Posted by Paul Bithorn on May 09, 2004 at 12:01:37:
Highlights of the North American Migration Count in Miami Springs & Virginia Gardens were two Black-necked Stilts,a Solitary Sandpiper and a Mottled Duck feeding in the pond in front of the Curtiss Mansion on Deer Run, two Spot-breasted Orioles, a Bronzed Cowbird on Bluebird Avenue under a martin house on Horseshoe Lake between Lenape and Hammond Drives, and 9 species of psittacids.
The following 35 species with 326 individuals were seen:
Pied-billed Grebe (1)
Green Heron (1)
White Ibis (20)
Mottled Duck (1)
Mallard (feral)(3)
Muscovy (48)
Common Moorhen (6)
Kildeer (2)
Black-necked Stilt (2)
Solitary Sandpiper (1)
Rock Pigeon (22)
Eurasian Collared Dove (30)
White-winged Dove (7)
Mourning Dove (47)
Monk Parakeet (14)
Mitred Parakeet (5)
Dusky-headed Parakeet (6)
White-eyed Parakeet (4)
Green Parakeet (2)
Red-fronted Parakeet (1)
Crimson-fronted Parakeet (1)
Yellow-crowned Parrot (1)
Red-crowned Parrot (1)
Chimney Swift (5)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (2)
Gray Kingbird (2)
Purple Martin (9)
Blue Jay (17)
Northern Mockingbird (21)
Northern Cardinal (2)
Boat-tailed Grackle (16)
Common Grackle (19)
Bronzed Cowbird (1)
Spot-breasted Oriole (2)
House Sparrow(6)
Life is good..............