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Posted by John Boyd on 20:20:24 10/16/04
Our TAS south Dade birding trip today was a big success, with 105 species (including 18 warblers) found by the group. Considering that all the birds were seen in Miami-Dade county south of SW 216th St. this is a remarkable total. It reflects the rain-driven fallout on Friday and last night's passage of the cold front.
I personally missed 5 of the group birds, but still made the century mark.
After ticking the Common Myna at Burger King, we went to Lucky Hammock, where we found many warblers including Golden-winged, an assortment of flycatchers (Pewee, Phoebe, Least, Acadian, Great Crested), Bobolinks, Sandhill Crane, and many other birds.
A stop at Coe Visitor's Center added Philadelphia Vireo, Chimney Swift, and 3 species of Swallow (N. Rough-winged, Bank, Barn).
Royal Palm was active too (and the mosquitos on the old Ingraham highway especially so), but most of the birds were the same. Highlights included a Bald Eagle and Scarlet Tanager. We heard a report of a Western Tanager, but were unable to find it.
We went to Castellow Hammock for lunch and more birding. While eating lunch we added BT Green and RT Hummer. Castellow seemed to be the home of the Tennessee Warbler. They were everywhere there. At least 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks were present, and we found a Blackburnian before leaving.
Most of the group gave up (or went to Barnes) at this point, but Nancy, Alex, and I continued to Dump Marsh and Black Point. We added a number of expected birds, found a surprising RB Grosbeak next to Dump Marsh, and headed to Black Point to insure our 100 species. We were not denied. Highlights included a (northern) Yellow Warbler found as we returned from the jetty and a Yellow-crowned Night Heron near the car. Muscovy Duck and Wood Stork next to the sewage treatment plant provided our final species.
I went to Barnes to look for some of the more interesting birds seen there (and in search of 20+ warblers), but it had quited down by the time I got there. Worm-eating was my 19th warbler of the day.
The list (south Dade only):
Muscovy Duck
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron (and Great White)
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk (dark morph)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Common Moorhen
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Royal Tern
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Common Myna
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
House Sparrow
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