Happy New Year - I am looking for White crowned, White-throated, Field, and Sharp-tailed Sparrows in Volusia County, to add to my county list. If you have...
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Murray Gardler
mangrovefirst@...
Jan 2, 2006 12:53 am
At Apopka today I had; Fork-tailed, Scissor-tailed, Ash-throated and Least Flycatchers plus Phoebe, Western(34) and Cassin's (1-2) Flycatchers. All the...
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speedyg
speedyg@...
Jan 2, 2006 12:58 am
It was a foggy, plovery day at Bald Point State Park this afternoon. Five PIPING PLOVERS proved present (none were banded) along with the same number of...
All: While others were undoubtedly participating in the Rich Paul New Year's Day Open at Ft. De Soto, Arthur Wilson & I were hitting some of Collier County's...
Hey Everybirdy, Happy New Year to all! Just returned from kicking off the new year by participating in the Rich Paul New Year's Day Birding Open. Already...
Hi all, Made it to the kingbird roost at 5PM tonite, joining Murray Gardler, Sam Benedetto, Connie, Harry Robinson, and several other birders to see the...
Clay Taylor sent me the following comment, which seemed interesting enough to share with the whole list: Rex - Years ago (I think it was the early 80's), on a...
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dreedster@...
Jan 2, 2006 4:39 pm
Hi all Had a visit to Honeymoon Island State Park on New Year's Day. We experienced the same fog issues that the DeSoto folks had. There were still plenty of...
Happy New Year all! My wife's FOY bird yesterday morning was the adult male Ruby-throated Hummingbird that is wintering over in our yard. Then she spotted...
A 1st winter male was seen from the street on a yard's edge by John Murphy, John Spohrer, and myself. John Spohrer obtained diagnostic photos. Turns out bird...
Hey Everybirdy, Spent a quick 2 1/2 hours at the refuge this a.m. Thanks to Ray, a refuge volunteer, for alerting me to both a cooperative, photogenic Sora...
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Paul Bithorn
pblifeisgood@...
Jan 3, 2006 11:37 pm
Sorry for the late post, but I have had little time or energy, due to 12 hours on the road birding on the Coot Bay CBC Saturday, December 31, 2005, 17 1/2...
Hey Everybirdy, In addition to the RBA announcements of the Fork-tailed and such, the Common Goldeneye is still present at the Sadler Road retention pond as...
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Murray Gardler
mangrovefirst@...
Jan 4, 2006 11:33 pm
Hernando Beach Park this afternoon; Virginia Rail (2), Sora (3), Marsh Wren (2) & Orange-crowned Warbler (1) -- Murray Gardler 9400 Merriweather Drive ...
This morning around 10:00 a.m., I observed a Nashville Warbler in Lake Lotus Park, Altamonte Springs. The bird was with a small group of Blue-gray ...
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speedyg
speedyg@...
Jan 5, 2006 10:03 pm
The AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER continues in Stony Bayou #1 at Saint Marks NWR. Further back in SB1 were five of the SNOW GEESE (two white and three blue morphs). ...
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Alan Knothe
birdman8@...
Jan 5, 2006 11:20 pm
Hi Birders, I took my boss to see the Tropical Kingbird today. We found it along with bonus bird around 4:30 p.m. at the corner of Ave. F and Water Street. The...
Fred Bassett will be making a pass through central Florida next weekend to band hummingbirds. He's tentatively planning on being in Valrico on Sunday morning...
Western Kingbird on the Western edge of the Click Ponds by the Viera Wetlands in Brevard County today 6 January 2006 @~ 3:30 PM. jerry [Non-text portions of...
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Dgood389@...
Jan 7, 2006 2:06 pm
Hi all, While sitting at my desk looking out the second story window of my house, I just had an adult white-morph Snow Goose cruise by 50 feet away. I watched...
A great day of birding was had by six of us at STA-5 (Stormwater Treatment Area 5) in extreme eastern Hendry County today. Leaving Naples in cold 45 degree...
Hey everybirdy, Sorry for the late post. Pretty much the regulars were where they should be. Ameerican Avocets were feeding pretty close to the drive today...
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Paul Bithorn
pblifeisgood@...
Jan 8, 2006 3:10 pm
1/8/06-- Adult Fork-Tailed Flycatcher first reported 12/10/05 Hooper's Farm Kingbird Roost, seen yesterday 1/7/06. Observers: Paul Bithorn, Kevin Sarsfield,...
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Paul Bithorn
pblifeisgood@...
Jan 8, 2006 5:52 pm
On Saturday, January 7, 2006, Kevin Sarsfield, Juan Villamil and I headed north in search of lifebirds, yearbirds and beerbirds. We would not be disappointed....
A few weeks after our woodpeckers moved from their box nest, we climbed the tree to clean out the house. As we opened the door, we were startled to find two...
It has been another beautiful day! The tour group was enthusiastic, the birds cooperative and the weather pleasant once the sun burned the chill out of the...
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speedyg
speedyg@...
Jan 9, 2006 2:22 am
The TROPICAL KINGBIRD is still present in Apalachicola. It was on the wires at Avenue F and Commerce Street at ~5:10PM this afternoon. NOTE: It appears the...
Hey everyone, was wondering if anyone has gotten some good photo shots of the Fork-Tailed Flycatcher. I was hoping to upgrade our front page of FLABIRDING web...
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speedyg
speedyg@...
Jan 10, 2006 1:24 am
Did the "Tallahassee Rarities Route" today: Western Kingbird (I-10/US-90 Apex Drive office park): Skunked...for the second time. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher...
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Paul Bithorn
pblifeisgood@...
Jan 10, 2006 1:25 am
Yes........................ but unfortunately, it is stored like a still-life watercolor in the windmill of my mind. Life is good....................... Paul...
