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Posted by Carlos Sanchez on 18:50:33 09/26/08
This morning, I went to extreme southern Miami-Dade first thing in the morning to do some birding before class. I stayed at the C-111E Canal from 7:20am to 8:55am. The first thing I noticed when I arrived was the massive numbers of Common Yellowthroats flowing across the street away from the strip of hammock. There must have been hundreds of them! It was a fast moving swarm, and I tried to focus my binoculars on as many individuals as I could to pick out any other birds. Here's the final migrant count for the C-111E:
American Kestrel
Eastern Kingbird (2)
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (4)
Tennessee Warbler
Northern Parula (4)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (3)
Prairie Warbler (13)
Palm Warbler (7) FOTS
Magnolia Warbler
Hooded Warbler (1 male)
American Redstart (13)
Common Yellowthroat (55)
Ovenbird (3)
A quick stop at the Annex afterwards was no where near as productive. Amazing how just a couple miles away, there is a huge movement of warblers while another location down the road is quiet! Singles a few common warblers. The most notable bird here was an early Gray Catbird.
Northern Harrier
Great Crested Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo
Gray Catbird FOTS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (3)
American Redstart
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat (a lonely female)
Carlos
p.s. I heard the bugling calls of Sandhill Crane off in the distance while birding C-111E.
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