Hi all: I had two first of season arrivals today in the yard: Hermit Thrush and Blue-headed Vireo. They came in when the other birds were bathing at the...
Fran Rutkovsky
prutkov@...
Nov 1, 2005 11:18 pm
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Hi everyone There were a few interesting birds this morning at the lighthouse at St Marks NWR. There were three or four Oporornis warblers along the road north...
Reward: Wanted for illegal trade in birds and animals I pass on the following appeal for assistance or information from the German bird protection organisation...
Hi folks: Just for a lark, I'm trying to add some video of the hummer birds in my yard in Indian Head Acres. I don't know how well this will work for you but...
There were 7 American Avocets on a sandbar on the Island end of the causeway. Two Indigo Buntings and a myriad of mosquitos at the youth camp ground. A...
This past Saturday, six participants and myself birded four sites here in Tallahassee. In total we counted 47 species despite a number of easy misses. The...
Robert Lengacher
rlengach@...
Nov 7, 2005 1:43 pm
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I saw two Lesser Nighthawks along Bald Pt. Rd. about 6:15 PM. This makes three of the last four fall/winters that this species has been seen on Alligator...
Hi all: Fred Bassett, licensed bander from Montgomery, AL, will be coming through Tallahassee this Saturday and again late Monday or Tuesday to band...
Fran Rutkovsky
prutkov@...
Nov 9, 2005 5:21 pm
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Hi all, things have been very quiet around the feeders the last day or so, but I've been busy and thought maybe it was just the warm weather scattering the...
It's awfully hard to think of a Barred Owl taking on an adult raccoon; those things intimidate hounds. But coyotes? 'Liza Hawkins had 'em in her back yard...
Hi all: There was a little more action in the yard today, esp. at the birdbaths and mist sprayers between 1:30 and 2 p.m. A first of season WINTER WREN...
Fran Rutkovsky
prutkov@...
Nov 9, 2005 11:20 pm
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Dear Linda and all -- Urban owls are not at all uncommon. There is, or used to be, a Great Horned Owls that called and hunted in the vicinity of Monroe and...
RickLWest@...
Nov 10, 2005 12:31 am
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A female plumaged Painted Bunting and two Indigos showed up at my feeding station Wednesday. A Tennessee Warbler was among a dozen Yellow-rumps at the...
This was sent to me by a friend, Follow this link to a beautiful Picture of a Bald Eagle protecting its dinner near Titusville... this was snapped by a local...
Saw my FOTS D-E Junco this morning at cul-de-sac at Bald Pt St Park. It was feeding with a mixed flock which included Vesper & White-crowned Sparrows. Later...
southmoonunder@...
Nov 11, 2005 7:41 pm
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Activity at the Birdwindow has increased this last week. The Mister seems to be the "place to be", we have seen female Indigo Buntings, several vireos,...
Made quick drive-bys at both sights this afternoon/evening. Saw a Common Loon at each. St. Marks is still hosting three immature Reddish Egrets by the...
michael hartley
hartleyism@...
Nov 12, 2005 1:51 am
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While I did not see the bird myself, a group from U. Georgia described a dark bird harassing gulls at the lighthouse at St Marks, and said that they identified...
Nothing spectacular as of late, but I did have a Yellow-billed Cuckoo at Longleaf Road on Friday, Nov. 11. Personally, this is the latest sighting for this...
Robert Lengacher
rlengach@...
Nov 14, 2005 10:07 pm
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I spent Sunday and Monday on Dolphin surveys in St Joe Bay and saw two possible *female* Common Mergansers flying out of the bay at around 12:30 on Monday. I...
To all Tallahassee Auduboners who know Elizabeth, I just got this news... Elizabeth Platt was injured yesterday morning when she was struck by a car while she...
About 4:30 Tuesday afternoon I had a flock of 16 white ibis over the park at the west end of the lake. Only 1 was in juvenile plumage. Also: 2 Wilson's snipe...
Edwwjr@...
Nov 15, 2005 11:17 pm
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2 males, one female, this morning along with the usual suspects at Chapman Pond (Myers Park) this morning. Winter is here! Have a good day and put your hood...
Today, at Piney Z, Lake Lafayette, we observed about 50 Great Blue Herons soaring together over Piney Z. I have never seen so many together in one place...
Saw 7 hooded mergansers in the large pond between Mahan and Miccosukee off the Blairstone Road extension about noon today. Had 21 white ibis at the west end of...
Edwwjr@...
Nov 18, 2005 4:15 am
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At 7:30 this morning, I walked the trail along Potts road and the Blairstone Extension. Identified 15 species and saw 1 in flight that I failed to identify. ...
I had 1 wood stork at the west end of the lake this evening. Ed Woodruff Tallahassee [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Edwwjr@...
Nov 18, 2005 11:15 pm
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Saw a female/immature Painted Bunting, and heard my FOTS Am. Goldfinches today near the end of Bald Pt road (inside state park). Also had a nice assortment of...
southmoonunder@...
Nov 19, 2005 12:07 am
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This morning I saw 2 Golden-crowned Kinglets in the oaks beside the disabled parking near the end of Bald Pt road. John Murphy Alligator Pt, FL...
southmoonunder@...
Nov 19, 2005 6:42 pm
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Hi all: Every time I get a burst of activity in the yard/ravine, I think finally the birds have returned full time. Then they disappear again. Though this is...