I stayed near home today and birded for a few hours at nearby Pelican Bay Community Park here in Naples. I saw the following migrants: DICKCISSEL (2nd one in...
Hi folks, I had a mini-fallout in DeSoto County yesterday. On Sunday, I moved my Lee County list ahead by 22 species: 17 at Ding Darling and Sanibel...
Black-billed Cuckoo near the big ficus and 3 (!) Lincoln's Sparrows in the dunes near the lighthouse itself still present... Charlie Charlie Ewell Cape Coral,...
Word from folks at the lighthouse is that warblers are the newbies today, with up to 12 species so far (nothing rare, but Blackpoll always nice on the...
Between Key West and the Dry Tortugas we had 24-species of warbler, four species of thrush, two species of oriole, two species of tanager, both species of...
Peter Thayer and I ventured to the Sanibel Lighthouse tthis morning to see what migrants were still around. The numbers of warblers was down but there were...
I spent a few hours early this morning at Pelican Bay Community Park here in Naples to see what migrants remain from last weekend's front. There were still a...
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spindalis@...
Apr 26, 2012 7:41 pm
Here is the report of interesting sightings in the Bahamas/TCi this winter. Please note that there are three potentially new species for the West Indies. I...
Hi all, I'm returning after a couple weeks out of town and am wondering about this report on FloridaBirds listserve from April 24. I've seen no further comment...
Thanks, Brian. This is is the closure I expected on this topic, and should have been posted earlier. Keep in mind that others outside Florida read our...
Still present at 0700. I saw it with Phyllis Mansfield this morning about 20 meters west of the pink tape marking it's favorite spot. David Simpson Fellsmere,...
I spent the morning with Joe Bozzo at the Sanibel Lighthouse seeing what migrants remained from the last "wave" that bought many good birds there earlier this...
I spent two hours this Sunday morning dodging raindrops at Pelican Bay Community Park here in Naples. There were only a few migrants about but the quality was...
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Murray Gardler
mangrovefirst@...
Apr 30, 2012 4:47 pm
Carl Goodrich called me today about a major fallout; thousands of warblers; 10k coming and going! Murray Gardler Brooksville, FL [Non-text portions of this...
Peter Thayer and I trekked up to Ft. DeSoto Park today to try for a few of the better birds that have been reported from that site. We were disappointed as it...
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Murray Gardler
mangrovefirst@...
May 1, 2012 2:42 pm
Murray Gardler Brooksville, FL ... From: Morgan Tingley To: mangrovefirst@... Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 3:02 PM Subject: re: Key West Fallout Hi...
Yesterday afternoon, just before the rains, Alan Murray told me that he witnessed impressive numbers of warblers/migrants coming off of the Gulf of Mexico near...
I saw the following Neotropic migrants in the hour or so I was at this nearby park this morning: Cape may Warbler (one female) Black-throated Blue Warbler (one...
Seeing that the migration sensation that had hit the Gulf Coast over the last 10 days or so is finally winding down, I decided to head east from Naples to add...
I spent the early hours after sunrise at Dog Beach at New Pass (8800 Estero Blvd., Ft. Myers Beach) in Lee County. I got there before the dogs and their...
5/4/12--Bahama Mockingbird, Palm Beach County, Boca Raton, Spanish River Park. Observers: Larry Manfredi. Directions: From I-95 in Boca Raton, head east on CR...
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Murray Gardler
mangrovefirst@...
May 4, 2012 11:49 pm
Greetings to all, I would like to invite you all to participate in another pelagic adventure exploring out 100 miles from Ponce de Leon Inlet on Sunday, May...
I started the day at dawn going to Dog Beach at New Pass on Ft. Myers Beach in Lee county. Even though it had just turned light, there were already 4-5 folks...
I spent the first hour after sunrise at Dog Beach at New Pass in Lee County this morning. There were no dogs and no people, only shorebirds, waders, etc. I saw...
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Murray Gardler
mangrovefirst@...
May 11, 2012 1:56 pm
Highlights; Clapper Rail 1 (walking across road carrying food) Semipalmated Sandpiper 50 Least Sandpiper...
A day trip to the Dry Tortugas produced quite a few migrants, we had 11-species of warbler and lots of thrushes. Sharp-eyed Bob Wallace found a Black Noody on...
INVITE: The 5th Great Himalayan Bird Count, Winter of 2012 in Garhwal Himalayas, India Dear Birdwatchers & Nature Enthusiasts Greetings from the Land of Gods...
First, I hope all of you mothers are having a good day! I spent a few hours this morning surveying some fairly local shorebird "hot spots" in nearby Lee...
This morning, in my continuing Bird-A-Day quest, I visited Little Estero Island Critical Wildlife Area in Ft. Myers beach, Lee County. There wasn't much around...