All, I led a local group Saturday AM to Little Estero Island CWA, aka Little Estero Lagoon (Ft Myers Beach). For only the second time in my 5 or so end of...
All, Received the following note from a fellow beach nesting bird monitor from another county. Those interested in this topic may want to follow up. I see an...
The link didn't work for me this AM, so you may want to try: http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070329/NEWS0105/70329 0383/1007/NEWS0105 ...
Dick and I took a run through Ding Darling around 4 PM this afternoon, Thursday, April 5. We saw a group of a dozen Avocets, close to full color, in the pond...
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6 April - While county-listing this morning I re-visited the site southeast of Arcadia I reported on in late March. Today about 9 AM I found a minimum of six...
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Apr 6, 2007 9:33 pm
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7 April: Celery Fields, Sarasota County - Rick Greenspun, Kathryn Young and Lynn Jakubowicz counted 23 Soras at the CF on Thursday, April 5, as well as 2...
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Apr 7, 2007 7:27 pm
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Hi-from Sanibel. The lighthouse has been fairly slow so far. Today we had a n waterthrush as the highlight, last night I had a bowhite(as did someone else in...
Hello, I am visiting from Michigan and have been doing some birding down here. On April 10th I headed down to the Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk hoping for...
April 11th 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Celery Fields (Sarasota County, south of Fruitville Rd, east of I-75) - I went to the Celery Fields today to see if the rain had...
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Apr 12, 2007 2:46 pm
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Birders, Of course all of the migrants had to show up the day I had to leave! Didn't have time to venture out of Bonita Bay but did have some good birds...
Speaking of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, I have had one at my feeder in N. Fort Myers (east of I-75) for the past 2 days. First time in the 3 1/2 years we have...
ALERT: Help Stop the Deaths of Millions of Migratory Birds at Communications Towers Every year, as many as 50 million birds die after colliding with tall...
Hi all, This morning at Sugden Park had a few migrants: YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, seen near the bee hive on the back side just past the back group of oak trees....
21 April - Ft. DeSoto Park: Larry Albright and I were privileged to see some good birds today at Ft. DeSoto, along with some good birders. We added a few...
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Apr 22, 2007 1:37 am
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Hi all: I did not know what this beautiful bird was, so I called a friend and told it was A Rose Breasted Brosbeak........looked it up, and alas, she was...
Hi, Went to Sugden Park this morning. Started out slow then picked up as the warblers moved through feeding. CAPE MAY 1 male BLACKPOLLS 10 male and female ...
Hi, This afternoon as I was working I parked in the delivery entrance area in a private country club. As soon as I got out of my car the birds were everywhere....
hello group, I will try to make a long story short. Over the past seven years I have had painted buntings comming to my feeders from Oct.1st and leaving May...
Hello All I've posted a photo of a large finch-type bird that was at my feeder today. I can't identify it. The photo is in a folder called "Mystery Finch"....
Here is the day list for STA-5 (Storm Treatment Area 5 and Blumberg Road, Clewiston) for 04/28/2007: 15 participants Next Trip will be May 12 64 species ...
All, Here is an article from the Tampa Tribune that certainly applies to our area as well. The Least Terns and Wilson's Plovers that nest at Little Estero ...
2 June: At the edge of Stump Pass at the southern end of Stump Pass Park the following were found: 2 arctic terns and a roseate tern. Thomas Duch...
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Jun 2, 2007 5:25 pm
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We saw a very rare dragonfly Friday on Captiva Island - an Amazon Darner. As we understand it, this is the 3rd record for Florida. Photos of the Darner and...
All, Here is an interesting article about some man-made habitat for nesting shorebirds in Tampa Bay. Charlie Ewell Cape Coral, FL Anhinga42@... ... ...
Noted at Lynn Hall Park (Ft. Myers Beach Pier) at the north end of the parking lot right about sunset yesterday (29 June 07). I know they are not all that...
4 July - Sightings off Boca Grande Great birding today off Boca Grande! After snorkeling at the old trestle, which runs adjacent to the bridge over to Boca...
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Jul 4, 2007 7:31 pm
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7 July - Wes Biggs & I observed a Peregrine Falcon along SR 31 in southern DeSoto County Thursday afternoon 7/5/07. First July Peregrine in Florida for me....
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Jul 9, 2007 8:05 pm
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Decided to check out Tigertail beach for shorebirds this afternoon. It was a hot one today. Tide was starting to come in. So I headed through the lagoon and...
Looked like it might not rain much this afternoon. So I went out east on 41 to the Cypress Ben Boardwalk. Started out with a male Northern Parula and what...