Warblers and Exotics in Dade

Yesterday and today I went to a few of the local hotspots in Miami-Dade and found these:

Red-eyed Vireos at both Castello Hammock, and at A.D. Barnes.

A number of Grey Kingbirds and a Northern Flicker at the Dump Marsh. Cutler Wetland was pretty dead besides some waders, Moorhens, Mottled Ducks, and a bathing Osprey.

I encountered a few migrant flocks at Kendall Indian Hammocks . Included in them were a large number of Yellow-throated and Black-and-white Warblers. One Northern Parula and a Yellow-throated Vireo were present too.

Rosana and Charlie (the dawg) came with me to Matheson Hammock looking for a Kentucky Warbler reported earlier in the day yesterday. No such luck, but did come across a warbler flock that had a Worm-eating Warbler, 2 Ovenbirds, and an American Redstart in it. I tried again for the Kentucky this morning with no luck.

At A.D. Barnes today I found nothing in the way of warblers, but did find these neat looking Hill Mynas. They are an exotic species from Asia, which is weird, because their calls make them sound like they know English.

Also present at Barnes were these Muscovy Ducks (aka the bane of my existence). These domesticated ducks are in most suburban bodies of water in Florida. Eva and i got to see the real undomesticated ones on the Rio Grande this past year. They are not nearly as messy looking!