The Important Bird Areas of Florida - National Audubon Society

The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 178Summer Tanager 2 Oct 1998 41 birds (M)Scarlet Tanager 30 Apr 1996 >25 birds (M)Rose-breasted Grosbeak 30 Apr 1996 40 birds (M)Indigo Bunting 30 Apr 1996 >100 birds (M)Dickcissel 23 Apr 1997 116 birds Florida record high count (M)Overall diversity302 natives10 exotics1980 Snowy Plover data from Gore and Chase (1989), Wilson's Plover data provided Lyn Atherton, Paul Blair,Hugh Fagan, and Ann and Rich Paul, 1993–1994 shorebird data from +Sprandel et al. (1997), Snowy and Pipingplover data provided by Patty Kelly (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), all other data from observations by Lyn andBrooks Atherton, Steve Backes, Paul Blair, Paul Fellers, Brett Hoffman, Ed Kwater, Harry Robinson, Ron Smith,and Margie Wilkinson, published in Florida Field Naturalist.Passage Key National Wildlife Refuge:SPECIES DATES NUMBERS COMMENTSBrown Pelican 1998–2001 mean of 172 pairs (range of 65–326)mean of nearly 2% (rangeof