Hi Travis,
For red cockaded try the Sebastion Buffer Preserve where David Simpson
works.  S. on Babcock to canal. Entrance on left.
Ed Slaney
----- Original Message -----
From: Travis Macclendon <tmacclendon@...>
To: <IndianRiverAudubon@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [IndianRiverAudubon] Scrub Jays


> Hi Phyllis,
>     The MRC is on Paint St which is just North of and runs parallel to
Viera
> Blvd, all of which, is just West of US 1.
>
>      While I have your attention (and everybody else)--- Does anybody know
a
> reliable spot to find a Red-cockaded Woodpecker? I have a visitor comingin
> next week from Wash DC and he very much wants to see one. Please send me
> explicit directions if you can help. Thanks.  Travis
> Travis MacClendon, Melbourne, Fl
> tmacclendon@...  321/254-9769
>
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> > Hi Travis:
> >
> > When I read your message, I could not think where the Mareine Resources
> > Council  building on Viera is?? But then Viera grows so much that the
> > new mall will probably be there two years before I'm aware of it.
> >
> > Phyllis Mansfield
> >
> >
> >
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Hi Phyllis,
     The MRC is on Paint St which is just North of and runs parallel to Viera
Blvd, all of which, is just West of US 1.

      While I have your attention (and everybody else)--- Does anybody know a
reliable spot to find a Red-cockaded Woodpecker? I have a visitor comingin
next week from Wash DC and he very much wants to see one. Please send me
explicit directions if you can help. Thanks.  Travis
Travis MacClendon, Melbourne, Fl
tmacclendon@...  321/254-9769

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Sent: Wednesday, 01 August, 2001 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [IndianRiverAudubon] Scrub Jays


> Hi Travis:
>
> When I read your message, I could not think where the Mareine Resources
> Council  building on Viera is?? But then Viera grows so much that the
> new mall will probably be there two years before I'm aware of it.
>
> Phyllis Mansfield
>
>
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Hi Travis:

When I read your message, I could not think where the Mareine Resources
Council  building on Viera is?? But then Viera grows so much that the
new mall will probably be there two years before I'm aware of it.

Phyllis Mansfield

Thanks to all who gave advice
I will let you know the outcome as soon as it comes

Jacqueline Scislaw
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Dear Jacquie,
Thank you for bringing this situation to our attention. By way of this email I
am forwarding your information to our Division of Law Enforcement in Titusville
and our nongame biologists in Ocala for appropriate action.
Thank you again.

Joy Hill
Public Information Coordinator
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
1239 SW 10th St.
Ocala, FL 34474
(352)732-1225




SubjectOther:     Black Skimmers Nesting Site being disturbed
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Date:             Monday, July 30, 2001
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Comments:


Hi
My name is Jacquie Scislaw.
While boating yesterday we discovered an island with nesting Skimmers. There
were 16-18 adults, 6 gray juveniles, one nest with 3 speckled eggs, and 2-3
empty nests. They are on the first tiny island northeast of the train bridge
that always stays open. The first island northeast of green marker #19. The
island is probably the size of 2 tennis courts, very small.
We of course left. Three hours later on our return trip we noticed 4
recreational boaters on the tiny Island and knew that there was little chance
for their success without some kind of no access signs being posted.
We were of course heart broken. I made a few phone calls and reached Brian
Tolend of "Fish and Game?" and asked him if signs could be posted. Is there
anything that can be done. It was so exciting to see them hiding in the sand
so cleverly disguised but equally devastating to later see them probably being
trampled.
This island is in the Indian River either in North Titusville or Mims just
northeast of the train bridge that always stays open. Just northeast of green
marker #19
Please let me know what I could do to help them survive.
thanks
Jacquie Scislaw

http://floridaconservation.org/ got a letter describing the situation
thanks


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Brian Tolund is with the Brevard County Natural
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fish and wildlife conservation commission at
http://www.floridaconservation.org


