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.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 10, 2013
For January 1st, 2013, I decided to do something a little different this year — a Big Day in Miami-Dade, which involves seeing or hearing as many species as possible within a 24-hour period inside my home county. Yellow-throated Warbler at Dante Fascell Park in Miami-Dade, by Carlos Sanchez.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
Parking lots in Miami-Dade county offer a mostly standard assortment of birds compared to the rest of the United States. We have House Sparrow , Rock Pigeon , and European Starling like almost everyone else along with the usual Ring-billed Gulls that join them in winter. You can almost feel sorry for the hawk.
10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2020
The second feature is that a very large proportion of the migrants flowing southward will actually remain for the length of winter, so numbers steadily build as migration draws on — remember, over two dozen warbler species spend the winter in Miami-Dade County alone. They especially like live oaks. They especially like live oaks.
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2014
Sure, Miami and the Florida Keys do not boast any endemics ( ‘Cape Sable’ Seaside Sparrow is close) at the species level. Magnolia Warbler is an annual winter resident in small numbers in Miami-Dade, FL. . However, few realize how unique and how good the birding can be here.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 20, 2020
Luis Gonzalez is a Miami resident and IT major who was originally born and raised in Cuba. The birds in questions were the aforementioned Canada Goose and three happily foraging Chipping Sparrows. Because it turns out that only me and my partner got to see these two “rarities” of the north, and only I got the pictures to prove it.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 9, 2013
On a Big Year, every species counts equally, even the lowly House Sparrow. Rangel Diaz is doing a big year in Miami-Dade County, Florida, hoping to reach 300 species, and keeping a blog about it. Last year saw quite a few big year records fall to dedicated birders. There are, of course, more big years happening this year.
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