10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2014

Sure, Miami and the Florida Keys do not boast any endemics ( ‘Cape Sable’ Seaside Sparrow is close) at the species level. Magnolia Warbler is an annual winter resident in small numbers in Miami-Dade, FL. . However, few realize how unique and how good the birding can be here.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2016

Crandon Park, on the island just off the coast of Miami, Fla., In the moderate warmth of a Miami morning, he was able to sustain his fan under light cloud for longer than my camera battery could last. is home to a few exotic species.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

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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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

First recorded in Florida in 1949, it has been gracing the mature yards and suburban parks of Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties for several decades, although it has recently experienced significant declines in its population perhaps due to Hurricane Wilma in October 2005 and the severe winter cold of 2010.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2012

Artist Enrique Gomez De Molina was sentenced to 20 months in prison and a $6,000 fine in Miami on Friday for trafficking in illegal and threatened wildlife. “In promoting that message, he fell grievously from doing things the right way and became one of the very people he tried to educate,” Kuehne said.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2012

Carlos Sanchez is an excellent birder, a Miami resident, and a polyglot. Matheson to preserve the wild and natural beauty of the area , this venerable park is the oldest in Miami-Dade County. It even contains, dare I say, a little bit of history (by Miami standards, anyways) in the form of structures and old walls made of coral.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2020

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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Canada Cuba Miami Florida 166

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!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

My travels this week took me to Miami , where the ocean could barely summon the energy to lap gently against the sand. Even when they are not feeding in their endearing manner, chasing the waves back and forth, Sanderlings are still one of the most watchable birds that you are ever likely to see.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2012

However, I spotted that egregious invasive while in Miami during a layover fro Trinidad and Tobago. It was a great way to end a wonderful week in a new (to Corey) country. If, like Corey, I was unaware of the bonus points at stake, I would have declared a Eurasian Collared Dove my BBOTW. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2013

However, the bulk of the population breeds in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties at the southern tip of the state, particularly around the mangrove fringed coasts and islets of Florida and Biscayne Bay. Petersburg area on the west coast. with the bulk of the population in the Upper Keys and Florida Bay.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2013

Miami Hurricanes (represented by their American White Ibis, Sebastian). The Round of 64 boasts a healthy contingent of teams with bird mascots.* Here’s hoping one of them will end up in the Final Four! For the record, here are all the bird-related teams who made it to the tournament: Oregon Ducks. Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. Temple Owls.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

A Miami native and resident, Carlos is perfectly situated to write about South Florida, which will be his beat, though it would not be the least bit surprising if he occasionally writes about birds and birding further afield. We would like everyone to give a warm welcome to the latest Beat Writer here on 10,000 Birds, Carlos Sanchez.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2012

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. His good company was surpassed only by his keen eye that picked out a Mangrove Cuckoo lifer for me and a roosting Common Nighthawk.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2013

Rangel Diaz is doing a big year in Miami-Dade County, Florida, hoping to reach 300 species, and keeping a blog about it. Ali Iyoob is looking to break the North Carolina Big Year record of 351 this year. As of my writing this he is off to a roaring start with 169 species recorded already. Follow along at NC Big Year ’13.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2013

Much like how Everglades National Park flanks the western border of metropolitan Miami, Florida, Saguaro National Park flanks both the eastern and western outskirts of Tucson, making for easy access to residents and tourists alike who spend time in that city.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 26, 2009

Our most insidious institution -- as my talk in Miami in 10 days (August 29th) will explain! If you know anyone in Miami and vicinity who might enjoy an eye-opening evening among eye-opening evenings, let me know and I'll e-mail or mail you a flier to give them -- or will send it straight to them if you give me the information.

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Meat Responsible Policies Miami Meat Industry 100

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Here is a synopsis from a Brown University web site about his case : Matthew Block, of Worldwide Primates, Miami, FL, was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison, three years of supervised probation, and a $30,000 fine at a 2-day sentence hearing on April 16, 1993.

