I am trying to learn my new Panasonic Fz20 digital camera. It has a 12x zoom and the best lcd viewer I have ever seen. The color is so true. But it is also a...
Dr. Hugh Hill, that great raconteur and long-time birder died this week. Those of us lucky enough to bird with him on St. George Island will never forget his...
Kate Malone
katebirder@...
Aug 4, 2005 7:01 pm
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Hi Birders: Has anyone visited Spring Hill Treatment Plant in Tallahassee lately? If so, could you please post what you find? What about Huguenot, Talbot...
... Yesterday. 3 Aug 05, I drove through the refuge after 6:00 PM. From the car: 3 Black-necked Stilt 3 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 Least...
Hi all, Today at 1:30 I saw two swallow tailed kites just above the tree line over the intersection of Thomasville Rd and Seventh avenue moving north - ...
When I returned to Tallahassee a year ago, after 6 years in Texas, I intended to add hooded warbler to my life list, but was unsuccessful until now. For the...
Ross and I had a hooded warbler this last friday in the Live Oak next to the Light House at SMNWR. It was accompagnied by a dozen a yellow warblers. Noteworthy...
I saw a Swallowtail circling over Apalachicola this afternoon. These kites are scheduled to be out of here by the end of the third week of this month. Jack...
Hello All, I returned home to St. Louis, Missouri yesterday from a family vacation to the Panama City Beach area, August 6th-13th. I have enjoyed reading the...
... Hi Josh, Although most of our Northern Gannets arrive in November, and stay into May, we have (usually) sub-adults that remain year round. They are ...
I just wanted to say Thank You to all those who replied on or off list to my question regarding the status of Northern Gannets during August in Florida. All...
Yesterday, in my yard (a swamp at the Miccosukee Land Co-op), there were a Northern Parula and a Worm-Eating Warbler foraging in the low shrubs, among the...
I was glad to see a swallow-tailed kite flying solo over our house in SE Leon Co this weekend, a beautiful adult. In N. Tallahassee I saw a black-and-white...
I have recently seen a b/w warbler at my house off Hillaman golf course. Also, the mississippi kites are still hanging around. In Mary Esther, this morning, I...
... I've seen Black and White warblers off and on since the end of July. The Henry Stevenson "Field Card" for the status of birds in the Tallahassee region...
Fran Rutkovsky
prutkov@...
Aug 22, 2005 4:23 pm
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A friend and I went boating on the Wacissa river from 6 to 8:30 p.m. last night. There were 30+ Swallow-Tailed Kite perched in a tree on the left, maybe a...
Lang, Nancy
LangN@...
Aug 24, 2005 3:31 pm
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Due to the extremely hot temperatures I have been changing my sugar water every other day, and some days every day. I look for white sugar on sale. I worry...
In this part of Florida, August through mid-October is the time when Ruby Throated hummingbirds are at their peak numbers at our feeders. The babies have...
We finally had our first Cerulean Warbler of the season today at about 5:15 PM in our mister. It was a first-year male. We also had a Hooded Warbler and a ...
Dean Jue
dsjue@...
Aug 27, 2005 12:32 am
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Thank you all for your help with my hummingbird questions. I have three feeders up at different locations. I always use the sugar water formula. this year I...
After a late afternoon thunder shower my son and I watched a Broadwinged Hawk swoop down and catch a small snake from a ditch in front of our house. It flew...
We had a female Black-throated Blue Warbler visit our yard this afternoon near Park and Capital Circle. She had a leisurely way about her and was a welcome...
michael hartley
hartleyism@...
Aug 28, 2005 4:11 am
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When Eliza and were attended the memorial for Ray Bieber at the Valley Nature Center in Weslaco, Texas, the executive director provided a very interesting and...
The breeze picked up about 7:30 PM as I was heading out check general conditions. I saw the first of what will surely be many Magnificent Frigatebirds (adult...
On Saturday pm there were four Pectoral Sandpipers and three Dunlin in with the usual shorebirds in the ponds by the lighthouse at SMNWR. The only migrant...
A survey of the Alligator/Bald Pt area yesterday afternoon resulted in the following sightings by Jack Dozier, Deanna Murphy and me... Bridled Tern (25) Sooty...
southmoonunder@...
Aug 30, 2005 10:38 am
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Very interesting. Yesterday evening at SMNWR there were no Frigatebirds or Sooty or Bridled Terns at the lighthouse. There were a few of the usual terns,...
A fast-moving mini-flock went through the yard today around noon. Besides the titmice,chickadees, and red-eyed vireos, I found 4 warbler species: female...
Fran Rutkovsky
prutkov@...
Aug 30, 2005 11:15 pm
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Had my first of the season Blue-winged Teal today. The bird was seen as I drove through Eastpoint from St. George Island. I also had a Yellow Warbler at the...
