Black-Throated Blue! I made a fountain in the backyard, within view from my desk. Black-throated blues are the steadiest visitors. Many visit in migration. Each year, one or two stay through the winter. One of the very different females usually stays; some years a male. This year, as of early November, there is one of each. Easy to keep track of, since they come to bath several times a day. In Miami.
@ We get several warblers that stay for the winter in my area. Miami-Dade, along with Broward and Monroe counties (Keys) have the highest number of regularly wintering warbler species, over 20, in the US. Essentially restricted to this small region, and not hard to find, are Magnolia, Cape May, Black-Throated Blue, American Redstart, and Northern Waterthrush (mangrove forests). Some others, more widespread in, but mostly confined to Florida in winter include Black-Throated Green, Ovenbird, Black and White, Northern Parula, and Prairie. Some rare warblers, like Tennessee, Wilson’s, Worm-Eating, Nashville, Hooded, and increasingly, Swainson’s, are annual. Other bird groups, with such species as Yellow-Throated Vireo, Least, Great-Crested, and Scissor-Tailed Flycatchers, Indigo Buntings, and Summer Tanagers, have the same pattern. Migration is ok, but definitely better in the upper Gulf Coast. Caribbean migrants (many stay for winter) and long-distance South Americans (Connecticut, Blackpoll) are the main show here. Not exactly warbler related, but the lack of many familiar winter/ year-round birds in this far corner is remarkable. American Goldfinches, Siskins, Juncos, Nuthatches, American Robin, and pretty much all native sparrows, are not found much. Will add that Cardinals, Blue Jays, Grackles (2), Mockingbirds and Catbirds, Mourning Doves, and some other ‘abundant’ species are just as numerous around here. I have 7 painted buntings (two male, five ‘greenies’) that visit the yard all day, which,while not unusual, is a treat! Hope you weren’t bored with my local bird news. I enjoy seeing your vids, and I find the similarities, and differences between the two places interesting.
Thank you First one I've ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!
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Black-Throated Blue! I made a fountain in the backyard, within view from my desk. Black-throated blues are the steadiest visitors. Many visit in migration. Each year, one or two stay through the winter. One of the very different females usually stays; some years a male. This year, as of early November, there is one of each. Easy to keep track of, since they come to bath several times a day. In Miami.
That's wonderful! We only have the warblers for a short time in the spring and fall as they pass through!
@ We get several warblers that stay for the winter in my area. Miami-Dade, along with Broward and Monroe counties (Keys) have the highest number of regularly wintering warbler species, over 20, in the US. Essentially restricted to this small region, and not hard to find, are Magnolia, Cape May, Black-Throated Blue, American Redstart, and Northern Waterthrush (mangrove forests). Some others, more widespread in, but mostly confined to Florida in winter include Black-Throated Green, Ovenbird, Black and White, Northern Parula, and Prairie. Some rare warblers, like Tennessee, Wilson’s, Worm-Eating, Nashville, Hooded, and increasingly, Swainson’s, are annual. Other bird groups, with such species as Yellow-Throated Vireo, Least, Great-Crested, and Scissor-Tailed Flycatchers, Indigo Buntings, and Summer Tanagers, have the same pattern. Migration is ok, but definitely better in the upper Gulf Coast. Caribbean migrants (many stay for winter) and long-distance South Americans (Connecticut, Blackpoll) are the main show here.
Not exactly warbler related, but the lack of many familiar winter/ year-round birds in this far corner is remarkable. American Goldfinches, Siskins, Juncos, Nuthatches, American Robin, and pretty much all native sparrows, are not found much. Will add that Cardinals, Blue Jays, Grackles (2), Mockingbirds and Catbirds, Mourning Doves, and some other ‘abundant’ species are just as numerous around here. I have 7 painted buntings (two male, five ‘greenies’) that visit the yard all day, which,while not unusual, is a treat!
Hope you weren’t bored with my local bird news. I enjoy seeing your vids, and I find the similarities, and differences between the two places interesting.