FLORIDA BIRDING TOUR IDENTIFICATION
Rookery Bay Naples, Ten Thousand Islands
Join Florida Saltwater Adventures on a fantastic birding tour covering Rookery Bay and the Ten Thousand Islands near Naples and Marco Island. This is a great way to spend a few hours enjoying nature. Below is a bird identification list and species guide specific to our tours. We offer sunrise and sunset trips for photographers and avid birders. Learn more on our main birding page.
ENCOUNTERS
BIRDS OF PREY
PEAK MONTHS
COMMON
UNCOMMON/SEASONAL
UNCOMMON/SEASONAL
UNCOMMON
COMMON/SEASONAL
COMMON
COMMON
RARE
OSPREY
BALD EAGLE
PEREGRINE FALCON
RED SHOULDERED HAWK
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE
BLACK VULTURE
TURKEY VULTURE
BARRED OWL
ALL YEAR
NOV-MAY
DEC-MAR
ALL YEAR
MAR-JUL
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
N/A
WADING BIRDS
ENCOUNTERS
PEAK MONTHS
GREAT EGRET
SNOWY EGRET
REDDISH EGRET
CATTLE EGRET
GREAT BLUE HERON
LITTLE BLUE HERON
TRI-COLORED HERON
GREEN HERON
BLACK CROWN N. HERON
YELLOW CROWN N. HERON
WHITE IBIS
GLOSSY IBIS
ROSEATE SPOONBILL
LIMPKIN
WOOD STORK
SANDHILL CRANE
AMERICAN AVOCET
BLACK NECKED STILT
COMMON
COMMON
COMMON
UNCOMMON
COMMON
COMMON
COMMON
UNCOMMON
UNCOMMON
COMMON
COMMON
RARE
COMMON/SEASONAL
RARE
RARE
RARE
RARE
RARE
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
N/A
MAY-DEC
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
WATERBIRDS
ENCOUNTERS
PEAK MONTHS
BROWN PELICAN
WHITE PELICAN
CORMORANT
ANHINGA
COMMON LOON
BELTED KINGFISHER
COMMON
COMMON/SEASONAL
COMMON
UNCOMMON
UNCOMMON/SEASONAL
COMMON
ALL YEAR
DEC-MAR
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
DEC-MAR
ALL YEAR
TERNS/GULLS
ENCOUNTERS
PEAK MONTHS
ROYAL TERN
SANDWICH TERN
LEAST TERN
CASPIAN TERN
RINGED-BILLED GULL
LAUGHING GULL
HERRING GULL
COMMON
COMMON/SEASONAL
COMMON/SEASONAL
RARE
COMMON
COMMON
COMMON/SEASONAL
ALL YEAR
JUN-OCT
APR-SEP
N/A
DEC-MAR
ALL YEAR
DEC-MAR
SEA BIRDS
ENCOUNTERS
PEAK MONTHS
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD
NORTHERN GANNET
COMMON
UNCOMMON/OFFSHORE
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
SHOREBIRDS
ENCOUNTERS
PEAK MONTHS
SANDERLING
SPOTTED SANDPIPER
WESTERN SANDPIPER
PIPPING PLOVER
SNOWY PLOVER
WILSON'S PLOVER
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
WILLET
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
DUNLIN
GODWIT
WHIMBEREL
CURLEW
BLACK SKIMMER
A. OYSTERCATCHER
RUDDY TURNSTONE
COMMON
COMMON
COMMON
UNCOMMON/SEASONAL
UNCOMMON/SEASONAL
UNCOMMON/SEASONAL
COMMON/SEASONAL
COMMON/SEASONAL
COMMON
COMMON
COMMON
COMMON
UNCOMMON
COMMON
UNCOMMON/SEASONAL
COMMON
COMMON
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
DEC-MAR
DEC-MAR
DEC-MAR
DEC-MAR
DEC-MAR
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
N/A
ALL YEAR
MAY-NOV
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
FOREST BIRDS
ENCOUNTERS
PEAK MONTHS
PILATED WOODPECKER
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
UNCOMMON
UNCOMMON
ALL YEAR
ALL YEAR
BIRD IDENTIFICATION
OSPREY
BALD EAGLE
PEREGRINE FALCON
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE
RED SHOULDERED HAWK
BLACK VULTURE
TURKEY VULTURE
BARRED OWL
SNOWY EGRET
REDDISH EGRET
CATTLE EGRET
GREAT EGRET
GREAT BLUE HERON
GREEN HERON
LITTLE BLUE HERON
TRI-COLORED HERON
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
GLOSSY IBIS
WHITE IBIS
ROSEATE SPOONBILL
LIMPKIN
WOOD STORK
AMERICAN AVOCET
BLACK NECKED STILT
BROWN PELICAN
WHITE PELICAN
CORMORANT
ANHINGA
BELTED KINGFISHER
SANDWICH TERN
ROYAL TERN
BLACK SKIMMER
RINGED-BILLED GULL
FRIGATEBIRD
GODWIT
WILLET
WESTERN SANDPIPER
SANDERLING
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
WILSON'S PLOVER
RUDDY TURNSTONE
PILATED WOODPECKER
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER