Tropical Audubon Society

South Florida’s Voice of Conservation

Sixteen birders joined Paul Bithorn and me for today's TAS Miami Exotics tour. Also joining us today was Ben Ruby from Wild Lime Adventures (www.wildlimeadventures.com), who provided one of the vans we used for today's tour. During an intense, full day of birding, we found 23 different exotic bird species:
Swan Goose - a few at Baptist Hospital
Egyptian Goose - pairs at several locations
Muscovy Duck - many locations
Common Peafowl - seven, South Miami
Gray-headed Swamphen - six, Dolphin Mall
Rock Pigeon - many locations
White-winged Dove - a few in Miami Springs
Eurasian Collared -Dove - many locations
Monk Parakeet - a small flock, Miami Springs
Scarlet-fronted Parakeet - one, Miami Springs
Crimson-fronted Parakeet - a small flock, Miami Springs
Green Parakeet - one, Miami Springs
Mitred Parakeet - a large flock at Baptist Hospital
Blue-and-yellow Macaw - three, Gables Estates (thanks as always to Daria Feinstein for providing access and graciously opening her home to us)
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet - several small flocks in Miami Springs
Lilac-crowned Parrot - two in South Miami
Orange-winged Parrot - several, South Miami
Red-whiskerd Bulbul - six, neighborhood north of Baptist Hospital
European Starling - many locations
Common Myna - two, Central Shopping Plaza
Hill Myna - one, South Miami
Spot-breasted Oriole - three, South Miami
House Sparrow - several locations

Other birds of note seen during the day included Limpkin (Dolphin Mall), Short-tailed Hawk (Baptist Hospital) and Baltimore Oriole (South Miami).