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with Rich Hoyer as leader

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1 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
7 West Indian Whistling-Duck 2 6 Dendrocygna arborea
7 Blue-winged Teal 2 17 Anas discors
1 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
4 Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
5 Ruddy Duck 2 1 Oxyura jamaicensis
7 Least Grebe 2 8 N Tachybaptus dominicus
7 Pied-billed Grebe 2 15 N Podilymbus podiceps
7 White-tailed Tropicbird 1 14 Phaethon lepturus
1 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
7 Brown Pelican 5 8 Pelecanus occidentalis
7 Magnificent Frigatebird 6 15 Fregata magnificens
3 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
6 Great Blue Heron 2 2 Ardea herodias
7 Great Egret 3 31 Ardea alba
7 Snowy Egret 4 10 Egretta thula
7 Little Blue Heron 4 3 Egretta caerulea
7 Tricolored Heron 3 5 Egretta tricolor
5 Reddish Egret 2 4 Egretta rufescens
7 Cattle Egret 7 500 Bubulcus ibis
7 Green Heron 4 6 Butorides virescens
6 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
7 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3 2 Nyctanassa violacea
1 White Ibis Eudocimus albus
7 Glossy Ibis 2 8 Plegadis falcinellus
7 Turkey Vulture 7 40 Cathartes aura
6 Osprey 2 1 Pandion haliaetus
7 Red-tailed Hawk 4 2 Buteo jamaicensis
5 American Kestrel (dark morph) Falco sparverius sparverioides
7 American Kestrel (light morph) 7 10 Falco sparverius sparverioides
3 American Kestrel (intermediate) 1 1 Falco sparverius sparverioides
2 Merlin Falco columbarius
2 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
6 Clapper Rail 2 2 H Rallus longirostris
1 Yellow-breasted Crake Porzana flaviventer
6 Purple Gallinule 1 2 Porphyrio martinica
7 Common Moorhen 3 20 Gallinula chloropus
7 American Coot 1 40 Fulica americana
6 Caribbean Coot 1 2 Fulica caribaea
3 Limpkin Aramus guarauna
7 Black-bellied Plover 2 2 Pluvialis squatarola
6 Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia
7 Semipalmated Plover 3 35 Charadrius semipalmatus
7 Killdeer 4 2 Charadrius vociferus
7 Black-necked Stilt 3 12 Himantopus mexicanus
7 Northern Jacana 2 8 N Jacana spinosa
7 Spotted Sandpiper 3 3 Actitis macularius
1 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
5 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
5 Willet 1 8 Tringa semipalmata
7 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 250 Tringa flavipes
3 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
6 Ruddy Turnstone 2 6 Arenaria interpres
1 Red Knot Calidris canutus
1 Sanderling 1 3 Calidris alba
7 Semipalmated Sandpiper 3 3 Calidris pusilla
3 Western Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris mauri
7 Least Sandpiper 3 1000 Calidris minutilla
1 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
1 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
2 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
5 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 8 Limnodromus griseus
7 Laughing Gull 1 250 Larus atricilla
4 Least Tern 1 4 Sternula antillarum
3 Gull-billed Tern Geochelidon nilotica
1 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
7 Royal Tern 4 10 Thalasseus maxima
6 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
7 Rock Pigeon (I) 4 20 Columba livia
7 White-crowned Pigeon 7 10 Patagioenas leucocephala
2 Plain Pigeon (ES) 1 1 H Patagioenas inornata exigua
7 Ring-tailed Pigeon (E) 4 5 Patagioenas caribaea
7 White-winged Dove 6 15 Zenaida asiatica
7 Zenaida Dove 7 15 Zenaida aurita
5 Mourning Dove 2 8 Zenaida macroura
7 Common Ground-Dove (ES) 6 12 Columbina passerina jamaicensis
7 Caribbean Dove (ES) 7 8 Leptotila jamaicensis jamaicensis
7 Crested Quail-Dove (E) 2 3 Geotrygon versicolor
7 Ruddy Quail-Dove 7 6 Geotrygon montana
7 Olive-throated Parakeet (ES) 6 35 Aratinga nana nana
6 Green-rumped Parrotlet (I) 1 1 Forpus passerinus
7 Yellow-billed Parrot (E) 2 30 Amazona collaria
7 Black-billed Parrot (E) 3 12 Amazona agilis
