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Andalucia’s City-Slicker Falcons

10,000 Birds

I wasn’t confident that I would find any birds at all in early February, but though numbers were small at each site, several individuals were present, and there were noisy territorial displays, despite the absence of females. The hovering is generally for shorter periods than that of Common Kestrels, with less wing flapping.

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The Fate of the Florida Anis

10,000 Birds

Smooth-billed Anis were relative newcomers as breeders to Florida, having only begun nesting since the 1930s. Significant amounts of habitat along Krome Avenue in western Miami-Dade as well as Everglades National Park remain, but even the colonies present at Anhinga Trail and Eco Pond have disappeared — a true mystery.

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