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Eastern meadowlark 

 Red-winged blackbird 

 Boat-tailed grackle 

 Cardinal 



Rufous-sided towhee 

 Savannah sparrow 

 White-throated sparrow 



"perm. 



resident 



"perm. 



res . 



"perm. 



res . 



"perm. 



res . 



"perm. 



res . 



winter res 

 winter res 



Undoubtedly, several other species of waterbirds occur on 

 the island during the course of the year. Clapper rails probably 

 breed on the island. Also, several other landbird species occur 

 during the migrations. The above list probably omits a few 

 summer resident or permanent resident landbird species- Yellow-billed 

 cuckoo, Chuck-wills-widow, Common flicker. Red-bellied woodpecker. 

 Downy woodpecker. Crested flycatcher, Gray catbird. White-eyed 

 virio, Common grackle (one may have been seen 14 April 1979), Seaside 

 sparrow. Swamp sparrow, Song Sparrow, and probably other species 

 occur on the island. 



In 1913, Francis Harper called Browns Island an important 

 heronry in the area. He recorded the following birds: 



Red-breasted merganser 

 American egret (Great) 



Louisiana heron 

 Little blue heron 

 Black-crowned night heron 

 Whimbrel 



Flicker 

 Fish crow 

 Red-eyed vireo 

 Prothonotary warbler 

 Hooded warbler 



Roy Brown claimed nesting 



large heronry- Julian 

 Brown said it was the 

 first time they nested 



150 at heronry 



350 (nesting?) 



8-10 immatures 



7 birds seen 



noted as present 



200 roosted near heronry 



noted as present 



noted as present 



noted as present 



In 1929, E.E. Brown recorded the following birds on Browns Island 

 (also called Craney Island) : 



Snowy egret 

 Louisiana heron 

 Little blue heron 

 Black-crowned night heron 

 Hudsonian curlew 

 Mourning dove 

 Brown thrasher 



breeding 



abundant 



abundant 



immature birds 



2 birds seen 



observed 



infrequent 



Other amphibians that may occur are Squirrel treefrog ( Hyla 

 uirella) and Eastern Narrow-mouthed toad ( Gastrophryne carolinensis ) 

 and Fowlers toad ( Bufo woodhousei fowleri) . 



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