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19 Jun FW: Paul Beich [Paul Beich ]
17 Jun acadian flycatcher [eliza hawkins ]
17 Jun Family Vacation - Destin, FL [Brian Pendergraft ]
14 Jun Update on Black bellied Carolina wren [Pam Flynn ]
13 Jun Fwd: Black bellied Carolina wren [Pam Flynn ]
12 Jun Re: Black bellied Carolina wren [Pam Flynn ]
12 Jun Black bellied Carolina wren [Pam Flynn ]
10 Jun Aucilla River sightings ["Candy and Michael Hill" ]
3 Jun More Black-bellied Whistling Ducks ["Tara Tanaka" ]
2 Jun Black-bellied Whistling Ducks ["Marvin T. Smith" ]
02 Jun Black-bellied Whistling ducks ["jwinforde" ]
1 Jun Spring reports for FFN [John Murphy ]
28 May Birding workshop at Birdsong, June 1, 9:30-noon [Fran Rutkovsky ]
27 May Re: Need help with wading bird ID ["dotrobbins AT juno.com" ]
27 May Audubon Banquet & speaker, Thurs. at 6:30 [Fran Rutkovsky ]
27 May Re: Need help with wading bird ID [Kathleen Carr ]
27 May Need help with wading bird ID [Kathleen Carr ]
24 May Kestrel/Northern Bobwhite ["glendajoyce6009" ]
22 May request for articles--summer FOS newsletter ["markkiser9" ]
21 May Black-bellied Whistling Ducks at Lake Killarney []
19 May St Marks NWR-Sunday Morning ["Don Morrow" ]
15 May Black-bellied Plover ["brooksrobert90" ]
12 May St Marks NWR - Sunday morning ["Don Morrow" ]
12 May Lingering goldfinch ["phf" ]
12 May Lingering goldfinch ["phf" ]
11 May White Pelicans ["Don Morrow" ]
11 May Black-bellied whistling ducks Lake Killarney Tallahassee []
10 May Fuller Rd Levees/McGinniss Arm ["jwinforde" ]
5 May St George Island Youth Camp ["Cavanagh, Jim" ]
05 May St Marks Sunday Morning ["Don Morrow" ]
5 May St Marks NWR Sunday [eliza hawkins ]
05 May Blackpoll Warbler ["phf" ]
4 May Re: St Marks NWR Saturday [ROC ]
04 May St Marks NWR Saturday ["Don Morrow" ]
1 May Volunteers Needed to Help Panhandle Beach Birds Nest in Peace []
30 Apr killdeer nest [eliza hawkins ]
30 Apr St Marks NWR-Tuesday: Spoonbill, Veery, etc [Bill Phelan ]
29 Apr Lake Lafayette Heritage Trail Park 4/28; Wakulla SF 4/27 ["markkiser9" ]
28 Apr RE: black rail Aucilla river ["Cavanagh, Jim" ]
28 Apr St Marks NWR-Sunday morning ["Don Morrow" ]
28 Apr Bobolinks ["jwinforde" ]
28 Apr STKI [Carol Miller ]
28 Apr Re: black rail Aucilla river [David Simpson ]
28 Apr black rail Aucilla river ["Candy and Michael Hill" ]
26 Apr Bobolinks galore at St. Marks Refuge today ["dee" ]
26 Apr Chimney Swifts [Bendy Scott ]
25 Apr Common Nighthawks in Downtown Tallahassee []
24 Apr American Golden Plover - Tallahassee [Elliot Schunke ]
23 Apr St Marks NWR-Tuesday Morning ["Don Morrow" ]
23 Apr No Subject ["Donald G. Freeman" ]
22 Apr Audubon meeting this Thurs. night [Fran Rutkovsky ]
22 Apr St Marks NWR, Monday [Bill Phelan ]
21 Apr sitings [bradley hartman ]
21 Apr St. Marks NWR 4/21/13 ["davisfritz" ]
21 Apr Re: Red breasted nuthatch ["Jim Stevenson" ]
21 Apr Outstanding Saturday at St. George Island SP [Larry Gridley ]
21 Apr Re: Red breasted nuthatch [eliza hawkins ]
21 Apr Red breasted nuthatch ["jwinforde" ]
20 Apr St Marks NWR-Saturday Morning ["Don Morrow" ]
20 Apr Mississippi Kite ["janeen" ]
19 Apr Brown-headed Nuthatch in suburbia ["phf" ]
19 Apr RE: Cerulean Warble and others at St. George Island this weekend. (photos) ["Cassidy, Rodney" ]
19 Apr Chuck Will's Widow at TLH Airport ["kevinotoole2001" ]
18 Apr white pelicans Lake Jackson ["Candy and Michael Hill" ]
14 Apr Re: Cerulean Warble and others at St. George Island this weekend. (photos) ["Beth W. Grant" ]
13 Apr Cerulean Warble and others at St. George Island this weekend. (photos) [Larry Gridley ]
13 Apr St Marks NWR- Saturday ["Don Morrow" ]
13 Apr Gulf Crossing Online now available (free) ["Childs, Jackson" ]
12 Apr Big Day Events [Jim Cox ]
12 Apr RE: Digest Number 3347 [Mark Evans ]
11 Apr Hairy Woodpeckers []
11 Apr greetings [Nancy Lang ]
10 Apr LETE Piney Z ["Candy and Michael Hill" ]
10 Apr this spring so far ["Jim Stevenson" ]
10 Apr Orchard Oriole ["White, Eddie" ]
9 Apr Blue grosbeak ["White, Eddie" ]

