Tropical Audubon Society

South Florida’s Voice of Conservation

A good crowd of birders showed up at AD Barnes Park this morning for the TAS walk. The weather was great, which is never a good thing for spring migration in Miami. Migrants were hard to come by, although by the end we had found 7 species of warblers, including a cooperative Common Yellowthroat which sat in a tree at eye level and sang. Cape Mays were the commonest warblers seen.

We had good looks at several White-crowned Pigeons, and at a pair of Red-masked Parakeets which may be nesting. A small flock of Cedar Waxwings landed on a ficus to feed, giving everyone a good view of these attractive birds. A Cooper's Hawk was at the fountain, but we could not spot one around the nest--not so for a fluffy young Eastern Screech-Owl that poked its head out of its nesting hole for a few of us. The oriole was a "heard only" as we were gathering; we ended with Red-masked Parakeets and a White-crowned Pigeon feeding in the ficus near our cars.

Thanks everyone for participating! Our day list:

Green Heron
Common Gallinule
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
White-crowned Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Eastern Screech-Owl
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-masked Parakeet
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Purple Martin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Palm Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Spot-breasted Oriole