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Fort De Soto Park
357 species and 918,386 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and October, with up to 262 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Great EgretArdea alba
WilletTringa semipalmata
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
SanderlingCalidris alba
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Boyd Hill Nature Park & Lake Maggiore12 km258 species
- Pinecraft Park41 km219 species
- The Celery Fields44 km256 species
- Honeymoon Island SP50 km311 species
- Brooker Creek Preserve & Surrounding Areas57 km243 species
- Myakka River SP59 km257 species
All 357 species recorded here
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- White-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Fort De Soto Park?
April and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 262 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Fort De Soto Park?
357 species, from 918,386 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Fort De Soto Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Osprey, Brown Pelican, Laughing Gull, Great Egret and Willet.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.