Tropical Audubon Society

South Florida’s Voice of Conservation

Miami Executive Airport near Kendall ... not MIA?

Wonder if it may be the same bird reported as an albino TV in south Broward County recently.

Correct. Kendall Airport Not MIA- I meant to write Miami ;-). I did see the broward post but from Albino to King is a whole lot of difference when looking at the wings... Sounds like it's time for a fieldtrip!

The report in the link (eBird) is from a different person (not Alex Cruz), and there are was much discussion about the report on Facebook but I don't recall any mention of Alex. Many birders are waiting for an update regarding the location, which could come from a regional eBird reviewer, or a system administrator. The report has some odd aspects that need verified, including the locations and perhaps also the observer? I don't know either Davio (eBird observer) or Alex but any update is appreciated.

As previously stated, the report was by a different person from a different location, with some unresolved issues. Additionally, if this is a genuine sighting the possibility of it being an escapee can't be ruled out. This would be an ABA first, and for such a sighting you know there will be a lot of scrutiny. One blurry photo without much else will probably not hold up to the test.

Man, except for Leticia and Toe, I don't recognize any of these names. What year is it?

From an eBird perspective, this sighting will be invalidated. There are many details that I won't go into here but a very important issue with this sighting is the lack of metadata associated with the photo, which may indicate that it is extracted from the Internet. To consider this a valid record the observer should 1) add additional photos, even if they are poor; 2) add original images only, not edited versions.

The observer has not responded to the request for more information.

As a guy who was about to hop on a plane for this bird, I really appreciate TAS keeping abreast with the negative information on this sighting. What I found unusual was that for a bird seen in a kettle of Black Vultures, the wide angle photo showed no other birds. Also if this person had actually seen something like this and then saw the questioning responses, you would think he would have stepped right up with more data to defend his sighting.
I have a male Red-shafted Flicker at my feeder right now. If my window were open I could touch him. New Mexico rocks.

It was a matter of time before eBird got hit with "fake news". What kind of a name is Davio Kelly anyway? Totally fake. :P

Hey Steve, I'll be in NM this summer, which area you in?

-RJ

Albuquerque

Albino TV most likely a leucistic. I got a bunch of photos with my phone, fairly easy to identify it as a turkey vulture. Probably the same one reported and photographed over the last couple of years at the Sample road dump

You guys are fantastic! Way to jump on this... it was really a twitter storm. It was difficult to find the original tweet! I will give you all public props!