Tropical Audubon Society

South Florida’s Voice of Conservation

Kendale Lakes Park was full of birds this morning. They were mostly hanging around the multiple strangler figs with ripe fruit scattered throughout the park. Jack Crittenden and Jeannette Alvarez joined me a few minutes after I arrived, and we searched the park for well over an hour. Numbers below:

Common Nighthawk: 5, including flyovers and perched individuals
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher: flyover
Yellow-throated Vireo: 2
Red-eyed Vireo: 15
Barn Swallow: 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 9
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Northern Parula: 5
Blackburnian Warbler: 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler: 2
Yellow-throated Warbler: 3
Prairie Warbler: 10
Summer Tanager: 3
Baltimore Oriole: 3

A little later, I briefly visited Kendall Indian Hammocks Park where I had:

Red-eyed Vireo: 11
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 20
Ovenbird: 3
Worm-eating Warbler: 2
Black-and-white Warbler: 5
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula: 9
Black-throated Blue Warbler: 3
Yellow-throated Warbler: 2
Prairie Warbler: 18

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