Subject: FW: Paul Beich
From: Paul Beich <mrbeich AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:27:17 -0700 (PDT)

hello! http://www.concept120.net/mrpu/bim/mau/vqfaj.html Paul Beich [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: acadian flycatcher
From: eliza hawkins <ehawkins AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:24:20 -0700 (PDT)

I am never quite sure about these epidonax flycatchers...here is a decent movie of what I think is an Acadian flycatcher which is callling - a single note call not quite like my Audubon recording. Does anyone think it is something other than an Acadian? Taken on the Flint River today from a kayak. Near the end of the movie clip a prothonotory warbler is calling in the background. Ignore the hammering from someone building a dock nearby. movie clip: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/9070464475/ Some still photos of the flycatcher: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/9070367975/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/9072590710/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/9070364869/ Eliza Hawkins ehawkins AT yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Family Vacation - Destin, FL
From: Brian Pendergraft <bkpendergraft AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:37:21 -0400

Folks, I'm traveling from Raleigh, NC down to Dustin during the week from June 29 - July 6. I can't get a lifer there, but I am interested in a few YEAR BIRDS. I'll have time in the early morning to do some birding, and I'm interested in any helpful hints for the following species: Magnificant Frigatebird Swallow-tailed Kite Barn Owl Eastern Screech-Owl Burrowing Owl Roseate Spoonbill Reddish Egret Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Purple Gallinule Snowy Plover Red Knot Caspian Tern Black Tern Common Ground-Dove Common Nighthawk Gray Kingbird Travel time within a couple of hours is fine, but I've got beach/pool time, as well as fishing and golf, so I had better stay relatively close to Destin. AND YES, I WILL BE LOOKING UP CONSTANTLY FOR THE FRIGATEBIRD! Thanks in advance. Brian Pendergraft bkpendergraft AT gmail.com Falls Lake, NC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Update on Black bellied Carolina wren
From: Pam Flynn <tallypfly57 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:19:55 -0400

I talked to Scott Weidensaul about the black bellied Carolina wren. He said," it looks like all the contour feathers molted out while it retained its down feathers with a few random outer feathers still in place. It may be related to illness or a hiccup in its genetic code that caused an aberrant molt". He said almost all passerines have dark down. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Fwd: Black bellied Carolina wren
From: Pam Flynn <tallypfly57 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:33:53 -0400

We still weren't successful getting the picture to load but we did put it in the photo place on the yahoo groups page. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pam Flynn Date: Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 8:26 PM Subject: Black bellied Carolina wren To: nflbirds My friend tried sending this but it doesn't seem to have gone out so I am sending. If it ends up duplicating, I apologize now. This little bird has been hanging around her house for a couple weeks. [image: Inline image 1] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Re: Black bellied Carolina wren
From: Pam Flynn <tallypfly57 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:30:34 -0400

doesn't seem to have included the pic..so here is an attachment. On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 8:26 PM, Pam Flynn wrote: > My friend tried sending this but it doesn't seem to have gone out so I am > sending. If it ends up duplicating, I apologize now. > This little bird has been hanging around her house for a couple weeks. > [image: Inline image 1] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Black bellied Carolina wren
From: Pam Flynn <tallypfly57 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:26:08 -0400

My friend tried sending this but it doesn't seem to have gone out so I am sending. If it ends up duplicating, I apologize now. This little bird has been hanging around her house for a couple weeks. [image: Inline image 1] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Aucilla River sightings
From: "Candy and Michael Hill" <mchill7 AT embarqmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:40:38 -0400

I checked Stevenson's card, so nothing super-special, but at the Aucilla River mouth on Sunday, my family's fishing trip turned to the sky and saw a female magnificent frigatebird and later a juvenile black tern in the Pinhook River. Michael Hill, Tallahassee No one is in charge of your happiness but you! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: More Black-bellied Whistling Ducks
From: "Tara Tanaka" <h2otara AT comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 14:45:24 -0400

