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Posted by Brian Rapoza on 09:08:15 12/29/06
A total of 18,750 individuals of 128 species were seen by 35 participants during the Miami Christmas Bird Count, held on December 16. Two exotics were new for the count: Scaly-headed Parrot, seen by the Miami Beach team and Red-fronted Parakeet, seen by the Miami Springs/Hialeah team. Other highlights included 51 Bronzed Cowbirds, seen by the Opa-Locka team and Louisiana Waterthrush, found by the Greynold's Park team. High counts were recorded for the following species: Common Loon, Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Blue-headed Vireo, Blue Jay, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Gray Catbird, Pine Warbler and Ovenbird.
Thanks to all who participated. Following are the totals:
Canada Goose (domestic) 4
Muscovy Duck 153
Mallard (feral/domestic) 49
Ring-necked Duck 17
Red-breasted Merganser 56
Common Loon 13
Pied-billed Grebe 40
Northern Gannet 1
Brown Pelican 280
Double-crested Cormorant 1200
Anhinga 17
Magnificent Frigatebird 12
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 48
Great Blue Heron (White form) 1
Great Egret 47
Snowy Egret 17
Little Blue Heron 22
Tricolored Heron 6
Reddish Egret 1
Cattle Egret 200
Green Heron 20
Black-crowned Night-Heron 9
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 15
White Ibis 540
Wood Stork 1
Black Vulture 50
Turkey Vulture 620
Greater Flamingo 325
Osprey 27
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7
Cooper's Hawk 12
Red-shouldered Hawk 18
Broad-winged Hawk 11
Short-tailed Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 4
American Kestrel 53
Merlin 2
Common Moorhen 46
American Coot 72
Black-bellied Plover 69
Semipalmated Plover 9
Piping Plover 2
Killdeer 60
Spotted Sandpiper 14
Willet 1
Ruddy Turnstone 130
Sanderling 190
Least Sandpiper 14
Short-billed Dowitcher 2
Laughing Gull 2000
Ring-billed Gull 425
Herring Gull 48
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Caspian Tern 2
Forster's Tern 2
Royal Tern 189
Sandwich Tern 2
Black Skimmer 61
Rock Pigeon 2100
White-crowned Pigeon 3
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1680
White-winged Dove 44
Mourning Dove 950
Monk Parakeet 167
Green Parakeet 7
Mitred Parakeet 6
Blue-crowned Parakeet 4
White-eyed Parakeet 1
Aratinga sp. 41
Chestnut-fronted Macaw 18
White-winged Parakeet 12
Red-fronted Parakeet 4
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet 50
Orange-winged Parrot 2
Scaly-headed Parrot 7
Burrowing Owl 9
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 18
Belted Kingfisher 18
Red-bellied Woodpecker 105
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 17
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 31
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Loggerhead Shrike 26
Blue-headed Vireo 29
Blue Jay 217
Fish Crow 2050
Tree Swallow 13
House Wren 15
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 170
Gray Catbird 83
Northern Mockingbird 125
European Starling 1400
Common Myna 13
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Northern Parula 13
Magnolia Warbler 3
Cape May Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 240
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 11
Pine Warbler 100
Prairie Warbler 8
Palm Warbler 270
Black-and-white Warbler 10
American Redstart 8
Ovenbird 8
Northern Waterthrush 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 26
Savannah Sparrow 4
Grasshopper Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 65
Indigo Bunting 1
Painted Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle 360
Boat-tailed Grackle 730
Bronzed Cowbird 51
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Spot-breasted Oriole 7
Baltimore Oriole 3
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 100
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