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Bird Festival at Fairchild Miami Exotics Tour, 9/29
Twelve birders joined Paul Bithorn and me for today's Miami Exotics tour, which kicked off this weekend's Bird Festival at Fairchild. We visited the following locations during the tour:
Matheson Hammock Park
Gables Estates
Fuch's Park
Shorty's BBQ
Kings Creek
Baptist Hospital
Church at SW 104 Street/SW 82 Avenue
A D Barnes Park
Dolphin Mall
Ocean Bank on SW 42 Avenue
Central Shopping Plaza
Miami Springs
Virginia Gardens
Following are the 17 exotics we tallied during the day:
Swan Goose
Graylag Goose
Egyptian Goose
Muscovy Duck
Gray-headed Swamphen
Rock Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Monk Parakeet
Mitred Parakeet
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
Red-whiskered Bulbul
European Starling
Common Myna
Spot-breasted Oriole
House Sparrow
At Gables Estates, we found a flycatcher that appeared to be a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. At least one participant obtained photographs, which hopefully can be used to confirm the bird's identity. Other birds seen during the tour:
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
White Ibis
Osprey
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Common Gallinule
Laughing Gull
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Swainson's Thrush
Northern Mockingbird
Ovenbird
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler (at Dolphin Mall)
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
American Redstart
Black-and-white Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
Common Crackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Comments
Thank you, Brian and Paul, for a very enjoyable and successful day!
Any developments on the ID of the possible Yellow-bellied Flycatcher?
Photos were inconclusive. We're now thinking it may have been a very yellow Acadian.
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