Jul, and 2 others 1.6 km away 7 Jul (K. Tracey); 4 at the Sarasota Celery Fields 7 Jul (R. Greenspun); 7 adults and 17 juveniles at Lake Osprey {Sarasota) 23 Jul (J. Dubi). Common Gallinule: 1,900 at T. M. Goodwin WMA 20 Jun (D. Freeland, M. Gardler); 2,400 at Lake Apopka NSRA31 Jul (H. Robinson). American Coot: 1 adult with 1 chick at Pensacola {Escambia) 7 Jul (K. McMullen); as many as 144 (13 Jul) daily (no breeding observed) at Lake Apopka NSRA (H. Robinson). Limpkin: 1 at Osceola NF 17 Jun (B. Richter). Sandhill Crane: as many as 45 at Orange Lake 25 Jun-EOS (L. Davis et al.). Black-bellied Plover: 2 at Merritt Island NWR 4 Jun, and 9 there 21 Jun (D. Freeland); 2 at Werner-Boyce Salt Springs SP {Pasco) 21 Jun (K. Tracey); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 22 Jun (H. Robinson); 59 at Bird Island, Nassau Sound {Duval) 1 Jul (P. Leary). American Golden-Plover: 1 in alternate plumage at Bald Point SP {Franklin) 13 Jun (J. Murphy, BPA 1341a-b); (the same?) 1 in alternate plumage at Mashes Sands County Park {Wakulla) 17 Jun (J. Simpson, BPA 1342). Wilson’s Plover: 30 (including 22 juveniles) at St. Marks NWR 19 Jul (A. Wraithmell); 49 at Opal Beach, Gulf Islands NS 25 Jul (B. Duncan, C. Brown). Semipalmated Plover: 34 at Merritt Island NWR 4 Jun, 3 there 2 Jul, and 35 there 29 Jul (D. Freeland et al.); 3 at “Viera Wetlands” 8-14 Jun (D. Freeland); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 15 Jun, and 5 there 27 Jul (H. Robinson); 200 at Bird Island 4 Jul (P. Leary); as many as 5 at Orange Lake 26-27 Jul (R. Rowan, R. Robinson). Piping Plover: 4 at Ponce de Leon Inlet 21 Jul (M. Brothers). American Oystercatcher: 9 at Cape Romano {Collier) 12 Jul (T. & V. Below). Black-necked Stilt: 30 at Cockroach Bay 1 Jun (B. Ahern); 4 pairs were nesting at New Tampa {Hillsborough) 4 Jun (J. Greenlaw); as many as 30 (including young) at Orange Lake 18 Jun-EOS (L. Davis, R. Rowan et al.); 400 at T. M. Goodwin WMA 20 Jun (D. Freeland, M. Gardler); 150 at “Viera Wetlands” 27 Field Observations 31 Jul (E. Kwater). American Avocet; 2 at Cutler Wetlands (Miami-Dade) 11 Jun (C. Sanchez, R. Torres); 1 at Merritt Island NWR 12 Jun (T. Dunkerton); 1 at St. Marks NWR 18 Jun (J. Simpson); 2 at Lake Apopka NSRA 15-17 Jul (H. Robinson); 1 in basic plumage at Sarasota National Cemetery (Sarasota) 23 Jul (V. Ponzo, M. Heinlen); as many as 32 at Wiera Wetlands” 18-29 Jul (J. Hintermister, S. Nesbitt et al.). Spotted Sandpiper: 3 at Newnans Lake (Alachua) 1 Jun (C. Parenteau); 2 at Cockroach Bay Preserve 24 Jul (E. Kwater); 12 at St. Marks NWR 25 Jul (A. Wraithmell); 4 at “Viera Wetlands” 26 Jul (C. Cox); 2 at Lake Apopka NSRA 27 Jul (H. Robinson). Solitary Sandpiper: as many as 2 west of Bunnell (Flagler) 8-10 Jul (M. Brothers, J. Hintermister); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 8 Jul, and 1-2 there daily 15 Jul-EOS (H. Robinson); 1 bird 61 nm off Ponce de Leon Inlet 30 Jul (M. Brothers et al.). Greater Yellowlegs: 1 at Fort De Soto Park (Pinellas) 1 Jun (R. Smith); 12 at Merritt Island NWR 4 Jun, 16 there 21 Jun, and 20 there 29 Jul (D. Freeland et al.); 2 at Cockroach Bay Preserve 4 Jun (B. Ahern et al.); 