Birds

South Florida is a terrific place for birds, this time of the year. Here's an incomplete list of birds I spotted there - there are tons more that I have been unable to identify. For completeness sake, I've also included the ones I've seen in Illinois. I've tried grouping similar or related birds together in this list.
Credits to en.wikipedia.org, www.whatbird.com and www.allaboutbirds.org, all three of which I used extensively.

Laughing Gull, Non-breeding plumage - Key West, FL

1. Muscovy Duck, Cairina moschata
2. Mottled Duck, Anas fulvigula
3. Common Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
4. Snowy Egret, Egretta thula
5. Great Egret, Ardea alba
6. Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis
7. Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea
8. Great Blue Heron, Ardea Herodias
9. Tricolored Heron,  Egretta tricolor
10. White Ibis, Eudocimus albus
11. Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus
12. Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga
13. American White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
14. Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
15. Belted Kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon
16. Sanderling, Calidris alba
17. Common Tern, Sterna hirundo
18. Royal Tern, Thalasseus maxima
19. Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla
20. Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger
21. Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
22. Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus
23. Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura
24. Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipiter striatus – IL
25. Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus
26. American Kestrel, Falco sparverius
27. Loggerhead Shrike,  Lanius ludovicianus
28. White-winged dove, Zenaida asiatica
29. Rock Pigeon, Columba livia  - IL , FL
30. Eurasian Collared Dove, Streptopelia decaocto
31. Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura
32. Common Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula
33. Boat-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus major
34. Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus
35. Red-bellied Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus
36. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius
37. Canada goose, Branta Canadensis - IL
38. American Robin, Turdus migratorius
39. Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos
40. Brown Thrasher, Toxostoma rufum
41. Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis – IL
42. Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata
43. American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos - IL, FL
44. Monk Parakeet,  Myiopsitta monachus
45. Blue-grey Gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea
46. House sparrow, Passer domesticus - IL, FL 

White Ibis - Boca Raton, FL

Brown Pelican - on the way to Key West, FL

Royal Terns - Key West, FL

Sadly enough I didn't have a camera in Boca Raton, where I spotted most of the birds on this list. The decent ones were shot with Varun's camera. The most exciting ones for me were the Great Blue Heron, which is probably the largest bird I've ever seen, and the Belted Kingfisher. The Skimmers at Key West I was quite excited to see - freakishly heavy bills! What the hell, they were all pretty amazing!