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Posted by Angel & Mariel on 15:13:20 05/05/09
In Reply to: Michigander in Miami posted by Bill
Bill, hope this info helps.
Spot-Breasted Orioles have been seen recently at the University of Miami. The area where the birds have been hanging out is located between Stanford Dr. and the Student Services Center, near Lake Osceola. If you do not see the Oriole there you can try looking in and around the Palms around campus, we have also seen them next to the library on the other side of the UM bookstore.
Here is a link to the sat. pic of the area to look for the SB Oriole and WW Parakeet. http://tropicalaudubon.org/tasboard/messages/28234.html
Bachman's Sparrows are year-round residents of pinelands with a saw palmetto understory, but are easiest to find when males are singing. Try the Kitching Creek Trail at Jonathan Dickinson State Park, in Martin County, or Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area, in Charlotte County. You can also try Three Lakes WMA if you have the time to travel.
Red-whiskered Bulbul - Red-whiskered Bulbuls are often seen in the neighborhood just north of Baptist Hospital on SW 88 Street (Kendall Drive), as well as in the native planting area at Kenwood Elementary (SW 79 Avenue, 0.2 miles north of Kendall Drive).
Snail Kite - Throughout the year but especially during winter, Snail Kites can be found on the north side of U.S. 41 (Tamiami Trail) near the Shark Valley section of Everglades National Park. Good vantage points are the parking lot of the Miccosukee Indian Restaurant (across from the Shark Valley entrance), and the abandoned airboat concession just across the road from the Everglades Tower Motel, a mile west of Shark Valley. Recently they have been observed roosting @ the Royal Palm/Anhinga Trail stop in ENP.
Good Luck and good birding.
Nature is Awesome
Angel & Mariel
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