We've had up to 13 BBWDs in and around our swamp the last month or so, and the last 3 days they have gotten serious about checking out the boxes. Here are two videos, the first from 6/1 and the second from around 7:15 this morning. There are descriptions below each of the videos. https://vimeo.com/67473663 https://vimeo.com/67582284 Tara Tanaka NW Tallahassee http://www.flickr.com/photos/focused-on-birds http://vimeo.com/h2otara/videos [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Black-bellied Whistling Ducks
From: "Marvin T. Smith" <mtsmith AT valdosta.edu>
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 18:17:51 +0000

Marvin Smith and I birded north Jefferson County this morning. We found 42 Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks at the pond near the Jefferson County Collection Site (recycling center) along Ashville Hwy halfway between Ashville and Monticello (west of the Aucilla River). This pond is not very large and right along the highway. It frequently has BBWD there in the summer. This was the highest count we've ever had there. We also had 2 BBWD at Jeffco Dairy, which is near the intersection of Hwy 221 and Ashville Hwy. We had a few Swallow-tailed Kites at Jeffco Dairy, along Hwy 221, and along Ashville Hwy. High count at each location was only 3 STKI. Karen Seward and Marvin T. Smith Valdosta GA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Black-bellied Whistling ducks
From: "jwinforde" <jwerick AT gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:32:50 -0000

There are 8 BBWD's frequenting the levees at Fuller Rd. Also several Glossy ibis and 3 Limpkins. Have not seen the white-faced ibis lately. John Erickson Tallahassee ------------------------------------
Subject: Spring reports for FFN
From: John Murphy <southmoonunder AT mchsi.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 19:04:52 -0500 (CDT)

Big Bend Birders, I am currently accepting reports of significantÂ spring (1Â March -Â 31Â May ) sightings from the Big Bend (Gadsden, Liberty, Gulf, Franklin, Wakulla, Leon & Jefferson counties) for possible publication in FLORIDA FIELD NATURALISTÂ and NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. Please use the following format, listing observations in phylogenetic order: Species Number of individuals Location Date Observer(s) Additionally, please include field notes, detailed description or photographs of any rare species, or species which present an identification challenge. If you have any questions, please contact me at southmoonunder AT mchsi.com Thanks very much. John Murphy Alligator Pt, FL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Birding workshop at Birdsong, June 1, 9:30-noon
From: Fran Rutkovsky <franrutkovsky AT comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 21:39:20 +0000 (UTC)

BEGINNING BIRDING Saturday, June 1 9:30AM - Noon Join Nancy Ann Thomas for an introduction to the enjoyable activity of bird watching. Meet at the Bird Window for some up-close bird viewing; learn how to adjust your binoculars and use a field guide, then go out in the field on a birding hike for some guided practice. This class is ideal for adults and mature children. You will get plenty of personal help to get started on what we are sure will be a life-long love of birding. RESERVATIONS, PLEASE. Class space is limited to eight people. Please call or email by Friday, May 31st at noon. Bring binoculars, sun protection, and bug spray. You are welcome to bring a picnic and stay for the day! $4 Friends, $8 nonmembers, children half-price. Birdsong Nature Center 229-377-4408 birdsong AT birdsongnaturecenter.org -------- Fran Rutkovsky Tallahassee, FL franrutkovsky AT comcast.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Re: Need help with wading bird ID
From: "dotrobbins AT juno.com" <dotrobbins@juno.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 19:23:54 GMT

Green Cay Wetlands is in Palm Beach county. Dotty Robbins High Springs ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Kathleen Carr To: NFLBIRDS Subject: Re: [nflbirds] Need help with wading bird ID Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 09:55:01 -0400 That's it! Thanks Tara. Saw some tiny moorhen chicks as well, but honest-to-god, I don't ever remember seeing older juveniles like this at Wakulla Springs. They're so different from the full adults! -Kathleen On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Tara Tanaka wrote: > Kathleen,**** > > ** ** > > I think they may be juvenile Common Moorhens.**** > > ** ** > > Tara**** > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/focused-on-birds**** > > http://vimeo.com/h2otara/videos **** > > http://www.digiscoperoftheyear.com/ **** > > ** ** > > *From:* nflbirds AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:nflbirds AT yahoogroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Kathleen Carr > *Sent:* Monday, May 27, 2013 9:29 AM > *To:* NFLBIRDS > *Subject:* [nflbirds] Need help with wading bird ID**** > > ** ** > > **** > > Saw these birds in Broward Co. yesterday at the Green Cay Wetlands. What > are they? Can't find anything in my books or online investigations that > suggest an ID. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathleencarr/8854182992/ > > Did figure out the weird goose I saw near Ft. Lauderdale--Egyptian Goose. > > -Kathleen > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]**** > > **** > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Audubon Banquet & speaker, Thurs. at 6:30
From: Fran Rutkovsky <franrutkovsky AT comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 16:13:32 +0000 (UTC)