--- Travis Macclendon <tmacclendon@...> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jacquie Scislaw" <scislawj@...>
> To: <thrasgar@...>
> Cc: <tmacclendon@...>; <MrRockDCR@...>
> Sent: Monday, 30 July, 2001 2:34 PM
>
>
> Hi
> My name is Jacquie Scislaw.
> While boating yesterday we discovered an island with
> nesting Skimmers. There
> were 16-18 adults, 6 gray juveniles, one nest with 3
> speckled eggs, and 2-3
> empty nests. They are on the first tiny island
> northeast of the train bridge
> that always stays open. The first island northeast
> of green marker #19. The
> island is probably the size of 2 tennis courts, very
> small.
> We of course left. Three hours later on our return
> trip we noticed 4
> recreational boaters on the tiny Island and knew
> that there was little
> chance
> for their success without some kind of no access
> signs being posted.
> We were of course heart broken. I made a few phone
> calls and reached Brian
> Tolend of "Fish and Game?" and asked him if signs
> could be posted. Is there
> anything that can be done. It was so exciting to see
> them hiding in the sand
> so cleverly disguised but equally devastating to
> later see them probably
> being
> trampled.
> Please let me know what I could do to help them
> survive.
>
> Jacqueline Scislaw
> DIGIPIX
> scislawj@...
>
> http://www.spacepixusa.com
> http://www.tutoringclub.org
>
>
>
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Brian Tolund is with the Brevard County Natural
Resources Management Office. Perhaps contacting the
fish and wildlife conservation commission at
http://www.floridaconservation.org


--- Travis Macclendon <tmacclendon@...> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jacquie Scislaw" <scislawj@...>
> To: <thrasgar@...>
> Cc: <tmacclendon@...>; <MrRockDCR@...>
> Sent: Monday, 30 July, 2001 2:34 PM
>
>
> Hi
> My name is Jacquie Scislaw.
> While boating yesterday we discovered an island with
> nesting Skimmers. There
> were 16-18 adults, 6 gray juveniles, one nest with 3
> speckled eggs, and 2-3
> empty nests. They are on the first tiny island
> northeast of the train bridge
> that always stays open. The first island northeast
> of green marker #19. The
> island is probably the size of 2 tennis courts, very
> small.
> We of course left. Three hours later on our return
> trip we noticed 4
> recreational boaters on the tiny Island and knew
> that there was little
> chance
> for their success without some kind of no access
> signs being posted.
> We were of course heart broken. I made a few phone
> calls and reached Brian
> Tolend of "Fish and Game?" and asked him if signs
> could be posted. Is there
> anything that can be done. It was so exciting to see
> them hiding in the sand
> so cleverly disguised but equally devastating to
> later see them probably
> being
> trampled.
> Please let me know what I could do to help them
> survive.
>
> Jacqueline Scislaw
> DIGIPIX
> scislawj@...
>
> http://www.spacepixusa.com
> http://www.tutoringclub.org
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Hi
My name is Jacquie Scislaw.
While boating yesterday we discovered an island with nesting Skimmers. There
were 16-18 adults, 6 gray juveniles, one nest with 3 speckled eggs, and 2-3
empty nests. They are on the first tiny island northeast of the train bridge
that always stays open. The first island northeast of green marker #19. The
island is probably the size of 2 tennis courts, very small. We of course left.
Three hours later on our return trip we noticed 4 recreational boaters on the
tiny Island and knew that there was little chance for their success without
some kind of no access signs being posted. We were of course heart broken. I
made a few phone calls and reached Brian Tolend of "Fish and Game?" and asked
him if signs could be posted. Is there anything that can be done. It was so
exciting to see them hiding in the sand so cleverly disguised but equally
devastating to later see them probably being trampled.
Please let me know what I could do to help them survive.
thanks for any help you can give
Jacquie Scislaw





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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacquie Scislaw" <scislawj@...>
To: <thrasgar@...>
Cc: <tmacclendon@...>; <MrRockDCR@...>
Sent: Monday, 30 July, 2001 2:34 PM


