Birds of Frenchman's Creek Guidebook and Checklist

Tricolored Heron is a characteristic bird of quiet shallow waters. Strikingly slender, with long bill, neck, and legs, it is often seen wading belly-deep in coastal lagoons, mainly in waters of coastal low- lands.

Two species of vulture occur in Florida, the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) and the black vulture (Coragyps atratus). Turkey vultures have reddish heads.

The yellow rumped warbler is a North American bird species combining four closely related forms: the east- ern myrtle warbler; its western counterpart, Audubon’s warbler; the northwest Mexican black-fronted warbler; and the Guatemalan Goldman’s warbler.

The wood duck or Carolina duck is a species of perching duck found in North America. It is one of the most colorful North American waterfowl.

Wood Storks breed in fresh and brackish forested wetlands. They forage in wetlands, swamps, ponds, and marshes with water depths of around 4–12 inches.