APALACHEE AUDUBON SOCIETY Annual Awards Banquet with Guest Speaker Kevin McGorty Director of the Tall Timbers Land Conservancy Thursday, May 30, 2013, 6:30 p.m. $10 per person Lafayette Presbyterian Church 4220 Mahan Drive, Tallahassee This yearâ€™s banquet is a BYOCâ€“Bring Your Own Chopsticks! Weâ€™ll be enjoying Asian-style cuisine, courtesy of our chapter chef, Tim Smith. The banquet is open to non-members as well as members. All you have to do is buy a ticket, which may be purchased in advance at Wild Birds Unlimited or Native Nurseries. Or you can make a reservation and pay for your ticket at the dinner. To make a reservation, please call Tim Smith at (850) 933-5979 . We're going to feature some lovely art items to raffle off at the dinner. Buy your tickets or make your reservations soon! You'll find a link to the Google map at: http://www.apalachee.org/aas/ About our speaker and his topic: There are 300,000 acres of large land ownerships in the Red Hills region. Of that total, about 120,000 acres currently are under conservation easements. Conservation easements also have protected canopy road and developed rules that limit signage along some roads in the region. Kevin McGorty is the director of the Tall Timbers Land Conservancy, which is a department of Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy. Founded in 1958, the mission of Tall Timbers is to foster exemplary land stewardship through research, conservation, and education. The Tall Timbers Land Conservancy (created in 1990) has saved 123,000 acres of land on 86 properties in northern Florida and southwest Georgia via donated conservation easements. For his outstanding achievements and dedication to land stewardship, the Florida Wildlife Federation honored Kevin in 2003 as Floridaâ€™s Land Conservationist of the Year.ownerships in the Red Hills region. Of that total, about 120,000 acres currently are under conservation easements. They also have protected canopy roads and developed rules that limit signage along some roads in the region. Kevin previously served as director of the Historic Tallahassee Preservation Board, an agency of the Florida Department of State. Kevin currently serves on the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance to build and recognize strong land trusts, foster public confidence in land conservation and help ensure the long-term protection of land. -------- Fran Rutkovsky Tallahassee, FL franrutkovsky AT comcast.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Re: Need help with wading bird ID
From: Kathleen Carr <kathleencarr AT nettally.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 09:55:01 -0400

That's it! Thanks Tara. Saw some tiny moorhen chicks as well, but honest-to-god, I don't ever remember seeing older juveniles like this at Wakulla Springs. They're so different from the full adults! -Kathleen On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Tara Tanaka wrote: > Kathleen,**** > > ** ** > > I think they may be juvenile Common Moorhens.**** > > ** ** > > Tara**** > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/focused-on-birds**** > > http://vimeo.com/h2otara/videos **** > > http://www.digiscoperoftheyear.com/ **** > > ** ** > > *From:* nflbirds AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:nflbirds AT yahoogroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Kathleen Carr > *Sent:* Monday, May 27, 2013 9:29 AM > *To:* NFLBIRDS > *Subject:* [nflbirds] Need help with wading bird ID**** > > ** ** > > **** > > Saw these birds in Broward Co. yesterday at the Green Cay Wetlands. What > are they? Can't find anything in my books or online investigations that > suggest an ID. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathleencarr/8854182992/ > > Did figure out the weird goose I saw near Ft. Lauderdale--Egyptian Goose. > > -Kathleen > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]**** > > **** > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Need help with wading bird ID
From: Kathleen Carr <kathleencarr AT nettally.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 09:29:05 -0400

Saw these birds in Broward Co. yesterday at the Green Cay Wetlands. What are they? Can't find anything in my books or online investigations that suggest an ID. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathleencarr/8854182992/ Did figure out the weird goose I saw near Ft. Lauderdale--Egyptian Goose. -Kathleen [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Kestrel/Northern Bobwhite
From: "glendajoyce6009" <glendajoyce6009 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 03:53:17 -0000

