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    Natural Resources Committee – Birds at Maple Leaf

    Bald Eagle - Maple Leaf Habitat

    Bald Eagle – Maple Leaf Habitat

    Maple Leaf is in Charlotte County on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Charlotte County is rapidly becoming one the hottest birding destinations in Southwest Florida. In 2017 birders in Charlotte County reported observing 259 different species.  In the first 3 months of 2018, 196 species were reported.  The Peace River Audubon Society http://peaceriveraudubon.org/ conducts regular birding tours, details about which are published in the Charlotte Sun.  Another great local resource is the Peace River Wildlife Center http://peaceriverwildlifecenter.org/  where injured wild birds are cared for and kept if they can not be released back into the wild.  With its diversity of habitats Maple Leaf is home to a wide variety of birds and, just like our human resident, some birds are seasonal residents and other are year-rounders.

    The best place to bird is on our Golf Course, an Audubon Certified Cooperative Sanctuary. That said the lakes and ponds and, quite literally just about any back yard, afford great opportunities to observe a wide variety of species.  In 2018 Maple Leaf received an Audubon International Green Neighborhood Award.

    Since we began keeping records in 2012, 93 different species of birds have been observed on or over Maple Leaf.  These species include all the large wading birds found in Southwest Florida, many of them nesting in the Park, as well as many species of raptors and song birds. During fall and spring migration a wide variety of warblers and other migrating species are present.

    Maple Leaf participates in the Cornell Laboratories of Ornithology’s eBird Program.  This international Citizen Science Project permits participants to submit data on bird observations and to subsequently manipulate this data to produce historical reports on bird observations.   Click on links for our  Maple Leaf eBird lists  2012-2016 , 2017, 2018, 2019 , 2020,2021 and 2022.

    Why not come visit and bird with us!

    Documents

    References

    Our Gallery – Birds in the Park

    Anhinga 2011
    Anhinga 2011
    Anhinga with fish
    Anhinga with fish
    Bald Eagle 2010
    Bald Eagle 2010
    Black Necked Stilt
    Black Necked Stilt
    Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher 2011
    Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher 2011
    Boat-Tailed Grackle 2011
    Boat-Tailed Grackle 2011
    Brown Pelicans 2011
    Brown Pelicans 2011
    Brown Thrasher 2015
    Brown Thrasher 2015
    Common Galinule 2011
    Common Galinule 2011
    Crested Caracara 2021
    Crested Caracara 2021
    Common Grackle 2011
    Common Grackle 2011
    Double Crested Cormorant 2011
    Double Crested Cormorant 2011
    Fish Crows 2011
    Fish Crows 2011
    Forster’s Tern 2011
    Forster’s Tern 2011
    Gallinule with chicks 2017
    Gallinule with chicks 2017
    Glossy Ibis 2011
    Glossy Ibis 2011
    Great Blue Heron
    Great Blue Heron
    Great Egret 2010
    Great Egret 2010
    Great Horned Owl 2010
    Great Horned Owl 2010
    Great Horned Owl Fledglings 2008
    Great Horned Owl Fledglings  2008
    Green Heron 2011
    Green Heron 2011
    Juvenile White Ibis 2011
    Juvenile White Ibis 2011
    Killdeer 2011
    Killdeer 2011
    Killdeer nesting-2017
    Killdeer nesting-2017
    Limpkin-2017
    Limpkin-2017
    Limpkin pair-2017
    Limpkin pair-2017
    Limpkin with chicks 2017
    Limpkin with chicks 2017
    Limpkin and Chicks – Feb/2018
    Limpkin and Chicks – Feb/2018
    Least terns 2018
    Least terns 2018
    Little Blue Heron 2011
    Little Blue Heron  2011
    Osprey
    Osprey
    Loggerhead Shrike 2014
    Loggerhead Shrike 2014
    Mallard Ducks – 2017
    Mallard Ducks – 2017
    Mottled Duck 2011
    Mottled Duck 2011
    Mourning Dove
    Mourning Dove
    Muskovie Ducks 2018
    Muskovie Ducks 2018
    Nesting Great Blue Herons
    Nesting Great Blue  Herons
    Northern Flicker Yellow-Shafted 2011
    Northern Flicker Yellow-Shafted 2011
    Northern Mocking Bird 2014
    Northern Mocking Bird 2014
    Purple Martins-2013
    Purple Martins-2013
    Red-Bellied Woodpecker 2012
    Red-Bellied Woodpecker 2012
    Red-Shouldered Hawk
    Red-Shouldered Hawk
    Roseate Spoonbill flying
    Roseate Spoonbill flying
    Roseate Spoonbill-2016
    Roseate Spoonbill-2016
    Egrette and Roseate Spoonbill, 2017
    Egrette and Roseate Spoonbill, 2017
    Sandhill Crane 2010
    Sandhill Crane 2010
    Nesting sandhill-2017
    Nesting sandhill-2017
    Sandhill crane with chicks 2017
    Sandhill crane with chicks 2017
    Sharp-Shinned Hawk 2012
    Sharp-Shinned Hawk 2012
    Snowy Egret 2011
    Snowy Egret 2011
    Snowy Egret with fish 2015
    Snowy Egret with fish 2015
    Tri-colored Heron 2011
    Tri-colored Heron  2011
    Turkey Vulture 2011
    Turkey Vulture 2011
    White Ibis 2010
    White Ibis 2010
    Wood Stork 2012
    Wood Stork  2012

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