North American Migration Count, Fall 1995-1999

The NAMC instituted a fall count once the spring count was solidly established. It takes place every third Saturday in September, and thus gives a much better picture of fall migration than the spring count gives of spring migration. Five years are shown here. Check out our warbler tallies, which consistently outrank those of every other participating county in Florida by a magnitude of three or four!

Year

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999
Date

16-Sep

21-Sep

20-Sep

19-Sep

18-Sep
Observers

34

38

39

52

43
Species

129

137

125

125

134
Individuals

8509

10982

9209

10350

12461
Pied-billed Grebe

47

114

28

25

48
Double-crested Cormorant

179

90

9

24

113
Anhinga

129

178

111

368

149
American Bittern

1

1

1

9
Least Bittern

3

7

8

13

1
Great Blue Heron

97

76

81

103

84
Great Egret

116

309

92

201

114
Snowy Egret

51

218

61

102

33
Little Blue Heron

75

163

65

187

87
Tricolored Heron

29

98

25

49

28
Cattle Egret

1029

943

1560

1498

995
Green Heron

25

34

21

59

35
Black-crowned Night-Heron

9

22

33

26

5
White Ibis

82

189

95

153

660
Glossy Ibis

5

8

38

58

109
Wood Stork

6

2

22

25

110
Wood Duck

20

32

46

168

95
Mottled Duck

4

11

39

26

30
Blue-winged Teal

63

22

48

188

145
Northern Shoveler

3

1
Gadwall

3
Ring-necked Duck

14
duck, sp.

33
Black Vulture

81

140

100

105

59
Turkey Vulture

227

177

107

139

236
Osprey

8

6

3

13

21
Bald Eagle

14

29

17

14

19
Northern Harrier

5

1
Sharp-shinned Hawk

1
Cooper’s Hawk

5

1

2

5
Red-shouldered Hawk

53

29

62

43

54
Red-tailed Hawk

7

4

9

4

2
American Kestrel

5

20

6

5

21
Merlin

1

3
Falco, sp.

1
Wild Turkey

3

14

19

28

6
Northern Bobwhite

19

14

9
Yellow Rail

1
King Rail

8

2

1
Virginia Rail

1
Sora

2

3

9

1
Purple Gallinule

3

2

16

57

10
Common Moorhen

579

367

586

316

101
American Coot

4

113

33

8

7
Limpkin

4

9

13

4

2
Sandhill Crane

9

32

9

19

37
Semipalmated Plover

4
Killdeer

23

25

16

8

15
Greater Yellowlegs

1
Lesser Yellowlegs

1

31
Solitary Sandpiper

4

3

3

3
Spotted Sandpiper

2

2

1

1
Least Sandpiper

3

2

4

2
White-rumped Sandpiper

2
Pectoral Sandpiper

3

4
Stilt Sandpiper

1
dowitcher, sp.

5
Common Snipe

1

2

2

2

25
Ring-billed Gull

1
gull, sp.

1
Royal Tern

1
Forster’s Tern

2

1

1

1

1
Black Tern

20

1

5

8
tern, sp.

1
Rock Dove

245

230

185

156

112
Eurasian Collared-Dove

10

5

9

26
Mourning Dove

126

196

113

278

335
Common Ground-Dove

1

11

6

2

3
Budgerigar

1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo

44

28

17

34

21
Barn Owl

1
Eastern Screech Owl

9

23

15

11

7
Great Horned Owl

7

14

6

10

4
Barred Owl

17

28

23

24

15
Common Nighthawk

11

1

1

4

3
Chuck-will’s-widow

2

2

6

4

4
Whip-poor-will

2

4

2

1
Chimney Swift

56

41

140

67

272
Ruby-throated Hummingbird

1

3

51

6

35
Belted Kingfisher

17

18

23

43

37
Red-headed Woodpecker

12

65

93

33

63
Red-bellied Woodpecker

150

181

250

145

192
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

1
Downy Woodpecker

88

120

156

108

147
Hairy Woodpecker

1
Northern Flicker

7

5

15

6

8
Pileated Woodpecker

52

67

115

73

76
Eastern Wood-Pewee

10

10

15

10

11
Acadian Flycatcher

35

45

74

38

68
Empidonax, sp.

19

11

13

16

22
Eastern Phoebe

3
Great Crested Flycatcher

2

3

1

3

5
Eastern Kingbird

3

15

2

4

4
Purple Martin

2

1

11

1
Tree Swallow

11

4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow

1
Bank Swallow

1
Cliff Swallow

1
Barn Swallow

5

81

2

34

73
swallow, sp.

4
Blue Jay

155

256

180

185

259
American Crow

165

226

136

243

352
Fish Crow

65

62

30

37

58
crow, sp.

40

53

129

30

249
Carolina Chickadee

47

53

40

49

80
Tufted Titmouse

215

256

298

261

343
Brown-headed Nuthatch

8

4

15

2

12
Carolina Wren

233

275

346

299

411
House Wren

1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

4

2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

171

226

236

263

299
Eastern Bluebird

6

54

8

8

54
Veery

56

58

58

208

88
Gray-cheeked Thrush

2

1
Swainson’s Thrush

4

12

13
Wood Thrush

2

2
Gray Catbird

4

19

5

5

6
Northern Mockingbird

102

102

112

150

146
Brown Thrasher

30

30

21

30

39
Loggerhead Shrike

15

20

9

18

23
European Starling

11

21

45

118

73
White-eyed Vireo

253

342

383

279

438
Blue-headed Vireo

1

1
Yellow-throated Vireo

12

12

10

17

17
Red-eyed Vireo

212

186

208

308

212
Blue-winged Warbler

14

18

15

16

17
Golden-winged Warbler

2

4

3

2

6
Tennessee Warbler

3

2

3

12
Nashville Warbler

2
Northern Parula

150

156

139

209

166
Yellow Warbler

27

53

74

25

24
Chestnut-sided Warbler

15

11

5

13

21
Magnolia Warbler

1

4

3

33
Black-throated Blue Warbler

6

6

2

16

5
Black-throated Green Warbler

1

1

1
Blackburnian Warbler

18

5

7

4

2
Yellow-throated Warbler

27

39

56

46

35
Pine Warbler

71

50

85

51

74
Prairie Warbler

34

73

35

29

15
Palm Warbler

2

43

2

4

15
Cerulean Warbler

1

2

3

1
Black-and-white Warbler

37

38

22

54

57
American Redstart

47

107

45

117

94
Prothonotary Warbler

15

5

5

19

8
Worm-eating Warbler

8

3

9

22
Swainson’s Warbler

1
Ovenbird

71

78

82

146

90
Northern Waterthrush

24

38

20

23

41
Louisiana Waterthrush

1

1

2

2
Kentucky Warbler

1

3

8

10

2
Common Yellowthroat

159

230

148

78

210
Hooded Warbler

16

10

21

19

19
Canada Warbler

1
Summer Tanager

28

60

41

30

87
Scarlet Tanager

1

2

2

10
Northern Cardinal

257

382

452

332

536
Blue Grosbeak

1

10

2

2

3
Indigo Bunting

11

32

9

3

19
Painted Bunting

1
Eastern Towhee

72

60

85

55

68
Bobolink

1

5
Red-winged Blackbird

698

1626

493

734

1134
Eastern Meadowlark

1

3

2
Boat-tailed Grackle

189

438

221

378

419
Common Grackle

609

109

30

90

426
Brown-headed Cowbird

62

187

16

83

140
Baltimore Oriole

4

3

7

7

8
House Finch

57

2

82

180
House Sparrow

59

2

3

12

146