Tropical Audubon Society

South Florida’s Voice of Conservation

During yesterday's Miami-Dade County Christmas Bird Count, birders had to deal with winds that blew steadily at 20-25 mph, making it difficult to find the birds. On Miami Beach, I managed to find the following 54 species:
Muscovy Duck-17
Common Loon -1
Pied-billed Grebe--3
Northern Gannet-1
Brown Pelican-57
Double-crested Cormorant-210
Magnificent Frigatebird-7
Great Blue Heron-4
Great Egret-5
Snowy Egret-1
Little Blue Heron-1
Tricolored Heron-1
Green Heron-2
Black-crowned Night-Heron-2
White Ibis-10
Black Vulture-1
Turkey Vulture-20
Osprey-1
Red-shouldered Hawk-1
Common Gallinule-4
American Coot-2
Black-bellied Plover-150
Ruddy Turnstone-1
Sanderling-104
Laughing Gull-370
Rin-billed Gull-20
Herring Gull-1
Lesser Black-backed Gull-1
Forster's Tern-1
Royal Tern-25
Sandwich Tern-1
Rock Pigeon-166
Eurasian Collared-Dove-12
Mourning Dove-1
American Kestrel-1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird-1
Red-bellied Woodpecker-2
Eastern Phoebe-1
Loggerhead Shrike-3
Blue Jay-5
Fish Crow-130
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-6
Northern Mockingbird-2
European Starling-270
Common Myna-2
American Redstart-1
Northern Parula-4
Black-throated Blue Warbler-2
Palm Warbler-37
Yellow-throated Warbler-1
Prairie Warbler-3
Common Grackle-18
Boat-tailed Grackle-52
House Sparrow-10

Full results for yesterday's count will be posted once I receive totals from all participants.