Hi all There is an excellent article on the Stevenson cat killing and the problem of feral cats and birds in general in The New York Times Magazine. (BY Bruce ...
All: Some 39 individuals, consisting of mostly members from Highlands County Audubon Society plus the usual "regulars" saw some 70 species at STA-5 in Hendry...
Thirty birders assembled for the Tropical Audubon Society's annual "Exotics" fieldtrip on Saturday, December 1, 2007. We met at 1:00 p.m. in the emergency...
Paul Bithorn
pblifeisgood@...
Dec 2, 2007 7:18 pm
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This morning headed over to the Viera Wetlands to see about finding the short-eared owl and had no luck on the first go round. Saw Phyllis and Howard ...
The Refuge will be closed Monday through Thursday providing there is a successful launch on Thursday. you can call the visitor's center if you like to double...
Hello, All. So, around 7 AM, Charles walks up with a bird in the bag all casual-like. We weigh it. Seems around Catbird size. No big deal. We had been...
All: Today I lead 14 Caloosa Bird Club members and two guests on a fieldtrip to two locales in Collier County: Oil Pad Road in the Ten Thousand Islands N.W.R....
Hi All, Was commenting to Lyn Atherton about the Lapland Longspur up in Duval County that there was one in the same area several years ago. Lyn replied with...
Hi All, Please send me any interesting bird sightings in West-Central Florida from this past fall for possible inclusion in the Florida Field Naturalist, ...
BrianAhern@...
Dec 4, 2007 6:42 pm
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Hey all, I headed over to the Volusia County Landfills this afternoon, to see if I could find one of the Franklin's Gulls reported several days ago by Dexter...
Hello, All. Ellen Rocco emailed me last night that she found a Northern Shoveler feeding along side some Mallards on the southern shore of Lake Davis just...
Sarah, All of this is true, of course, but I would point out the following as well. If you look at preferred habitat areas for both of these species within...
Ft. Island (Citrus Co.) Hilights Black Scoter 1(1st winter male) Common Goldeneye 13 (4 ad. males) Bufflehead...
murray gardler
mangrovefirst@...
Dec 7, 2007 5:21 pm
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Hi All, Jeff is probably correct. By the way, you can add Horned Lark as well. But another possibility might be that the Florida version of their less ...
Wes Biggs
birdsatfnt@...
Dec 7, 2007 5:32 pm
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We did have a snow bunting about?7-8 years ago (something like that?) that stayed at the?causeway/dam at Guana for several days.? It may have been longer,...
Actually Wes, My snow bunting was found near a beach walkover and parking area (packed dirt) , basically at the edge of the dune habitat around where the sea...
Hi Sarah & All, That's what I thought, but wasn't sure. Wes Biggs Orlando...
Wes Biggs
birdsatfnt@...
Dec 8, 2007 4:33 am
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Hi Everybody, I was fortunate enough to find an Ash-throated Flycatcher at Lake Monroe Conservation Area off of Hwy 415 going north to Osteen. Take Hwy 46 from...
Howdy Everybody, I'm putting a Google Map in my picture folder on this site to help anyone who wants to find the Flycatcher. The folder is titled Bird in ...
All: A couple of members of the Caloosa Bird Club passed on to me this observation of feeding Boat-tailed Grackles at Ft. Myers Beach, where BTW, the...
TENTH ZELLWOOD - MT DORA CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT Friday 21 December 2007 Hello All, Some people have asked me about the name of this count. There was for a...
Wes Biggs
birdsatfnt@...
Dec 11, 2007 3:15 am
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In a message dated 12/10/2007 4:24:10 P.M. Central Standard Time, vplucas@... writes: It was low tide and I had not seen grackles looking for food on...
Dthomp2669@...
Dec 11, 2007 11:48 am
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Hey all, I headed over to Merritt Island NWR yesterday to see if the Eurasian Wigeon was still hanging out at stop #2 along Black Point Wildlife Drive. He was ...
Hi FL Birders, Yesterday John Hintermister and I drove over to the east coast looking for a few year and/or county birds. The EURASIAN WIGEON was "in place" at...
dotrobbins@...
Dec 12, 2007 3:29 pm
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Hey Everybirdy, Amidst all the "boring" regulars such as Crested Caracaras, Bald Eagles, American Bitterns, Sandhill Cranes, Blue and Green-winged Teal, Ruddy...
Hey Everybirdy, I took a leisurely morning drive along Blackpoint today with Giacomo. Scanned for the E. Wigeon but no luck, truthfully I didn't work very...
Lucky me, I was invited to join the boat team for the Lake Weir CBC yesterday, and among the day's more remarkable sightings - which included 375 Horned...
Hi, Just a quick report from Saturday's Lakeland CBC. Highlights included a Broad-winged Hawk, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Clay-colored Sparrow and a couple of ...
