South Dade Birding - 10/18

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: Saturday's trip around South Dade produced a nice assortment of birds, many raptors putting on great shows, but no sign of Babs lurking in the underbrush (there was one unconfirmed Babs sighting atop of mount trashmore, reportedly eating watermelon, but once we got the scopes out, only the partially eaten watermelon could be positively identified). Over the course of the day the group covered Lucky Hammock, the Annex, Castellow Hammock, and the Dump Marsh. Due to a passing cold front early in the morning, we were treated to a wonderful raptor flight, a solid landbird day and lots of beautiful weather. Highlights were wonderful looks at both dark and light morph Swainson’s and Short-tailed Hawks, at least two Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Rufous Hummingbirds, and truckloads of Painted and Indigo Buntings. What a fun day with some great birders! Thanks to John Boyd for being the dedicated lister, here’s the list: : Pied-billed Grebe : Anhinga : Magnificent Frigatebird : Great Blue Heron : Great Egret : Snowy Egret : Little Blue Heron : Tricolored Heron : Cattle Egret : Green Heron : White Ibis : Glossy Ibis : Black Vulture : Turkey Vulture : Mottled Duck : Ring-necked Duck : Osprey : Bald Eagle : Northern Harrier : Sharp-shinned Hawk : Red-shouldered Hawk : Broad-winged Hawk (ca. 100?) : Short-tailed Hawk : Swainson's Hawk (7-8?) : Red-tailed Hawk (dark morph) : American Kestrel : Peregrine Falcon : American Coot : Killdeer : Greater Yellowlegs : Lesser Yellowlegs : Laughing Gull : Ring-billed Gull : Herring Gull : medium Tern sp. : Rock Dove : Eurasian Collared-Dove : White-winged Dove : Mourning Dove : Common Ground-Dove : Monk Parakeet : Ruby-throated Hummingbird : Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird : Belted Kingfisher : Red-bellied Woodpecker : Northern Flicker : Eastern Phoebe : Great Crested Flycatcher : Loggerhead Shrike : White-eyed Vireo : Red-eyed Vireo : Blue Jay : American Crow : Barn Swallow : House Wren : Blue-gray Gnatcatcher : Gray Catbird : Northern Mockingbird : Brown Thrasher : European Starling : Common Myna : Northern Parula : Magnolia Warbler : Cape May Warbler : Black-throated Blue Warbler : Blackburnian Warbler : Yellow-throated Warbler : Prairie Warbler : Palm Warbler : American Redstart : Ovenbird : Common Yellowthroat : Summer Tanager : Northern Cardinal : Rose-breasted Grosbeak : Indigo Bunting : Painted Bunting : Red-winged Blackbird : Common Grackle : Boat-tailed Grackle : Cowbird sp. : House Sparrow

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