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Sanibel & Captiva, Florida

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What to expect, month by month

The share of complete eBird checklists at J. N. Ding Darling NWR reporting each species, for every month of the year. Useful for choosing between March and May before you book.

This is an average, not a forecast. Twenty-five years of checklists tell you what a month is usually like. Any given April is one sample from that, and a cold front or a drawdown moves it. For what people are seeing right now, eBird publishes every recent checklist from this hotspot.

Jump to: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January

3,458 checklists in the record

Species	How likely
White Ibis	Expect it
Osprey	Expect it
Little Blue Heron	Expect it
Tricolored Heron	Expect it
Great Egret	Expect it
Double-crested Cormorant	Likely
Brown Pelican	Likely
Snowy Egret	Likely

February

3,341 checklists in the record

Species	How likely
White Ibis	Expect it
Osprey	Expect it
Little Blue Heron	Expect it
Tricolored Heron	Expect it
Great Egret	Expect it
Double-crested Cormorant	Likely
Snowy Egret	Likely
American White Pelican	Likely

March

3,853 checklists in the record

Species	How likely
Osprey	Expect it
White Ibis	Expect it
Little Blue Heron	Expect it
Tricolored Heron	Expect it
Double-crested Cormorant	Likely
Great Egret	Likely
Snowy Egret	Likely
Anhinga	Likely

April

2,876 checklists in the record

Species	How likely
Osprey	Expect it
White Ibis	Expect it
Little Blue Heron	Likely
Tricolored Heron	Likely
Great Egret	Likely
Northern Cardinal	Likely
Double-crested Cormorant	Likely
Fish Crow	Likely

May

1,336 checklists in the record

Species	How likely
Osprey	Expect it
Little Blue Heron	Likely
Northern Cardinal	Likely
White Ibis	Likely
Great Egret	Likely
Tricolored Heron	Likely
Fish Crow	Likely
Red-bellied Woodpecker	Likely

June

729 checklists in the record

Species	How likely
Osprey	Expect it
White Ibis	Expect it
Northern Cardinal	Likely
Little Blue Heron	Likely
Great Egret	Likely
Yellow-crowned Night Heron	Likely
Tricolored Heron	Likely
Red-bellied Woodpecker	Likely

July

606 checklists in the record

Species	How likely
White Ibis	Expect it
Osprey	Expect it
Great Egret	Likely
Little Blue Heron	Likely
Northern Cardinal	Likely
Tricolored Heron	Likely
Double-crested Cormorant	Likely
Red-bellied Woodpecker	Likely

August

671 checklists in the record

Species	How likely
White Ibis	Expect it
Little Blue Heron	Likely
Great Egret	Likely
Northern Cardinal	Likely
Osprey	Likely
Red-bellied Woodpecker	Likely
Tricolored Heron	Likely
Mourning Dove	Likely

September

493 checklists in the record

Species	How likely
White Ibis	Expect it
Osprey	Expect it
Great Egret	Expect it
Little Blue Heron	Likely
Tricolored Heron	Likely
Red-bellied Woodpecker	Likely
Northern Cardinal	Likely
Anhinga	Likely

October

889 checklists in the record

Species	How likely
White Ibis	Expect it
Osprey	Expect it
Little Blue Heron	Likely
Great Egret	Likely
Red-bellied Woodpecker	Likely
Belted Kingfisher	Likely
Tricolored Heron	Likely
Northern Cardinal	Likely

November

1,242 checklists in the record

Species	How likely
White Ibis	Expect it
Little Blue Heron	Expect it
Osprey	Expect it
Great Egret	Expect it
Tricolored Heron	Expect it
Double-crested Cormorant	Likely
Anhinga	Likely
Snowy Egret	Likely

December

2,279 checklists in the record

Species	How likely
White Ibis	Expect it
Little Blue Heron	Expect it
Osprey	Expect it
Tricolored Heron	Expect it
Great Egret	Likely
Double-crested Cormorant	Likely
American White Pelican	Likely
Snowy Egret	Likely

Derived from eBird bar chart data for this hotspot, Cornell Lab of Ornithology and supplied under the eBird Data Access Terms of Use, the same terms as the data it comes from. Each species links to its entry in All About Birds, the Cornell Lab’s free identification guide.