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MAY 10, 2020

The second feature is that a very large proportion of the migrants flowing southward will actually remain for the length of winter, so numbers steadily build as migration draws on — remember, over two dozen warbler species spend the winter in Miami-Dade County alone.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2014

Welcome to Invasive Species Week! – Alien Species - Rose-ringed Parakeet - The Charge of the Egyptian Goose – Hill Mynas in Miami – Grallards : New Zealand’s Next Extinction or Newest Species? We think the week was a rousing success and hope you agree!

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2013

Brown-crested Flycatchers arrive at their wintering locations in Miami-Dade in autumn, although most records come from the months of January through March when the birds are more actively calling than earlier in the season — their distinctive calls making them easy to differentiate from the more widespread Great Crested Flycatchers.

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Critter News

JANUARY 23, 2009

O’Barry has been on a dolphin-protection crusade since the day in 1970 that Kathy, one of the dolphins that played Flipper, died in a steel tank at the Miami Seaquarium while he was holding her. Well, that's not true, b&*@.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Flamingos represented Vegas and Miami and pre-Castro Cuba. Flamingos represented tropical beaches — even though the various species have habitats ranging from alkaline lakes to Andean plateaus. They were dyed a vivid hue that annoyed Tom Wolfe.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

However, this brief burst of activity sets the tone for the rest of the birding day in the Everglades or southern Miami-Dade as how can one not be impressed by the shear number and variety of wetland birds as a birder?

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Wildlife Florida Alligators Miami 130

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2013

Rangel Diaz’s big year in Miami-Dade County, Florida, is going well. David Pavlik is doing a photographic big year, trying to photograph 500 species in the ABA-area in order to fundraise for the American Bird Conservancy’s work with the endangered bird species of Hawaii.

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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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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

San Diego; Austin, Texas; Miami; and Portland, Ore. The first event will take place in Chicago on September 24. Events will follow throughout the fall in cities across the country, including: Washington; Staten Island, N.Y.; Nashville, Tenn.; If you have an event in your area and attend, we would love to hear about it.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2011

Miami and Los Angeles were also major importation hubs, and populations of Aratinga mitrata are well established in those areas. JFK Airport was a major hub for the importation of wildlife for the pet trade, and it is likely that birds escaped from quarantine during this period. Mitred Parakeets are native to southwestern South America.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Also, take note that this species does not occur regularly north of downtown Miami, as the climate and vegetation north of the city begins to take on increasingly more subtropical characteristics that are not to its liking.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2013

One of the perks about living in Miami is that plane tickets to the bird-rich Caribbean, Central, and South America are often cheaper than going to places like Arizona, Colorado, or California.

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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.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2013

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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Critter News

AUGUST 9, 2010

Winners First Place: Tammy Apostol, an independent designer in Miami, FL, for her “Green Organic Cotton Gown,” a strapless mermaid silhouette gown with a back train.

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Fur Animal Welfare Ethics Primates 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

Turkey Vulture on Little Miami River – Kelly Riccetti, The Red and the Peanut. Kings of the Sky – Karen, The Greenbelt. Return of the Kings - Karen, The Greenbelt. A Vortex of Turkey Vultures During Fall Migration – Larry Jordan, The Birders’ Report. Turkey Vulture – Michael Motto, Iowa Voice.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2022

But if you’re heading south in the coming weeks, Jam Up is certainly a good beer to have on hand if the mercury starts creeping in to the 70s down in Miami or Phoenix. I generally reserve light, sour beers like this for sweltering summer days – something we’re not likely to have where I am for quite some time.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

Carlos Sanchez is an excellent birder, a Miami resident, and a polyglot. Over twenty species of wood-warbler may be recorded in a single winter in Miami-Dade County, with several more species recorded regularly in Monroe and Broward. During the winter, southeast Florida becomes the wood-warbler capital of the ABA area.

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