Fellow Birders: Coming back from a long distance road trip this eve. Travelling with Tim Lynagh. Observed 15 Bald Eagles between South Bay and approximately 5...
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Jeff Bouton
jbouton@...
Oct 3, 2002 12:35 am
For all of you Peregrinatics out there who might be considering going down for the FOS festival this weekend. Casey Lott commented that they had 100 Peregrines...
September 26 - October 2, 2002 Migration was detected each night except on September 26 and 30. The only night with a moderately heavy flight was the 29th. ...
Howdy, If you find yourself in central Florida with nothing to do on Saturday, you might want to check out the Florida Black Bear Festival in Umatilla. You can...
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Alan W. Knothe
birdman8@...
Oct 3, 2002 9:17 pm
Don Ware and I went out to Okaloosa Island today to see what the storm might have blown in. We found one Frigatebird over Choctawhatchee Bay from Marler Park. ...
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grizzleo@...
Oct 4, 2002 3:39 pm
Fellow Birders: Not an abundance of birds. Three hours of hard birding produced a reasonable diversity. Talked to a visiting birder, Rob, from PA. He said...
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grizzleo@...
Oct 5, 2002 10:00 pm
Fellow Birders: Did my usual morning jaunt to SRP before work. There was an Audubon group led by Brian Hope in the Park as well, so there may be other birds to...
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BLSNOW11@...
Oct 5, 2002 11:29 pm
Seventeen birders gathered at Saddle Creek Park today and enjoyed the weather and birds. Bird activity was slow, but we observed some good birds. It was good...
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McAvian@...
Oct 6, 2002 12:46 am
The lighthouse faithful were well rewarded today with everyone's first ever Brewster's Warbler for the lighthouse. Many warblers were passing overhead led by...
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Jack Dozier
jdozier@...
Oct 6, 2002 3:27 am
Kris Nelson and I saw the Slaty-backed Gull at Higgs Beach right behind the restrooms early this afternoon. We observed the bird at leisure, both flying and...
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Sarah Linney
SMLJAY@...
Oct 6, 2002 1:37 pm
Dear Dick, I thought you would want to know about this environmental issue. While Bush Administration plans to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife...
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RD Wallace
chnuts2@...
Oct 6, 2002 10:35 pm
Hi FlaBirders - On Friday and Saturday 4-5 Oct, I spent both days along the western edge of the Gulf Stream off Ponce Inlet between 150-600' of depth, 40+...
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lapwing321@...
Oct 6, 2002 10:56 pm
A few of us hope to travel to Key West on Tuesday (first day available!) in search of the "Gull". Please continue to "post" sightings and appropriate useful...
This afternoon at the old Pt. Lounge property, I saw my fots SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (2). Also found E. PHOEBE (2) and E. KINGBIRD (5). The latter has...
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Harry Hooper
hbhooper@...
Oct 7, 2002 12:31 am
Hi FlaBirders, Thanks to T.S. Hanna and personal "had to get done" things around the home, I have not been able to get my kayak wet until this afternoon. Its...
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Dgood389@...
Oct 7, 2002 12:26 pm
Hi all, The Slaty-backed Gull made it easy Friday morning in Key West, posing at distances as short as ten feet for many folks who were in the Keys to attend ...
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SMLJAY@...
Oct 7, 2002 6:14 pm
FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION LAUNCHES INTERNET SURVEY Concerened about Endangered and Threatened species? Want stronger wildlife habitat...
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SMLJAY@...
Oct 7, 2002 7:36 pm
Thought other birders might be interested in this site. I just learned why the mockingbirds are singing like crazy right now. Has anyone else noticed this?...
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grizzleo@...
Oct 8, 2002 1:32 am
Fellow Birders: Yesterday I was hemming and hawing over whether or not to spend my day-off down at Curry Hammock watching hawks or hunting warblers before...
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Kris Nelson
kdnelson@...
Oct 8, 2002 2:00 am
Jack Dozier and I birded at Ft. DeSoto late this afternoon and evening. We found 5 AVOCETS just past the 35 cent toll bridge. We were amazed to count 17...
This afternoon, I found an immature VERMILION FLYCATCHER at Bald Pt St Park. Dark line through eye, yellow belly, streaked breast, noticeably smaller than...
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Tim Rose
durc@...
Oct 9, 2002 12:37 am
Hello Florida. I'm down to two and a half weeks before the big FL trip I've been living for all summer. You folks have been so helpful with my various RFI's,...
Do you have a copy of "A Birder's Guide To Florida" by Bill Pranty? Most all of those should be EASY if you know where to go. The Mangrove Cuckoo might take a...
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lapwing321@...
Oct 9, 2002 5:57 pm
October 8, 2002 "Piece of Cake" 0700 Taylor & Book head South from Vero Beach (Roy Book Driving) 1000 Breakfast at Denny's - Homestead 1320 Arrive at...
I have put up a preliminary version of the Florida County Listing webpage [though, quite frankly, the final version isn't going to look much prettier :) ]. You...
I've had a number of inquiries about the county listing webpage. To answer some of your questions, here is a copy of my original message regarding this ...
Florida Nature Tours is happy to announce a winter pelagic trip off Ponce Inlet Florida. Trip Date: Saturday November 30, 2002 Make-up Date: In case of bad...
Pelagic Birders, I omitted two important bits of information in my last post: Boat: Sea Spirit. Price: $100.00. Wes Biggs Florida Nature Tours, Orlando...
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David Simpson
depdave@...
Oct 10, 2002 1:27 am
How many vines does it take to stop a tractor? Well, I dunno; I didn't count. But stopped it was. This week I decided to take a page from the Dead Poets...
October 3-9, 2002 Migration was detected on each night this week. I would call the flights moderate to heavy with the exception of the 6th and 9th. On the...
