Tropical Audubon Society

South Florida’s Voice of Conservation

This morning, I led a group of 17 birders (ranging from experienced to first-timers) on a walk along the Ludlam Trail, from its southern terminus near Dadeland Station to just north of Miller Drive. Joining me today was TAS President Joe Barros, Diana Jaramillo from Friends of Ludlam Trail (FOLT) and Francois Ilias and his wife. Francois is a Vice President with Florida East Coast Industries (FECI), who is working with Friends of Ludlam Trail to open to the public this wonderful urban greenway. I'd like to thank both FOLT and FECI for making this walk possible; we look forward to many more bird walks along the trail in the future.

During the walk, I entered the following into eBird for this weekend's Great Backyard Bird Count:

1 Indian Peafowl
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Cattle Egret
45 White Ibis
1 Black Vulture
20 Turkey Vulture
1 Osprey
2 Cooper's Hawk
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
40 Ring-billed Gull
1 Rock Pigeon
6 Eurasian Collared-Dove
5 Mourning Dove
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
4 American Kestrel
5 Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
30 Mitred Parakeet
2 Eastern Phoebe
1 Loggerhead Shrike
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
1 Blue-headed Vireo
8 Blue Jay
12 Fish Crow
7 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
5 Gray Catbird
11 Northern Mockingbird
35 European Starling
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 American Redstart
4 Northern Parula
10 Palm Warbler
3 Pine Warbler
10 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Prairie Warbler
4 Northern Cardinal
1 Painted Bunting
6 Common Grackle