Perhaps a little Crass, but to address which of 'Cara's Birds' are
countable according to American Birding Association (ABA) rules, I found
this great webpage.
https://www.aba.org/aba-area-introduced-species/
Lots of parakeets now countable in the Miami area, but not many Parrots.
So far.
Bob OBrien Portland

On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 1:07 PM Robert O'Brien <baro at pdx.edu> wrote:


> I'll second Vincent's comments. Both of them. I've lived in north

> florida for 5 years at varying times and birded in the south on many

> occasions.

> Ya'll photographed more species than I've seen the entire time.

> Jealousy.................. Of course, this was many decades ago when there

> were far fewer exotics, especially the parrots/parakeets. (Loved the

> amazing photos but turned the sound volume down.) Bob OBrien Portland

>

> On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 12:50 PM Vincent Lucas <vincentlucas5 at gmail.com>

> wrote:

>

>> Cara:

>>

>> Thanks for the great video of your birding trip to South Florida. It

>> brought back a flood of great birding memories from when I lived and birded

>> in every one of those locations when I lived there for 15+ years. You did

>> very well in the allotted time you had there, seeing a lot of uncommon

>> birds and especially the exotics, of which there are many. Did you go to

>> these places and find the birds on your own or did you have a guide? There

>> are several good ones in South Florida. One place you didn't go as far as I

>> can tell, is STA-5 or any of the other storm treatment areas south of Lake

>> Okeechobee. Fantastic birding to be had there. Highly recommended. I lead

>> tours to STA-5 for many years. Anyway, well done. Really enjoyed the video;

>> the music, not so much.

>>

>> Vincent Lucas

>> Port Angeles, WA

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