I've had a couple of, "not too often seen" birds in my yard, recently. A new yard bird, an American Kestrel, was first seen the end of Jan./Feb, hunting from a dead snag, at the back of my property. There is a four acre field behind this snag. I had another brief, but very interesting, sighting of, I assume, the same kestrel, a couple of weeks ago. I was in my yard, when I heard, a yelp,looked up to see a bird, flying away from me, that was oddly shaped. It was the kestrel, that had just snatched a juv. or female cardinal, from behind, as the cardinal was in flight, trying to escape, or perhaps, did not even see the predator approaching. The cardinal had it's left wing, outstretched, in flight, so it appeared to be an extension of the kestrel, which gave the odd shape. A split second later, both a crow and a mockingbird, were in pursuit of the kestrel. The crow knocked the rear of the kestrel, causing the kestrel to drop the cardinal and it flew off, in a different direction, with the crow and mockingbird, still giving chase. The, very lucky, cardinal, escaped! It was one of those couple second birding events, that I will, likely, never see again. Last week-end, while in my yard, I heard a very loud and distinct, "Bob White" call, that quickly caught my attention. The bird, was standing next to my tool shed building, also close to the 4 acre field. It continued to call and forage at the back of my property, then into a neighbor's yard. This is the third Northern Bobwhite I have seen in my yard, in twenty-six years. Yesterday, I saw my first of season Swallow-tailed Kite, soaring over my yard. Also, yesterday, five Great-crested flycatchers hatched in a nesting box, I'm monitoring for Cornell. I'm including a link to a small photo album of GCF. If you've never seen one of their nests, it's quite interesting, and so different from the bluebird's nest that I monitor. She has dried grasses, leaves, a couple different bird feathers, two different shedded snake skins, a couple pieces of a Publix plastic shopping bag, animal fur, that I'm fairly sure came from the German Sheppard, next door. The last three pictures are of the nest, eggs and nestlings. My early nesting wrens have completed their third nest, back inside my garage. Bluebird, incubating second clutch, witnessed the chickadees fledging, and also monitored a mockingbird nest, without bloodshed. :) Enjoy your yardbirds! Glenda Simmons Eastside Tallahassee http://glendasimmonsphotography.com/p787480168/h2aa825f9#h2aa825f9 ------------------------------------
Subject: request for articles--summer FOS newsletter
From: "markkiser9" <mark.kiser AT myfwc.com>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 23:50:49 -0000

Hello all, I am requesting articles (and accompanying photos) for the next issue of the Florida Ornithological Society newsletter. If you are interested, please email me, Selena Kiser, at beenebat AT netscape.net (preferably by early June). Please put "FOS newsletter" in the subject line so I don't miss your emails. You can see past issues at www.fosbirds.org/newsletters Thanks so much! Selena FOS newsletter editor beenebat AT netscape.net ------------------------------------
Subject: Black-bellied Whistling Ducks at Lake Killarney
From: Edwwjr AT aol.com
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 09:01:34 -0400 (EDT)

Two black-bellied whistling ducks were present at Lake Killarney at 8:45 Tuesday morning. They were loafing on the bank near the small pier at the park on the west end of the lake. Also present were wood storks, cattle, great, and snowy egrets, as well as the usual Canada geese. Monday afternoon about 4:00 PM there were 5 Mississippi kites feeding above the lake near the west end. They have been present regularly at about that same time for a number of days. Ed Woodruff Tallahassee [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: St Marks NWR-Sunday Morning
From: "Don Morrow" <don.morrow AT tpl.org>
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 17:56:57 -0700

I got out early with my wife, Ann, to check for loons. We had three loons between 6:27 am and 7:27 am. Shorebirds are still moving, but landbird migration seems to be over. From the lighthouse viewing platform (several Clapper and one Sora calling) Horned Grebe (several all in breeding plumage) Caspian Tern Common Tern Whimbrel (lighthouse flats) Marbled Godwit (lighthouse flats) Black-bellied Plover (lighthouse flats) Least Bittern Tower Pond (high tide on the gulf) Semipalmated Plover Wilson's Plover Black-bellied Plover Spotted Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Dunlin Willet Short-billed Dowitcher Lesser Yellowlegs Black-necked Stilt (four) Black Skimmer Common Tern Gull-billed Tern The only duck that I had was a BW Teal on Tower Pond. Purple Gallinule are regular on Headquarters Pond, which indicates that they are breeding there. The wildflowers along the entrance road from US 98 are great. Good Birding. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Black-bellied Plover
From: "brooksrobert90" <rabrooksjr AT hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 12:44:22 -0000

Had a male black-bellied plover in full breeding plumage on a small Alligator Point bay side beach Monday mid morning. ------------------------------------
Subject: St Marks NWR - Sunday morning
From: "Don Morrow" <don.morrow AT tpl.org>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 09:14:35 -0700

Paul Spitzer called and asked if I could go out Looning again. He said that even negative data is data, which I remember from my long-ago course in Experimental Design. After being out of town all week, I was too tired to head out on Saturday and got up early this morning to head down to the refuge. Neither Paul Spitzer nor my long-ago Experimental Design instructor mentioned the part about having to get up at 4:45 am. Perhaps, if the Governor calls a special session, this could be addressed as part of educational reform. I went through the gates at 6:06 am. Chuck-wills-widows were common, Great-horned Owls were calling and there were a lot of bats, Mexican Freetails, I think. I saw only ten loons, three of which decided against migration. There were many fewer Soras and Clappers calling. I saw only one Horned Grebe. Breeding birds are easily seen; Marsh Wren, Seaside sparrow, Least Bittern. Otherwise, it was a quiet and slightly buggy morning. Lighthouse Flats Caspian tern Common Tern Least Tern Black Skimmer Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher Black-bellied Plover Wilson's Plover Whimbrel Mounds Pool Trail Yellow-billed Cuckoo Swainson's Thrush Redstart (female) Common Yellowthroat (in heath scrub, so possibly a migrant) Orchard Oriole Fire Tower Pond (very quiet, water level was high) Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher Black-necked Stilt (three birds) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Lingering goldfinch
From: "phf" <ph-homann AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 02:08:15 -0000

