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Posted by Finally, a good bird on 12:44:03 02/13/08
I am a visiting birder from Michigan and observed a Bananaquit yesterday and today in Hollywood in a residential area just off the intercoastal. It is an active bird and easiest to track by its call note which it gives almost continually when it is in view. The call is warbler-like, not unlike a Palm, except it has a unique and distinct metallic quality. I have observed
the Bananaquit twice in the same yard (house address 1050) --otherwise it has been in two other yards along the same street. The location of the bird is:
N. Southlake Drive between S 10 & S 11 Ave.
I have seen the bird in the yard (at or near the road) of houses 1050, 1023 (on the telephone line), and 1045 -- all are along the same block. I have only seen the bird in the morning though yesterday afternoon there were high winds and rain. This morning I only saw the bird for approximately 10
minutes as it flew between house 1050 & 1045 and then disappeared.
Not sure if this is of interest but there is also a male Painted Bunting in the same general area and at a feeder on the next block just to the west.
Hope this is helpful -
Joe Kaplan
If anyone hasn't seen one before, go see it! This is a great bird, although they are a plague in the islands. No, it will probably NOT show up in YOUR backyard!
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