10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2014

It is also a good description of the birding in southernmost Florida. Sure, Miami and the Florida Keys do not boast any endemics ( ‘Cape Sable’ Seaside Sparrow is close) at the species level. Many visitors who come through Orlando or Tampa see maybe eight or ten species on a winter trip.

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Florida Miami United States Stray 172

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

I remember trying to enter my local scrubland once, just across the car park behind the last apartment building and there, awaiting me, was a territorial pack of stray dogs barking at an intruder – me. I don’t really know – from my own experience with school bullies or from Jack London’s novels? Cactus finch, Geospiza species.

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Animal Bears Stray Dog Blackbirds 115

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

For others, it is simply a launching point to Everglades National Park or the Florida Keys. The warm, sunny climate beckons a wide variety of passerines, raptors, and shorebirds to spend the winter, inflating the species diversity to the extent that Miami-Dade can go toe-to-toe with counties in Texas and Arizona during this season.

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Miami 2015 United States Birds 169