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Posted by Brian Rapoza on 18:32:39 01/06/09
From the "better late than never" file, following are the results from the Miami CBC, held on December 20. A Seaside Sparrow on Virginia Key was a count first. Other unusual species included a Wood Duck in Miami Shores and a Common Tern on Miami Beach. New high totals were recorded for Black Vulture, Cooper's Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Pine, Prairie and Black-and-white Warbler and American Redstart.
The totals:
Egyptian Goose, 37
Canada Goose (feral), 3
Muscovy Duck, 330
Wood Duck, 1
Mallard (feral), 52
Mottled Duck, 6
Ring-necked Duck, 3
Red-breasted Merganser, 13
Pied-billed Grebe, 39
Northern Gannet, 9
Brown Pelican, 260
Double-crested Cormorant, 1000
Anhinga, 19
Magnificent Frigatebird, 8
Great Blue Heron, 75
Great Egret, 62
Snowy Egret, 12
Little Blue Heron, 36
Tricolored Heron, 16
Reddish Egret, 1
Cattle Egret, 200
Green Heron, 30
Black-crowned Night-Heron, 22
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, 13
White Ibis, 1100
Wood Stork, 6
Black Vulture, 270
Turkey Vulture, 1200
American Flamingo (Hialeah Park), 210
Osprey, 29
Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1
Cooper's Hawk, 22
Red-shouldered Hawk, 15
Broad-winged Hawk, 2
Short-tailed Hawk, 4
Red-tailed Hawk, 4
American Kestrel, 70
Merlin, 5
Peregrine Falcon, 8
Common Moorhen, 63
American Coot, 114
Black-bellied Plover, 112
Semipalmated Plover, 11
Killdeer, 115
Spotted Sandpiper, 7
Greater Yellowlegs, 1
Willet, 1
Ruddy Turnstone, 130
Sanderling, 100
Wilson's Snipe, 1
Laughing Gull, 2500
Ring-billed Gull, 800
Herring Gull, 45
Lesser Black-backed Gull, 8
Great Black-backed Gull, 6
Caspian Tern, 2
Common Tern, 1
Royal Tern, 175
Sandwich Tern, 2
Black Skimmer, 250
Rock Pigeon, 2000
White-crowned Pigeon, 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove, 1100
White-winged Dove, 50
Mourning Dove, 400
Common Ground-Dove, 6
Monk Parakeet, 110
Red-masked Parakeet, 10
Mitred Parakeet, 130
Scarlet-fronted Parakeet, 15
White-eyed Parakeet, 7
Black-hooded Parakeet, 2
Chestnut-fronted Macaw, 2
Blue-and-yellow Macaw, 1
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, 24
Red-crowned Parrot, 1
Orange-winged Parrot, 2
Eastern Screech-Owl, 4
Burrowing Owl, 8
Chuck-will's-widow, 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 12
Belted Kingfisher, 14
Red-bellied Woodpecker, 82
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 12
Downy Woodpecker, 2
Northern Flicker, 2
Eastern Phoebe, 18
Great Crested Flycatcher, 1
Loggerhead Shrike, 31
Yellow-throated Vireo, 2
Blue-headed Vireo, 18
Blue Jay, 120
Fish Crow, 1800
Tree Swallow, 3
House Wren, 9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 220
Gray Catbird, 40
Northern Mockingbird, 150
European Starling, 2000
Common Myna, 13
Northern Parula, 9
Black-throated Blue Warbler, 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler, 125
Black-throated Green Warbler, 2
Yellow-throated Warbler, 13
Pine Warbler, 110
Prairie Warbler, 27
Palm Warbler, 350
Black-and-white Warbler, 20
American Redstart, 14
Ovenbird, 4
Northern Waterthrush (count week)
Common Yellowthroat, 27
Summer Tanager, 2
Savannah Sparrow, 8
Grasshopper Sparrow, 2
Seaside Sparrow, 1
Northern Cardinal, 40
Painted Bunting, 3
Red-winged Blackbird, 11
Eastern Meadowlark, 22
Common Grackle, 200
Boat-tailed Grackle, 1100
Bronzed Cowbird, 5
American Goldfinch, 3
House Sparrow, 120
Thanks to the following for their assistance with this count:
Angel Abreu
Mariel Abreu
Joe Barros
Paul Bithorn
Rick Blanchett
Bill Boeringer
John Boyd
Kathy Burkhart
Madeline Cowen
Robin Diaz
Edith Einspruch
Perry Elbadramie
Roxanne Featherly
Nancy Freedman
Debbie Jones
Greg Jones
Jim Kushlan
Eva Matthews
Kari Oeltjen
Dennis Olle
Alice Pace
Bob Pace
Jeanette Rawls
Jocelyn Robinson
Margee Ryder
Carlos Sanchez
Frank Shufelt
Magdalena Shufelt
James Sigsbee
Sherry Simon
Dan Smith
Ellen Snow
Todd Snow
Bertha Vazquez
Richard Wallace
Wendy Wallace
Jeff Weber
Larissa Weinstein
Mickey Wheeler
Bob Whitcomb
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