1 southeast of Brooksville 1 Jul (A. & B. Hansen); 2 at Orange Lake 3 Jul (M. Manetz); as many as 25 (29 Jul) daily at Lake Apopka NSRA 5 Jun-EOS (H. Robinson). Willet: 70 along the Amelia River (Nassau) 18 Jun (P. Leary); 1 inornata at Orange Lake 29-30 Jun (A. Kent, R. Rowan); 1 inornata at Lake Sampson (Bradford) 3 Jul (J. Hintermister); 1 at Newnans Lake 9-12 Jul (J. Martin, C. Fredricks); 170 at Shell Key Preserve (Pinellas) 10 Jul (R. Smith); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 17- 20 Jul, and 3 there 24 Jul (H. Robinson). Lesser Yellowlegs: 4 at Merritt Island NWR 4 Jun, 2 on 2 Jul, and 20 there 29 Jul (D. Freeland et al.); as many as 14 at Orange Lake 5 Jul-EOS (R. Rowan, M. Manetz et al.); 4 at “Viera Wetlands” 11 Jul (D. Freeland); as many as 49 (29 Jul) daily at Lake Apopka NSRA (H. Robinson). Upland Sandpiper: 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 31 Jul (H. Robinson). Whimbrel: singles at Honeymoon Island SP 5 Jun & 24 Jul (J. Wells); 2 at North Anclote Bar (Pasco) 10 Jun (S. Crawford et al.); singles at Three Rooker Island 10 Jun & 9 Jul (B. Pranty, V. Ponzo); 1 at Little Estero Island CWA (Lee) 11 Jun (C. Ewell); 1 at Anclote Gulf Park (Pasco) 12 Jun (K. Tracey); 2 at North Captiva Island (Lee) 23 Jun (V. McGrath); 2 at Fort De Soto Park 28 Jun (D. Sauvageau); 9 at Cape Romano 12 Jul (T. & V. Below). Long-billed Curlew: 1 at Anclote Key Preserve SP (Pinellas) 7 Jun (S. Mann); 1 at Apollo Beach Preserve (Hillsborough) 30 Jun (C. Cox, L. Deaner). Hudsonian Godwit: 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 22 Jun (H. Robinson). Marbled Godwit: 6 at Three Rooker Island 10 Jun (B. Pranty, V. Ponzo); 1 at Ponce de Leon Inlet 21 Jun (M. Brothers); 3 at Merritt Island NWR 28 Jun (P. Hueber), and 4 there 29 Jul (D. Freeland et al.); 15 at Little Estero Island CWA 8 Jul (C. Ewell); 39 at Shell Key Preserve 10 Jul (R. Smith); 25 at Cape Romano 12 Jul (T. & V. Below); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 31 Jul (H. Robinson). Red Knot: 1 at Cutler Wetlands 29 May-1 Jun (T. Mitchell et al.); 1 at Opal Beach 9 Jun (B. & L. Duncan); 28 at Three Rooker Island 10 Jun (B. Pranty, V. Ponzo); 1 at Merritt Island NWR 12 Jun (T. Dunkerton); 1 at St. Marks NWR 8 Jul (K. McMullen); 3 in basic plumage at Little Estero Island CWA 8 Jul (C. Ewell); 16 in alternate plumage at Little Talbot Island SP (Duval) 13 Jul (M. Simmons). Semipalmated Sandpiper: 35 at Merritt Island NWR 4 Jun, 3 on 21 Jun, and 35 there 29 Jul (D. Freeland et al.); 16 at Cockroach Bay Preserve to 4 Jun (B. Ahern); as many as 12 at “Viera Wetlands” 8-14 Jun, and 300 there 25 Jul (D. Freeland); 6 at Lake Apopka NSRA 15 Jun, and as many as 32 (22 Jul) there 20 Jul-EOS (H. Robinson); 5 at North Anclote Bar 9 Jul (B. Pranty, V. Ponzo); as many as 24 at Orange Lake 25 Jul-EOS (M. Manetz, R. Norton et al.). 