Kendall CBC summary


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Posted by Bill Boeringer on 21:34:36 01/10/13

The Kendall CBC was held on December 22, 2012. Participants enjoyed great birding weather and a fun day in the field. A total of 141 species were found (a new Count record); we also had 10 species of exotics. In addition, there were 7 Count Week species and 2 Count Week exotics. Another potential Count Week bird, Neotropic Cormorant, is under review. On the minus side, we missed Great Crested Flycatcher and Brown Thrasher on Count Day....

New additions to the Count were Black Scoter, Northern Gannet (CW), King Rail, Sora, Rufous/Allen s Hummingbird, Red-headed Woodpecker, and Blue-winged Warbler (CW), 

The 5 most common birds seen were, in order, Laughing Gull, Turkey Vulture, Starling, White Ibis, and Common Grackle. Our overall numbers were comparable to prior counts, although warbler numbers overall were the highest ever for almost every species seen.

We were very pleased to have the participation of the Miami-Dade College Environmental Center (Jake Tucker), The Deering Estate (Chris Sanchez), and Zoo Miami, all of whom made special arrangements to allow birders access to the properties without cost and outside normal operating hours. In particular, I d like to thank Dr. Frank Ridgley and Tedor Whitman at ZooMiami, who not only provided access but enlisted volunteers to count birds both at the Zoo and at neighboring Larry and Penny Thompson Park. On a personal note, thanks, Alex Paez at Zoo Miami for the great day!



My sincere thanks to ALL the participants, whose efforts are always appreciated: 

Team Matheson (Jeff Weber, Joe Barros) 

Team Deering (Chris Sanchez, Roxanne Featherly, Jeanette Rawls)

Team Black Point (Roberto Torres, Trey Mitchell) 

Team Barnes (Carlos Sanchez, Robin Diaz, Paul Bithorn, Alex Harper, Terry Baltimore) 

Team Kendall (Steven Paez, Brian Rapoza)
Team Zoo Miami (Dr. Frank Ridgley, Tedor Whitman, Alex Paez, Mike Perez, Megan Dunn, Ezequiel Bugallo, Terry Casanova, Lissete Casanova, Leah Miller, Dolora Batchelor, Mary Rose, Claudia Steadman, Stephanie Casanova, Christian Deane, Larry Hembee, Nancy Hembee, Julie Lindenmayer, Jessica Klumb, Kresimir Golenja, Christine Miller)
Also thanks to Marshall Iliff, and to Daria Feinstein for her Macaw contributions. 



And now, the Count:


Muscovy Duck 254

American Wigeon 6 

Mallard 15 

Mottled Duck 45 

Blue-winged Teal 32
Gadwall 3

Ring-necked Duck 55
Lesser Scaup 3
Black Scoter 1

Red-breasted Merganser 15
Common Loon 1

Pied-billed Grebe 63
Horned Grebe 1
Northern Gannet CW

American White Pelican 31

Brown Pelican 54 

Double-crested Cormorant 256 

Anhinga 23 

Great Blue Heron 40 

Great Blue Heron (white form) 1 

Great Egret 47 

Snowy Egret 17

Little Blue Heron 14 

Tricolored Heron 11 

Cattle Egret 81 

Green Heron 4 

Black-crowned Night Heron 7
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 1

White Ibis 1,823 

Glossy Ibis18
Roseate Spoonbill 6

Wood Stork 44 

Black Vulture 562 

Turkey Vulture 2,345 

Osprey 14

Bald Eagle 3 

Northern Harrier 3

Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 

Cooper's Hawk 14 

Red-shouldered Hawk 13 

Broad-winged Hawk 5 

Short-tailed Hawk 6

Red-tailed Hawk 5 

American Kestrel 27 

Merlin 4
Peregrine Falcon 1
King Rail 1
Sora 1

Common Gallinule 85

American Coot 851 

Semipalmated Plover 14

Killdeer 55
American Avocet 4 

Greater Yellowlegs 9

Lesser Yellowlegs 9
Spotted Sandpiper 6
Ruddy Turnstone 21

Least Sandpiper 17

Long-billed Dowitcher 100
Wilson s Snipe 2 

Laughing Gull 2,464 

Bonaparte's Gull 23 

Ring-billed Gull 506 

Herring Gull 16
Lesser Black-backed Gull 13
jaeger sp. CW

Royal Tern 35
Caspian Tern 1
Forster s Tern 3 

Rock Pigeon 380 

White-crowned Pigeon 8

Eurasian Collared Dove 228
White-winged Dove 8

Mourning Dove 198 

Common Ground-Dove 3 

Monk Parakeet 48
Nanday Parakeet 4 

Barn Owl 2 

Eastern Screech Owl 11
Great Horned Owl 1
Burrowing Owl 2
Chuck-will s-widow CW
Whip-poor-will CW
Lesser Nighthawk 1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 45
Rufous/Allen s Hummingbird 1

Belted Kingfisher 9
Red-headed Woodpecker 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker 41

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8
Downy Woodpecker 8

Northern Flicker 1

Pileated Woodpecker 1 

Eastern Phoebe 33

Great Crested Flycatcher CW
Western Kingbird 1

Loggerhead Shrike 30 

White-eyed Vireo 7
Bell s Vireo 1

Yellow-throated Vireo 3
Blue-headed Vireo 7

Blue Jay 76

Fish Crow 315
Cave Swallow 22

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2

House Wren 2
Red-whiskered Bulbul 12

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 204
American Robin 2 

Gray Catbird 65 

Northern Mockingbird 95

Brown Thrasher CW 

European Starling 1,904

Common Myna 7
Blue-winged Warbler CW

Orange-crowned Warbler 6
Nashville Warbler 1

Northern Parula 26 

Magnolia Warbler 2
Cape May Warbler 3 

Black-throated Blue Warbler 4

Yellow-rumped Warbler 208 

Black-throated Green Warbler 3 

Yellow-throated Warbler 14

Pine Warbler 74 

Prairie Warbler 37 

Palm Warbler 284 

Black & White Warbler 17

American Redstart 7
Worm-eating Warbler 1

Ovenbird 8
Northern Waterthrush 3

Common Yellowthroat 17
Wilson s Warbler 1

Summer Tanager 2

Eastern Towhee 2 

Grasshopper Sparrow
 1
Northern Cardinal 40
Indigo Bunting CW 

Painted Bunting 27 

Red-winged Blackbird 451

Common Grackle 1,534 

Boat-tailed Grackle 697 

Brown-headed Cowbird 160 

Bronzed Cowbird 24
Baltimore Oriole 1

Spot-breasted Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 50
House Finch 3

House Sparrow 55 



Mute Swan 2
Egyptian Goose 19

Swan Goose 13
Mandarin Duck 2

Common Peafowl 14

Mitred Parakeet 243 

Red-masked Parakeet 114 

Blue-and-Yellow Macaw 12 

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet 23

Orange-winged Parrot CW 

Hill Myna 3

Nutmeg Mannikin CW



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