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Posted by Paul Bithorn on 13:51:09 12/02/07
Our caravan then headed to Miami Springs to the Fair Havens Nursing Home (Rapoza pg. 99), where we immediately had two Yellow-chevroned Parakeets perched in an Australian Pine. A Spot-breasted Oriole was spotted on a nearby wire. Its neon orange head glowed in the afternoon sun.
Things were looking up, but the best was yet to come. While driving the neighborhood around the nursing home, one of the cars found the mother-lode. A flock of Aratingas, like Christmas ornaments dotting an Australian Pine, allowed us excellent scope views and several photographs. Species identified, included Green Parakeet, Crimson-fronted Parakeet, Red-fronted, Mitred, Red-Masked and White-eyed Parakeets with a tincture of Yellow-Chevroned Parakeets thrown in for good measure. Brian Rapoza's; Birding Florida has an excellent chart on pages 21 and 22 titled "Parrots of Miami", which list Species, Field Marks, Abundance in Miami, Locations, including Miami Springs, Miami Shores/Biscayne Gardens, South Miami/Kendall and Other Locations in Miami-Dade.
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