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To Tick or Not to Tick – Exotic Birding in Miami

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The USA’s only truly indigenous parrot was wiped out by a combination of factors, although direct persecution through hunting seems to have been the major contributor. Today, if you want to see parrots in the USA you need look no further than Miami. Red-masked Parakeets , readily seen around Miami, are not countable.

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Roosting Common Nighthawk

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It was a real pleasure to have a friend and colleague, Simon, accompany me on a visit to Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park in Miami this week. My experience of Common Nighthawks had previously been at dusk as they begin hunting for the night.

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I and the Bird: What is an Ibis?

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And in modern times, that football powerhouse the University of Miami has as it’s mascot a tough-looking White Ibis, known locally as a “ Hurricane Bird ” for it’s bravery (some may say stupidity) in riding out those massive storms.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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Turkey Vulture on Little Miami River – Kelly Riccetti, The Red and the Peanut. Vulture Hunts Down and Ravages Sea Turtles – Dale Forbes, 10,000 Birds. Kings of the Sky – Karen, The Greenbelt. Return of the Kings - Karen, The Greenbelt. Turkey Vulture – Michael Motto, Iowa Voice. Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus.

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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. Can you believe that a New Yorker could travel all the way to Miami and not be treated to breakfast? Carlos didn’t even pay for them!

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