32 FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST Western Sandpiper: 12 at Three Rooker Island 10 Jun, and 43 there 9 Jul (B. Pranty, V. Ponzo); as many as 8 at Orange Lake 25 Jul-EOS (M. Manetz, R. Norton et ah); 25 at Wiera Wetlands” 11 Jul (D. Freeland), and 225 there 26 Jul (C. Cox); 15 at Merritt Island NWR 29 Jul (D. Freeland et al.). Baird’s Sandpiper: 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 27 Jul (H. Robinson). Least Sandpiper: 3 at Wiera Wetlands” 14 Jun (D. Freeland), and 800 there 26 Jul (C. Cox); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 29 Jun, and as many as 3 there 22-29 Jul (H. Robinson). White-rumped Sandpiper: as many as 3 at Cutler Wetlands to 11 Jun (R. Torres et al.); 1 at Cockroach Bay Preserve 1 Jun (B. Ahern); 21 at Merritt Island NWR 4 Jun (D. Freeland), and 6 there 12 Jun (T. Dunkerton); 12 at St. Marks NWR 7 Jun (A. Wraithmell); 16 at Lake Apopka NSRA 8 Jun, and 1 there to 19 Jun (H. Robinson); as many as 2 at “Viera Wetlands” 8-14 Jun (D. Freeland); 2 at DeLand (Volusia) 9 Jun (M. Brothers); 3 at Three Rooker Island 10 Jun (B. Pranty, V. Ponzo); 2 at Fort De Soto Park 13-17 Jun (F. Plage, J. Wells et al.); 5 in basic plumage at Cedar Key (Levy) 14 Jul (J. Hintermister et al.); 2 at Orange Lake 28 Jul-FOS (J. Hintermister). Pectoral Sandpiper: 2 at Bunnell 17 Jul (M. Brothers); as many as 11 (27 Jul) at Lake Apopka NSRA 17 Jul-FOS (H. Robinson); 1 at “Viera Wetlands” 18 Jul (D. Freeland), and 20 there 27 Jul (F. Kwater); 3 at Orange Lake 26 Jul-FOS (M. Manetz). Purple Sandpiper: 1 in worn basic plumage at Islamorada (Monroe) 5 Jun (B. Stein, BPA 1394a-b). Dunlin: 1 at Wiera Wetlands” 25 Jul (D. Freeland). Stilt Sandpiper: as many as 8 at “Viera Wetlands” 18 Jul (D. Freeland), and 36 there 27 Jul (F. Kwater); 2 at Lake Apopka NSRA 24 Jul, and 23 there 27 Jul (H. Robinson); 15 at St. Marks NWR 25 Jul (A. Wraithmell); as many as 12 at Orange Lake 26 Jul-EOS (M. Manetz, R. Rowan); 2 at Merritt Island NWR 29 Jul (D. Freeland et al.). Buee-breasted Sandpiper: 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 31 Jul (H. Robinson). Short-billed Dowitcher: 123 at Three Rooker Island 10 Jun (B. Pranty, V. Ponzo); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 19 Jun, and as many as 3 there 8 Jul-EOS (H. Robinson); 1 hendersoni in alternate plumage west of Bunnell 10 Jul (J. Hintermister); 1 hendersoni at “Viera Wetlands” 18 Jul (D. Freeland); 2 hendersoni at Orange Lake 27 Jul-EOS (M. Manetz, R. Rowan et al.); 4 at Merritt Island NWR 21 Jun, and 6 there 29 Jul (D. Freeland et al.). Long-billed Dowitcher: 2 at “Viera Wetlands” 14 Jun, and 1 there 11-18 Jul (D. Freeland); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 20 Jul (H. Robinson). Wilson’s Phalarope: 1 on the beach at Bald Point SP 13 Jun (S. Parker, BPA 1405); 1 male at St. Marks NWR 8 Jul (K. McMullen); singles at “Viera Wetlands” 16- 18 Jul (D. Freeland et al.) and 26-27 Jul (C. Cox, E. Kwater). Red-necked Phalarope: 1 bird 58 nm off Ponce de Leon Inlet 30 Jul (M. Brothers et al.); 1 at “Viera Wetlands” 16-18 Jul (C. Lachance et al.). Ring-billed Gull: 1 at Apalachicola (Franklin) 8 Jul (K. McMullen). Herring Gull: 1 heavily worn first-cycle at Hudson Beach Park, Hudson (Pasco) 29 Jun (K. Tracey, B. Pranty [BPA 1710a-e]). Glaucous Gull: 1 at Alligator Point 2 Jul (J. Murphy). Great Black-backed Gull: 5 (2 first-cycle, 2 third-cycle, and 1 fourth-cycle) at Ponce de Leon Inlet 21 Jun-EOS (M. Brothers); 