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Florida's Birds
 Wading
Herons, Egrets |
 Diving
Cormorants and Anhingas |
 Water, waters edge
Ducks, moorhens, coots |
 Trees and bushes
Mocking Birds, Grackles |
 Soaring, hovering
Hawks, vultures, owls |
 Ocean and shore
Pelicans, plovers |
 Grass and lawns
Ibis, storks |
 Bird Bits
Wings, Beaks and other bits.
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Questions visitors have asked: Visit our Visitors Questions pages for more.
Florida state bird (10), Cardinals very territorial (31), Florida herons egrets difference (5), Mocking bird behavior (14), Lifespan of a Blue Jay (41)
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Why do birds do what they do?
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Sources Not Listed Otherwise
or, What Do We Take Into The Field
The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds, Eastern Region
Bull & Farrand, Jr.
Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Birds
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, New York
Stokes Nature Guides: A Guide To Bird Behavior
by Donald and Lillian Stokes
Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Toronto
For much of the interesting "Why do birds..." information
The Birder's Handbook
Paul Ehrlich, David Dobkin, Darryl Wheye
Simon & Schuster
Resources
Florida Master Naturalist Program
The Virtual Birder
Avian Web
Florida's Endangered Species Lists
From the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Cornell Lab of Ornithology Identifying Birds
All photos, including birds and other wildlife photography © by Gilbert Henry
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Arctic Peregrine Falcon