6 Mangrove Cuckoo 2 2 Coccyzus minor
7 Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo (E) 5 3 Coccyzus pluvialis
7 Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo (E) 3 2 Coccyzus vetula
7 Smooth-billed Ani 6 30 Crotophaga ani
4 Barn Owl 2 1 Tyto alba
7 Jamaican Owl (E) 3 2 N Pseudoscops grammicus
4 Antillean Nighthawk 1 10 Chordeiles gundlachii
7 Northern Potoo (ES) 2 1 N Nyctibius j. jamaicensis
4 Black Swift 2 15 Cypseloides n. niger
7 White-collared Swift 3 30 Streptoprocne zonaris pallidifrons
7 Antillean Palm-Swift 4 10 Tachornis p. phoenicobia
7 Jamaican Mango (E) 4 3 Anthracothorax mango
7 "Red-billed" Streamertail (E) 5 15 N Trochilus p. polytmus
7 "Black-billed" Streamertail (E) 2 8 Trochilus polytmus scitulus
7 Vervain Hummingbird (ES) 7 10 Mellisuga m. minima
7 Jamaican Tody (E) 7 6 Todus todus
6 Belted Kingfisher 1 1 Ceryle alcyon
7 Jamaican Woodpecker (E) 7 12 N Melanerpes radiolatus
7 Jamaican Elaenia (E) 5 2 Myiopagis cotta
3 Greater Antillean Elaenia (ES) Elaenia f. fallax
7 Jamaican Pewee (E) 3 2 Contopus pallidus
7 Sad Flycatcher (E) 7 8 Myiarchus barbirostris
7 Rufous-tailed Flycatcher (E) 7 2 Myiarchus validus
7 Stolid Flycatcher (ES) 2 4 Myiarchus s. stolidus
7 Gray Kingbird 7 20 Tyrannus dominicensis
7 Loggerhead Kingbird (ES) 7 12 Tyrannus caudifasciatus jamaicensis
7 Jamaican Becard (E) 6 3 N Pachyramphus niger
7 Jamaican Vireo (E) 7 10 N Vireo modestus
7 Blue Mountain Vireo (E) 2 2 Vireo osburni
7 Black-whiskered Vireo 7 12 Vireo a. altiloquus
7 Jamaican Crow (E) 4 10 Corvus jamaicensis
3 Caribbean Martin 1 1 Progne dominicensis
3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
7 Cave Swallow (ES) 6 25 Petrochelidon fulva poeciloma
7 Barn Swallow 5 75 Hirundo rustica
7 Rufous-throated Solitaire (ES) 2 4 Myadestes genibarbis solitarius
7 White-eyed Thrush (E) 7 8 Turdus jamaicensis
7 White-chinned Thrush (E) 7 15 N Turdus aurantius
7 Northern Mockingbird 7 20 Mimus polyglottos orpheus
7 Bahama Mockingbird (ES) 1 2 Mimus gundlachii hillii
7 European Starling (I) 4 8 Sturnus vulgaris
1 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
1 Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina
7 Northern Parula 3 2 Parula americana
7 Yellow "Golden" Warbler 1 3 Dendroica petechia eoa
3 Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
3 Magnolia Warbler 2 2 Dendroica magnolia
5 Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
7 Black-throated Blue Warbler 7 12 Dendroica caerulescens
1 "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
6 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 1 Dendroica virens
6 Prairie Warbler 1 2 Dendroica discolor
5 Palm Warbler 4 3 Dendroica palmarum
1 Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea
1 Blackpoll Warbler 1 2 Dendroica striata
7 Arrowhead Warbler (E) 5 4 N Dendroica pharetra
7 Black-and-white Warbler 5 2 Mniotilta varia
7 American Redstart 7 20 Setophaga ruticilla
4 Worm-eating Warbler 2 1 Helmitheros vermivorus
6 Ovenbird 4 2 Seiurus aurocapillus
7 Northern Waterthrush 2 1 Seiurus noveboracensis
7 Common Yellowthroat 6 2 Geothlypis trichas
7 Bananaquit (ES) 7 25 Coereba f. flaveola
7 Jamaican Spindalis (E) 7 15 N Spindalis nigricephala
7 Yellow-faced Grassquit 5 30 Tiaris o. olivacea
7 Black-faced Grassquit 6 15 Tiaris bicolor marchii
7 Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (E) 6 2 Loxipasser anoxanthus
7 Greater Antillean Bullfinch (ES) 6 10 Loxigilla violacea ruficollis
7 Orangequit (E) 7 20 Euneornis campestris
6 Saffron Finch (I) Sicalis flaveola
7 Grasshopper Sparrow (ES) 2 1 Ammodramus s. savannarum
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
6 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
7 Jamaican Blackbird (E) 1 1 Nesopsar nigerrimus
7 Greater Antillean Grackle (ES) 7 35 Quiscalus niger crassirostris
5 Shiny Cowbird 3 2 Molothrus bonariensis
7 Jamaican Oriole (ES) 7 8 Icterus l. leucopteryx
1 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
7 Jamaican Euphonia (E) 7 5 N Euphonia jamaica

