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Posted by Alex Harper on 11:42:24 03/15/13
Ben Woodard of Pensacola and I birded the Miami area, as well as south Miami-Dade and Everglades National Park from 3/12-14. A close friend of mine, Ben came down to look for reptiles but has also recently picked up birding; virtually every species was a life bird for him. Excluding exotics that are not established, we had 131 species for the trip, with 117 of them being in or just outside of Everglades National Park. We had 17 shorebird species and 17 warbler species.
On 3/12, we took visiting birders, also visiting from the Pensacola area, out to look for exotics in the Miami Shores area, coming up with Common Mynas, Nanday, White-winged, Monk, and White-eyed Parakeets, and Chestnut-fronted Macaws before they headed off for the Thick-billed Vireo. We left for Everglades National Park, where we would camp at Long Pine Key for two nights. On the way, we stopped in Kendall around noon and found Egyptian Goose, Mitred Parakeet, and Hill Myna.
We spent Tuesday afternoon through most of Thursday in Everglades National Park and the Lucky Hammock area, visiting many locations more than once.
C-111 Canal: Red-tailed Hawk and VERMILION FLYCATCHER (female)
SR-9336 between C-111 canal and Aerojet Rd: Northern Bobwhite (just east of intersection with Aerojet Rd), TROPICAL KINGBIRD and Western Kingbird
Lucky Hammock: Short-tailed Hawk (four), Cave Swallow, ASH-THROATED and BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER, ORCHARD ORIOLE
Annex: Both yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpiper
Anhinga Trail: Purple Gallinule (two), Swallow-tailed Kite (one), Barred Owl, Carolina Wren
Research Rd: Swallow-tailed Kite, Short-tailed Hawk, Wilson s Snipe, Yellow-breasted Chat
Long Pine Key Campground: Barred Owl, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Eastern Towhee
Paurotis Pond: nesting Roseate Spoonbills
West Lake: Worm-eating and Black-throated Green Warbler, American Redstart
Snake Bight Trail: White-crowned Pigeon, Painted Bunting (including two males)
Mrazek Pond: Green-winged Teal, Roseate Spoonbill, White-crowned Pigeon, Louisiana Waterthrush
Eco Pond: Swallow-tailed Kite (one) Barn Owl (at dusk), Sedge Wren, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Painted Bunting
Flamingo Campground: many shorebirds included Semipalmated Sandpipers and Marbled Godwit
On 3/14, we left for Crandon Park on Key Biscayne to pick up a few coastal species and exotic lizards.
Crandon Park: Magnificent Frigatebird, Least Bittern ("zoo" area) Piping and Semipalmated Plovers, Lesser Black-backed Gull
Alex
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