A lonely female Am. Goldfinch waited patiently near the sunflower seed feeder until House Finches had finished their meal (I already removed the Nyjer bag). A (the?) Brown-headed Nuthatch is still visiting occasionally. Peter in SE Lakeshore area, Tallahassee ------------------------------------
Subject: Lingering goldfinch
From: "phf" <ph-homann AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 02:03:18 -0000

A lonely female Am. Goldfinch waited patiently near the sunflower seed feeder until House Finches had finished their meal (I already removed the Nyjer bag). A (the?) Brown-headed Nuthatch is still visiting occasionally. Peter in SE Lakeshore area, Tallhassee ------------------------------------
Subject: White Pelicans
From: "Don Morrow" <don.morrow AT tpl.org>
Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 15:57:43 -0700

A flock of approximately 200 White Pelicans just passed overhead. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Black-bellied whistling ducks Lake Killarney Tallahassee
From: Edwwjr AT aol.com
Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 00:14:45 -0400 (EDT)

Black-bellied whistling ducks were present at Lake Killarney near the west end park several times Friday. I first saw them around noon but they were present several times during the afternoon. Ed Woodruff Tallahassee [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Fuller Rd Levees/McGinniss Arm
From: "jwinforde" <jwerick AT gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 12:14:44 -0000

4 Black-bellied whistling ducks with 12 blue wing teals, 2 Limpkin, blue grosbeak, yellow billed cuckoo, 23 cedar waxwing, indigo bunting, rose breasted grosbeak, 2 Lesser yellowlegs, solitart sandpiper. John Erickson Tallahassee ------------------------------------
Subject: St George Island Youth Camp
From: "Cavanagh, Jim" <jim.cavanagh AT med.fsu.edu>
Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 22:01:08 -0400

I decided to follow up on Rodney Cassidy's 5\4 report of a strong NW wind which persisted at the Youth Camp until mid-morning today. Oddly, a Wilson's Warbler appeared at 11:30 in the Oak Hammock near the restroom. I am aware that this is an unusually late Spring report. Warblers: Wilson's Warbler, Male. The pointed bill was very thin and needle like and seen in profile well at 20 feet in good light. A beady black eye contrasted with a yellow background. Contrast was noted between the yellow underparts and darker wings. Tail was dark and in fight showed no white or yellow markings. Cap was black. Yellow 1 Magnolia 1 Black-throated Blue, male 1 Yellow-throated 1 Pine 2 Black and White 1 American Redstart 3 Ovenbird 1 Northern Waterthrush 1 Hooded, female 1 No Vireos. Other birds: Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2, Veery 1, Baltimore Oriole 2, Many Orchard Orioles, Scarlet Tanager (female) 1, Bobolink 20+ next to road beyond Youth Camp turnoff. Jim Cavanagh Tallahassee ________________________________ From: nflbirds AT yahoogroups.com on behalf of ROC Sent: Sat 5/4/2013 11:52 PM To: don.morrow AT tpl.org; nflbirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [nflbirds] St Marks NWR Saturday Quick report after a 12-13 hour birding day w/Lydia. Our best birding was in the evening hours after the N-NW winds had been blowing for a few hours. The results of interest were from St George Island. It was NOT a high volume day. Tennessee Warbler.............................................1 Cape May W.........................................................1 Bay-breasted Warbler............................................3 Blackpoll.................................................................2 Am Redstart ............................................................3 7 species total Least Bittern.......................calling from wetland near YC. RB Grosbeak......................................................................2 YB Cuckoo..................................................................12 Swainson's Thrush..........................................................6 Wood Thrush.................................................................1 Veery...............................................................................2 Gray-checked Thrush...................................................1......................Pine St. Bobolink.....................................................................71...................including many bright males Am Oystercatcher...................................................21 in one tight flock Rodney and Lydia Cassidy Tallahassee, Florida -----Original Message----- From: Don Morrow > To: nflbirds > Cc: robin_will > Sent: Sat, May 4, 2013 7:07 pm Subject: [nflbirds] St Marks NWR Saturday On a damp and gloomy morning, I went looking for the end of Loon migration. Not quite there, as I recorded 23 Northbound Loons before a light mist and fog shut things down at 8:00 am. I had both Common Nighthawk and Chuck-wills-widow flying as I came into the refuge. While looking for Loons I saw the following. Lighthouse Flats (Soras and Clappers calling) Whimbrel Black Skimmer Merlin On the Gulf Horned Grebe (17 either in molt or breeding plumage) Red-breasted Merganser Mounds Pool Trail (very quiet) Magnolia Warbler (female) Common Yellowthroat (probably a resident) Veery Tower Pond Semipalmated Plover Black-necked Stilt (about seven) American Avocet (eleven in breeding plumage and one in winter plumage) Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Willet Ruddy Turnstone Dunlin Least Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Headquarters Pond Lesser Scaup Purple Gallinule Double Bridges Acadian Flycatcher Northern Parula Prothonotary Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler It's the tail end of migration. Still worth looking. Good birding. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: St Marks Sunday Morning
From: "Don Morrow" <don.morrow AT tpl.org>
Date: Sun, 05 May 2013 15:10:39 -0700