1 second-cycle at Crandon Beach (Miami-Dade) 24 Jun (C. Sanchez); 1 first-cycle at Alligator Point 17 Jul (J. Murphy, BPA 1278); 1 adult at Treasure Island Beach (Pinellas) 17 Jul (R. Smith, BPA 1291). Brown Noddy: 1 bird 65 nm off Ponce de Leon Inlet 30 Jul (M. Brothers et al.). Field Observations 33 Sooty Tern: 1 adult at Three Rooker Island 6-10 Jun and 23 Jul (W. Spina, B. Pranty [BPA 1315], A. Webb et al.); 18 birds 61-78 nm off Ponce de Leon Inlet 30 Jul (M. Brothers et al.). Bridled Tern: 4 birds 43-70 nm off Ponce de Leon Inlet 30 Jul (M. Brothers et al.). Least Tern: 100 nests, 5 chicks, and 3 juveniles at Fort Myers Beach (Lee) 11 Jun, and 29 juveniles there 8 Jul (C. Ewell); 3 at Bystre Lake 26 Jun (A. & B. Hansen); 40 (including 6 juveniles) at Wolf Branch Creek Preserve {Hillsborough) 2 Jul (E. Kwater); 37 (4 juveniles) at Big Bird Island, Nassau Sound (Nassau) 4 Jul (P. Leary); 475 (about 50% fledglings) at Cape Romano 12 Jul (T. & V. Below). Gull-billed Tern: 1 at Cockroach Bay Preserve to 4 Jun, and 3 there 9 Jul (B. Ahern); 2 at Ponce de Leon Inlet 21 Jun (M. Brothers); 7 (1 juvenile) at Wolf Branch Creek Preserve 2 Jul (E. Kwater); 2 along Gandy Causeway (Pinellas) 14 Jul (R. Smith). Caspian Tern: 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 10 Jun, and as many as 12 there 19 Jun- EOS (H. Robinson); 2 at Lake Lochloosa 23 Jun (L. Davis); 4 at Wolf Branch Creek Preserve 2 Jul (E. Kwater); 1 at Nassau Sound 4 Jul (P. Leary). Black Tern: 2 along Gandy Causeway 2 Jun (M. Korosy); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 24 Jun (H. Robinson); 2 at Merritt Island NWR 28 Jun (P. Hueber); 3 at “Viera Wetlands” 18 Jul (D. Freeland). Common Tern: 1 at Nassau Sound 4 Jul (P. Leary); 12 at Three Rooker Island 9 Jul (B. Pranty, V. Ponzo); 3 at North Anclote Bar 9 Jul (B. Pranty, V. Ponzo); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 17 Jul (H. Robinson). Forster’s Tern: 3 at Lake Lochloosa 23 Jun (J. Bryan); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 3-6 Jul, and 4 there 17 Jul (H. Robinson); 2 at North Anclote Bar 9 Jul (B. Pranty, V. Ponzo). Royal Tern: 580 at Cape Romano 12 Jul (T. & V. Below). Sandwich Tern: 1 chick at Huguenot Memorial Park 9 Jun (L. Royce); 295 at Cape Romano 12 Jul (T. & V. Below). Black Skimmer: 450 nests at Marco Island 4 Jun (T. Below, W. Burkett); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 19 Jun (H. Robinson); 1 inland at Valrico (Hillsborough) 20 Jun (S. Gross); 98 (13 incubating) at Bird Island 4 Jul (P. Leary); 600 (>150 nests) at Three Rooker Island 9 Jul, but the colony had washed out with only 5 renests by 5 Aug (B. Pranty, V. Ponzo). PoMARiNE Jaeger: 4 birds 13 nm off Clearwater Beach (Pinellas) 3 Jun (S. Czaplicki); 1 at Alligator Point 4 Jun (J. Murphy); 2 sub-adults 10 nm off Gulf Harbors 15 Jul (S. Sime, BPA 1736, 1737). Parasitic Jaeger: 1 bird 20 nm off Tarpon Springs 27 Jun (N. Goddard). White-winged Dove: 10 at Wolf Branch Creek Preserve 1 Jun (B. Ahern); 1 at T. M. Goodwin WMA 20 Jun (D. Freeland, M. Gardler); 3 at Horseshoe Beach (Dixie) 20 Jul (J. Hintermister). Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans) x Eastern Rosella (P. eximus): 1 at Anna Maria Island (Manatee) 13 Jun (B. & J. Knight, BPA 666a-b). Both species are native to eastern Australia. Budgerigar: 2 at Hudson Beach Park, Hudson 29 Jun were the flnal remnants of the established population (K. Tracey). Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria): 1 at St. Petersburg 6-7 Jul furnished the first Florida record of this species, which is native from Afghanistan to Vietnam (J. Hooks, BPA 662a-d). Yellow-co ll ared Lovebird: 1 “natural morph” at Spring Hill (Hernando) 23 Jun (M. Erb, BPA 2050a-c); it or another was seen nearby 27 Sep (J. McKay). Monk Parakeet: 1 nest at Zephyr Park 11 Jun (K. Tracey); 6 at an Osprey nest at Orlando (Orange) 27 Jun (J. Morris). Blue-crowned Parakeet: 7 at Melbourne (Brevard) 2 Jul (J. Armstrong). 34 FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 1 at Fort De Soto Park 1 Jun (E. Plage). Mangrove Cuckoo: 3 at Wolf Branch Creek Preserve 21 Jun (R. Milburn); 3 at Cockroach Bay Preserve 9 Jul (B. Ahern). Burrowing Owl: 13 at Site B-70, Eglin AFB {Okaloosa) 18 Jun (L. Fenimore et al.); 1 near Arcadia (DeSoto) 16 Jul (E. Kwater et al.), and 7 (five adults and two juveniles) there 24 Jul (E. Haney, D. Goodwin). Short-eared Owl: 1 at Avon Park Air Force Range {Highlands) 28 Jun (B. Rolek, BPA 1296a-d); 1 West Indian race at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve SP 30 Jun (P. Miller). Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 1 at Temple Terrace {Hillsborough) 2 Jun (B. Ahern); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 14 Jul (H. Robinson). Blue-bellied Roller: 1 apparently free-fiying (and seemingly not banded) at Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa in late Jun (A. Smith, BPA 760a-b). Belted Kingfisher: 1 at Biscayne NP {Miami-Dade) 16-17 Jun (T. Mitchell [BPA 14901, R. Torres); 1 at Bald Point SP 19 Jun (J. Murphy); 3 at St. Marks NWR 8 Jul (K. McMullen); 1 at Merritt Island NWR 12 Jul (T. Dunkerton); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 13 Jul, and as many as 2 there 20 Jul-EOS (H. Robinson). Hairy Woodpecker: 3 at Hal Scott Preserve {Orange) 8 Jun (J. Thornton); 2 at O’Leno SP {Alachua) 10-15 Jun (C. Parenteau et al.); 1 at Lake Sampson {Bradford) 3 Jul (J. Hintermister). PiLEATED Woodpecker: 1 at Key Largo {Monroe) 14 Apr (C. Edwards). Eastern Wood-Pewee: 1 at S Merritt Island {Brevard) 19 Jul (D. Freeland). ^Tropical Kingbird: 1 at Cockroach Bay 4-10 Jun (C. Cox, B. Pranty [BPA 1321a-d, 5 Jun] et al., accepted by FOSRC). Gray Kingbird: 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 10 Jul (H. Robinson); 32 at Hone 3 mioon Island SP 31 Jul (J. Wells). ScissoR-TAiLED FLYCATCHER: 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 14 Jul (H. Robinson). Red-eyed Vireo: at least 1 young with an adult at Riverbend Park, Jupiter {Palm Beach) in mid-Jun (B. Hope, fide C. Weber); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 20 Jul (H. Robinson). *Yellow-green Vireo: 1 at Pensacola Beach 9-11 Jun (L. & B. Duncan, P. James [BPA 1323a-b, 10 Jun] et al.). Horned Lark: 2 (1 in courtship) along Concord Road, Greenwood {Jackson) 10 Jun (T. Engstrom, W. Baker). Purple Martin: 50 migrants at “Viera Wetlands” 8 Jun (D. Freeland). Tree Swallow: 1 or singles at Lake Apopka NSRA 10-26 Jun (H. Robinson). Northern Rough-winged Swallow: 2 at T. M. Goodwin WMA 20 Jun (D. Freeland, M. Gardler). Bank Swallow: 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 10 Jul, and as many as 4 there 24-27 Jul (H. Robinson). Cliff Swallow: 1 pair fiedged at least 2 young under the SR-50 bridge over the St. Johns River {Orange) 1-29 Jun (J. Thornton, P. Hueber); five new nesting colonies discovered in Jun (D. Simpson): at Lake Seminole near Woodruff Dam {Gadsden IJackson), along SR-271 north of Three River SP {Jackson), and three colonies from Clewiston to east of South Bay {Palm Beach)', singles at Lake Apopka NSRA 26 Jun and 24 Jul (H. Robinson); 1 at Cutler Wetlands 29 Jun (C. Sanchez); 1 along Powerline Road 2 Jul (B. Ahern). Barn Swallow: 1 at Crandon Marina {Miami-Dade) 5 Jun (C. Sanchez); 20 at Stick Marsh {Indian River) 4 Jul (D. Freeland); 2 at The Villages {Sumter) 21 Jul (J. Dinsmore). Carolina Chickadee: 1 at Brandon 18 Jun, then 2 daily to EOS (E. Kwater). Brown-headed Nuthatch: 4 at Flatwoods Park {Hillsborough) 4 Jun (B. Ahern); 4 at Brooker Creek Preserve {Pinellas) 5 Jun (R. Smith, E. Plage et al.). Field Observations 35 Cedae Waxwing: 30 over Largo 29 Jun (P. Trunk). Worm-eating Warbler; 1 at Tallahassee 24 Jul (S. Jue). Louisiana Waterthrush: 1 at Paynes Prairie 25 Jun (P. Laipis, R. Rowan); 1 at Mead Garden, Winter Park 1-2 Jul (M. Sharpe); 1 at Tallahassee 3 Jul (J. Cox); 1 at Withlacoochee SF, Groom Tract {Hernando) 6 Jul (A. & B. Hansen); 1 at Lake Woodruff NWR {Volusia) 11 Jul (M. Brothers); as many as 2 at Lake Apopka NSRA 15 Jul-EOS, with 5 there 31 Jul (H. Robinson); 2 near Shired Island, Lower Suwannee NWR {Dixie) 20 Jul (J. Hintermister); 1 at Honeymoon Island SP 24 Jul (J. Wells). Black-and-white Warbler: 1 at St. Petersburg 6 Jul (C. Evans); 1 banded at Tallahassee 7 Jul (P. Homann, BPA 1266); 1 along Green Key Road 21 Jul (K. Tracey, BPA 1884). Prothonotary Warbler: 1 presumed migrant at Pasco Palms Park, Holiday 9 Jul (K. Tracey); 2 along Green Key Road 14 Jul, and 13 there 30 Jul (K. Tracey); 1 at Philippe Park, Safety Harbor {Pinellas) 23 Jul (R. Smith). Swainson’s Warbler: 2 at McIntyre {Franklin) 18 Jun (J. Murphy). Tennessee Warbler: 1 in song near Scanlon {Taylor) 1 Jun (J. Hintermister). Hooded Warbler: 1 at Honeymoon Island SP 31 Jul (J. Wells). American Redstart: 1 at Kissimmee {Osceola) 4 Jun (M. O’Sullivan); 1 first-year male at Walt Disney World {Osceola) 27 Jun (J. Thornton); 1 at Newnans Lake 23 Jul (B. Hartley, B. Hargrave); 1 at Tallahassee 24 Jul (S. Jue); 1 at Weekiwachee Preserve {Hernando) 24 Jul (J. McKay); 1 at Clermont {Lake) 29 Jul (J. Stefancic, BPA 1091a-b); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 31 Jul (H. Robinson). Northern Parula: 1 male in song at Royal Palm, Everglades NP {Miami-Dade) 4 Jun (C. Sanchez). Yellow Warbler: 1 gundlachi in song at Matheson Hammock Park {Miami-Dade) 11 Jun (J. Boyd); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 17 Jul (H. Robinson); 1 along Green Key Road 25 Jul (K. Tracey). Blackpoll Warbler: 1 male at Tierra Verde 1-2 Jun (E. Plage); 1 male at Lori Wilson Park, Cocoa Beach {Brevard) 1 Jul (fide P. Mansfield). Palm Warbler: 1 western race at West Palm Beach {Palm Beach) 29 Jun (C. Weber, video to FOC). Yellow-throated Warbler: 1 in song that chased away another in N St. Lucie 23 Jul (T. Towles); 1 at Lake Apopka NSRA 27 Jul-EOS (H. Robinson); 1 bird 30 nm off Ponce de Leon Inlet 30 Jul (M. Brothers et al.). Prairie Warbler: 1 at Palm Point Park, Newnans Lake 8 Jul (J. Hintermister); 2 at Lake Apopka NSRA 20 Jul, and 4 there 29-31 Jul (H. Robinson); 1 at The Villages {Sumter) 22 Jul (J. Dinsmore). Yellow-breasted Chat: 2 in song at Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas NERR (St. Johns) 13 Jun (D. Reed et al.); 1 at Hal Scott Preserve 15 Jun (J. Thornton); as many as 5 (22 Jun) nearly daily at Lake Apopka NSRA (H. Robinson). Grasshopper Sparrow, Florida race: 36 singing males detected on point-count surveys at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve represents the lowest total obtained since surveys began in 1998 (P. Miller). White-throated Sparrow: 1 at Gulf Breeze {Santa Rosa) 7 Jun (L. & B. Duncan). Rose-breasted Grosbeak; 1 male at Pensacola 19 Jun (A. & D. Forster). Blue Grosbeak: 5 males in song south of Wimauma {Hillsborough) 28 Jun, and a fiedgling there 11 Jul (R. Webb); 2 (female and male) in flight over Powerline Road 29 Jun (E. Kwater); as many as 14 daily at Lake Apopka NSRA (H. Robinson). Indigo Bunting: 1 male in song at DuPuis WMA (PaZm Beach) 5 Jun (C. Weber, BPA 1494a-b); as many as 20 daily at Lake Apopka NSRA (H. Robinson). Painted Bunting: 1 first-year male in song along County Line Ditch Road {Volusia! 36 FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST Brevard) 3 Jun (M. Brothers); as many as 4 (10 Jun) daily at Lake Apopka NSRA (H. Robinson). Shiny Cowbird: 1 adult male at Alligator Point 5 Jun (J. Murphy); 1 adult male at Homestead (Miami-Dade) 10 Jun (C. Sanchez). Bronzed Cowbird: 1 immature male at Lake Killarney, Tallahassee 4 Jun (M. Brothers). Orchard Oriole: 1 female fed nestlings at The Villages {Sumter) 7 Jun (J. Dinsmore); as many as 10 daily at Lake Apopka NSRA to 24 Jul (H. Robinson). House Finch: 1 pair fledged 2 young at Cape Coral (Lee) during spring, with the male still in song 23 Jun (V. McGrath); as many as 4 (1 Jul) sporadically at Lake Apopka NSRA 13 Jun- 15 Jul (H. Robinson, P. Hueber); 120 at a St. Petersburg roost 16-17 Jul (R. & L. Smith). American Goldeinch: 1 at Gainesville to 19 Jun (S. Flamand et al.). Zebra Finch: as many as 3 at a feeder at Orlando in early Jun (J. Hole, BPA 752, 2 Jun). Nutmeg Mannikin: 1 pair built a nest in a pine at Merritt Island 10 Jun; where 2 birds were seen in Jul 2010 (D. Click). Blue Waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis): 1 continued at Tallahassee to 7 Jun (G. Simmons). Summer 2004 corrigendum: In archiving photographs for the BPA, I discovered some discrepancies in the photographs of two of three Chipping Sparrows reportedly observed at Avon Park {Highlands) “for most of Jun” 2004 (Anne Bellenger). The photographs, which show a juvenile and a