Some highlights from Sunday (05/16)... Western Kingbird Yellow-breasted Chat White Pelican (2 - one in peak breeding plumage...bright red legs, yellow on face,...
Got a lifer at St Marks today! What a handsome bird the Black Tern is - I don't think I could've ID'd it if it weren't in breeding plumage. It was repeatedly...
Summer doldrums broken by a few fun birds. The various pools were very low. Tower Pool is now low enough, however, to attract some shorebirds. Work is...
Please excuse this repeat e-mail. After receiving an assist from the web master, I am reposting this trip report to see if the single paragraph problem has...
Hey, Y'all Went hiking in the Garden of Eden in Liberty County today. Didn't see many birds, but didn't get to go the entire trail. There were lots of robins...
Evening nflbirders,First, please excuse the mass paragraph that might appear from this posting. Though I used multiple paragraphs with Gail Menk's posting, it...
Evening nflbirders,I am passing this on from Gail Menk:"Ornithologist Robert L. Crawford has graciously responded to a recent posting of mine regarding mention...
Found a few probable fall migrants this morning during my Bald Pt SP shorebird survey. Greater yellowlegs (6) Spotted sandpiper (1, alternate plumage) Western...
Needed to inspect Lake Munson today and noted the large number of white wading birds present. What stood out was one Roseate Spoonbill near the delta (NW...
FALL MIGRATION IN SWAY IN LEON COUNTY - posted for Gail E. Menk I have never reconciled myself fully with purple Martins arriving locally in mid-winter and...
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...
Hi all, I've been thinking about writing for a while but have been doing lots of traveling so not writing. The traveling has inspired my thinking about...
posted for Gail Menk: IT CAN PAY TO FORGET ONE'S BINOCULARS Such carelessness proved to be a "boon" to this nimrod who, upon arrival at Lake Jackson's Rhoden...
Today when I stopped to get lunch on South Monroe street, across from FAMU, I heard a lot of squawking in the air. Looking up, I saw a Red-tailed Hawk...
I had a young common loon on Tyndall AFB beach in Panama City last Weds too. It was loafing on the sand (presumably not in the best of health?) and beat feet...
Yesterday (July 4), I found a Common loon (first summer plumage) swimming within 50' of the shore at Bald Pt. Michael Hill told me of 5 he saw in the...
Bill Hudgens and I biked the perimeter of Alford Greenway early this morning - sorta quiet. Some of the fun sightings were: Blue Grosbeaks singing like mad...
Hi Becky: Thanks to Sean for making up that list of various locations around this area. One source you might look for is the "Panhandle Florida Birding Trail"...
I took a walk on Lake Jackson this morning, beginning at Faulk Drive and going north (and out). If you can stand a little mud you can walk a long way! Porter...
Drove through Southwood early this afternoon and found a few surprises. Two Least Terns were over the shriveling remains of the southern portion of Central...
Hi all: This RFI has been on various bird lists, but I haven't seen it on a Florida list. With permission from the listowners, I am posting this to North FL...
Early this afternoon I spent fifteen minutes checking out Lake Jackson's Crowder Road Landing. (eBird list from this site is attached.) A lonely Purple Martin...
This morning Pam Flynn, Bill Hudgens and I pedaled (aka Birdking) the St Marks NWR main road and saw lots of interesting stuff. The White Pelicans were out a...
We sighted a Adult male Surf Scoter that appears to be in eclipse plumage in Indian Pass from St. Vincent Island today. He was reported to have been there...
While birding at Bottoms Road with Melissa Forehand around noon today (another possible posting), I got a call from Gail Menk indicating that he'd seen a...
A posting by Linda Most on 4 April inquiring as to the potential for finding migrating birds at Tallahassee’s Innovation Park has jogged my memory back to...
Please join me July 2nd and fight the plan to take the Bald Eagle off the endangered species list, removal of their nests, and letting contractor build in...
I am trying to put aside procrastination and post some of my (potentially) more interesting sightings over the past few days. SMNWR Friday June 22 12 American...
Yesterday had a lovely day on the Itchnntucknee River, couldn't resist bringing my binocs so that is why I got a raft instead of a tube :-} Saw several nice...
On Sunday my wife and I rode our bikes down to the lighthouse and in addition to the other birds that have been mentioned, we saw 4 Swallow-tailed kites and...
