Posted by Brian Rapoza on February 03, 2019 at 02:25:54
Nineteen birders joined Paul Bithorn and me for today's Miami Exotics tour. By tour's end, our exotics list included the following: Domestic Goose Egyptian Goose Muscovy Duck Common Peafowl Gray-headed Swamphen Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove White-winged Dove Monk Parakeet Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Crimson-fronted Parakeet Green Parakeet Mitred Parakeet White-eyed Parakeet White-winged Parakeet Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Orange-winged Parrot Red-whiskered Bulbul European Starling Common Myna House Sparrow Scaly-breasted Munia Native species encountered during our search for exotics included: Anhinga American Bittern Great Egret Green Heron White Ibis Wood Stork Turkey Vulture Osprey Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Short-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Common Gallinule American Coot Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove Ruby-throated Hummingbird Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Loggerhead Shrike White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Blue Jay Fish Crow Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Northern Mockingbird Northern Parula Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Northern Cardinal Common Grackle Boat-tailed Grackle American Goldfinch