basic-plumaged adult, were posted to the photographer’s webpage, which states that they were taken in 2002 (probably not during summer, based on the plumages of the birds). Thus this report should be stricken. Contributors: Brian Ahern, Jo Ann Andrews, Jim Armstrong, Wilson Baker, Ted & Virginia Below, John Boyd, Michael Brothers, Cecil Brown, Judy Bryan, Winifred Burkett, Brenda & Jerry Callaway, Bob Carroll, Dan Click, Cameron Cox, Jim Cox, Sid Crawford, Stan Czaplicki, Lloyd Davis, Lauren Deaner, James Dinsmore, Jeanne Dubi, Bob & Lucy Duncan, Tom Dunkerton, Carl Edwards, Margaret England, Todd Engstrom, Michael Erb, Myma Erler-Bradshaw, Charlie Ewell, Christina Evans, Lenny Fenimore, Charlie Fisher, Scott Flamand, Ann & Dan Forster, Cole Fredricks, David Freeland, David Gagne, Murray Gardler, Nate Goddard, Larry Goodman, Dave Goodwin, Phil Graham, Paul Gray, Jon Greenlaw, Rick Greenspun, Steve Gross, Erik Haney, Al & Bev Hansen, Bob Hargrave, Mitchell Harris, Bob Hartley, Mary Heinlen, Bill Heller, John Hintermister, Jeff Hole, Peter Homann, Harry Hooper, Brian Hope, Alice Horst, Paul Hueber, David Irving, Patrick James, Sally Jue, Les Kelly, Adam Kent, Billie & Jerry Knight, Marianne Korosy, Ed Kwater, Cheryl Lachance, Phil Laipis, Lucille Lane, Patrick Leary, Mike Manetz, Steve Mann, Phyllis Mansfield, John Martin, Stacey Matrazzo, Vince McGrath, Jim McKay, Keith McMullen, Rocky Milburn, Paul Miller, Trey Mitchell, Jim Morris, John Murphy, Alan Murray, Steve Nesbitt, Robert Norton, Matt O’Sullivan, Craig Parenteau, Stephanie Parker, Scott Patterson, Eric Plage, Valeri Ponzo, Bill Pranty, Diane Reed, Lynn Reynolds, Bob Richter, Harry Robinson, Ron Robinson, Brian Rolek, Charlotte Roman, Rex Rowan, Carlos Sanchez, Danny Sauvageau, Marcus Sharpe, Sean Sime, Glenda Simmons, Mike Simmons, David Simpson, Jean Simpson, Ray Smart, Alison Smith, Ron Smith, Walt Spina, Bill Stein, Joyce Stefancic, Theron Terhune, John Thornton, Roberto Torres, T im Towles, Ken Tracey, Paul Trunk, Byron Voorhees, Billi Wagner, Andrea Webb, Ray Webb, Chuck Weber, Jim Wells, Jay Wherley Kristin Wood, and Andy Wraithmell. Report prepared by Bill Pranty, state compiler (8515 Village Mill Row, Bayonet Point, Florida 34667-2662; ). Regional compilers are Brian Field Observations 37 Ahern (629 Gail Avenue, Temple Terrace, Florida 33617; ), Bruce H. Anderson (2917 Scarlet Road, Winter Park, Florida 32792; ), John H. Boyd III (15291 SW 108th Terrace, Miami, Florida 33196; ). Bob and Lucy Duncan (614 Fairpoint Drive, Gulf Breeze, Florida 32561; ), Charlie Ewell (115 SW 51st Terrace, Cape Coral, Florida 33991; ), Bev Hansen (6573 Pine Meadows Drive, Spring Hill, Florida 34606; ), Paul Miller (Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park, 33104 NW 192nd Avenue, Okeechobee, Florida 34972; ), John Murphy (766 Alligator Drive, Alligator Point, Florida 23246; ), and Peggy Powell (2965 Forest Circle, Jacksonville, Florida 32257; ). Florida Field Naturalist 40(1):38, 2012. CORRIGENDA In the recent article ‘‘Correct data for Florida’s first two specimens of Thick-billed Murre {Uria lomvia)” by Jack P. 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