Hi
My name is Jacquie Scislaw.
While boating yesterday we discovered an island with nesting Skimmers. There
were 16-18 adults, 6 gray juveniles, one nest with 3 speckled eggs, and 2-3
empty nests. They are on the first tiny island northeast of the train bridge
that always stays open. The first island northeast of green marker #19. The
island is probably the size of 2 tennis courts, very small.
We of course left. Three hours later on our return trip we noticed 4
recreational boaters on the tiny Island and knew that there was little
chance
for their success without some kind of no access signs being posted.
We were of course heart broken. I made a few phone calls and reached Brian
Tolend of "Fish and Game?" and asked him if signs could be posted. Is there
anything that can be done. It was so exciting to see them hiding in the sand
so cleverly disguised but equally devastating to later see them probably
being
trampled.
Please let me know what I could do to help them survive.

Jacqueline Scislaw
DIGIPIX
scislawj@...

http://www.spacepixusa.com
http://www.tutoringclub.org


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Hi folks,

I'm working on a ovenbird project in southern SC which involves tracking
birds w/radio transmitters. All the ovenbirds left the area quite early this
AND last year. I'm wondering when they get down to FL. Please send any early
records you might have handy (year does not matter). I already have an idea
as to when they move on to the tropics (Cuba, Belize, Mexico etc.). If
anyone has any large numbers of ovenbirds in single locations during fall
migration or in the winter, I'd be interested in that too.

Thanks MUCH! (and congrats on a fantasticly active server... I've been
reading for the last year and love it)

Paul Champlin
New Ellenton, SC
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Hi folks,

Some of you have asked and still others are probably wondering, where is
that strange guy who used to clutter my Email with his rambling narratives
about his lonely wanderings about this great state of Florida in the quest
for fame and fortune and the achievement of the Big Year?  He also had a
penchant for run-on sentences.

Well, folks, I am still out there, way out there.   If you are familiar with
shuttle launches, as most of us here on the space coast are, there is often
a built in delay in the countdown.  The last several weeks have been my
version of a built in delay.  I had planned to spend most of June and July
hiding in the air conditioning and resting up for a five month blitz to
finish the record-breaking Big Year.  I did not plan on crashing and burning
quite the way I did.  What I didn't plan on was that I would be putting in
multiple 12-14 hour days , often in a row, at work,  (Boy is it hot at this
time of year!)  The doomed field trip to south Florida to see as many
exotics as possible in two days was replaced by a family reunion and
memorial service for the not too unexpected passing of a relative.  General
frustration at spending so many weekends in the fruitless pursuit of birds,
can anyone remember a spring as dismal as this?   Perhaps you have seen the
commercial, "We all do dumb things, doing two Florida Big Years in a row
doesn't have to be one of them."  At least I seem to be saving 15% or more
on rare birds.  I came into the month of June faring a little bit better
than my Sibley guide.  If you have seen my Sibley guide you will understand
what I mean.

Life always goes as you planned, doesn't it?  Well, you would think after
working at this job for almost six years and living on this planet for 30
years, I would know better by now.  Such is the lot of the eternal optimist.
Oh well, with a good fall migration I can still make 400 by the end of the
year.  (Eternal optimist joke.)

