On Saturday, visiting birders Will, Mary, Ben, and Jenny joined Paul Life is Good Bithorn and me on an afternoon pelagic today. We left Crandon Marina on Key ...
Hi All, The summer issue of the Snail Kite, the newsletter of the Florida Ornithological Society has been posted online. There is a great article on the June ...
Hi All, Please send me any interesting bird sightings in West-Central Florida from this past Spring for possible inclusion in the Florida Field Naturalist ...
Gentlemen, start your engines... The June Challenge begins on Friday. This will be the third statewide (but the ninth for Alachua County). For those new to the...
I was sent a photo of an exotic weaver photographed here in Collier County. I wasn't sure which one it was so I asked Larry Manfredi. He said it was a Village...
Ken Hunter left a message that he had spotted a Long-billed Curlew at Canaveral National Seashore yesterday, 1/6/04, at about 10:30am. It was at marker #31 on...
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...
INVITE: The 5th Great Himalayan Bird Count, Winter of 2012 in Garhwal Himalayas, India Dear Birdwatchers & Nature Enthusiasts Greetings from the Land of Gods...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
