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Great Miami Winter Bird Count 2015

10,000 Birds

Although they breed on the west coast of Florida, Snowy Plover is a rare stray to this part of the state. A La Sagra’s Flycatcher, a Caribbean stray, continued at Charles Deering Estate. Cattle Egret: 133. Can we hit 200 ABA-countable species in four days next year? American White Pelican: 19. Brown Pelican: 53. Great Egret: 75.

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The Fate of the Florida Anis

10,000 Birds

In addition to having a communal nesting strategy, anis also spend a significant amount of time allopreening, huddling together, and sunning themselves together on exposed branches. Diet is composed mostly of large insects. Petersburg area and Cape Canaveral. During this time, southern Florida was in a state of ecological chaos.

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