10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
For many in the birding community, Miami is a destination meant only for ticking off ABA-countable exotics such as Spot-breasted Oriole or Red-whiskered Bulbul. We recorded 17 Short-tailed Hawks this past weekend, a winter specialty in Miami-Dade. Song Sparrow is a genuine rarity in Miami-Dade. This bird was a life bird for him!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 27, 2012
On December 11, 2012, an observer saw one at Government Cut in Miami-Dade right off the pier which was quickly followed by a sighting of three birds off Singer Island in Palm Beach, two birds filmed off Fort Lauderdale, and another bird photographed off of Crandon Beach in Key Biscayne — already an unprecedented number of records.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
On the ground, downy white Anhinga chicks beg for a meal of fish from their parents only a few feet from the boardwalk, always nervous Belted Kingfishers rattle and chase each other to establish who gets the best fishing spots for the day, and gaudily colored Purple Gallinules furtively peck at green tidbits in areas of thicker vegetation.
Animal Person
AUGUST 26, 2009
Instead, our LGUs teach the false ancient beliefs that maintain meat -- including dairy, fish, eggs, and feed crops -- as an institution. . Our most insidious institution -- as my talk in Miami in 10 days (August 29th) will explain! I look forward to meeting RPA's Florida members who are able to attend! .
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2014
A pair of Spot-breasted Orioles were a welcome sighting, having personally lead many clients to their life Spot-breasted Oriole in Miami for their ABA list but having never seen one in their original range. The enigmatic White-throated Flycatcher was the most unusual sighting in the weedy edges of the lakeside.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 18, 2015
The bat was once believed to be common on Florida’s eastern coast in the Miami-Coral Gables area but reported there only a few times since the mid-1960s. Photo: Kathleen Smith, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Further studies used geographic variation and morphology to arrive to the conclusion that E.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
In fact, several species in Miami-Dade are found exclusively in such habitats. Every bit as spectacular, although perhaps not as particular to the Miami area, are the large winter roosts of European Starlings just a few blocks west, always joined by hundreds of native Boat-tailed Grackles , that gather on the utility wires.
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