I may have found the end of Loon migration. I had 8 loons in an early burst and then nothing. With a 10 mph wind it was freezing at sunrise. On Mounds Pool trail I had some of the same birds that Eliza had; YB Cuckoo, YT Warbler, Parula and Cape May Warbler, but also had Blackpoll Warblers and Palm Warblers, plus a female Scarlet Tanager, Veery and Catbird. I heard, but did not see Chats. Tower Pond was light on shorebirds. Likely because the tide was out. There were Avocets, Stilts, Semipalmated, Wilsons and Black-bellied Plovers, Spotted Sandpipers, all three peeps, but no yellowlegs or dowitchers. Dunlin numbers were lower. Eliza's photos show dowitchers on tower pond and she may have been there later in the day as the tide came in. I did the loop between 8 and 9 am. There are still a few Bobolinks around. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: St Marks NWR Sunday
From: eliza hawkins <ehawkins AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 14:24:09 -0700 (PDT)

Sunday morning at ST marks birding on the trail that goes around Tower Pond. Â Yellow Breasted Chat:Â Â Â http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8710708011/ Yellow Billed Cuckoos 8-10 http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8710709367/in/set-72157633411199267/Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8711839160/Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8711839994/ Black and White Warbler Orchard OrioleÂ Â http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8710708275/ Bluegrey Gnatcatchers (Nesting near Tower Pond)Â Â http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8710818163/ Yellow Warbler Pine Warbler Yellow Throated Warbler Common Yellow Throat: (lots of males up singing easy to photograph) http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8710709121/ Cape May Warbler: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8710713203/ Parula Warbler: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8711831046/in/set-72157633411199267/ Brown Headed Cowbird Peregrine Falcon chasing birds in Tower Pond:Â http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8711838230/ Dunlins spooked:Â http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8710772505/ Tower pond birds spooked by the Falcon:Â http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8710712223/ American Avocets:Â http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8711837638/ Black Crowned Night Heron - juv: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8711839558/ Parula Warbler: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8711831046/in/set-72157633411199267/ Horned Grebe (up close in the lighthouse pond): http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8712040948/ Great Crested Flycatcher:Â http://www.flickr.com/photos/9467770 AT N06/8710705357/ Eliza Hawkins ehawkins AT yahoo.com >________________________________ > From: ROC >To: don.morrow AT tpl.org; nflbirds AT yahoogroups.com >Sent: Saturday, May 4, 2013 11:52 PM >Subject: Re: [nflbirds] St Marks NWR Saturday > > >Â > > >Quick report after a 12-13 hour birding day w/Lydia. Our best birding was in the evening hours after the N-NW winds had been blowing for a few hours. The results of interest were from St George Island. It was NOT a high volume day. > >Tennessee Warbler.............................................1 >Cape May W.........................................................1 >Bay-breasted Warbler............................................3 >Blackpoll.................................................................2 >Am Redstart ............................................................3 > >7 species total > >Least Bittern.......................calling from wetland near YC. >RB Grosbeak......................................................................2 >YB Cuckoo..................................................................12 >Swainson's Thrush..........................................................6 >Wood Thrush.................................................................1 >Veery...............................................................................2 >Gray-checked Thrush...................................................1......................Pine St. > >Bobolink.....................................................................71...................including many bright males >Am Oystercatcher...................................................21 in one tight flock > >Rodney and Lydia Cassidy >Tallahassee, Florida > >-----Original Message----- >From: Don Morrow >To: nflbirds >Cc: robin_will >Sent: Sat, May 4, 2013 7:07 pm >Subject: [nflbirds] St Marks NWR Saturday > >On a damp and gloomy morning, I went looking for the end of Loon migration. Not quite there, as I recorded 23 Northbound Loons before a light mist and fog shut things down at 8:00 am. I had both Common Nighthawk and Chuck-wills-widow flying as I came into the refuge. > >While looking for Loons I saw the following. > >Lighthouse Flats (Soras and Clappers calling) >Whimbrel >Black Skimmer >Merlin > >On the Gulf >Horned Grebe (17 either in molt or breeding plumage) >Red-breasted Merganser > >Mounds Pool Trail (very quiet) >Magnolia Warbler (female) >Common Yellowthroat (probably a resident) >Veery > >Tower Pond >Semipalmated Plover >Black-necked Stilt (about seven) >American Avocet (eleven in breeding plumage and one in winter plumage) >Greater Yellowlegs >Lesser Yellowlegs >Willet >Ruddy Turnstone >Dunlin >Least Sandpiper >Short-billed Dowitcher > >Headquarters Pond >Lesser Scaup >Purple Gallinule > >Double Bridges >Acadian Flycatcher >Northern Parula >Prothonotary Warbler >Yellow-rumped Warbler > >It's the tail end of migration. Still worth looking. > >Good birding. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Blackpoll Warbler
From: "phf" <ph-homann AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 05 May 2013 20:10:23 -0000

