10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
For many in the birding community, Miami is a destination meant only for ticking off ABA-countable exotics such as Spot-breasted Oriole or Red-whiskered Bulbul. We recorded 17 Short-tailed Hawks this past weekend, a winter specialty in Miami-Dade. Song Sparrow is a genuine rarity in Miami-Dade. This bird was a life bird for him!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2013
According to the Florida Breeding Bird Atlas, the first confirmed breeding record was in Miami in July of 1938. Large swaths of the Everglades were being drained to make way for cattle ranching, citrus groves, and low density housing that included many overgrown, weedy lots. Petersburg area and Cape Canaveral.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 26, 2014
Welcome to Invasive Species Week! – Alien Species - Rose-ringed Parakeet - The Charge of the Egyptian Goose – Hill Mynas in Miami – Grallards : New Zealand’s Next Extinction or Newest Species? We think the week was a rousing success and hope you agree!
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2016
On my recent short family vacation to Miami, I was granted a single day to get out and really bird like a madman. Can you believe that a New Yorker could travel all the way to Miami and not be treated to breakfast? Carlos didn’t even pay for them! We never even got out of the car!
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2013
As impressive as these birds are, many species, particularly in southern Asia , have seen precipitous population declines having to do somewhat with the old habitat issues that plague animals around the world , but more to do with the widespread use of anti-inflammatory drugs on cattle, who then die and are eaten by vultures who are poisoned.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
In fact, several species in Miami-Dade are found exclusively in such habitats. Every bit as spectacular, although perhaps not as particular to the Miami area, are the large winter roosts of European Starlings just a few blocks west, always joined by hundreds of native Boat-tailed Grackles , that gather on the utility wires.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2016
Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. US-FL-Miami-5801 SW 137th Ave – 25.7129x-80.4144. US-FL-Miami-Olympic Park – 8520 SW 152nd Ave – 25.6870x-80.4412. US-FL-Miami-Olympic Park – 8520 SW 152nd Ave – 25.6870x-80.4412. US-FL-Miami-Olympic Park – 8520 SW 152nd Ave – 25.6870x-80.4412.
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