Anyway, I am slowly resting up.  I have had a few birding adventures.  There
were two trips to Tallahassee.  One was the traditional trip to Tally in the
first week of June.  Here I was to pick up some easy year birds, Acadian
flycatcher, Mississippi kite, Eastern pewee, Wood thrush.  Oops, did I say
Wood thrush was easy?  I did not get them where I had them at San Felasco
Hammock Preserve in NW Gainesville.  They're in Tallahassee, but where.  As
fortune would have it, I bumped into Tom Kennedy at St. Mark's NWR who told
me he had one singing in his old neighborhood.  Alas, I did not have my
notebook or guide with me and was not able to write down his number for
future reference (distractions of having a nonbirding friend, what was I
thinking?)  Since he had just moved, the phone book did not help.  Oh well,
that will give me more nonbirding time the next weekend.  On returning, I
was able to hook up with Tom, and on my fourth time through his old
neighborhood, I heard a strange sounding Brown thrasher.  I noticed that
every once in a while it would utter a strange, flutelike phrase among the
more normal thrasher jargon.  As I walked around the corner contemplating
how I was going to get WOTH for my year list, I realized that the flute like
sounds emanated not from the thrasher at all but from a WOTH that had been
directly lined up with the thrasher and myself.  Finally!  There were some
other interesting birds in the neighborhood.  I saw a pair of White-breasted
nuthatches at the end of a cul de sac.  A robin was singing in the bare
upper regions of a tree (my first in summer in Florida.)  Catbirds were all
over the place.  I have also made a couple forays into the Belle Glade
region.  I saw a few species of shorebirds, adding a few common birds for
the year (Fulvous whistling duck, Pectoral sandpiper, Bank swallow.)  There
were 25 Bank swallows in Pahokee (east side of Lake Okeechobee) on 14 Jul
01.  One of the birds in the group was studied at close range and defied ID.
It flew similar to Bank swallow (fluttery, not drawing its wings back like a

Barn or rough-winged) and was similar in size.  Its throat was dusky.  It
did not have the indistinct brownish smudge of a rough-winged, but a fairly
well defined throat as in a juvenile Cliff swallow.  The bird did not
exhibit the pale rump of a Cliff swallow.  Beats me.

Well, soon I will start picking up momentum for the five month blitz.  I
have five more trips to the panhandle, two or three to the keys, a couple
more to Belle Glade, and who know what else?  I hope to see some of you in
the field (just look for the Sibley guide with duct tape in it.)

Oh yeah, the all important number:   328 +3.

Plus three, what does he mean by that?  I guess I'll have to buy the book to
find out.

David Simpson
depdave@...

Travis, and anyone else looking at Scrub Jays in your neighborhoods, etc,

FYI: Between now and Aug/Sept is when you can identify the juveniles from
this year's nesting season. The young birds will have brown feathers on their
heads and neck. Many may have started to molt into their adult blue plumage,
which generally seems to start in the forehead area between the eyes. The
juveniles also may seem smaller with slightly shorter bills than the adults
in the group. The adult birds are also starting to molt and their heads can
take on a kind of dark bluish-grey, sometimes making it confusing which are
the youngsters and which are the adults, esp. in poor light.

Molting in general starts with the wings and tail it seems for young and old,
but for ID purposes the head feathers tell the story.

Happy birding!

Sarah


Sarah Linney
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Cocoa, FL

Hello all,
I'm going to be scheduling the upcoming year's field trips and am asking
for last minute suggestions and hopefully, volunteers to lead specific
trips of your choice. Some of you have been contacted already, and some
of you will be soon.....and hopefully some of you will contact  me?
Good field trips solidify a local Audubon chapter or birding club ,and
the more support I receive and diversity of program available, the
better.
      If you had attended all 25 field trips last year you would have a
Florida list of 225 species alone, including Lazuli Bunting, Shiny
Cowbird, Heerman's Gull, Swainson's warbler, Golden-winged warbler,
Hairy woodpecker, Eastern Bluebird, Eurasian Wigeon, Cassin's Kingbird,
and many others.
      Much appreciation and credit for the past year goes out to the
following for leading or supporting trips:  Ralph Bird, Travis
MacClendon, Dick Novier, Doug Stuckey, Phyllis Mansfield, Bill and
Shirley Hills, and all of the participants.  Give yourself a cyber round
of  applause!
bob
rpaxson1@...
Merritt Island, Fl

Yes, due to poor road conditions, Black Point Wildlife Drive is closed for an
indefinite period of time for repairs. I don't know if they will reopen on
weekends or not, but I rather doubt it. Some of the potholes, for those of you
that haven't been out there, were several feet across and had drop-offs of up to
5 or 6 inches! They will be bringing in crushed shell and such to fill in and
I'm sure there will be some grading as well. Hope for quick repairs as the
birding was just getting interesting out there.

