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Posted by Larry Manfredi on 09:54:59 10/08/05
In Reply to: Common Myna question posted by Kevin H
: Curious if anyone else thinks the Common Myna population is slowly making its way north or if I'm just noticing them more. It seems like I used to see them mostly down south -Homestead & Florida City area. Then I started noticing them in Coral Gables and Wynwood, then up off Biscayne and NE 79th and yesterday, all the way up off of NE 167th and Dixie Hwy. I'm sure they've been seen in the north part of the county before, it just seems like I see them more and more often, further north.
I saw what I believe were the first Common Mynas in Florida in 1982, they were already breeding at that time. They are now found from Key West to the south all the way north to almost Georga. I have seen them in Naples and they have been reported in Ft. Myers. Clewiston also has Common Mynas, these birds are well established and should be on the A.B.A. list, A.O.U. list and of course the Florida list. Most of the birds seem to found along the east coast of Florida.
Larry Manfredi
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