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    January 1st joint Birdforum list (2019 edition)

    Here is my day list for Team USA, from Miami, Florida: Egyptian Goose Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Mottled Duck Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Pied-billed Grebe Rock Pigeon White-crowned Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove Common Ground-Dove Mourning Dove Eastern Whip-poor-will...
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    January 1st joint Birdforum list (2018 edition)

    My day list from Miami, Florida, USA: Egyptian Goose Mottled Duck Ring-necked Duck Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Anhinga Brown Pelican Great Blue Heron Great Egret Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Cattle Egret Green Heron Yellow-crowned Night-Heron White Ibis Black Vulture Turkey...
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    Newbie Birder FLORIDA question

    Snow Buntings in South Florida...? March, April, and May are transitional with many species coming and going during that time. March is still pretty much 'winter' birding, although most migratory ducks will be pushing out by then (not that we get that many down here). Swallow-tailed Kites...
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    Bird watching in March or April in Florida

    Miami offers very good birding in March and April. If you arrive in March, many warbler species will not have departed yet to their breeding grounds. If you arrive in April, you lose some of the warbler diversity but gain a few summer migrants such as Black-whiskered Vireo and Gray Kingbird...
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    January 1st joint Birdforum list (2017 edition)

    Red-crowned Parrot is ABA-countable in Southern California. There might be more of them there than in their native Mexico, sadly.
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    January 1st joint Birdforum list (2017 edition)

    My day list from urban Miami, Florida for team USA (96 species): Egyptian Goose Mottled Duck Ring-necked Duck Pied-billed Grebe Magnificent Frigatebird Double-crested Cormorant Anhinga Brown Pelican Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Cattle Egret Green...
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    January 1st joint Birdforum list (2017 edition)

    I'll contribute a helping of South Florida birds.
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    2016 - World Yearlist Record Attempt

    Not bonus species... he is coming back to Miami on Monday. He just wanted to avoid going through a day without adding new species, but all the species he added on the layover are ones we are highly likely to see again when he comes back shortly.
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    2016 - World Yearlist Record Attempt

    No pelagics planned for Florida. His USA trip is fairly short, covering only peninsular Florida (2.5 days), northern Minnesota (1 day), New Mexico, and California. We will do our best!
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    2016 - World Yearlist Record Attempt

    Hi all: I am handling the 2.5 days he will have in Florida. He has done a very good job in Mexico, but a lot of his pick-ups there overlap with the USA possibilities. I watched the pool of possibilities for Florida shrink pretty rapidly at some of his Mexican sites.
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    Seagull with orange legs and beak

    There is a Laughing Gull at Matheson Hammock with a pink bill and legs -- has been there for years. There are aberrant ones out there!
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    What species to learn for trip to Southampton Florida

    Make sure to brush up on fall warblers! The first week of November is still a good time to see a variety of warbler species in South Florida (especially the suburban parks in Miami and Everglades NP). Common warbler species include Northern Parula, Prairie Warbler, Palm Warbler, Pine Warbler...
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    South Florida - mockingbird sized bird with white on face?

    Eastern Kingbird. No doubt.
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    Florida Early August

    Niels: Spot-breasted Oriole has not been present at the University of Miami for several years now...
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    Peaceful Waters -what caused this?

    It's all part of the water management of the site. A lot of shorebirds are currently migrating through the area, and the site was previously too wet with too much deep water. Shorebirds like open mud, and Peaceful Waters was attracting them by the hundreds with the extra low water levels! The...
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    ABA Big Year 2016

    Paul: The reports from Miami-Dade all represent recent escapes. There was never any population of Budgerigar in South Florida. The former Florida population was in Central Florida.
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    Restricted range species - how to list?

    You can always use the target species function, which can list all the birds recorded in a country/state that you still need for your life list.
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    Birding around a Disney holiday - Apr 2017

    Hello Mal: I have birded sites around Disney but not Disney itself. I think you should be able to see some nice birds in the Orlando area, regardless! Have fun with it.
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    Birding around a Disney holiday - Apr 2017

    I believe Ruby-throated Hummingbird breeds fairly reliably at the Mead Botanical Gardens in Orlando.
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    ABA Big Year 2016

    Redwing in New Hampshire...
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    Owls in the Everglades

    Hi: Barred Owls, as you stated, are relatively common in Everglades NP -- especially in mangrove forest and tropical hardwood hammock. Great Horned Owl is reasonably common in pineland areas, particularly along Research Road and Long Pine Key Campground. The grassy areas at the end of research...
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    Rare birds in Florida?

    Hi Natalie: That is a difficult question -- there are over 500 bird species on the state list. Even experienced birders in Florida are adding birds to their state lists after decades of birding here. There are many birds which are common elsewhere in the country which are rarely recorded in...
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    Turkey vulture facial disease? Everglades, FL, USA, January

    This looks like a perfectly healthy, perfectly normal Turkey Vulture.
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    ABA Big Year 2016

    The Green-breasted Mango was not a legitimate sighting. Have already seen the photos. A shame. But there is a pair of Smooth-billed Ani now.
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    warbler colors

    Hi lmans: It depends on the species. Birds like Yellow-rumped, Palm, Cape May, and Magnolia will be washed out compared to their spring equivalents. American Redstart, Prairie, Black-throated Blue, Worm-eating, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, and others always look the same. Remember, all the...
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