Sarah Linney
Cocoa, FL

Greetings:

The following message is taken from the Ohio-birds@...
listserv (similar to FLORIDABIRDS-L). Since it involves Florida, I
thought it would be of interest to our group. Does anyone know what
exactly is our state's role in this and what plans are in the brewing for
the whoopers?

Vincent Lucas
Naples

>Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 10:32:05 -0400 (EDT)
>From: jdg56 <jgribble@...>
>Message-Id: <0107201032.AA27751@...>
>Subject: Bill Whan's questions
>To: ohio-birds@...
>
>Hi all,
>
>Bill asks: "we often hear about humans leading young migratory wildfowl to
>and
>from wintering grounds by using ultra-light airplanes. These efforts are
>very photogenic, and very flattering to us humans, but does anyone know
>of any instances in which durable independent migratory traditions among
>wild birds have been established by this technique? Please furnish
>references if you can."
>
>No, I don't know of any yet but this is a very timely question.  This fall
>the
>effort to establish just such a "durable independent migratory" behavior will
>be undertaken with none other than our famous whooping cranes.  And we
>here in
>Ohio have an important, if secondary, role to play.  This attempt has been in
>the planning for years now and we probably all know that last year the final
>step was taken when the flight from WI to FL succeeded with sandhills.  Well
>the folks with the cranes and the planes have gotten all the needed federal
>permits together and I've only recently been informed that they will actually
>lead the first group of whoopers in just a few months.  One of many
>preparations they had to make was a 20 state plan (here is where Ohio fits
>in)
>covering each state the migration overflies and each state bordering those
>states.  They have a contact here in Ohio for this plan.
>
>The thought where Ohio is concerned is that there will surely come a day when
>one of the migrants decides to "drop out" and that bird will have to be
>followed since every endangered whooper in any research project has to be
>fully accounted for.  So the idea is that any one of  these 20 states is
>likely to see a whooper flying over some day soon.
>
>You may recall just last year a pair flew up from FL from that
>"non-migratory"
>flock they've established.  Those two entered OH and separated with only one
>returning south and fully accounted for.  The other was lost by the
>monitoring
>team and faded away.  I've not heard if it has been discovered yet.  So you
>see, while the answer to your question this month is "no" it may soon be
>"yes".
>
>Oh, by the way, those sandhills from last year's ultralite led trip did
>return
>to WI at the usual migration time so maybe the answer is already yes but it's
>too soon to know.
>
>This is a good topic for us all to spread around here in Ohio.  I've met Joan
>Guilfoyle with USFWS External Affairs who oversees communications with the
>outside world on this project and she says they hope birding groups will try
>to raise the consciousness of the general population on these birds and this
>event.  Here's one thought about why.  Some day, some farmer or suburban wife
>with a big pond out back just may wake up and walk outside to see this very
>big white bird standing around.  It is first of all important that they
>contact someone to report it if they know what it is and it's also important
>that they know that this is a very special bird and not one to chase, hunt,
>pen, touch, etc.  These birds are used to being around people and it is
>easily
>forseeable that one might get hurt in contact with humans.
>
>Sorry to write so much but as you can see, this is a topic close to my heart.
>
>Jackie Gribble
>Columbus OH
>jgribble@...
>gribblejd@...

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Hi:

For those of you who may be planning field trips to the Fl panhandle - wear long
sleeved shirts and plenty of mosquito repellant.

As of the state-wide Department of Health Conference Call Friday afternoon, West
Nile Virus (WNV) has been confirmed in crows from Jefferson, Washington and
Madison Counties. A dead horse also was confirmed for Jefferson County.  The
County in Goergia just north of Jefferson County also has West Nile Virus based
on a dead bierd.  Several Blue Jays have turned up moribund in these areas and
also are suspected.

