Hi everyone - I spent a brief time this afternoon on the dikes out on Lake Woodruff NWR west of DeLeon Springs in Volusia County working on my Volusia list. I...
The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Umatilla, Lake Co. that I first reported on 2/23/04 is still present today (03/02). It is usually on the wires around the...
I'm forwarding this for all those not subscribed to FLBIRDS. Jluie Brashears is the original forwarder mentioned below. Sarah Linney/Cocoa/SMLJAY@... ......
Birders in Tallahassee might want to follow up on this swift sighting. Vaux's Swifts have been reported from Baton Rouge, LA as recently as two days ago.... ...
We didn't have much trouble finding Greater Antillean Orioles in North Andros. Ingrid and I went to the orchid trees outside of the San Andros air strip while...
fodderwing@...
Mar 3, 2004 5:24 pm
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I took my bird classes to all the usual hot spots here in Ft. Walton this week. On Tuesday our most exciting birds were a flight of about 400 to 500 White...
Alan W. Knothe
birdman8@...
Mar 4, 2004 1:02 am
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This evening I heard the first Chuck-wills-widow of the season in my backyard. Wonder if it's the same one from last year? Cheri Pierce/Sorrento ...
Has anyone located or identified the swifts that were reported in Tallahassee several days ago? I looked for the swifts we saw on Wed pm at the Livestock...
OK, folks, I've finally posted an update to the county listing website (http://members.aol.com/jpuschock/lists.html). It's only a temporary version, but I...
FlaBirders, Yup, a gorgeous adult male RUBY-THROAT at the feeders this morning. Also, the lovely song of the NORTHERN PARULA zipping away. Time to get out in...
Swamphen
speedyg@...
Mar 5, 2004 1:56 pm
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Had lunch at Ruby Tuesday's in Port St. Lucie (close to I-95) on Thursday. When leaving, I observed a pair of Towhee picking bugs off the automobiles in the...
lapwing321@...
Mar 6, 2004 12:07 pm
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... Let ... in ... Yeah, poor old Charlotte county looks like a pathetic place to bird with only one list at 80 species. I went through the state checklist...
Jeff Bouton
jbouton2@...
Mar 6, 2004 12:29 pm
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All: Today, 6 March 2004, the 30 or so Bronzed Cowbirds continue at Eagle Lakes Community Park in Naples. The birds were seen in the Carolina Willows and the...
Hi, Does anyone have the Florida data for the North American Migration Count for 2003? Tom Palmer Winter Haven __________________________________ Do you...
FlaBirders, While perusing mass quantities of Butterbutts, I found a beautiful YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT at St Marks NWR this afternoon. The bird was in the ...
Swamphen
speedyg@...
Mar 7, 2004 2:28 am
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Hi, I just finished reading the book "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" by Mark Bittner, and would recommend it to anyone interested in birds,...
Hi Birders, I visited the Apalachicola/Port St. Joes area on Saturday with Pamela Hall, a birder visiting from Atlanta. We had all the usual suspects plus a...
Alan W. Knothe
birdman8@...
Mar 8, 2004 7:23 pm
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Baby Whooping Crane! Jack Taylor Vero Beach [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
lapwing321@...
Mar 8, 2004 10:09 pm
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Tennessee, Magnolia, and Black-throated Green Warblers, Indigo Bunting, and Great Crested Flycatcher: except for the Great Crested, it sounds like mid-October...
Found a GREY KINGBIRD on Alligator Point today. Very surprised there was one this early... -S.P.McCool / http://www.swamphen.net/ Crawfordville, Florida, USA -...
Swamphen
speedyg@...
Mar 9, 2004 12:22 am
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Hi: I've been doing a fair amount of birding recently with visiting birder-friends from Ohio as well as some other "snowbirds" down here in Naples. We've made...
Hi all, Saw a swallow-tailed kite this morning in South Venice, near River Road and Rt. 41. Also, purple martins on the 3 martin houses behind Basketville,...
Hi Folks, Sorry to have been so uncommunicative over the last few weeks. I have been concentrating on recovering form the accident of a few weeks ago. Most...
David Simpson
depdave@...
Mar 13, 2004 6:14 pm
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While birding the Lust Road gate area at LARA this morning we spotted an Ash-throated Flycatcher in the brush in the ditch by the gate. Eagle chow: On another...
Hi everyone - Just finished "The Big Year, a Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession", by Mark Obmascik. For anyone who has ever chased a bird, this book is a...
Took two Canadian Visitors on a Tour of the Click Ponds and Viera Wetlands -- this morning! Got most of the species found by Jason Frederick and his Group --...
lapwing321@...
Mar 15, 2004 12:02 am
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I goofed! Posting should read -- "BARRED OWL NEST" Jack Taylor [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
lapwing321@...
Mar 15, 2004 12:20 am
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A couple of purple sandpipers are still hanging out with the turnstones at the end of the jetty. The park was a mob scene Sunday afternoon. If I was a bird, I...
... Unless you were "humaning". ;-) -S.P.McCool / http://www.swamphen.net/ Crawfordville, Florida, USA - Wakulla County 30.166ºN 84.402ºW - elv. 35'/11m -...
Swamphen
speedyg@...
Mar 15, 2004 4:01 pm
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Hi Birders, Sorry about the late post; my computer was down for awhile. A student in one of my classes was birding/golfing last week on the Ft. Walton Bch....