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Whooping Crane at Joe Overstreet Road

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Like my two previous visits I spent one day that I didn’t have to lead any field trips doing a run through central Florida looking for some of the specialty species of the region. From 1993 to 2004, biologists released 289 captive-raised whooping cranes into central Florida. The first farm on the left, where all the cattle are?

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Avian Expansion in Two Acts

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The most famous of these is Cattle Egret , but Masked Duck looked like it might make things interesting for a while and Antillean Nighthawk has more or less staked out a little niche for itself in extreme southern Florida. Of course not. Go to the TdS golf course and look around. Not that I can blame them.

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South Florida Specialties Birding

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Of course, I contacted Carlos Sanchez , alleged south Florida birder extraordinaire, to maximize the returns on what time I could spend. From the bulbuls we went in search of another introduced species that has taken to south Florida like home. Of course not! Let me get out of the car before making me look at birds!

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Great Miami Winter Bird Count 2015

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For others, it is simply a launching point to Everglades National Park or the Florida Keys. The Great Miami Winter Bird Count, an event that transpired over the course of four days from February 13-16, set out to record this diversity for the first time in an organized manner as part of the overall Miami Birding Wave project.

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Collaborative List – October 2019

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Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). 14 Oct 2019. 14 Oct 2019.

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Collaborative list – May 2019

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Willcox–Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course. Willcox–Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course. Florida Canyon–lower. Florida Canyon–lower. Florida Canyon–lower. Florida Canyon–lower. Florida Canyon–lower. Florida Canyon–lower. 20 May 2019.

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A New Year Begins! But First–A Celebration of My 2018 Top Ten Birds

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Whooping Crane, Florida. There is a small resident population in Polk County, Florida, in the middle of the peninsula, mostly on protected land, and once in a while they show up in a place where they can be easily observed. So, I was excited to read reports in late 2017 of a pair of Whooping Cranes being seen on a cattle farm.

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