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Upcoming Potential ABA-countable Exotics from Florida

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These aggressive, boisterous yet attractive geese have begun building a population in Florida from a few accidental escapes from waterfowl collections (Crandon Gardens in Miami-Dade being the most famous). I foresee these birds continuing to spread, gradually replacing other Aratinga species in southeast Florida.

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But…It’s a Canada Goose?

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Luis Gonzalez is a Miami resident and IT major who was originally born and raised in Cuba. He has been an avid lover of the natural world since he was a kid, with a strong love for paleontology when he was younger, but he only took up birding in his last year of high school and hasn’t looked back since.

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South Florida Specialties Birding

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On my recent short family vacation to Miami, I was granted a single day to get out and really bird like a madman. En route to our next stop we slowed down next to a park and spotted the now countable Egyptian Geese. Can you believe that a New Yorker could travel all the way to Miami and not be treated to breakfast?

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