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Birding at the Tip of Florida: A Bit of Everything

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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. Few birders realize how many warblers actually do winter in southernmost Florida — even long time birders within the state.

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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

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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? How did I know that?

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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. With the easy-to-use platform offered by the Great Backyard Bird Count, birders of all ages and experience levels set out to find, tally, and document as many birds as possible within the boundaries of Miami-Dade. Porcelli, Mario. Rapoza, Brian.

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