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The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 222BISCAYNE BAYBird Key (1 acre; 0.4 ha), Bill Baggs–Cape Florida State Park (412 acres; 164 ha), Biscayne NationalPark (172,924 acres [69,169 ha], with about 8500 acres [3400 ha] of uplands), The Deering Estateat Cutler (420 acres; 171 ha), and Matheson Hammock Park (629 acres; 251 ha)Miami-Dade County174,386 acres (69,757 ha), with about 9962 acres (3987 ha) of uplands[This IBA needs additional information].LOCATION: all sites are east of Miami in eastern Miami-Dade County. Bird Key is located in BiscayneBay about 300 feet (90 m) east of the Intracoastal Waterway and less than 1 mile (
The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 223significant numbers of Neotropical migrants. Biscayne National Park: significant natural habitats.The Deering Estate at Cutler significant natural habitats. Matheson Hammock Park: significantnumbers and diversity of Neotropical migrants; and significant natural habitats.AVIAN DATA: Bird Key supports a colonial waterbird rookery and a Magnificent Frigatebird roost. BillBaggs–Cape Florida State Park is most important for Neotropical migrants, which can occur inlarge numbers, especially after storms. In a few hours during recent days during spring, thousands ofwood-warblers were observed. Bird diversity for all sites combined is ___ native species. BiscayneNational Park: >170 species. The Deering Estate at Cutler: no data. Matheson Hammock Park____.Bird Key:SPECIES DATES NUMBERS COMMENTSBrown Pelican 1999 125 pairs 1% (B)Magnificent Frigatebird 1999 50 birds 1% (N)White Ibis 1999 500 pairs 2% (B)Data supplied by Harry Kelton (Pelican Harbor Seabird Station, Inc.)Bill Baggs–Cape Florida State Park:SPECIES DATES NUMBERS COMMENTSWilson's Plover 13 Aug 2000 23 birds 5% (N)Least Tern 7 Aug 1997 205 birds 2% (N)Wood-warblers 1 May 199930 May 20001000s of birds>4000 birdsmostly Blackpoll and BlackthroatedBlue warblersmostly Black-throated Blue,Blackpoll, and Cape May warblers,American Redstarts, and CommonOverall diversity 1994–2000 164 natives7 exoticsYellowthroats[need earlier data]Plover data provided by ____ (____), tern data provided by Elizabeth Golden (Florida Division of Recreation andParks), wood-warbler observations by John Boyd published in Florida Field Naturalist.Biscayne National Park:SPECIES DATES NUMBERS COMMENTSWading birds __ Dec 1980 580 birds (N)Overall diversity 1980–2000 144 natives3 exoticsCBC data onlyData from the Biscayne National Park CBCOTHER RESOURCES: Bird Key: none known. Bill Baggs–Cape Florida State Park contains 16 listedplants, primarily in the coastal strand habitat, and 5 listed non-avian animals, including ♦Americancrocodile (Crocodylus acutus), leatherback turtles, and loggerhead sea turtles. It also containsnumerous dragonfly and butterfly species. • The Cape Florida Lighthouse was built in 1846.Biscayne National Park protects 44 barrier islands and keys, and the northernmost coral reef inNorth America. It preserves 14 continuous miles (22.4 km) of mangrove shoreline, the greatest extentremaining on the Atlantic coast. The National Park supports populations of 6 non-avian endangeredvertebrates: ♦Schaus' swallowtail butterfly (Papilio aristodemus), American crocodile, green turtle,hawksbill turtle, leatherback turtle, and Florida manatee. The Deering Estate at Cutler preserves
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