East end of east lake with brown-headed and bronzed cowbird. Photos later Sent from my iPhone...
1999
bernard.master
Mar 10, 2013 3:10 pm
Dear members, I am looking for suggestions for a good birding book or reference for spring arrival dates to South Florida of migrating birds.You may email me...
2000
James Boughton
jmb4723
Mar 10, 2013 4:34 pm
A Birder's Guide to Florida, by Bill Pranty, has this info, including bar charts. Jim Boughton...
2001
Monica Higgins
monicahiggins
Mar 10, 2013 8:05 pm
Sorry for the poor location post this morning. While birding at Eagle Lakes this morning I saw what I believe was a shiny cowbird along with brown-headed and...
2002
france4fa
Mar 11, 2013 2:40 pm
This morning I joined in a walk with a group lead by SCCF volunteer. This is a list of the birds that I spotted and positively identified. This is a great...
2003
kestrel19@...
bonzo_looncove
Mar 12, 2013 1:44 pm
A group of 5 Black Necked Stilts is present on the far side of the end of the long pond. They are visible from the bench by the pond. Sandy Shepard and Ann...
2004
dlstokes@...
Mar 12, 2013 6:09 pm
Watching many Northern Gannets passing Blind Pass now. Don and Lillian Stokes Sanibel Sent from my iPhone...
2005
Don Stokes
dlstokes@...
Mar 12, 2013 7:29 pm
We had 55 Northern Gannets from 2:00-2:45 pm, mostly adults....
2006
france4fa
Mar 13, 2013 2:05 am
A black crowned night heron was seen feeding around 11am. This was my first time seeing one that was feeding while people was watching....
2007
Arthur Sissman
asissman
Mar 13, 2013 10:15 am
Windy overcast day. Â Not much variety but lots of Lesser Scaup and N Shovelers. Subject: eBird Report - North Collier Regional WTP, Mar 12, 2013 North Collier...
2008
Charlie Ewell
anhinga42
Mar 13, 2013 9:15 pm
All, Here are some more specific directions from the observer to where the Le Conte's Sparrow was reported last week from the Harns Marsh area. We walked out...
2009
Jose V. Padilla
jvp0208
Mar 14, 2013 11:37 am
Vincent McGrath, Stan Damon and I birded the area last Sunday. We did not find the Le Conte's sparrow. Would have been a sweet bird for Lee County. We went...
2010
Charlie Ewell
anhinga42
Mar 15, 2013 12:26 pm
Hi Susan and All, The default location for Bachman's Sparrow in the Ft Myers area is Babcock-Webb WMA in Punta Gorda. It is occasionally reported in other ...
2011
schaefert90
Mar 15, 2013 1:24 pm
Considering expanding my birding library and want to include titles for Florida. Is Pranty's guide the "bible"? Noticed a second book he co-authored-...
2012
Charlie Ewell
anhinga42
Mar 15, 2013 4:44 pm
FYI Charlie Ewell Cape Coral, FL anhinga42@... Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ... From: Murray Gardler <mangrovefirst@...> Sender:...
2013
Charlie Ewell
anhinga42
Mar 15, 2013 6:47 pm
FYI Charlie Ewell Cape Coral, FL anhinga42@... Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ... From: Cornell Lab of Ornithology <clo-evaluation_research@...> ...
2014
Cheryl black
sharkgal
Mar 15, 2013 6:48 pm
Sighted this morning in the reeds along the bridge just past the snack bar. Cheryl Black Sent from my iPhone...
2015
Jose V. Padilla
jvp0208
Mar 15, 2013 8:34 pm
I've had BASP along Unice Rd between the Lee Co Sheriff's gun range and Harns Elementary in Lehigh Acres. I went last weekend and they are not singing yet, so...
2016
Donald Stokes
dlstokes@...
Mar 16, 2013 4:57 pm
We just saw a Virginia Rail at the Bailey Tract, Sanibel. It was in a small pool behind the second palm on your right, as you enter from the parking lot, just...
2017
Charlie Ewell
anhinga42
Mar 16, 2013 7:09 pm
Wow, many thanks to the Stokes' for finding and posting the Virginia Rail! I was fortunate enough to be finishing up at Bunche Beach when I saw the email,...
2018
James Boughton
jmb4723
Mar 16, 2013 8:25 pm
Thank you, Don and Lillian. Both rails continued to show well between 2 and 4 this afternoon. Jim Boughton...
2019
edcombs73
Mar 16, 2013 11:58 pm
The Virginia Rail at Bailey Tract was still in the same location at 6:00 pm. The Least Bittern was at Lakes Park at 10:30 am. And several of us saw two Black...
2020
julie long
mayhill10
Mar 17, 2013 1:33 am
The loon is possibly  the same one that I saw this evening, Sat., just west of the Sanibel fishing pier.  At Harns Marsh this morning were two families of...
2021
Karl Werner
karldwerner
Mar 17, 2013 1:20 pm
Rail still at same location as yesterday at Bailey Tract Karl Sent from my iPhone...
2022
julie long
mayhill10
Mar 17, 2013 4:23 pm
In addition to the Va. rail at the Bailey tract, a  sora was in the drying up pond where Don and Lillian Stokes found it earlier. Turn right at the kiosk...
2023
Keith Laakkonen
papa_plover
Mar 17, 2013 10:47 pm
We did the Eagle Lakes circuit today. Highlights were a sora that was calling loudly, a northern harrier that was causing chaos, and there were still some...
2024
edcombs73
Mar 18, 2013 2:48 pm
More news from Bailey Tract... There were 9 Pectoral Sandpipers at Bailey yesterday (3/17)-- very "nervous," changing locations often. A couple were...
2025
Donald Stokes
dlstokes@...
Mar 18, 2013 5:55 pm
We had 15 Least Sandpipers actively feeding on the edge of Ani Pond at the Bailey Tract on Sanibel; they fed at the water's edge a few feet from the path. Here...
2026
Jose V. Padilla
jvp0208
Mar 18, 2013 11:34 pm
I received this today, I thought I should pass it on. I can't go looking for it, if anybody can verify please post. Didn't know who to tell but found your name...
2027
Vincent McGrath
McAvian@...
Mar 18, 2013 11:43 pm
I had occasion today to scan Sanibel beaches along Seaside Inn's stretch. An excellent gathering of Gulls, mostly Laughing and Ring-billed. 20 Lesser...