The 2021 Miami (Dade County) Christmas Bird Count took place on Saturday, December 18. Forty-two participants counted 16,143 birds of 122 species on count day. Unusual species recorded on the count included Limpkin, Eastern Whip-poor-will (photo courtesy of Steve Woodmansee) and Louisiana Waterthrush. New high counts were obtained for Wood Stork, Black-and-white Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler and Summer Tanager.

Nine birders joined TAS President Joe Barros and TAS Field Trip Coordinator Brian Rapoza on Saturday, 12/11/21 for our annual Miami Exotics tour. This whirlwind tour of Miami-area birding hotspots produced sightings of 17 non-native species, as well as 38 native species.

Nineteen birders joined Luis Gonzalez on Saturday, 12/4/21 for a TAS birding trip to the Flamingo area in Everglades National Park. The group birded several locations in Flamingo, including the shoreline at the campground’s amphitheater and around Eco Pond and the Flamingo the visitor center. Other stops included Mahogany Hammock, Long Pine Key, Research Road and Lucky Hammock.

Despite both rain showers and windy conditions on Key Biscayne, sixteen steadfast birders joined the 11/20/2021 Tropical Audubon Society walk through Crandon Park. Led by Marc Kramer & Eliana Ardila Kramer of Birding By Bus, the group began the walk in the Crandon Gardens, then explored the beach for shorebirds and seabirds.

Twenty-five birders joined TAS field trip leader John Boyd yesterday for an all-day caravan trip through Everglades National Park. We met at Coe Visitor Center but our first birding stop was at the Lucky Hammock area just outside the park. Stops within the park included Anhinga and Gumbo Limbo Trails, Research Road and the Nike missile base, Long Pine Key, Mahogany Hammock, Paurotis and Mrazak Ponds and the Flamingo area.

Forty-three birders joined Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park biologist Liz Golden and TAS field trip coordinator Brian Rapoza this morning for our annual fall bird walk at Cape Florida. Rain was predicted, but it turned out to be a warm, sunny morning on Key Biscayne. The walk’s two groups each found over thirty bird species, with a combined total of forty-two species seen during the morning.

Forty-five birders joined Stephen Paez yesterday for the TAS bird walk at Kendall Indian Hammocks Park. Once again, the group split in two, with Stephen leading one group and TAS field trip coordinator Brian Rapoza leading the other. The two groups combined saw over fifty bird species.

Thirty-three birders joined Bill Boeringer for a bird walk yesterday at A.D. Barnes Park. As has been the case the past few weeks, we split into two groups, with Bill leading one group and TAS Field Trip Coordinator Brian Rapoza leading the other. Over fifty bird species were tallied during the walk.

Thirty-two birders joined Joe Montes de Oca on Sunday for a morning bird walk at Tropical Park. Birders split into two groups, with Joe leading one group and TAS Field Trip Coordinator Brian Rapoza leading the other. Over fifty species were spotted during the walk, including a nice selection of migrants.

Twenty birders joined me yesterday for a caravan trip to birding locations in Collier and Lee Counties. Stops included Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Big Carlos Pass on Ft. Myers Beach and Serenity Walk Park in Naples.

Twenty-two birders joined TAS Field Trip Coordinator Brian Rapoza for this morning’s bird walk at Highland Oaks Park in Aventura. The park was filled with migrant and resident birds.

Forty-three birders joined TAS President Joe Barros and Field Trip Coordinator Brian Rapoza yesterday morning for a bird walk at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens in Goral Gables. We split into two groups, with each group heading in a different direction but eventually both the upland an lowland areas of the gardens.

Nearly fifty birders attended this morning’s TAS bird walk at Matheson Hammock Park. Due to the group’s large size, we split into two subgroups. Each group made a circuit of both the east and west sides of the park, but in opposite directions. Among the many birds seen were eleven warbler species, including a stunning Canada Warbler!

Twenty-three birders joined TAS Field Trip Coordinator Brian Rapoza for the TAS bird walk on 9/11/21 at Crandon Park on Key Biscayne. We first explored the gardens, then walked the beach.

Twenty-four birders joined Brian Rapoza on a caravan trip to three state parks located between Islamorada and Marathon in the Florida Keys: Windley Key, Long Key and Curry Hammock, home to the Florida Keys Hawkwatch.

Twenty-eight birders joined Field Trip Coordinator Brian Rapoza for a TAS walk this morning (8/28/21) at Greynolds Park in North Miami Beach. Highlights include Yellow-throated Vireo and two Louisiana Waterthrush among seven warbler species seen.

Twenty-seven birders joined Bill Boeringer and Brian Rapoza this past Sunday (8/22/21) for a hot August day of birding in the Everglades Agricultural Area of western Palm Beach County.

The Birds Thank our kind neighbor and community partner Whisk Gourmet.

The endless generosities shown to TAS and, by extension, the birds, by the Whisk Gourmet team year in and

For the first time in Florida Keys Hawkwatch history, the project began monitoring on August 1 to target the early migratory movements of Swallow-tailed Kites (Elanoides forficatus).

Visit our historic Doc Thomas House headquarters and enjoy a captivating, 45-minute guided tour led by a Tropical Audubon Society docent. Learn about our society’s benefactor Arden Hayes “Doc” Thomas and Robert Fitch Smith, the architect he commissioned to design the house.