Had two Solitary Sandpipers (and a Canada Goose...) on Sutters Creek (I believe that's the name) in Blountstown this afternoon. From the FL-20/FL-71...
speedyg
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Sep 2, 2006 10:36 pm
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Gail Menk and I visited Koucky Park Saturday morning. Although a number of the resident species were present, no migratory flock was encountered. The best...
Edwwjr@...
Sep 2, 2006 10:57 pm
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Hi all Julie and I went for a whizz around the various landings on Lake Jackson this morning and had the following highlights 3 Bank Swallow - Faulk Drive 2...
Hi, This is my first posting, but am excited to share that on Sept.1 and 2ond, I had a Rufous hummingbird in my yard off Buck Lake Road. Over the two days,...
Checked out Lake Killearny this evening. There were four BLACK-BELLED WHISTLING-DUCKS on the far bank of the lake (park side) and what I believe was a Northern...
speedyg
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Sep 4, 2006 12:57 am
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Hi folks... I had to work this weekend so while at Tall Timbers I made a point of visiting the bird window on and off throughout the weekend: carolina wren ...
Hi all Julie and I went to St Marks NWR this morning with Ross McGregor and Anna Nousek to see what was aboot and we had a fine few hours of birding. The...
Hi all, Saw a very interesting Eastern Bluebird today at Lake Bradford in the oaks east of the museum. My best guess is a young female just getting her...
If you haven't been by Lake Killarney to see the waders and shorebirds, you've missed a show. Today at 4:00 PM, from the west end park, there were 179 wood...
Edwwjr@...
Sep 5, 2006 12:13 am
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More migrants at the ol' home place today: Blue Grosbeak, Yellow-throated Vireo, Prairie Warbler, and first-of-fall Whip-poor-will... -S.P.McCool Wakulla...
speedyg
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Sep 5, 2006 12:49 am
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Gail Menk saw a Hudsonian Godwit at the holding ponds at the Tram Road sprayfield at Southeast Farm early this morning (Thursday, 9/7). Dottie and I went to...
Hi all so I got out there at the crack of sparrow and found the bird very quickly on the middle holding pond. You beauty! My 300th Florida bird (took me long...
Greetings - is it possible to access the ponds on Saturday (I remember something about it being closed)? Would like to come up after the Godwit, Thanks, Bob...
The Hudsonian godwit was present from 11:00 to 11:40 AM in the west end of the middle holding pond at Tram Road (Southeast farm) in Tallahassee. In addition...
Edwwjr@...
Sep 8, 2006 6:30 pm
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I spotted one of the Rufous Hummingbirds Fred Basset has previously banded in my back yard in Indian Head Acres... This is the earliest siting for a Rufous by...
After posting that the Tram Road Plant is closed on weekends, I have gotten a clarification and would like to share it with birders who may want to look for...
Edwwjr@...
Sep 9, 2006 12:20 am
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After Speedy's report on the black-bellied whistling ducks earlier this week, I have checked several times for them without success. Friday evening about...
Edwwjr@...
Sep 9, 2006 12:33 am
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The Hudsonian godwit was present Saturday morning about 11:00 AM at the Tram Road plant holding ponds (Southeast Farm) in Tallahassee. The bird remains ...
Edwwjr@...
Sep 9, 2006 9:36 pm
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Michael Evans and I birded at St. Marks Saturday morning and early afternoon. We had hoped for a fallout of migrants but apparently were too far east. About...
Edwwjr@...
Sep 9, 2006 9:48 pm
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Hi all: Today my neighbor passed along to me (from another person) the Aug. 2006 issue of Birder's World magazine. There's a nice article of several pages by...
Fran Rutkovsky
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Sep 10, 2006 3:40 am
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Hi all Julie and I spent an hour at TTRS with Dave and Dee Simpson this morning. The highlight for some of us was an American Bittern which at one point was...
Saturday in Tallahassee: Lake Killearny: 1 Wilson's Snipe (First of Fall), 9 Pectoral Sandpiper, 18 Least Sandpiper, 1 Loggerhead Shrike (combined count Wood...
speedyg
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Sep 10, 2006 9:46 pm
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Took a ride through St Marks tonight and was thrilled to see 3 Bald Eagles. These are the first I have seen out there. Two were in the trees off to the right...
Today I went out with Andy W to St Marks and saw a very nice selection of birds. arcadian flycatcher (many) tricolor herons redwing blackbirds reddish egrets ...
Hi all went to St Marks with Melissa and Gunilla this morning and found an immature WFIB on lighthouse pond. See my blog for other bird sightings. all the best...
I visited the Southeast Farm (Tram Road) holding ponds Monday between 2 and 3 PM. I checked each of the ponds and could not locate the Hudsonian godwit. I...
Edwwjr@...
Sep 12, 2006 3:12 am
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A light rain fell on Panacea this afternoon. It looked like the perfect time for a drive out Bottoms Road. Surely, the rain brought out the birds! I have not...
I drove down to the refuge this evening after work to try out my new binoculars. As I headed back, around 7:00 pm, the sky was filled with eastern kingbirds....
I lied about the Wood Storks out on Bottoms Road yesterday. There weren't 19 of them. I took spin out there first thing this morning - really hoping to see...
Tomorrow morning I have an appointment with my surgeon in Tallahassee and depending on how happy/unhappy I am afterwards, I am thinking of driving up to Tall...
