Birds of Frenchmans Creek_Guidebook and Checklist_2020_Updat

The Muscovy duck is a large duck native to Mexico, Central, and South America. Small wild and feral breeding populations have established themselves in the United States, particularly in Florida

It can be found in southern eastern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Minnesota to Texas, and south through Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Big Island of Hawaii.

The northern flicker or common flicker is a medi- um-sized bird of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker species that migrate.

Northern mockingbirds live across the United States and in parts of Canada and Mexico. The mockingbird is the state bird of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas. They’re commonly found on tall shrubs or tree branches on the edges of forests, in backyards, or in parks.

Once known as the fish hawk, the osprey lives on fish that it catches by snatching them in a shallow dive from the surface of the water. Though fish are by far the most important part of the diet, ospreys have been recorded catching a wide variety of other prey, includ- ing birds, reptiles and even crustaceans.