In addition, there is an Eastern Equine Encephalitis viral uotbreak in the area
from Santa Rosa County to Nassua Counyt.  A total of 12 counties have had horse
deaths attributed to EEE.  In addition, 300 dead quail and 30 dead have been
reported as infected. Two finches also were reported as carrying the EEE virus.

ABA 600+ Birder and lead field investigator for CDC-Ft Collins Nick Komar was in
Jefferson County last weekend collecting over 10,000 mosquitoes that have been
shipped back to his Colorado lab for genetic and other analyses.  The vector
mosquito has not been identifed for WNV in Florida.

Not trying to scare you out of a good birding trip - just trying to tell you to
protect yourself.  Waklla County is scheduled for aerial mosquito control this
weekend.

Good Birding

Doug Wassmer
Tampa, FL
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well does this thing work

Hi IRAS and Eastbirders (If you still exist);

Here are some of the birds I have seen in the past couple of weeks at various
sites managed by St. Lucie County Environmental Lands.

*Pinelands, Okeechobee Rd.: Quail (many), swallowtailed kites, Crested
Cara-cara.

Paleo-Hammmock. Carleton Rd. (opening 2002): Wild Turkey, Great Crested
Flycatcher, Swallowtailed Kites. Four kites were hawking insects directly
overhead at only 15 feet. Awesome.

*Indrio Savannahs: Wild Turkey. A single Tom right near entrance by Rt. 1!

Walton Scrub. Indian River Drive  (opening 2002): Short-Tailed Hawk, Light
Phase. I got a fleeting but close look at this bird when it flew out of a
hickory near the entrance drive.

Platts Creek Sunrise Blvd. (closed for restoration): Barn owl. Bird was
flying across wetland just south of orange grove at 8:30 a.m. It flew into
grove.

* Denotes Great Florida Birding trail site.

We are planning a series of walks and programs at most sites as they open.

Brad Martin
St. Lucie County  Division of Environmental Lands

About two years ago a 15 foot Queen Palm located just outside my home office
window died. It wasn't long before the RBWP were drilling away. Last year
they made a nest near the top of the tree, but on the side opposite from my
window. They raised a family I think of three chicks.

This year they made a hole on my side of the tree about 10 feet off the
ground. A one chick family left the nest and in just a few minutes the same
mother or a different one moved in and raised a family of two. They left the
nest this week and the parents are feeding them is the backyard.

During the spring our neighborhood Screech Owl took up residence in the older
and now larger hole. We were hoping we might get an owl family but I guess
something was missing (no Roadrunner connection) and he or she moved back
next door.

Maybe RBWP is not an unusual or rare bird, but we sure have enjoyed having
them choose our yard to raise new generations of woodpeckers. We hope that
the tree will provide a nesting spot next year too.

The lesson to be learned is how important dead trees (snags) and woodpeckers
are for making nesting sites not only for woodpeckers but may other cavity
nesting birds. We are trying to figure out how we can get someone to plant a
nice tall dead tree in our yard. I have been thinking I could build a dead
tree, like a vertical Purple Martin house. Although it appears birds really
prefer natural trees if they can find them.

If you would like to see a picture of one of our babies sticking its head out
of the nest hole, visit the web page for this new email group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/IndianRiverAudubon and select the menu item
"Photos" on the left side of the home page. Feel free to add your own photos
following the instructions on the photo page to back up your field and
backyard reports.

Hugh and Mary Nicolay

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jjdryja@...

Great report EXCEPT we are not supposed to ever mention that we are leaving
town.
Mary

IRAD Board:

I think the IRAS email discussion groups have been successfully moved from
Listbot to Yahoo Groups.

There are currently 73 subscribers to the IRAS email discussion list.

I have changed the signup procedure on the IRAS web site to reflect the new
group.

