I've accepted the probability that huge numbers of bright migrants visiting my yard is waning. But I glanced out a back window and saw bright blue - no it...
Tracee Strohman
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May 1, 2007 4:53 pm
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posted on behalf of Gail Menk: On 20 APRIL, I saw a male Yellow Warbler at Lake Jackson's Faulk Drive Landing, where Fran Rutkovsky et al. saw an individual on...
Fran Rutkovsky
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May 1, 2007 11:28 pm
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I will be out of the office starting 05/01/2007 and will not return until 06/04/2007. In Canada on Breeding Waterfwol Survey. Will be able to check email ...
Thom_Lewis@...
May 2, 2007 4:03 am
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I just returned from a few days at Hilton Head Island, SC. While there, I visited Pinkney Wildlife Refuge and observed my first male painted bunting. I have...
Tonight I went over to fill up the bird bath in the owls yard. The female owl sat in the entrance of the house and watched me. A little while later just at...
Paddling on Lake Lafayette this afternoon / evening was a little quiet except for the Red-winged Blackbirds and Grackles. We saw lots of Osprey nests and an...
Tracee Strohman
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May 3, 2007 1:47 am
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The kites are building a nest...... ... From: raybieber@... Saturday was the first siting of the return of the Mississippi Kites to Hilaman Golf...
Alright, this morning I caught a squirrel chewing away at the right corner of the owl house. It had chewed a hole the size of a large walnut and was looking...
Before sunset last night I had a female Scarlet Tanager in the yard. First of the season for the yard :-) Tracee Strohman Indianhead Acres Tallahassee ...
Tracee Strohman
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May 5, 2007 10:23 am
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Just a note for anyone who might want to walk La Chua trail. On Thursday my son went to La Chua and found they had closed the trail due to the huge influx of...
Saturday morning at lowish tide there was a plentiful assortment of colorful shorebirds at Mashes Sands beach. (If I have miss-id'd anything, please let me ...
Late in the day as the wind picked up Pam Flynn, Bill Hudgens and I biked the fun trails of Alford Greenway. They've been improving this park, btw. There's a...
Tracee Strohman
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May 7, 2007 1:27 am
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I just noticed a report including Glossy Ibis at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge last Friday (5/4). This reminded me that I had a good look at a couple...
I was able to get out the first half of Saturday, so I decided to hit some spots I don't normally visit. The weather was hot and I didn't see any great birds,...
Robert Lengacher
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May 7, 2007 8:05 pm
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On 29 April, I recorded approximately 30 species in 30 minutes at the Robert White Williams Birding Trail, 3 mail Scarlet Tanagers included (1 seen, 2...
Deborah (my 13 yr old birder; home schooled) and I tried for a big day in Wakulla County today. We ended up with 119 species, not great but a lot of work, and...
Hey Rodney, Congratulations to you and Deborah on your Wakulla Big Day. You may think your total was "not great" but it is a new county Big Day record. I've...
I am not sure who sent me this. But I have been learning a lot from Jeffery Wrights owl cams. http://njmg.typepad.com/owl/2007/05/meet_the_fab_fo.html And if...
It was a 3 kingbird day today at Bald Pt/Alligator Pt. Found Gray (7), Eastern (2), and a single Western. Other activity included: Solitary sandpiper (3) S-T...
southmoonunder@...
May 13, 2007 4:11 am
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I did a reply on my own screech owl topic. It came in to my email inbox but nothing showed up here on the message. Do we have to continually start a new...
Hoping for some scraps from E. Florida's bountiful run of storm-driven migrants, I visited St George Is SP this morning. The youth camp was deathly quiet,...
southmoonunder@...
May 13, 2007 9:23 pm
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Sat me & Marvin went to Bear Creek in the Lake Talquin State Forest and I got to work on my birding by ear. WE heard Yellow bill cuckoos calling and since they...
I observed some good birds while on a large private tract in Leon County Sat & Sun. There were some good birds on and adjoining Dove Pond near the Miccosukee...
I just got a note from my son who works in the downtown Tallahassee area. He saw a barn owl about 2 pm this afternoon outside a parking garage. He said birds...
posted on behalf of Gail Menk: CHAT TIME IN LEON COUNTY On 26 APRIL, I listed 3 Semipalmated Sandpipers at the Springhill Road Sewage Treatment Facility...
Fran Rutkovsky
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May 16, 2007 2:32 am
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Just saw my first summer tanager (female) taking a bath in the shallows of my backyard waterfall. Of course, heard her first and started looking - the time...
Well, most of the time mama owl stays in a tree during the day near the house. At night she hunts. If it gets cool as it did a few days ago, she goes back in...
Spent about 45 minutes checking out a 1/2 mile stretch of Forest Road 356 near the Whaley Branch bridge in Wakulla County this morning. The drought has reduced...
speedyg
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May 17, 2007 3:43 pm
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Having noted the subject of spreading apple snails, I noticed that several pink egg masses were visible today on logs in the "Maryland Circle Beaver Pond" in...
speedyg
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May 17, 2007 10:27 pm
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Thought this might be interesting: < http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1735085420070517?feedType=RSS&rpc=22 ... You have to wonder if the...