I have had a White-winged Dove visiting my feeder now for about two weeks. The last couple of days there has been a juvenile. I wonder if they are nesting? The...
Alan W. Knothe
birdman8@...
May 1, 2003 9:35 pm
1419
Hi all, The lack of tail feathers confirmed it was someone's escaped "pet", but it was still rather startling to see a RING-NECKED PHEASANT crossing ...
Swamphen
speedyg@...
May 2, 2003 3:51 pm
1420
The Supervisor of this facility for the City of Tallahassee has informed us that the spray field area behind the fence will be open on Thursdays (only) from...
KM1DOT2@...
May 2, 2003 6:57 pm
1421
I took my bird class to several of the Ft. Walton hot spots this morning. We started on R.R. 236 on Eglin A.F.B. reservation to look for Red-cockaded...
I went out this morning with my Saturday birding class. We started in Gulf Breeze at the Office Depot parking lot where we had Gray Kingbird. Then we went into...
Alan W. Knothe
birdman8@...
May 3, 2003 11:43 pm
1424
While at St Marks today, I saw what looked like a white phase Short-tailed hawk or else a very light immature Peregrine falcon. I was wondering, the ...
The bird we saw at St. Marks on April 19 had a white ventral body surface and was therefore a light morph (acc. to Stevenson the ratio of dark to light moroph...
Marvin Collins
mcollins@...
May 4, 2003 3:04 pm
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Hi all, Yesterday afternoon, while walking The Mutt, a CHIPPING SPARROW flew up into one of our oak trees (and landed right next to a GREAT CRESTED...
Swamphen
speedyg@...
May 4, 2003 6:16 pm
1427
Gail Menk and I birded the southeast farm off Tram Road in Tallahassee this morning. We had lots of orchard orioles, blue grosbeaks and blue jays with each...
Edwwjr@...
May 8, 2003 8:49 pm
1428
Hi Birders, I had so many requests for Tiger Hammock Road maps that I decided that it would be easiest to post them on my web site. Simply go to...
Alan W. Knothe
birdman8@...
May 8, 2003 9:11 pm
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Mike Miller and I went to the farm at 1200, hoping to see one of the big aggregations of kites that have been reported there in the past. A quick glassing from...
The last few days I have taken my birding classes to the usual hot spots here in Ft. Walton Bch. Shorebirds have been abundant at the county holding ponds and...
Alan W. Knothe
birdman8@...
May 9, 2003 9:28 pm
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Gail Menk discovered a basic plumaged Baird's Sandpiper this morning in small pools 2 and 3 on the tarp with Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers (ponds are...
Cavanagh, Jim
jim.cavanagh@...
May 10, 2003 1:52 am
1433
I put up a feeder a little over 2 years ago and so far the most impressive change was the reduction in grackles. The first year they swarmed all over but have...
I was able to get out Saturday for one of my very rare morning birding adventures. My goal was to add some fairly easy lifers from the Big Bend area. Around...
Robert Lengacher
rlengach@...
May 12, 2003 11:28 am
1435
I located two, active Red-Cockaded Woodpecker nests in Apalachicola Forest over the weekend on FR 111 just west of US 67. They are clearly marked with pink...
Nancy Lang
LANG-N@...
May 12, 2003 2:54 pm
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John Murphy and I wound our way some 17+miles through Tate's Hell from a W entrance E to Carabelle. We arrived about 4 PM and got out after 7 PM. All...
Hi all, Sorry for the delay in posting this, but I've been in a landscaping frenzy the past few days. On Mother's Day, aside from taking Mom to Sonny's (for me...
Swamphen
speedyg@...
May 14, 2003 6:17 pm
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I am going to be visiting J Ville overnight and was wondering if there was one place that was a "don't miss" spot for birding or just nature in general near...
Guana River State Park is one of my favorite spots around there, though I haven't gotten back there much since I've been birding. Also, the East section of the...
I was just griping about all the cowbirds at the feeder, when a male SHINY COWBIRD showed up at my feeder here on Bald Pt. (Franklin Co.). Not that have both...
I've also been noticing hordes of Cowbirds at the feeders - in fact, I've cut back to just one feeder, yet they keep coming (and the cardinals have stopped!)....
Swamphen
speedyg@...
May 17, 2003 3:18 pm
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On 17 May 03, Bonnie Jean Allen (State Park Ranger) spotted three imm. MAG. FRIGATEBIRDS circling over Bald Pt., and the flying in a westerly direction along...
Now that the migration is winding down, I was wondering how individuals felt about the timing of the general songbird migration this spring in Florida. Not one...
Jim Stevenson
natrix@...
May 18, 2003 9:22 pm
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... From: David Simpson <depdave@...> To: <FLORIDABIRDS-L@...> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 9:22 AM Subject: [FLBIRDS] RFI late dates for...
David Simpson
depdave@...
May 20, 2003 1:39 pm
1446
Factor in the apparently sluggishness of the migration this year....