South Dade Trip -- Oct. 19, 2002

We birded Lucky Hammock, some wetland areas in SW Miami-Dade north of Lucky Hammock, and Mary Krome Park. Collectively, we found 90 species.

Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill (many)
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Osprey
Snail Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Sandhill Crane (3)
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet (1)
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper (1)
Black Skimmer (about a dozen)
Rock Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1)
Chuck-will's-widow
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Least Flycatcher (2)
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Common Myna
Northern Parula
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat (5)
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
House Sparrow

--John Boyd