Posted by Brian Rapoza on January 02, 2018 at 19:03:16
Fifty-seven birders participated I the Miami-Dade CBC on December 16. A total of 14,742 individuals of 139 species (13 non-ABA countable) were tallied. A first fall male Rose-breasted Grosbeak, photographed at Sewell Park, was a count first. Other unusual species this year included the much-reported White-cheeked Pintail (Virginia Key), a Cory’s Shearwater, twelve Brown Booby and a Pomarine Jaeger (all offshore), a Nashville Warbler (Greynold’s Park) and a male Dickcissel (Graceland Cemetery). New high counts included Indian Peafowl (24), Brown Booby (12), Black Vulture (325) and Summer Tanager (5). Pileated Woodpecker and Ruby-crowned Kinglet were reported during count week only, both seen at Greynold’s Park. Here’s the full list: Swan Goose-3 Graylag Goose-6 Egyptian Goose-56 Muscovy Duck-164 Mallard-9 Mottled Duck-32 Mallard/Mottled Duck-2 Blue-winged Teal-14 White-cheeked Pintail-1 Ring-necked Duck-6 Lesser Scaup-2 Red-breasted Merganser-17 Helmeted Guineafowl (domestic type)-15 Indian Peafowl-24 Common Loon-1 Pied-billed Grebe-22 Horned Grebe-2 American Flamingo (Hialeah Park flock)-204 Cory's Shearwater-1 Wood Stork-5 Magnificent Frigatebird-13 Brown Booby-12 Northern Gannet-128 Double-crested Cormorant-700 Anhinga-13 Brown Pelican-300 Great Blue Heron-58 Great Egret-39 Snowy Egret-15 Little Blue Heron-26 Tricolored Heron-8 Reddish Egret-2 Cattle Egret-80 Green Heron-12 Black-crowned Night-Heron-25 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron-18 White Ibis-750 Black Vulture-325 Turkey Vulture-900 Osprey-43 Sharp-shinned Hawk-2 Cooper's Hawk-13 Red-shouldered Hawk-4 Broad-winged Hawk-1 Short-tailed Hawk-7 Red-tailed Hawk-3 Common Gallinule-53 American Coot-93 Black-bellied Plover-230 Semipalmated Plover-8 Killdeer-86 Spotted Sandpiper-13 Greater Yellowlegs-2 Willet-1 Ruddy Turnstone-72 Sanderling-50 Dunlin-1 Least Sandpiper-5 Short-billed Dowitcher-37 Pomarine Jaeger-1 Laughing Gull-1850 Ring-billed Gull-200 Herring Gull-22 Lesser Black-backed Gull-11 Great Black-backed Gull-6 Forster's Tern-3 Royal Tern-200 Sandwich Tern-5 Black Skimmer-13 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)-1100 White-crowned Pigeon-1 Eurasian Collared-Dove-425 Common Ground-Dove-7 White-winged Dove-16 Mourning Dove-150 Eastern Screech-Owl-2 Eastern Whip-poor-will-1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird-4 Belted Kingfisher-21 Red-bellied Woodpecker-94 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-19 Downy Woodpecker-4 Pileated Woodpecker (count week) American Kestrel-36 Peregrine Falcon-4 Monk Parakeet-11 White-winged Parakeet-11 Yellow-chevroned Parakeet-66 Orange-winged Parrot-22 Chestnut-fronted Macaw-2 Blue-crowned Parakeet-4 Green Parakeet-1 Crimson-fronted Parakeet-28 Mitred Parakeet-10 Red-masked Parakeet-4 White-eyed Parakeet-50 Eastern Phoebe-25 Great Crested Flycatcher-1 Loggerhead Shrike-23 White-eyed Vireo-2 Yellow-throated Vireo-5 Blue-headed Vireo-8 Blue Jay-120 Fish Crow-1850 Tree Swallow-3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-160 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (count week) Gray Catbird-35 Northern Mockingbird-180 European Starling-1350 Common Myna-15 Ovenbird-6 Northern Waterthrush-1 Black-and-white Warbler-15 Orange-crowned Warbler-2 Nashville Warbler-1 Common Yellowthroat-13 American Redstart-16 Cape May Warbler-6 Northern Parula-51 Magnolia Warbler-3 Black-throated Blue Warbler-10 Palm Warbler-340 Pine Warbler-10 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)-190 Yellow-throated Warbler-17 Prairie Warbler-23 Black-throated Green Warbler-1 Summer Tanager-5 Northern Cardinal-47 Rose-breasted Grosbeak-1 Painted Bunting-10 Dickcissel-1 Common Grackle-420 Boat-tailed Grackle-400 Bronzed Cowbird-7 Spot-breasted Oriole-7 Baltimore Oriole-3 American Goldfinch-1 House Sparrow-220 Thanks to the following for their participation in this year’s count: Ardila, Eliana Avello, Miriam Balladares, Antonio Barros, Joe Bergstrom, Meredith Bithorn, Paul Boeringer, Bill Boyd, John Canu, John Clancy, Erin Copi, Alejandro de Mello Bueno, Leticia Diaz, Robin Einspruch, Edith Enchenmair, Alison Frade, Noah Freedman, Nancy Gles, Luis Golden, Elizabeth Hines, Kiersten Jones, Debbie Jones, Greg Jones, James King, Jim Kramer, Marc Kushlan, James Lima, Ana Marain, Jeff Molfetto, Donna Olle, Dennis Pace, Alice Pace, Robert Paez, Omar Paez, Stephen Pappas, Gary Pena, Arianna Quetglas, Facel Rawls, Jeanette Rivero, Lulo Runyon, Shane Salino, Nicola Salvato, Holly Salvato, Mark Sigsbee, Jim Smith, Andrew Steinberg, Alan Steinberg, Sue Torres, Roberto Vazquez, Bertha Vignes, Kirsten Wales, Eva Wales, Justin Weber, Jeff Wheeler, Mickey Whitcomb, Bob Wiley, Ann Zequeira, Otto