Count areas: North and Northeast Quadrants
(Apopka/Zellwood, Orange Co., and Mount Plymouth/Sorrento/Mount Dora, Lake Co., Florida)
including
Rock Springs / Rock Springs Run
Species seen in count area: 54
Species seen in count circle: 164
Species ONLY seen in count area: Wild Turkey, Red-headed Woodpecker, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Bachman's Sparrow
Low Temperature: 61F (6am)
High Temperature: 76F (2pm)
And they call this a Christmas Bird Count?!? Too warm = mosquitoes!
Non-countable birds: Domestic Chicken
Weirdest animal seen: Giraffe (4)
FISH
Golden Shiner
Coastal Shiner
Dusky Shiner
Flagfin Shiner
Bluefin Killifish
Seminole Killifish
Golden Topminnow
Banded Topminnow
Eastern Mosquitofish
Least Killifish
Guppy
Dollar Sunfish
Bluegill Sunfish
Florida Largemouth Bass
REPTILES
Green Anole
BIRDS
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
White Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Wood Duck
Mallard
Hooded Merganser
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Wild Turkey
Common Moorhen
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bachman's Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
MAMMALS
Eastern Gray Squirrel