BirdSanibel
Sanibel & Captiva, Florida
Where to stayWhere to stand on Sanibel and Captiva, and whose numbers to read before you go. We publish no bird data of our own: the people who do it properly have been at it for twenty-five years.
What is around in September
Expect it Most people who looked, saw one.
Likely Reported on roughly half of visits.
Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Cardinal, Anhinga, Mourning Dove, Snowy Egret, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher, Common Ground Dove, Reddish Egret, Brown Pelican, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Pileated Woodpecker, Fish Crow, Green Heron, Roseate Spoonbill, Common Grackle, Red-shouldered Hawk
Possible Worth watching for; far from guaranteed.
Laughing Gull, Willet, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, White-eyed Vireo, Mottled Duck, Spotted Sandpiper, Black-bellied Plover, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Turkey Vulture, Least Sandpiper, Common Gallinule
Uncommon A good morning, not a typical one.
Pied-billed Grebe, Blue-winged Teal, Magnificent Frigatebird, Palm Warbler
Lucky Rarely reported here in this month.
How likely you are to see each species at J. N. Ding Darling NWR in September, grouped from the share of complete eBird checklists reporting it across twenty-five years. We publish the grouping rather than the percentage: a figure to one decimal would imply a precision that an average over dredged, storm-scoured and deliberately drawn-down habitat does not have. The exact numbers are on eBird's own bar chart. Each species links to its entry in All About Birds, the Cornell Lab's free identification guide.
What has actually been seen this week
The table above is a twenty-five year average for the month. For what people are reporting right now, eBird publishes every recent checklist from this hotspot, with dates, names and counts. It is more current than anything this site could keep up with, so we point at it rather than copy it.
What to expect in another month
Planning ahead? The same figures for all twelve months, so you can see what April looks like before you book, and what a bird does across the year rather than in one snapshot.
Whether migration is moving tonight
Cornell Lab of Ornithology runs BirdCast on national weather radar: how many birds crossed overhead last night, and a three-night forecast. In spring and autumn it is the difference between a quiet morning and a memorable one, and there is nothing a small site could add to it.
Where to go
Eight places, what each one is like, and who owns the facts that change. Impoundments, trails, a freshwater tract, two tidal passes and the beaches.
What lives here the rest of the year
SCCF holds the local species list and runs the banding and shorebird monitoring the islands are known for.