This website is for Florida's thousands of birders and for those who visit our state.  It is dedicated to those who keep life lists for each county they bird.  I've listed everything I can learn about their totals.  Any errors and inaccuracies are my fault alone.

 To submit your data, contact me at Bob@flcountylisting.com and I'll post your information as quickly as I can.  Please check my work for accuracy -- I've made far too many errors to think I'm perfect.

**Entries marked with a double asterisk are new this week.

This site was last updated on  APRIL 30, 2012.

About County Listing

I am a birder.  I love the challenge and the excitement of learning about each species and seeking out every place where birds may be hiding.  I especially love birding throughout my adopted state of Florida.  So far, I've visited 66 of Florida's 67 counties, missing only Monroe, which is on my To Do list for 2010.

I am also a lister.  I keep a life list of every species I've seen in each county.  I've heard some people argue that listers are only after new ticks on their lists and don't really appreciate the birds themselves.  Not so.  In fact, the truth is just the opposite.  My lists are really memories of each park, roadside field, or beach that I've visited.  And while I've seen many birders who scoff at listing ignore a bird because it was "only a cardinal," I've celebrated seeing a cardinal at least 64 times - once for every time I've found one in a new county.  It makes me appreciate each species over and over again.

This website is run on the honor system.  That is, if you say you saw X species in a county, I'll post that number.  My only caveat is that you see or hear each species in accordance with the American Birding Association's listing rules and its Code of Ethics.

 There are a few cases in which the ABA's list of countable species differs from that of the Florida Ornithological Society.  In those cases, I'll defer to the more inclusive list.

So get out there and see this wonderful state - and keep a list wherever you go.  Then send in your data, and I'll post it.  It's that easy.

Good Birding,

Bob Carroll

Total Tick Leaders

      David Simpson, 12711

      Dave Goodwin, 10831

      Dotty Robbins, 10202

     Craig Faanes, 9326

      Ron Smith, 9149**

      John Hintermister, 8166

      Brian Ahern, 7808

      Rodney Cassidy, 7530

      Judy Bryan, 7019

      Bob Carroll, 6245**

      Becky Enneis, 5766

      Rex Rowan, 5646**

      Bob Wallace, 5498

      Roy Morris, 4844

      Joie Clifton, 4731

      Dot Freeman, 4542

      Rick Lucas, 4447

      Peg Lindsay, 4171**

      Cole Fredricks, 3991

      John Boyd, 3898

      Andy Bankert, 3839

      Don Chalfant, 3634

      Sean McCool, 3530

      Bill Boeringer, 3455

      Chris Rasmussen, 3122

      Gallus Quigley, 3027

      John Puschock, 2513

      David Chaffin, 2278

      Tom Zinneman, 2243

      Steve Collins, 2018

      Scott Flamand, 1880

      Don Margeson, 1791

      Chris Newton, 1783

      Cathy Levreault, 1754

      Vincent Lucas, 1750

      Doug Suitor, 1494

      Roy Peterson, 1478

      Vince McGrath, 1352

      Susan Epps, 1338

      Steve Patterson, 1258

      Karl Overman, 1228

      Bob Simons, 1222**

      Dave Gagne, 1121

      Jennifer Rycenga, 1066

      Jason Guerard, 1041

      Chuck Geanangel, 972

      David Chaffin, 943

      Peter Rice, 841

      Jeff Macdonald, 611

      Ray Smart, 404