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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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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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...
Observed a Common Myna in Fort Myers today. Easy to find: located in the 'B" in the sign at the "B"urlington Coat Factory on Highway 41, south of the flyover...
All, Walt Winton and I will be co-leading a walk to check out the migrating shorebirds at Bunche Beach tomorrow morning, Sat 18 Aug, at 8:00. The walk is part...
All, We had a fun morning checking out the denizens of Bunche Beach Saturday. Birds of the shore seen included: Piping Plover Semipalmated Plover Wilson's...
24 August - There were at least 500 cliff swallows (and one bank swallow) over a wellfield in Englewood (in south-west Sarasota County) and an American bittern...
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Aug 25, 2007 12:00 pm
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Hi there -- Trying to understand where the SW Sarasota County wellfield might be where all these swallows were seen. Based on prior years, I would expect that...
From Gayle Schmidt: Today at Yellow Fever Creek we saw the following on a visit from 8:30 am to 12:15: Northern Bobwhite Little Blue Heron Green Heron Black...
SARASOTA AUDUBON ALASKA CRUISE Aboard Holland America’s Volendam Choose from 7-Night Cruise or 7-Night Cruise plus 5-Night Kenai Land Trip Leaders: Karen...
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Aug 30, 2007 4:26 pm
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I would be happy to provide the 2007/8 activity and contact information for the other Audubon Society chapters and bird watching clubs in Manatee, Sarasota,...
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We just came back from a trip to Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica. We got 53 new birds in three days....Toucans, Toucanettes, many new hummingbirds,...
Walking the beach at Lovers Key. Perfect morning, only a handful of people. A large group of mixed shorebirds resting for the most part with a lot of
Least...
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South Florida Birding Trail: STORMWATER TREATMENT AREA 5 BIRD-WATCHING TOURS Through a partnership with Hendry-Glades Audubon, the South Florida Water...
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Sep 9, 2007 4:23 pm
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It never stays the same from one visit to the next. A very cloudy morning,
temperature pleasant on the beach. Crossing the bridge to the beach, One Little Blue...
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12 Sept - I went to Upper lake of Myakka State Park (birdwalk) 10:00 am very quiet. Then went for a short loop walk from High Fox Rd to Clay Gully and saw a...
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Subject: Little Estero Island CWA/Lagoon survey AM (Thur 13 Sep) All, I made it out to Little Estero Island CWA/Lagoon this morning with Judie Von Eiff and...
16 September - I forgot to mention that right before the line of thunderstorms moved through Pinellas tonight, we saw a flock of 33 Common Nighthawks feeding...
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Sarasota Audubon Society chapter is organizing two trips in 2008. Please join us. May 18-30: Seven night Alaska cruise on Holland America's Volendam through...
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Group , I cannot i.d this bird. Pics are in the photo section under unknown bird ginetmat. It feeds only on the ground and it is eating seed although its beak...
I would like to thank the group for there quick and always informative response. As to the ovenbird feeding on the ground, the bird is feeding on sprouted and...
Today at Pine Lake Preserve on a visit from 7:30 am to 11, we saw: 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Tricolored Heron 5 Black Vulture 1 Osprey 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 ...
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This morning I paid an early morning visit to Lakes Regional Park on Gladiolus in south Ft. Myers. I followed the children's railroad tracks heading north...
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All, Between Gayle's message and going away this weekend I decided to check out Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve East 20/20 area early this morning. It was a...
All, I don't have any details, but Walt Winton left a message with me yesterday that he had a big day for migrant songbirds while birding at Six Mile ...
Here are the details. Walt emailed me the following: 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, good flock of Bay Breasted & Tennessee Warblers, Blackburnian Warbler,...
26 October - Two Great Black-backed Gulls were atop the lightpoles above the small bridge prior to the Sunshine Skyway (Pinellas side) about 4 PM yesterday....