Audubon Everglades is proud to release an updated 2020 edition of the Palm Beach County Checklist of Birds. It is available in two forms: as a printed copy on cardstock paper, and, new this year, as a digital PDF version for self-printing. The checklist is designed to be printed on legal-sized paper, but it can be printed on standard-sized paper.

The checklist author, Brian Hope, has provided the following commentary regarding the 2020 edition of the checklist:

“Just recently I completed updating my 3rd edition of the Palm Beach County Checklist of Birds. My first two lists were completed in 2003 and 2013. Anyone will see immediately that this list is much different than the previous two lists. When I was asked to do the 2003 list, it was agreed to go back just 10 years. The 2013 list was updated only with new bird species seen in the interval. For the 2020 edition, I decided to go back as far as I could, which was certainly into the 1950s.

Some of you probably wonder about my qualifications to do this work. I have a vast experience birding in Palm Beach County. I was the first to bird on a regular basis in Spanish River Park, Belle Glade Marina, and Wakodahatchee. I was also involved in more than 40 local Christmas Bird Counts and have spent time on the Florida Records Committee.

All of the bird species added to this 3rd edition were seen by multiple observers or were photographed or videotaped. Any birds seen by single observers were not included, and that includes two of my own.

I hope this information sheds some light on the Palm Beach County birding scene.”

Palm Beach County Checklist of Birds – 2020
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