Birds of Frenchmans Creek_Guidebook and Checklist_2020_Updat

The American bittern is a species of wading bird . It has a Nearctic distribution, breeding in Canada and the northern and central parts of the United States, and wintering in the U.S. Gulf Coast states, all of Florida into the Everglades, the Caribbean islands and parts of Central America.

Look for American Coots at ponds in city parks, in marshes, reservoirs, along the edges of lakes, and in roadside ditches, sewage treatment ponds, and salt- water inlets or saltmarshes.

In deciduous woodlands, American Redstarts are fairly conspicuous compared to other small birds. They dash through trees and bushes after unseen insects, or prancing along branches, rapidly spreading and closing its black- and-yellow or black-and-orange tail. They are common spring and fall migrants in the East.

The Anhinga lives in shallow, slow-moving, sheltered waters and uses nearby perches and banks for drying and sunning. It’s rarely found out of freshwater ex- cept during severe droughts. Not found in extensive areas of open water, though it may nest on edges of open bays and lakes.

The bald eagle is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle. Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico.