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9 May Brevard Co. Yellow-breasted Chat [paul marvin ]
6 May Connecticut Warbler ["Murray Gardler" ]
06 May Golden Eagles ["vnjb63" ]
5 May Puschock addition ["dotrobbins AT juno.com" ]
05 May Golden Eagle ["vnjb63" ]
28 Apr Grand Bahama Birding Spots? ["Nate Stuart" ]
27 Apr STA-5 Tour Results 04/26/2008 [Vincent Lucas ]
27 Apr Rate Birds at Dry Tortugas [Bev Hansen ]
24 Apr Ruff ["gafcity47" ]
23 Apr Yellow-green Vireo at Stock Island [Bev Hansen ]
20 Apr Collier County Audubon + Hendy-Glades Audubon Fieldtrip 04/19/2008 Results [Vincent Lucas ]
20 Apr Fw: Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Press Release - Night Hike ["Betty Salter" ]
19 Apr Red Knots vs. Red Necks - Huguenot Park (Jax, FL) ["kedailey" ]
17 Apr Ft. Desoto ["gafcity47" ]
15 Apr Scissor-tailed Flycatcher ["Murray Gardler" ]
13 Apr Eared Grebe ["Murray Gardler" ]
13 Apr Oops! I Forgot. . . . [Vincent Lucas ]
13 Apr STA-5 Tour Results For 04/12/2008 [Vincent Lucas ]
12 Apr Dry Tortugas ["Murray Gardler" ]
10 Apr Double Brain Problem [Wes Biggs ]
10 Apr Brain problems [Wes Biggs ]
09 Apr FOS Meeting [Wes Biggs ]
7 Apr Fort Zachary Taylor; (Key West) ["Murray Gardler" ]
6 Apr Key West warbler correction ["Murray Gardler" ]
3 Apr Re: Bird id, please []
3 Apr Bird id please? []
3 Apr Fw: Pictures ["Murray Gardler" ]
31 Mar FW: My experience with Bird Brains ["Roy Halpin" ]
31 Mar RE: Re: The end of FlaBirding as we know it ["Connor, Larry" ]
31 Mar Re: The end of FlaBirding as we know it ["Joan Chasan" ]
30 Mar Last Beginning Birding Tour for the season ["Betty Salter" ]
31 Mar Re: The end of FlaBirding as we know it ["Sus" ]
28 Mar Dunedin Causeway, Hammock & Palm Harbor WTP ["Murray Gardler" ]
28 Mar RE: The end of FlaBirding as we know it [John Puschock ]
28 Mar Snow Goose still @ Cutler Wetlands - 03/28/08 [Paul Bithorn ]
28 Mar Re: The end of FlaBirding as we know it [Tom Rodriguez ]
28 Mar Re:The end of FlaBirding as we know it []
28 Mar Bermuda Petrel (NOT SEEN!) article and video ["dotrobbins AT juno.com" ]
27 Mar The end of FlaBirding as we know it [John Puschock ]
27 Mar April 9-12, 2008 Dry Tortugas Tour [Larry Manfredi ]
25 Mar Bystre Lake (Hernando County) ["Murray Gardler" ]
25 Mar Burrowing Owl, Western Kingbird ["Murray Gardler" ]
23 Mar Chuck-wills-widow []
22 Mar Re: Brevard Birdathon []
21 Mar Parrots, Red-whiskered Bulbul and more [Paul Bithorn ]
19 Mar Stilt Sandpipers 3/19/08 []
18 Mar Collier County Snowbirds Leaving [Vincent Lucas ]
19 Mar Yellow-headed Blackbird 3/18/08 ["gafcity47" ]
16 Mar STA-5 Tour Results 03/15/2008 [Vincent Lucas ]
15 Mar Bird jokes [Robert Wallace ]
16 Mar Re: Representative Ron Saunders Draft Bill []
15 Mar Representative Ron Saunders Draft Bill [Wes Biggs ]

Subject: Brevard Co. Yellow-breasted Chat
From: paul marvin <pm299fl AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 10:16:04 -0400
Yesterday, May 8, and today I got a Yellow-breasted Chat at the west end of 
Providence Road, west of Cocoa, Brevard County. It sang almost non-stop on both 
of my visits. 

 
I was able to see it well today just a little after sunrise. It was a little 
ways from the road, so a scope would help, but is not necessary. 

 
To reach the site, go west on Hwy 520 from I-95. Immediately turn left (south) 
on Tucker Rd, which parallels the freeway. Go several miles until Tucker Road 
becomes dirt. Turn right here on Providence Rd. Follow Providence Road to the 
end to where it becomes dirt. The Chat is to the right (north) of the dirt 
portion of Providence Road. 

 
Paul Marvin
Cocoa
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Subject: Connecticut Warbler
From: "Murray Gardler" <mangrovefirst AT tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 19:10:40 -0400
Carl Goodrich's last day in Key West until fall ended at Fort Zachary Taylor 
with 17 species of warblers including the subject warbler. 


Murray Gardler
Brooksville, FL

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Subject: Golden Eagles
From: "vnjb63" <vnjb63 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 01:24:21 -0000
Thanks to everyone for their input.  I do believe you are all right
about it being a juvenile Bald Eagle.  It is really exciting to know
this, as I have never even seen a Bald Eagle. I never thought it would
have been a juvenile Bald Eagle, which I have never seen an adult or
juvenile ever.  We were in the car and were viewing it from the ground
so it was difficult to identify many markings. It was sitting on the
top of the tree above our heads.  I can tell you it was ALL brown and
beautiful.  

Vicki
Ft. Myers
Subject: Puschock addition
From: "dotrobbins AT juno.com" <dotrobbins@juno.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 02:14:08 GMT
I will let John Puschock say it in his own descriptive, detailed, flowery 
prose: 


   Yes, the kid's here, and it's a boy.

Congratulations, Catherine and John! 

Dotty Robbins
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Subject: Golden Eagle
From: "vnjb63" <vnjb63 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 01:30:40 -0000
I'm fairly certain we saw a Golden Eagle in Sarasota on April 13,
2008. 

My husband, sister-in-law and her husband also saw it too. I will
try to find out where it was, as it was my sister-in-laws, girlfriends
parents neighborhood. Has anyone else from Sarasota seen a Golden
Eagle? 

I did some research on the internet and found on the Cornell
website that they are primarily in the Western U.S to Mexico and North
America, but are starting to appear in the Eastern part of the U.S.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Golden_Eagle.html
Subject: Grand Bahama Birding Spots?
From: "Nate Stuart" <stuartnate AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:37:07 -0400
Hello all, I am taking a trip to Freeport on Grand Bahama Island next week
for a couple days, and am looking for local birding spots. Any help would be
appreciated.
Nate Stuartstuartnate AT gmail.com


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Subject: STA-5 Tour Results 04/26/2008
From: Vincent Lucas <vplucas AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:49:26 -0400
All:

A picture-perfect day at STA-5, south of Clewiston in Hendry Co. on  
Saturday, April 26, 2008, saw some 23 folks out enjoying the birds  
and other wildlife. There were a few avian surprises to be had like  
the late Red-breasted Merganser flyover as well as a Lesser Scaup  
seen in one of the impoundments. The 150+ American White Pelicans  
were not expected for so late in the season and the Northern Bobwhite  
perched on a telephone line along Blumberg Rd. was a real treat.  
Belted Kingfishers (several), Western Kingbird (2) and a lone  
Northern Harrier were the last of their kind remaining from the  
winter season. However, the most spectacular sighting had to be the  
nearly 2000 Bobolinks foraging within a hundred feet of one of the  
dike roads. We watched them for well over 15 minutes. The "din" of  
their calls was awesome! I would estimate that 98-99% of this flock  
were males. Several other species seen were in high breeding plumage  
like the Forster's Tern that coursed through one of the impoundments  
and the 25+ Long-billed Dowitchers and two Stilt-Sandpipers that were  
encountered. Nesting was evident everywhere, especially for Boat- 
tailed Grackles, Black-necked Stilts, Killdeer and a few waders. Alan  
Murray found a Green Heron sitting on a nest and everyone got to see  
it. Way cool. Thanks Alan!

On the trip out from Naples to STA-5 as well as the return trip back  
to Naples, Alan and I found our "usual" birds. Highlights were, in no  
particular order: Snail Kite (four at the Farm 8 Wetlands just north  
of the Ocean Boy Shrimp Farm on CR835); Limpkin -- as many as 8 at  
the same location as well as several other locales along CR833 &  
CR835; 3-4 Spotted Sandpipers, a dozen or so Least Sandpipers and two  
Long-billed Dowitchers also at the Farm 8 Wetlands; 3-4 Swallow- 
tailed Kites near the Collier/Hendry County line; Crested Caracara  
(CR846, CR833 & CR835); Sandhill Crane family along CR833; Burrowing  
Owls (CR833); American White Pelican (6 or so along CR833); Wild  
Turkey (one individual along CR833); Eastern Meadowlarks -- mostly  
along CR835; Western Kingbird (2 along CR858 near the Hendry County  
Correctional Facility in Collier County) and calling Bobwhites in a  
few places that I neglected to note.

Before I forget, there was an "irruption" of one species of Odonate  
(dragonfly) at STA-5 in numbers that were simply astounding. The  
species is the Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata). They  
apparently emerged "en masse" to take advantage of the millions of  
little midges (I think that's what they were) that were highly  
annoying to us humans at STA-5.

Here's the list of species seen at STA-5 on Saturday, April 26, 2008.  
The current checklist total is 159 species. Thanks Margaret!


Fulvous Whistling-Duck    10+
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler    2-3
Ring-necked Duck    2-3
Lesser Scaup     1
Red-breasted Merganser    1 (Late(?) inland spring record)
Northern Bobwhite   (Several seen and heard along Blumberg Rd. as  
well as STA-5 proper)
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican   >150!!
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Least Bittern    7-8
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron (white morph aka Great White Heron)    1
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron  >10
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill    20+
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite     2-3
Bald Eagle    2
Northern Harrier    1
Red-shouldered Hawk
Crested Caracara    1
Peregrine Falcon   1
Sora     (several heard)
Purple Swamphen    6-7
Purple Gallinule   4-5
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Limpkin
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Spotted Sandpiper    4-5
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper   2 in breeding plumage
Long-billed Dowitcher    >25 -- all in breeding plumage
Caspian Tern    2
Forster's Tern     2
Black Skimmer    >75
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Barn Owl    1
Common Nighthawk     4-5
Belted Kingfisher   2
Western Kingbird    2
Loggerhead Shrike
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow    3-4
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Bobolink    >2000!!!! with 99% males.
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird     2

Cheers.

Vince
Subject: Rate Birds at Dry Tortugas
From: Bev Hansen <bevalhansen AT earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:51:47 -0400
Murray Gardler called in this report from the Dry Tortugas a few minutes ago:

2 Black Noddies at Garden Key
1 immature dark phase Red-footed Booby at Long Key
1 alternate plumage Baird's Sandpiper at Loggerhead Key

Bev Hansen
Spring Hill, FL
bevalhansen AT earthlink.net
Subject: Ruff
From: "gafcity47" <gafcity47 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:28:32 -0000
Howdy All,

  For anyone that hasn't seen the Ruff on Peacock's Pocket Road 
(Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge). I have posted several 
pictures of it on my site. I don't know if it's still there, because I 
haven't seen any recent post. Hopefully the wind has kept it feeding 
for a few more days before it continues on. A very nice bird indeed.

www.flickr.com/photos/mudhen

Danny Bales
Titusville, Florida
Subject: Yellow-green Vireo at Stock Island
From: Bev Hansen <bevalhansen AT earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:34:00 -0400
The following is a message from Murray Gardler and Carl Goodrich:

At 2:15 this afternoon at the Botanical Gardens on Stock Island (Key 
West), we observed a Yellow-green Vireo eating in a fig tree next to 
the walkway closest to the golf course. We went back again at 4 p.m. 
and spent an hour trying to relocate the bird, but were unsuccessful.

Bev Hansen
Spring Hill, FL
bevalhansen AT earthlink.net
Subject: Collier County Audubon + Hendy-Glades Audubon Fieldtrip 04/19/2008 Results
From: Vincent Lucas <vplucas AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:17:53 -0400
All:

Yesterday, under the leadership of Alan Murray, about a dozen or so  
Collier Audubon Society + Hendry-Glades Audubon Society members spent  
the day looking for migrants and other birds in parts of Hendry &  
Glades Counties. Margaret England, as usual, did the groundwork for  
the outing. Thanks Margaret! We didn't see anything earth-shattering,  
but we did see (and hear) some nice birds totaling some 60 species,  
and I, for one, added some new birds to both of my lists for those  
two counties. Everyone seemed to have a good time despite the near 90  
degree heat. Before I forget, on the way out to LaBelle, several of  
us stopped off at the White's residence in Alva (Lee County) to check- 
out their feeders and to see if the Lazuli Bunting was still around.  
The White's have returned North but there is still bird seed in the  
feeders, for how long, I don't know. We didn't see the Lazuli, which  
was still being seen as of last week per Lois White. However, we did  
see several Indigo Buntings, (Painted Buntings seem to have left),  
White-winged Doves, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Parula (singing) and a  
few other common birds in our 15 minutes there. Anyway, here's our  
day list:

Areas visited -- Hendry County (HC):

Margaret England's backyard (situated on an old oxbow along the  
Caloosahatchee in LaBelle) + the Historic Hendry House
LaBelle Nature Park
Barron Park
Bob Mason Park

Areas visited -- Glades County (GC):

Passive Recreation Park
Areas along S.R. 78 east to Ortona
Wetherspoon Wetlands
Ortona Lock
Muse and surrounding areas

Birds seen:

Mottled Duck (GC)
Mallard (HC)
Northern Bobwhite (GC -- heard only)
Double-crested Cormorant (GC)
Anhinga (HC)
Great Blue Heron (HC)
Great Egret (HC & GC)
Snowy Egret (GC)
Little Blue Heron (GC)
Tricolored Heron (HC)
Cattle Egret (HC & GC)
Green Heron (HC & GC)
White Ibis (GC)
Glossy Ibis (GC)
Black Vulture (HC & GC)
Turkey Vulture (HC & GC)
Swallow-tailed Kite (HC & GC)
Red-shouldered Hawk (HC & GC)
Red-tailed Hawk (seen along S.R. 78 in Lee County)
Crested Caracara (GC)
Purple Gallinule (GC)
Common Moorhen (GC)
Killdeer (HC & GC where we saw an active nest)
Spoted Sandpiper (GC)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (HC & GC)
White-winged Dove (HC & GC)
Mourning Dove (HC & GC)
Common Ground-Dove (GC)
Chimney Swift (HC)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (HC & GC)
Downy Woodpecker (HC)
Pileated Woodpecker (HC)
Great Crested Flycatcher HC & GC)
Loggerhead Shrike (GC)
White-eyed Vireo (GC)
Blue-headed Vireo (HC)
Blue Jay (HC & GC)
American Crow (GC)
Purple Martin (GC)
Tree Swallow (GC)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (GC -- nesting in pipes along weir at  
Ortona Lock)
Tufted Titmouse (HC)
Carolina Wren (HC)
Gray Catbird (HC & GC)
Northern Mockingbird (HC & GC)
Brown Thrasher (HC & GC)
European Starling (HC & GC)
Northern Parula (HC)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (HC)
Pine Warbler (GC -- heard only)
Black-and-White Warbler (HC)
Eastern Towhee (GC)
Savannah Sparrow (GC)
Northern Cardinal (HC & GC)
Indigo Bunting (HC)
Red-winged Blackbird (GC)
Eastern Meadowlark (GC)
Common Grackle (HC & GC)
Boat-tailed Grackle (HC & GC)
House Sparrow (HC)

If I omitted anything or any errors are found, those in attendance at  
yesterday's fieldtrip can bring the necessary corrections to my  
attention. Thanks to all for a good day of birding in the interior  
counties of Florida!

Oh yeah, almost forgot. . . . Added a beautiful male Prince  
Baskettail (Epitheca princeps) to my Odonate list. It was seen at  
Ortona Lock (Glades County) on the Calooshatchee.

Cheers.

Vince

Vincent Lucas
Naples, FL
vplucas AT comcast.net
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leppyone/
http://www.caloosabirdclub.org




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Subject: Fw: Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Press Release - Night Hike
From: "Betty Salter" <bettysalter AT bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:56:58 -0400
FYI

Betty Salter
MINWR Volunteer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Nancy_Corona AT fws.gov 
To: undisclosed-recipients: 
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 4:12 PM
Subject: Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Press Release - Night Hike




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  NEWS RELEASE 


   U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
   Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge 
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                            CONTACT:  Nancy Corona 
DATE: 4/19/08                               OFFICE PHONE:  321-861- 5601 

                           Night Hike at Oak Hammock 

Join Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer, Jim Stahl, for a night 

hike along the 1/4- mile Oak Hammock Trail on Saturday, April 26, 

at 7:30 pm.  Learn about the hammock habitat and its nocturnal wildlife by 

attending a photo presentation at the Refuge Visitor Center, followed by the 

guided hike along Oak Hammock Trail. Please contact, Refuge Ranger, 

Nancy Corona, to make reservations and for additional information at 

321-861-5601. Please bring water and insect repellant.  Long pants and 

closed shoes are recommended.  The Visitor Center is located on SR 402, 

5 miles east of U.S.1 in Titusville. 



***

On March 14, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt signed an Executive Order 
creating Pelican Island as the country’s first national wildlife refuge. 
Roosevelt went on to establish an additional 54 national wildlife refuges 
during his two terms and set historic conservation values for America. These 
values have grown into a system, which today, consists of 546 National Wildlife 
Refuges on more than 95 million acres of America’s most important wildlife 
habitat. 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal federal agency responsible 
for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their 
habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages 
the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses 546 
national wildlife refuges and over 3000 “mini-refuges” called Waterfowl 
Production Areas. It also operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery 
resource offices and 78 ecological Services field stations. The agency enforces 
federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages 
migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, 
conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign 
governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid 
program that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on 
fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies. 




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Subject: Red Knots vs. Red Necks - Huguenot Park (Jax, FL)
From: "kedailey" <kedailey AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:08:08 -0000
Hi all, 

This afternoon I headed out to Huguenot park in Jacksonville. After 
scoping shorebirds (including 4 Whimbrel) and a few Gull Billed 
Terns, I headed out to the north point of Huguenot to look for 
lingering Piping Plover and Red Knot. (see FlaBirding photo 
gallery!! - "Huguenot 04/18/08")

I found the Red Knot alright - foraging on a sandbar at incoming 
tide; the sandbar also happened to have two rednecks stuck out there 
and quickly losing a hopeless battle. The Knots were within 100 
yards of these two trucks desperately trying to free their vehicles 
from the sand. I called my wife and she made it up to the A1A side 
of Ft. George Inlet with the camera in time to get the pictures you 
can find in the FlaBirding gallery. Needless to say, both vehicles 
were lost and the scene drew quite a crowd. Not only are the 
vehicles now entrenched with countless others at the mouth of the 
inlet, but at least two gas cans floated out of the bed headed for 
the estuary of the Timucuan Preserve. 

So, I got my 'FOS' GB Tern today along with two 'FOS' Redneck 
Vehicles Lost At Sea. 

Perhaps someone with more political clout that I can use these pics 
next time the City of Jacksonville wonders if they should strengthen 
their management plan for this critical area.

I couldn't help but appreciate the incessant mocking 'laughter' of 
the hundreds of circling Laughing Gulls during the 2 hrs I watched 
the rednecks panicking to get their vehicles out. They seemed to be 
as amused as most of the human onlookers.

The whole experience was as funny as it was sad.

Oh yeah, the shorebirds are in beautiful plumage out there - even 
the Ruddy Turnstones are striking!

Kevin Dailey
Jax, FL
Subject: Ft. Desoto
From: "gafcity47" <gafcity47 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:35:17 -0000
I went to Ft. Desoto on the 14th and 15th of this month. Some birds 
have started coming in, but believe they will leave on the next light 
south southeast wind in a few days.
  I also would like to appoligise for for offending anyone in the past. 
I'm new at this, and I do make mistakes. I've learned from them, and 
I'm trying to learn the do's and don't's out there in the field. I do 
respect the enviornment, and try to preserve it when I'm in the field. 
Sometimes I can make mistakes, but it's not intentional. If I've done 
anything or said anything to anyone out there in a negative way I stand 
appoligetic (sp?). 

Danny Bales
Titusville, Fla.
Subject: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
From: "Murray Gardler" <mangrovefirst AT tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:36:04 -0400
About noon today, about 1 mile north of the intersection of us 19 & 50, 
(Hernando County) on the east side of us 19 the subject bird was sitting on 
telephone wires. 

Murray Gardler
Brooksville, FL

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Subject: Eared Grebe
From: "Murray Gardler" <mangrovefirst AT tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:37:33 -0400
At Ft Island (Citrus County) today we had a pre-alternate plumage Eared Grebe. 
Judy B (sorry Judy cannot remember how to spell your name) found it while we we 
looking at Seaside Sparrows. That was just to the left of the beach as you face 
the beach. 


Actually Tom Palmer found it Friday but was not sure, told Andy Bankart and 
myself about it that afternoon. Andy and I looked but with poor lighting 
condition and the bird not being very close at that time we were not sure. 


A scheduled Florida Ornithological Society trip on Saturday morning failed to 
turn it up. Today was another scheduled trip where the bird turned up. 


Thank you Tom and Judy for such a nice find.

To
Murray Gardler
Brooksville, FL

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Subject: Oops! I Forgot. . . .
From: Vincent Lucas <vplucas AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:48:28 -0400
All:

Sorry. . . . I forgot to mention that on CR835 near the Deer Fence  
Canal (of Cassin's Kingbird fame), on the way back to Naples after  
the STA-5 tour, we saw a (FOTS) Gray Kingbird sitting next to a  
Western Kingbird on a telephone line. Gray Kingbirds aren't exactly  
common in Hendry County and to see one perched right next to a  
Western Kingbird was special. . . .

Cheers.

Vince

Vincent Lucas
Naples, FL
vplucas AT comcast.net
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leppyone/
http://www.caloosabirdclub.org




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Subject: STA-5 Tour Results For 04/12/2008
From: Vincent Lucas <vplucas AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:41:14 -0400
All:

Twenty-one birders and seven photographers came out to STA-5  
yesterday, April 12, 2008 for the semi-monthly birding tour. There  
were birders there from as far away as New York and in-state birders  
from the Tampa and Miami area. It was another great day at STA-5 (as  
usual). We added yet another new species to the ever-expanding  
checklist for this location when I saw a Blue Jay (yeah!!) fly across  
one of the open impoundments into a Carolina Willow. It was VERY  
uncharacteristically secretive and was only lured out into the open  
for a brief view by aid of a Birdjam/Birdpod. Strange bird to see in  
this habitat. I think this might be #167 on the STA-5 checklist but  
Margaret England will have to verify this info. Margaret had to leave  
the tour early so the herculean task of coordinating attendees was  
left up to the inimitable Steve "You Da Man" Buczynski. Steve did an  
outstanding job, even finding a nice flock of about 25 FOTS Bobolinks  
that were migrating through for the rest of us. The breeding plumaged  
males were a thrill to see again and everyone still tagging along  
with the group got to see them. Nice! Other highlights were FOTS  
Common Nighthawk; Great White Heron (white morph of Great Blue  
Heron); 19 Fulvous and 6 Black-bellied Whistling Ducks hanging out  
together in a group on an exposed open area in one of the "marshes"  
-- something we've not seen before at STA-5; latish American Wigeon,  
Ring-necked Ducks and Northern Shoveler; lingering flocks of Northern  
Rough-winged Swallows as well as five Western Kingbirds; nesting  
Black-necked Stilts; a lone Spotted Sandpiper in high breeding  
plumage picking off midges or some other insects on one of the  
impoundment roads, totally oblivious to our group and allowing for  
close-up photos -- see my Flickr site below for the photo; a lone  
Solitary Sandpiper; one Stilt Sandpiper as well as lingering Norther  
Harriers, Belted Kingfishers and Palm Warblers. Here's the full list  
of birds seen at STA-5 including Blumberg Road on 04/12/2008:

Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck (19)
Fulvous Whistling-Duck (6)
American Wigeon (1)
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler (1)
Ring-necked Duck (2)
Northern Bobwhite (heard only)
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican >25
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
American Bittern (heard only) (1)
Least Bittern (4)
Great Blue Heron
Great White Heron (white morph of Great Blue Heron) (1)
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron  >25
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (1)
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Woodstork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier (6)
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Crested Caracara
Peregrine Falcon (3)
Purple Swamphen (3)
Purple Gallinule (8)
Common Moorehen
American Coot
Limpkin
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt (nesting)
Solitary Sandpiper (1)
Spotted Sandpiper (1 in breeding plumage -- See my Flickr link below  
for photo)
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper (1)
Long-billed Dowitcher >25
Wilson's Snipe
Caspian Tern (1)
Black Skimmer  >20
Eurasian Collared-Dove (uncommon at STA-5) (1)
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Common Nighthawk (FOTS) (1)
Belted Kingfisher
Western Kingbird (5)
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo (heard only)
Blue Jay (New for STA-5) (1)
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow >25
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Palm Warbler (few remaining)
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee (heard only on Blumberg Road)
Savannah Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Bobolink (25) (FOTS)
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Boat-tailed Grackle

On the trip out to STA-5 from Naples the "usual" birds were seen by  
Alan Murray along with his visiting sister and brother-in-law and me.  
These included Limpkin, one Snail Kite, one Roseate Spoonbill, one  
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 6 Swallow-tailed Kites, a pair of Sandhill  
Cranes (still tending a nest), White Pelicans, one Wild Turkey, Wood  
Stork, Eastern Meadowlark, Common Ground-Dove, Northern Bobwhite  
(heard) and a few others.

After leaving STA-5, several folks followed us back along CR835 to  
CR833 for a few miles to see Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (one seen);  
Snail Kite (one seen); Roseate Spoonbill (one seen); nesting Sandhill  
Crane; Burrowing Owls (3-4 seen) and Limpkin among other birds.

All-in-all, it was another fantastic day of birding out in the  
interior portion of Florida south of Lake Okeechobee. Thanks to all  
who helped make it a memorable day.

Cheers.

Vince

Vincent Lucas
Naples, FL
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/leppyone/
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Subject: Dry Tortugas
From: "Murray Gardler" <mangrovefirst AT tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:02:02 -0400
Larry Manfredi just called me with some highlights of his first trip;

Black Noddy            1 imm
Roseate Tern           35
Brown & Masked Booby
Short-eared Owl        1
Warblers                  12 species including Swainsons.
  
Murray Gardler
Brooksville, FL

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Subject: Double Brain Problem
From: Wes Biggs <birdsatfnt AT bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:19:02 -0400
Hi All,

Apologies for my almost blank last email. I had started to correct my 
post from last night & accidentally hit the send button. Last fall's FOS 
meeting was in Sebring, not Lake Placid.

Wes Biggs
 Orlando
Subject: Brain problems
From: Wes Biggs <birdsatfnt AT bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:09:23 -0400
Brain
Subject: FOS Meeting
From: Wes Biggs <birdsatfnt AT bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:54:46 -0400
Hi All,

My Swallow-tailed Kites, Great-crested Flycatchers & Chucks finally came 
home the other day. All were a couple of weeks later than in the past.

The Florida Ornithological Society spring meeting is in Crystal River, 
(the town not the river) this week end. If anyone is heading over there 
from or going through the greater Orlando area on Friday morning & would 
like to share a ride, please give me a call.

If you did not know about the meeting and or don't know about the 
society, & would like to go or learn about it please give me a call. I 
was one of the founding members 35 years ago & know  more than a little 
about it. Please check out our web site: http://www.fosbirds.org/

If you're interested in birds & you live in Florida you should belong to 
FOS! The fall meeting in Lake Placid, (the town not the lake) was lots 
of fun. We all learned a great deal at the scientific paper session, & 
had a good time birding & getting together with old & new friends. This 
week end promises to be just as much fun.

Wes Biggs
 Orlando
407/384-9766 H
407/376-6967 C
Subject: Fort Zachary Taylor; (Key West)
From: "Murray Gardler" <mangrovefirst AT tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 14:16:25 -0400
Carl Goodrich called again today;  more migrants;highlights

Warblers;
   Palm    20
   Prairie  10
   Worm-eating 10+
   Prothonotary  3 
   Hooded         8
   Kentucky      1
   Ovenbird       6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 20
Summer Tanagers
Baltimore Orioles
Grasshopper Sparrow 1
Cave Swallow    3
Bank Swallow    1
Purple Gallinule  1
Wilson's Snipe   1  
White-eyed Vireos
Red-eyed Vireos

    
Murray Gardler
Brooksville, FL

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Subject: Key West warbler correction
From: "Murray Gardler" <mangrovefirst AT tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 15:31:00 -0400
I should have said "palm warbler, all western not "yellow palm all western"
Murray Gardler
Brooksville, FL

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Subject: Re: Bird id, please
From: luvdaocean AT aol.com
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:01:42 EDT
Some have responded and told me the photo did not come through.  I placed it 
in the body of the email but, I had had to scan it from a photo.  Maybe that 
is the problem.
 
sorry.
 
Pat Harden
Gainesville,FL



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Subject: Bird id please?
From: luvdaocean AT aol.com
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 15:18:19 EDT
Can someone please id this bird?  The picture was taken in Atlanta by a 
friend on Feb. 28. 
 
Thanks,
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Subject: Fw: Pictures
From: "Murray Gardler" <mangrovefirst AT tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 07:12:15 -0400
Dick Blewett's Son Asked me to send this information out.
Murray Gardler
Brooksville, FL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Charlie Blewett 
To: Emily Casey 
Cc: chipper_t AT embarqmail.com ; mangrovefirst AT tampabay.rr.com 
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:51 AM
Subject: RE: Pictures


      Emily,



      The services for dad are as follows:



      Visitation:

      Friday, April 4, 2008

      5 PM to 8 PM

      Wilder Funeral Home

      4890 S. Suncoast Blvd.

      Homosassa, FL 34447

      (352) 628-3344



      Funeral Services:

      Saturday, April 5, 2008 

      11 AM

      St Thomas The Apostle Catholic 


            Address:   7040 S Suncoast Blvd, Homosassa, FL 34446  
            Phone: (352) 628-7000 




 I would greatly appreciate if you could pass this info onto Dad's friends. 




      Peace,



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Subject: FW: My experience with Bird Brains
From: "Roy Halpin" <royhalpin AT earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:48:39 -0400
My apologies to all at Florida Birds, sorry I broke the rules, I
intended this post to be directed to Florida Birding where we can speak
freely.  Florida Birding needs to stay up.

 

Roy Halpin

 

PS my last sentence should have said "Let's keep Florida Birding
together"

We need Florida Birds too.

 

 

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From: Roy Halpin [mailto:royhalpin AT earthlink.net] 
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:16 AM
To: FLORIDABIRDS-L AT LISTS. UFL. EDU (FLORIDABIRDS-L AT LISTS.UFL.EDU)
Subject: My experience with Bird Brains

 

If Bird Brains were the last opportunity I had to find birding
information in the state of Florida I will do without.  I have been
kicked off twice and will not go through that humiliation again.  The
first time a person asked the question why does the government allow
duck hunting on the MIWR.  I answered the question truthfully, no BS.  I
was kicked off for entering in a political discussion but the person
that asked the question did not even get a reprimand.  I begged and I
got back on, a mistake.  The second time was when a friend asked me to
post an important bird photo on Bird Brains and I did.  He did not know
at the time he was kicked off nor did I.  For posting a photo from
another I was kicked off again.  These folks do not communicate.

 

I have heard others make statement that the owners of Bird Brains think
they own the birding communication of Florida and one of the owners has
been heard making the statement that Ft Desoto is HER island.  I am a
native of Florida and too old to put up with arrogant, tight pant
birders.

 

Let's keep Florida Birds together.

 

Roy Halpin - OPF

Orlando, Florida

royhalpin AT earthlink.net

 

 



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Subject: RE: Re: The end of FlaBirding as we know it
From: "Connor, Larry" <larry.connor AT myfwc.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:21:09 -0400
Birdbrains is very active.  I got at least 6 messages yesterday and at
least 8 Saturday.  I say at least because I may have deleted some of
them already.
 
Larry Connor
Eustis, FL


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Is bird brains even active?. signed up days ago and have not received
any e-mail.

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Subject: Re: The end of FlaBirding as we know it
From: "Joan Chasan" <jec56 AT rcn.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:48:42 -0400
Is bird brains even active?. signed up days ago and have not received any 
e-mail. 



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Subject: Last Beginning Birding Tour for the season
From: "Betty Salter" <bettysalter AT bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:34:52 -0400
WE always enjoy these tours and today was another wonderful tour. The end of 
the season means fewer birds to see, but that doesn't mean that the tour is 
anything less than tours when there are so many winter species present. In 
truth I love the summer birds as much or even more than those that visit during 
the winter. Have you ever watched a Black-necked stilt chick as it left the 
nest? 


We started the tour with views of an adult bald eagle on a tower near the 
entrance to the VIC as we went to the beach area of Parish Park. At Parrish 
Park we saw Ring-billed, Laughing and immature Herring gulls as well as black 
skimmers swirling about and Ruddy turnstones who were turning the flotsome over 
looking for food. 


The Red-shouldered hawk was visible on CR 402 as well as American kestrels and 
other usual birds. 


Scrubjays were where we expected to see them on SR 3, anhingas and others were 
visible on 406 as we headed toward Black Point Wildlife Drive. 


The group got to see two horned owl chicks in the abandoned eagles nest at the 
beginning of the drive. 


Our list of species seen is not all that long, after all it is just a 
three-four hour tour for beginners; but the sightings were wonderful and the 
enthusiasm of the group was marvelous! 


Here is our list for todays tour...

Pied-billed Grebe 



Double-crested Cormorant

Anhinga

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Little Blue Heron

Reddish Egret

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Tri-colored Heron

Glossy Ibis

White Ibis

Roseate Spoonbill

Green-winged Teal

Blue-winged Teal


Northern Shoveler

Lesser Scaup

Red-breasted Merganser


Turkey Vulture

Black Vulture

Kriders Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Bald Eagle

Osprey

American Kestrel

Clapper Rail

Sora


Common Moorhen

American Coot

Killdeer

Ruddy Turnstone


Willet

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs


Least Sandpiper

Dunlin

Stilt Sandpiper

Sanderling

Black-necked Stilt



Herring Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Laughing Gull



Black Skimmer

Mourning Dove

Great Horned Owl

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Purple Martin(at the VIC)


Scrub Jay 

Fish Crow

Carolina wren(heard at the VIC)


Northern Mockingbird


Common Yellowthroat

Red-winged Blackbird

Boat-tailed Grackle

Common Grackle

Nothern Cardinal



It was great day and an excellent way to end the season. I am looking forward 
to the coming cummer with the birds that rear their young here. 


Happy Birding,
Betty Salter
MINWR Volunteer



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Subject: Re: The end of FlaBirding as we know it
From: "Sus" <flphotos AT comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:04:02 -0000
I have never posted to this group, but read it religiously.

I found this because of the rudeness of the Bird Brains a number of 
years ago.  I do hope that this group will continue - it is truly a 
good resource.

Susan
Subject: Dunedin Causeway, Hammock & Palm Harbor WTP
From: "Murray Gardler" <mangrovefirst AT tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:17:47 -0400
Causeway Highlights;
Marbled Godwit        7
Red Knot 1 (pre-alternate plumage,1st one I have observed on the causeway this 
winter) 

Dunlin                    250 (some with black bellies)
Western Sandpiper 15 (many in pre-alternate plumage)
Short-billed Dowitcher 1500
Black-hooded Parakeet 3
Chuck-wills-widow 2-3 (calling from the islands west of the causeway)

Hammock Highlights;
Hermit Thrush    1
Blue-headed Vireo     2-3 (singing)
Northern Parula        2-3  (singing)
Yellow-throated Warbler    1
Northern Waterthrush   1

Palm Harbor Water Treatment Plant;
Bufflehead 1 (female or immature male, kept diving so much it made sexing 
difficult) 

  
Murray Gardler
Brooksville, FL

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Subject: RE: The end of FlaBirding as we know it
From: John Puschock <g_g_allin AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:50:43 +0000

Howdy again,

I've been getting a bit of a negative reaction on the change to the group. 
Apparently there's a small but not insignificant group of you who are refugees 
from other listservs and have nowhere else to go. 


While there are benefits to listserv consolidation and while I still encourage 
members to join BirdBrains, perhaps it would be better to maintain FlaBirding 
more or less 'as-is'. Unfortunately, there's no perfect solution at this point. 
Either we have duplication among the lists or a bunch of people get kicked to 
the curb. 


If FlaBirding is to be kept in it's original format, I would like someone else 
to take over management of the list. Neither Chris nor I will probably have the 
time to actively manage the list in the near future. 


And yes, Tom, you should share your favorite Wes stories here. In fact, we 
should all share our appreciation of Wes being an ass while he's still here to 
receive our love. 


Toodles,
John P.

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Subject: Snow Goose still @ Cutler Wetlands - 03/28/08
From: Paul Bithorn <pblifeisgood AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:12:56 -0400
Serendipitously, I finally saw the Snow Goose at Cutler Wetlands - thanks to 
Roxanne Featherly. Roxanne had her scope focused on the elusive goose, while 
looking west from the berm on the east side of S.W. 97th Avenue.- just south of 
the "No Dumping" sign. The bird was there from 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Other 
good birds in the wetlands were Roseate Spoonbills, Wood Storks, White 
Pelicans, Blue-winged and Green-Winged Teal, Cave and Barn Swallows, keeking 
Long-billed Dowitchers and Stilt Sandpipers with their sewing machine-like 
feeding behavior. Life is good..........seeing a new Miami-Dade County bird. I 
will quaff a Snow Goose Winter Ale that I have been holding in abeyance for 
this momentous occasion - which was not easy - as my celebratory libation. 

 
Paul Bithorn
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pbithorn AT plumbers519.com
Virginia Gardens, Florida
Miami-Dade County
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Subject: Re: The end of FlaBirding as we know it
From: Tom Rodriguez <rodrigueztom AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:30:03 -0400
[JP wrote] -(for example, discussing that Wes is an ass) should still be sent 
to FlaBirding. 

 
Does this mean we should share our favorite stories?
 
Tom Rodriguez
Orlando

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Subject: Re:The end of FlaBirding as we know it
From: Bradmartin321 AT aol.com
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:43:19 -0400
It is unfortunate that some sites have to be so strict on business 
affiliations. Especially because many birding related businesses are more hobby 
then profit and provide a service to the birding and scientific community. I 
regularly receive correspondence from university professors about the 
circumstances of my offshore bird or insect photos. Should I take out the 
reference to the fact that the interested parties may contact me if interested 
in purchasing a file? There is no link to my stock agency but I was going to 
put one in. Are business affiliations really that different then professional 
affiliations.?Maybe I should get not-for-profit status and get a better write 
off on my equipment and travel. Maybe the Universities should get out of this 
activity if they do not want to?allow so much important information such as 
pelagic trips, rare bird photos etc. Thanks John for putting up this site. 

Brad Martin
Cocoa, FL
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Subject: Bermuda Petrel (NOT SEEN!) article and video
From: "dotrobbins AT juno.com" <dotrobbins@juno.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:49:08 GMT
Here's an interesting article about a much sought-after bird, the Bermuda 
Petrel. 


The SurfBirds article includes a short video.

This came to me as part of "Audubon in the News".

Dotty Robbins
High Springs 
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS FROM AUDUBON'S BIRDLIFE PARTNERS 
 
Bermuda Petrel Returns to Nonsuch Island (Bermuda) after 400 years (Story about 
successful translocation of a species once thought to be extinct; David Wege, 
BirdLife International's Caribbean Programme Manager, is quoted) 


http://www.surfbirds.com/sbirdsnews/archives/2008/03/bermuda_petrel.html

 

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Subject: The end of FlaBirding as we know it
From: John Puschock <g_g_allin AT hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:28:49 +0000


FlaBirding as we know it is coming to an end, or at least
thats my hope.  It will require your
cooperation.



I began FlaBirding to provide a forum for subjects that
arent permitted on other listservs, and in that regard, I think this group has
been a success.  However, with two other
birding listservs also covering the state of Florida, there has been a lot of
duplication of postings (though if youre subscribed to only one, an argument
can be made that there has not been enough duplication).



To cut down on duplication and facilitate communication
throughout the state, postings about bird sightings and related topics should
no longer be sent to FlaBirding. 
INSTEAD, ALL MEMBERS OF FlaBirding SHOULD SUBSCRIBE TO BirdBrains AND
SEND THOSE MESSAGES TO THAT LISTSERV.  



FlaBirding will become a sister group to BirdBrains. All postings prohibited 
on BirdBrains  such 

as messages of a political or commercial nature, controversial topics, and
non-controversial topics that are still unsuitable for BirdBrains (for example,
discussing that Wes is an ass)  should still be sent to FlaBirding.




For those of you not subscribed to BirdBrains, here are
instructions for subscribing:



Either go to:



http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/listserv/wa.exe?SUBED1=brdbrain&A=1



and fill out the form on that page or send an e-mail to 
LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU 

with the following in the body of the message:subscribe brdbrain your name



With either method, you will receive an e-mail to which
youll need to respond to confirm your subscription.




PLEASE keep in mind that BirdBrains, as a listserv sponsored
by a public university, has more rules than FlaBirding! Here is a synopsis of 
the rules from the 

welcome message you get when subscribing:



Required: end all posts with your real name (first and last), town, state, and 
email address. 


Not Allowed: (1)advertising that benefits financially a subscriber or other
entity, other than a non-profit organization. This includes the showcasing
of photos with a link to a website offering the sale of photos, links to web
sites which offer equipment or services for sale, and signatures which include
business references with links to any for-profit organization. (2) 
Controversial 

topics of discussion: politics, conservation, environmentalism, etc. This 
includes 

topics of dogs, cats, hunters.(3)Derogatory remarks or other comments of an
offensive or personal nature.

 

As I said, to make this change successful, I will need the
help of the group members.  I have no
plans to actively moderate the group to enforce this change though I may have
to do that in the future.



For those not already subscribed to BirdBrains, I strongly
encourage you to join.  In my opinion,
it is the best forum for Florida birding information.







Thanks,
John Puschock
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Subject: April 9-12, 2008 Dry Tortugas Tour
From: Larry Manfredi <birderlm AT bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:42:03 -0400
If anyone is interested I have space on my April 9-12 Dry Tortugas 
Tour.  I will be giving discounts on this tour, if you have never been 
to the Dry Tortugas this is the best way to go at the best price.  The 
Loggerhead Kingbird was seen yesterday,  perhaps it will stick around 
until this tour.  This is always an exciting trip with lots and lots of 
birds, migrants as well as breeding seabirds.  This is also an excellent 
trip for all of you photographers out there, you can spend the entire 
day taking beautiful bird pictures or scenic shots of old Fort 
Jefferson!  It is also an excellent trip for those that have spouses or 
friends who are not birders, you can snorkel, fish, kick back on the 
beach or explore the fort!  The boat has excellent accommodations as 
well as an excellent crew and food. 

What more could you ask for??  Please contact me if you are interested.

Thanks,

Larry Manfredi
Homestead, FL.
E-mail:  birderlm AT bellsouth.net
http://www.southfloridabirding.com

Subject: Bystre Lake (Hernando County)
From: "Murray Gardler" <mangrovefirst AT tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:28:49 -0400
Highlights,

White Pelican        down to 2
Bald Eagle            2  adults
American Avocet   5
Black Necked Stilt 1

Murray Gardler
Brooksville, FL

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Subject: Burrowing Owl, Western Kingbird
From: "Murray Gardler" <mangrovefirst AT tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:25:06 -0400
Today on Powerline Road (Hernando County) both were observed.

The owl was on the field adjacent to the sand pit; kingbird was on barbed wire 
fence just after you turn onto Powerline from Kettering. 

Murray Gardler
Brooksville, FL

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Subject: Chuck-wills-widow
From: cyclist2 AT strato.net
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:06:13 -0400
For the last week I've heard a chuck-wills-widow in the woods across 
from my house in Avon Park Lakes. This is the 4th year that I've heard 
it. Starts around 9PM.

Anne Bellenger Ph.D.
Volunteer, FL Scrub Jay Monitoring Program
Highlands County Audubon


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Subject: Re: Brevard Birdathon
From: woundedmallard67 AT aol.com
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:04:02 EDT
Hey Everybirdy, 
 
  Wasn't the most pleasant of conditions for a birdathon  but it sure could 
have been worse!
  4 teams participated. The contest was from 6 a.m. til  noon.
  The winning team scoured the county for 101 species,  consisting of Don 
Margeson, Jeff Miller and Doug Stuckey- dubbed the Pinellas  Peregrines.  
  The other teams followed with 99, 72 and 71  species.  One team lost 2 
species for showing up 2 minutes late, they shall remain nameless....tsk, tsk, 

tsk!  ;-)
 
  To their credit, an accomplishment worth mentioning, Dee  Fairbanks 
Simpson, Leslie Pernas-Gaz and Betty McKeown- dubbed the Pish Free team, got 
all of 

their species (71)without any pishing or call tapes or any  artificial means 
to attract birds.  This was not a condition of the contest  but an impressive 
accomplishment with the strictest (?) of etiquette.  Nice  going ladies!  Oh 
yeah, and they also raised $850 in pledges too!   :-O
 
  All told, with 13 participants, $1,576 in pledges were  raised for this 
event!  OUTSTANDING!!!!
 
  Thanks, on behalf of SpaceCoast Audubon Chapter, to  everyone who 
participated, all who donated gifts and especially to all who so kindly pledged 
to 

these hard working and charitable birders!
   Looking forward to next years event  already!
 
  Congratulations again to the Pinellas  Peregrines!
 
See you out there!
 
Tom Dunkerton
Titusville, Florida



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Subject: Parrots, Red-whiskered Bulbul and more
From: Paul Bithorn <pblifeisgood AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:28:23 -0400
Today, I had the distinct pleasure of birding with Milton Plaugher from Winter 
Park from 2:00 p.m. till dusk. We met at the Fair Havens Nursing Home in Miami 
Springs and located our first psittacid within minutes - an Orange-winged 
Parrot. We zipped over to Kings Creek Condominium south of Kendall and just 
west of SR 826 and found a Black Olive tree full of Mitred Parakeets. Next stop 
- the residential area north of Baptist Hospital- where Red-whiskered Bulbul 
and Loggerhead Shrikes were the highlights. A quick stop in South Miami 
produced White-crowned Pigeons and Common Peafowl. We finished up back in Miami 
Springs, where Monk Parakeets, Yellow-chevroned Parakeets, Mitred, Red-masked, 
Red-fronted, Crimson-fronted, White-eyed and Green Parakeets and Orange-winged 
(10) and Yellow-crowned (1) Parrots were in their usual haunts.Cooper's and 
Sharp-shinned Hawks, Wood Stork, White-winged Dove,Purple Martins and 
Spot-breasted Oriole were also in the hood. Blackened Dolphin and Yuengling at 
Woody's Tavern finished off a great afternoon of birding. Life is 
good....................... 

Paul Bithorn
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pbithorn AT plumbers519.com
Virginia Gardens, FL
Miami-Dade County
 
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Subject: Stilt Sandpipers 3/19/08
From: woundedmallard67 AT aol.com
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:31:27 EDT
 
Hey Everybirdy, 
 
  Killing a little time today at the Refuge (MINWR).   Blackpoint was on the 
mellow side.  5 Black-necked Stilts at Stop 2.   Lots of Dunlin, Yellowlegs 
and a good amount of Long-billed Dowitchers out towards the back between stops 

2 and 3.
  Shovelers and Blue and Green-winged here and  there.  Wilson's Snipes 
sneaking around between 2 and 3 as well at stop  11.
 
  A drive to the parking lot of Scrub-ridge Trail and  looking out over the 
impoundment there, 50+ Lesser Scaup, mixed with Blue and a  few Green-winged 
Teal.  15 Stilt Sandpipers were a pleasant sight.   Scattered dunlin and 75+ 
Least Sandpipers.
  Biolab Road was quieter than I'd expect but I only did  the south half.  
Was a handful of American Wigeon at pullover #2 on the  Seashore entrance road.
  A few useful species for this Saturday's Birdathon!  Still  would love for 
anyone to drop me an e-mail if they think they're  participating!  Thanks.
 
  See you out there!
 
Tom Dunkerton
Titusville,  Florida




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Subject: Collier County Snowbirds Leaving
From: Vincent Lucas <vplucas AT comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:47:20 -0400
I'm not referring to the non-avian ones here. . . . They won't start  
leaving until after Easter this weekend. Today, I stopped at the  
North Naples Wastewater Treatment Plant aka Sewage Plant on Goodlette- 
Frank Rd., south of Immokalee Rd. for a brief 15 minute scan of the  
two cells with water in them. There were several Lesser Scaup and a  
few Blue-winged Teal still present but most of the winter ducks had  
already departed. There were some "usual" shorebirds on the exposed  
sandbar just over the grassy cell that hasn't had water in it for  
several years now. Included were both Lesser & Greater Yellowlegs,  
Dunlin, Killdeer and Least Sandpipers. On the black tarp surrounding  
the perimeter of this same cell was one lone Spotted Sandpiper.  
Waders included Glossy Ibis, Snowy & Great Egret, and a lone Great  
Blue Heron. An American Kestrel stood guard on a metal pole over the  
grassy cell and a Loggerhead Shrike was on the chain-linked fence.  
Nothing earth-shattering but still nice to see.

Cheers.

Vince

Vincent Lucas
Naples, FL
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Subject: Yellow-headed Blackbird 3/18/08
From: "gafcity47" <gafcity47 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:24:31 -0000
Howdy Yall,

  Today I and Carl Edwards went looking for the Yellow-headed 
Blackbird. After about 4 and a half hours we found it behind the Best 
Western in Winter Park. Very nice bird. We got good looks, and good 
pictures of the bird. 

www.flickr.com/photos/mudhen/2343110167
www.flickr.com/photos/mudhen/2343939400
www.flickr.com/photos/mudhen/2343939260

Danny Bales
Titusville, Fla
www.flickr.com/photos/mudhen
Subject: STA-5 Tour Results 03/15/2008
From: Vincent Lucas <vplucas AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:10:54 -0400
All:

The water levels at Stormwater Treatment Area #5 (STA-5), south of  
Clewiston in Hendry County, are still very high due to much pumping  
of water into the various cells over the last month or so.  
Consequently, the "Three Amigos" (Alan Murray, Margaret England and  
I), led the crowd of nearly a hundred folks, including a large  
contingent from Manatee County Audubon Society) to some of the cells  
we normally don't frequent on our tours. The water levels in these  
cells was lower and that's where the majority of the birds were  
keeping residence, at least on yesterday's tour.

It was unseasonably hot (87 degrees F) out at STA-5 but a nice  
crosswind kept things bearable. It's interesting to me at least, to  
note the passing of the seasons at STA-5. Many of the wintering ducks  
and other waterfowl have left for points north or their numbers  
reduced and I've noticed the number of wintering American Kestrels  
and Northern Harriers to be somewhat diminished as well. Likewise  
with American White Pelicans and certain shorebirds. Wintering  
passerines like Northern Rough-winged and Tree Swallows as well as  
Scissor-tailed Flycatchers and Western Kingbirds weren't as prevalent  
as in weeks past. Numbers of Black-necked Stilts were up over  
previous weeks and many were already showing indications of soon-to- 
be breeding.

The highlights of the tour were probably the two Bald Eagles that  
strafed the marshes causing a flock of an estimated 300+ Black- 
bellied Whistling Ducks to constantly take flight and even from a  
distance of 1.5 miles away, we could still make out their bold white  
upperwing-stripe patches as they banked to-and-fro against the azure  
sky. Several Peregrine Falcons made hurried passes over the various  
cells and sometimes alit on the crossarms of telephone poles but  
never for too long. John & Chadda Shelly found the only Cave Swallow  
of the year as well as a Red-breasted Merganser that had alluded the  
rest of us but that had been seen in previous weeks.

Here is the lists for Stormwater Treatment Area #5, including  
Blumberg Rd., for 03/15/2008:

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck   >300
Fulvous Whistling-Duck   17
American Wigeon  >30
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal  <20
Ring-necked Duck
Red-breasted Merganser   1
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican   >100
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron (no Great White Heron -- GBH white morph) seen today.
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron  >10
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle   4
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk   1
Red-tailed Hawk
Crested Caracara    2
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon    3
Purple Swamphen     5 or 6
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Limpkin   5+ (several heard calling but not seen)
Black-bellied Plover   1
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt  >75
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin   4
Stilt Sandpiper  >10
Long-billed Dowitcher  >300
Caspian Tern   1
Black Skimmer  50+
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Phoebe   1
Western Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo  (heard only)
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow   <50
Cave Swallow   1
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee   (heard only on Blumberg Rd.)
Savannah Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle

I need to mention a very nice "new" wetlands that is just north/ 
northeast from the Ocean Boy Organic Shrimp Farm on CR835. Look for a  
small sign that reads "Farm 8" i.e. Farm Road 8 on the west side of  
the road and pull into the drive if the gate is open and drive back  
to the wetland. Alan Murray and I stopped there first thing in the  
morning, soon after daylight, and immediately were greeted by a  
Solitary Sandpiper, perhaps the same one seen and photographed at the  
nearby Deer Fence Canal area on the first Clewiston/STA-5 CBC back on  
December 15, 2007. The bird was very cooperative. Also present were  
at least three Snail Kites and 7-8 Limpkins -- all extremely vocal.  
Of course the "usual" ducks and waders were also present. After the  
"official" tour at STA-5, most of the members of the Manatee County  
Audubon Society followed us to this location and we were able to find  
two of the Snail Kites and several Limpkins but the Solitary  
Sandpiper was a no show. Near the Deer Fence canal on CR835, we  
encountered at least three Scissor-tailed Flycatchers and at least  
five Western Kingbirds along the main drag (CR835) and several more  
Western Kingbirds at the Cassin's Kingbird site on the dirt road  
leading to Chuck Obern's Farm adjacent to the Deer Fence Canal. A  
pair of Crested Caracara in a Bald Cypress were a lifer for a Vermont  
birder. Note: the Western Kingbirds were across the canal and thus  
too distant to make any positive ID's as to the presence of the  
Cassin's Kingbird. Soon, these western visitors will be just a fond  
memory to us Floridians as they return to their breeding grounds out  
West.

One last note, for several weeks I have mentioned the presence of a  
nesting pair of Sandhill Cranes in a wetland just north of the  
intersection of CR835 & CR833. A few weeks ago, we watched as the  
female diligently sat on her eggs in what would rightfully be called  
a "lake" surrounding her. Yesterday, we saw no evidence of a nest and  
the pair of Sandhills were feeding out in the mostly dry "lake".  
Apparently, something happened to cause the egg not to hatch, perhaps  
predation or who knows what. How sad.

Good birding!

Vince

Vincent Lucas
Naples, FL
vplucas AT comcast.net
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Subject: Bird jokes
From: Robert Wallace <chnuts AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:31:01 -0700 (PDT)
Hope you all will forgive me, but the chicken jokes were quite good....

 Two vultures were in the desert eating a dead clown. The first vulture asks 
the second vulture: "Does this taste funny to you?" 

   
   What do you get when you cross a bird with a comedian? 
  JAY LENO! 
   
 A mother bird, a daddy bird and their baby bird were getting ready to migrate. 

The mother bird said, "My instincts tell me to go north." The daddy bird said, 
"My instincts tell me to go south." The baby bird said,"My end stinks too, but 
it doesn't tell me where to go!" 

   
 A man went swimming on Galveston Island, he left his watch with his shoes. A 
bird ate his watch and flew away, he chased it into a large flock of birds. 
Grabbing a rock, he started towards the flock. When a cop stopped him, he 
stated "One of those birds ate my watch, I'm leaving no tern unstoned until I 
find it". 

   
 Two turkey vultures were preparing to migrate north for the summer but, after 
talking about it, they decided they were too old to fly all that way, so they 
decided to take a plane. When they were about to board the aircraft, the flight 

attendant, noticing that both buzzards were carrying a dead armadillo, asked, 
"Would you like to check those armadillos through as luggage?" "No thanks," the 

buzzards replied, "they're carrion." 

   
  __________
  Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? 
Sigmund Freud: As an expression of the repressed desire to have sex with its 
mother. The road symbolizes the barrier presented by the cultural taboo. 


Albert Einstein: Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road crossed the 
chicken depends upon your frame of reference. 


Groucho Marx: Chicken? What's all this talk about chicken? Why, I had an uncle 
who thought he was a chicken. My aunt almost divorced him, but we needed the 
eggs. 


Howard Cosell: It may very well have been one of the most astonishing events to 

grace the annals of history. An historic, unprecedented avian biped with the 
temerity to attempt such an herculean achievement formerly relegated to homo 
sapien pedestrians is truly a remarkable occurrence. 


Plato: For the greater good. 

Robert Frost: To cross the road less traveled by.

Aristotle: To fulfill its nature on the other side. 

Karl Marx: It was an historical inevitability. 

Machiavelli: So that its subjects will view it with admiration, as a chicken 
which has the daring and courage to boldly cross the road, but also with fear, 
for who among them has the strength to contend with such a paragon of avian 
virtue? In such a manner is the princely chicken's dominion maintained. 


Hippocrates: Because of an excess of light pink gooey stuff in its pancreas. 

Jacques Derrida: Any number of contending discourses may be discovered within 
the act of the chicken crossing the road, and each interpretation is equally 
valid as the authorial intent can never be discerned, because structuralism is 
DEAD, DEAD, DEAD! 


Thomas de Torquemada: Because of Satan's influence. Crossing the road is 
heresy. The chicken must confess to its sins in order to be saved. I'll call 
another Inquisition. 


Timothy Leary: Because that's the only kind of trip the Establishment would let 

it take. 


Nietzsche: Because if you gaze too long across the Road, the Road gazes also 
across you. 


Oliver North: National Security was at stake. 

B.F. Skinner: Because the external influences which had pervaded its sensorium 
from birth had caused it to develop in such a fashion that it would tend to 
cross roads, even while believing these actions to be of its own free will. 


Carl Jung: The confluence of events in the cultural gestalt recessitated that 
individual chickens cross roads at this historical juncture, and therefore 
synchronicitously brought such occurrences into being. 


Jean-Paul Sartre: In order to act in good faith and be true to itself, the 
chicken found it necessary to cross the road. 


Ludwig Wittgenstein: The possibility of "crossing" was encoded into the objects 

"chicken" and "road", and circumstances came into being which caused the 
actualization of this potential occurrence. 


Salvador Dali: The Fish. 

Darwin: It was the logical next step after coming down from the trees. 

Emily Dickinson: Because it could not stop for death. 

Epicurus: For fun. 

Ralph Waldo Emerson: It didn't cross the road; it transcended it. 

Johann Friedrich von Goethe: The eternal hen-principle made it do it. 

Ernest Hemingway: To die. In the rain. 

Gilligan: The traffic started getting rough; the chicken had to cross. If not 
for the plumage of its peerless tail the chicken would be lost. The chicken 
would be lost! 


E.O. Wilson: Under the influence of a road-crossing gene, selected because it 
conferred a survival advantage in the chicken's ancestral line. We could 
conjecture, for example, that crossing roads represents the transfer of a 
behavioral trait whereby some chickens sought to distance themselves from 
rivals, thereby distinguishing them in the eyes of potential mates and 
increasing their reproductive potential. 


Sir Edmund Hillary: Because it was there. 

Werner Heisenberg: We are not sure which side of the road the chicken was on, 
but it was moving very fast. 


Mark Twain: The news of its crossing has been greatly exaggerated. 

David Hume: Out of custom and habit.

Pyrrho the Skeptic: What road? 

Henry David Thoreau: To live deliberately ... and suck all the marrow out of 
life. 


Ayn Rand: It was crossing the road because of its own rational choice to do so. 

There cannot be a collective unconscious; desires are unique to each 
individual. 


Mishima: For the beauty of it. The chicken's extension of its sinuous legs sent 

shivers of a dark despair into the souls not only of the silently watching hens 

but also the roosters, who felt a sudden sexual desire for their exquisite 
comrade. The dark courage of the chicken was as beautiful as drops of dew upon 
jade at midnight, struck by a partial moon, its light filtered through clouds. 
One of the deeply aroused roosters could stand the intensity of the moment no 
more and bit off the head of the beautiful, courageous chicken-hero, whose wine 

blood was deliciously drunken by the road, and he died. 


Johnny Cochran: The chicken never crossed the road. Some chicken-hating, 
genocidal, lying public official moved the road right under the chicken's feet 
while he was practicing his golf swing and thinking about his family. 


Camus: The chicken's mother had just died. But this did not really upset him, 
as any number of witnesses can attest. In fact, he crossed just because the sun 

got in his eyes. 


Lord Nelson: "I see no chicken." 

Sir Isaac Newton: Chickens at rest tend to stay at rest. Chickens in motion 
tend to cross the road. 


John Wayne: "'Cause a chicken's gotta do what a chicken's gotta do." 

William Shakespeare: Tell me where lies fancy's egg, In the breast or in the 
leg? 


Douglas MacArthur: In order to return. 

Richard Nixon: This isn't about roads and chickens. I don't think you quite 
understand that what you believe I may have meant isn't what you think I said. 


Book of Genesis: God said, "Let there be chicken"; and there was chicken. Then 
God said, "Let there be road"; and there was road. And God commanded, "Let the 
one be taken to the far side thereof." And it was done. And God looked upon His 

work and saw that it was good. 


Sirs William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan: To verify through measurement and 
research explorational, Asserted widths and properties of highways 
transportational. And thus through brain and intellect did prove itself, this 
animal, To be the very model of a modern chicken-general. 


Captain James Tiberius Kirk: To boldly go where no chicken has gone before. 

Sophocles: It wanted to be close to its Mom. 

    

Bob Wallace
former birder

       



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Subject: Re: Representative Ron Saunders Draft Bill
From: southmoonunder AT mchsi.com
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:10:30 +0000
Wes & all,
Here's a link to the Saunders bill...

http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h1215__.xml&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=1215&Session=2008 


John Murphy
Alligator Pt, FL


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Hi all,

Sorry about all the Attachmentless emails. The list owner informed me 
that the list is not set up to allow attachments. So........... those of 
you who would like to get a copy of the bill emailed to you in a word 
file please let me know off list.

Wes Biggs
Orlando

 

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Subject: Representative Ron Saunders Draft Bill
From: Wes Biggs <birdsatfnt AT bellsouth.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:58:24 -0400
Hi all,

Sorry about all the Attachmentless emails. The list owner informed me 
that the list is not set up to allow attachments. So........... those of 
you who would like to get a copy of the bill emailed to you in a word 
file please let me know off list.

Wes Biggs
 Orlando