I have given our chapter secretary all the secret User Ids and passwords to
operate the email lists and chapter web page should I be carried off by a big
raptor and be unavailable.

I updated the IRAS web site "Contact" page to reflect the current officers,
board members, and functional listings as I understand them. Any corrections
would be appreciated. I have dropped Shannah Trout from the Board at her
request.

The IRAS web site "Events" page will be updated with the 2001-2002 meetings,
field trips, and other events when I get the word. I have only added the
Cocoa CBC and Flyway Festival dates so far.

Mary and I are off on a little trip to hopefully cooler habitat for a month.

Regards, Hugh Nicolay

How do you distinguish between nests of pelicans, great blue herons, snowy
egrets, tri-color herons, and wood storks.  Do they use certain vegetation,
construction difference, etc.  The only way I distinguish now (assuming
they are empty) is zone in the canopy of the mangroves.
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Hello,

	 This is to let you know that your new ListServ is working well at my
computer.

	 Wow, Sarah, is the jargon of birding designed to leave some of us out in
the cold?  :-)   :-)   :-)

	 Many of you will enjoy Bob Paty's photography which can be found at:
	 < http://www.AboutTitusville.com/ >.

	 Best wishes, Dave Rich, webmaster <www.nbbd.com>
			 SCB&W Festival committee member

Hi all,

Birded Black Point yesterday between about 2 and 4 p.m. and did not see
anything resembling a Curlew Sandpiper. Had Semi-Palmated Plovers, a
non-breeding plumage Black-bellied Plover, Ruddy Turnstones, Western
Sandpipers, Killdeer--one that may have been on a nest, and Black-necked
Stilts--incl. a juv. At the now infamous stop #6 there is what appears to be
a least tern rookery that is being shared with black skimmers and a black
tern (do these breed here?). There were also Forster Terns and a couple of
Royal terns. The Tri-colored Herons are decked out in breeding plumage still.
And there were a couple of Roseatte Spoonbills and wood storks as well to top
off the afternoon.

May have had the Marbled Godwit someone saw the other day, between stops 5
and 6. Don't have a spotting scope but the bird was about the right size and
shape with a bicolored bill--dark tip. Was preening and such so couldn't
really see if the bill was downcurved.

The water levels are really high and there a number of potholes on the drive
from puddles so you kind of have to keep one eye on the road.

Happy birding to all,

Sarah

Sarah Linney
SMLJAY@...
Cocoa, FL

Got it.

By the way, I realized that you probably meant eco-tourism when you were
talking about Wes' failed venture. Sorry about that.

TENA was predated. WIND has one JV that made it: we banded two. SWAL has one
jv. The reason we weren't seeing the KITE female very often was because she
was sitting on another nest. Found a nobd jv there today. this is the third
double clutch so far: LC20 and CONN being the other 2.

Seriously considering getting up a half hour earlier to get out in the field
earlier. It is hot and miserable out there!

Talk at you later,

Sarah

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Dick Novier
Palm Bay FL
BigButoe@...

For your information---
J. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida USA has
closed the Wildlife Drive to motorized vehicles until December 15, 2001 or
thereabouts to do repair work on the road & the culverts under the road.
No where can I find this information on their website, so I thought that
other people might want this information.
However, it will be open October 15-20 for National Wildlife Refuge Week.
This information is from email contact with the Fish & Wildlife Service.
Linda Lee Baker
Bonita Springs, Florida   USA
LLBaker@...

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To members of the IRAS email discussion list:

In the next day or two you will receive an email welcoming you to the email
discussion group IndianRiverAudubon at Yahoo Groups. This new group will
replace the Listbot group since they are going out of the free email group
providing business.

If all goes will the new group will work just like the old one except the
address has changed.

To send email to all the members of the group, address it to:

     IndianRiverAudubo@YahooGroups.com

You may want to add this address to your email address book.

Any problems or questions?

Ask me.

Hugh Nicolay
IRAS Email List Manager