Mammals

Indian Mongoose (I) x Herpestes auropunctatus
bat species x Sp. unknown

Amphibians and Reptiles

Giant Toad (I) x Chaunus marinus
Savanna-la-Mar Treefrog x Osteopilus brunneus
Harlan's Antilles Frog x Osteopilus crucialis
Spaldings Treefrog x Osteopilus marianae
Johnstone's Robber Frog (I) x Eleutherodactylus johnstonei
Panton's Robber Frog x Euhyas pantoni
Tube Robber Frog x Euhyas pentasyringos
Jamaican Giant Anole x Anolis garmani
Jamaican Turquoise Anole x Anolis grahami
Jamaican Gray Anole x Anolis lineatopus
Opal-bellied Anole x Anolis opalinus

Butterflies and Skippers

Polydamas Swallowtail x Battus polydamas
Cloudless Sulphur x Phoebis sennae
Little Yellow x Eurema lisa
Gulf Fritillary x Agraulis vanillae
Tropical Checkered-Skipper x Pyrgus oileus

Butterflies

Thersites Swallowtail x Papilio thersites
Thoas Swallowtail x Papilio thoas
Bahamian Swallowtail x Papilio andraemon
Florida White x Appias drusilla
Large Orange Sulphur x Phoebis agarithe
Mimosa Yellow x Eurema nise
Shy Yellow x Eurema messalina
Silver-banded Hairstreak x Chlorostrymon simaethis
Cassius Blue x Leptotes cassius
Ceraunus Blue x Hemiargus ceraunus (hanno)
Julia Heliconian x Dryas iulia
Zebra Heliconian x Heliconius charithonia
Cuban Crescent x Phyciodes frisia
Mangrove Buckeye x Junonia evarete
Malachite x Siproeta stelenes
Jamaican Sister x Adelpha abyla
Orion Cecropian x Historis odius
Tailed Cecropian x Historis acheronta
Jamaican Ringlet x Calisto zangis
Hammock Skipper x Polygonus leo
Jamaican Silverdrop x Epargyreus antaeus
Jamaican Flasher x Astraptes jaira
Schaus's Tawny-Skipper x Pyrrhocalles jamaicensis
Green-backed Ruby-eye x Perichares philetes