Posted by Brian Rapoza on February 23, 2020 at 15:32:30
Eighteen birders joined Paul Bithorn and me for Tropical Audubon's annual exotics tour. Though we experienced intermittent rain throughout the day, we still managed to find nineteen of Miami's introduced birds. Other nice birds seen along the way included Short-tailed Hawk, Peregrine Falcon and Cedar Waxwing. Following are the exotic species seen and where they were seen: Egyptian Goose - Hampton Inn Dadeland, Pine Wood Park, Baptist Hospital, Miami Springs Golf Course, Coral Gables Wayside Park Muscovy Duck - Along US 1, Baptist Hospital, Miami Springs Indian Peafowl - South Miami Gray-headed Swamphen - Dolphin Mall Rock Pigeon - Shorty's BBQ Eurasian Collared-Dove - throughout Monk Parakeet - Pine Woods Park, Virginia Gardens, Miami Springs Scarlet-fronted Parakeet - Miami Springs Crimson-fronted Parakeet - Miami Springs Mitred Parakeet - Miami Springs Blue-and-yellow Macaw - nine at Gables Estates (thanks, as always, to Daria Feinstein for opening her "macaw sanctuary" to us!) Yellow-chevroned Parakeet - Matheson Hammock Park Orange-winged Parrot - Doc Thomas House (seen by a couple of participants at the end of our tour) Red-whiskered Bulbul - neighborhood north of Baptist Hospital European Starling - throughout Common Myna - Central Shopping Plaza Common Hill Myna - Matheson Hammock Park Spot-breasted Oriole - Pine Woods Park (thanks to special guest leader Bill Boeringer for locating these birds!) House Sparrow - Shorty's BBQ