Michael Evans and I birded Koucky Park and the park at Piney Z Saturday morning. Koucky was much better for migrants and we re-found the yellow-bellied ...
At the usual time of increased daily bird activity, I saw a male summer tanager at my garden's birdbath. There where, of course, the usual titmouse,...
Hi Julie, Ross and I headed down to St Joe Island today to see what its like and to get an idea of its potential during the fall. We had a pretty good day...
Hi all A week or so ago we ran into a guy called Brad Smith (F&WS) who is counting shorebirds along the Gulf Coast this winter. He is very keen to have local...
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michael hartley
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Oct 5, 2006 1:29 am
Walked the trail at Indian Mounds today to little avail; Gray-cheeked Thrush, White-eyed Vireo and FOS Hermit Thrush. Then I walked along the edge of the...
I've just posted three pictures in the Please Help ID folder in the photo section (by dellabythesea) of the afternoon visitor to my front yard. He perched on...
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Jim Stevenson
natrix@...
Oct 5, 2006 1:34 pm
Della, Your bird is indeed a Eastern Wood-Pewee. Pewees are sometimes confused with the various empidonax flycatchers, but this habit you described, of sitting...
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michael hartley
hartleyism@...
Oct 6, 2006 12:35 am
Walked the same route as yesterday: 3 White-eyed Vireos, Red-eyed Vireo, 2 Hoodeds, 1 Black-and-white, 1 Magnolia [Non-text portions of this message have been...
single yellow-throated warber w/chicadees bathing in my byard birdbath 7 woodducks 3 red-shouldered 2 summer tanagers 5 chestnut-sided warblers [Non-text...
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michael hartley
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Oct 6, 2006 9:29 pm
Koucky Park: 2 Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush multiple Red-eyed Vireo White-eyed Vireo Walking away from Koucky along the trail (all the action was 3/4 the way...
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Marvin & Jerilyn Coll...
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Oct 7, 2006 12:23 pm
There have been a number of reports of a Yellow-belled Flycatcher at Koucky Park over the last week or so. According to what I've read, this is a pretty rare...
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michael hartley
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Oct 7, 2006 6:02 pm
Marvin is right, and I shouldn't have posted the Yellow-bellied as a definite sighting but instead said I believed it to be. Empids are too tricky. I did...
Hi everyone, There were lots and lots of migrants on St George Island at dawn this morning, but as I was otherwise engaged in trying to survey Dolphins I was...
Saw a female wild turkey in Indian Head Acres this week. I suspect it is the saame female that stayed in the neighborhood all last Winter John Armstrong...
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Jim Stevenson
natrix@...
Oct 8, 2006 12:21 am
Living on the Upper Texas Coast the past ten years, I have seen many YBFL, some years by the dozens. I only saw 2 in North Florida in 43 years of frequent...
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Fran Rutkovsky
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Oct 8, 2006 2:02 am
Hi all: FYI: I kept this posting from Sally Jue in Sept. 2002, as it has a ... Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 Subject: [nflbirds] Yellow-bellied Flycatcher posted by...
Hi All, We have a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak that is visiting the yard for the 4th day. This is the longest that we have had one stay. After a day, they are...
I forgot to mention that we had a Shiny Cowbird 2 days ago, and we have a Gray Catbird that has been hanging out in the yard for about a week. I guess that is...
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Marvin & Jerilyn Coll...
mcollins@...
Oct 8, 2006 7:19 pm
Perfect weather for a 5-mile hike. A few mosquitoes present but not very enthusiastic feeders. Migrants included Magnolia Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler,...
Hi all Yellow-bellied Flycatcher IS NOT that much of a rarity in the panhandle. I personally believe they are under recorded. Saying that though I do believe...
Andy: This one isn't a YB. It's a Hammond's Flycatcher. http://www.americanbirding.org/photoquiz/quizans18.html Vince Lucas Naples ... [Non-text portions of...
First, we noticed that this blackbird had black eyes. Other than the Red-winged, we weren't familiar with black eyes on a black bird. So,we didn't know what it...
Saw A white morph Red Egret at St Josephs Buffer Preserve on Saturday The 7th of October Watched him almost all day in the company of 4 other regular reddy's....
Another new spcies found, Yariguies Brush Finch, with more to come possibly: < ...
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michael hartley
hartleyism@...
Oct 10, 2006 12:19 am
Birded SGI (mainly Youth Camp) yesterday and this afternoon. Yesterday the sky was full of Kestrals, Merlin, Peregrines, Northern Harriers, and Bald Eagles,...
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Jim Stevenson
natrix@...
Oct 10, 2006 1:35 am
Micheal et al, The issue of RH Wdpkrs along the gulf coast in the fall has been discussed for decades. They do not winter south of the US, and there are no...
I wasn't able to attend Andy's Bird Walk today but having about an hour or so to kill before an appointment, decided to head to Bald Point for a little while....
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Jim Stevenson
natrix@...
Oct 10, 2006 5:19 pm
Julie, Ross and I also had 2 juveniles down at the marina on St Joe peninsula last week and they were heading north along the peninsula. Actually, I find that...