Saw a male Blackpoll near my home today in company of a Palm Warbler - first time I encountered one here (SE Lakeshore Area, Tallahassee). Peter ------------------------------------
Subject: Re: St Marks NWR Saturday
From: ROC <austrina1 AT aol.com>
Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 23:52:35 -0400 (EDT)

Quick report after a 12-13 hour birding day w/Lydia. Our best birding was in the evening hours after the N-NW winds had been blowing for a few hours. The results of interest were from St George Island. It was NOT a high volume day. Tennessee Warbler.............................................1 Cape May W.........................................................1 Bay-breasted Warbler............................................3 Blackpoll.................................................................2 Am Redstart ............................................................3 7 species total Least Bittern.......................calling from wetland near YC. RB Grosbeak......................................................................2 YB Cuckoo..................................................................12 Swainson's Thrush..........................................................6 Wood Thrush.................................................................1 Veery...............................................................................2 Gray-checked Thrush...................................................1......................Pine St. Bobolink.....................................................................71...................including many bright males Am Oystercatcher...................................................21 in one tight flock Rodney and Lydia Cassidy Tallahassee, Florida -----Original Message----- From: Don Morrow To: nflbirds Cc: robin_will Sent: Sat, May 4, 2013 7:07 pm Subject: [nflbirds] St Marks NWR Saturday On a damp and gloomy morning, I went looking for the end of Loon migration. Not quite there, as I recorded 23 Northbound Loons before a light mist and fog shut things down at 8:00 am. I had both Common Nighthawk and Chuck-wills-widow flying as I came into the refuge. While looking for Loons I saw the following. Lighthouse Flats (Soras and Clappers calling) Whimbrel Black Skimmer Merlin On the Gulf Horned Grebe (17 either in molt or breeding plumage) Red-breasted Merganser Mounds Pool Trail (very quiet) Magnolia Warbler (female) Common Yellowthroat (probably a resident) Veery Tower Pond Semipalmated Plover Black-necked Stilt (about seven) American Avocet (eleven in breeding plumage and one in winter plumage) Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Willet Ruddy Turnstone Dunlin Least Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Headquarters Pond Lesser Scaup Purple Gallinule Double Bridges Acadian Flycatcher Northern Parula Prothonotary Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler It's the tail end of migration. Still worth looking. Good birding. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: St Marks NWR Saturday
From: "Don Morrow" <don.morrow AT tpl.org>
Date: Sat, 04 May 2013 16:07:46 -0700

On a damp and gloomy morning, I went looking for the end of Loon migration. Not quite there, as I recorded 23 Northbound Loons before a light mist and fog shut things down at 8:00 am. I had both Common Nighthawk and Chuck-wills-widow flying as I came into the refuge. While looking for Loons I saw the following. Lighthouse Flats (Soras and Clappers calling) Whimbrel Black Skimmer Merlin On the Gulf Horned Grebe (17 either in molt or breeding plumage) Red-breasted Merganser Mounds Pool Trail (very quiet) Magnolia Warbler (female) Common Yellowthroat (probably a resident) Veery Tower Pond Semipalmated Plover Black-necked Stilt (about seven) American Avocet (eleven in breeding plumage and one in winter plumage) Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Willet Ruddy Turnstone Dunlin Least Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Headquarters Pond Lesser Scaup Purple Gallinule Double Bridges Acadian Flycatcher Northern Parula Prothonotary Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler It's the tail end of migration. Still worth looking. Good birding. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Volunteers Needed to Help Panhandle Beach Birds Nest in Peace
From: parulablue AT comcast.net
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 20:09:51 +0000 (UTC)

North Florida bird fans: A swallow-tailed kite circling with chimney swifts over Tennessee and Gadsden intersections in Tallahassee today must mean spring has sprung right into summer. That means baby birds on local beaches are in need of your help! See below for details of Panhandle beaches in need of volunteers to lounge on the beach and educate the public about the cute chicks in their midst. To learn more, email Bonnie Samuelsen at bsamuelsen AT audubon.org Happy birding! Julie Wraithmell Tallahassee Â Having trouble reading this email? Click here to read it online. Audubon Florida: Coastal Strand January 2013 Â Support Coastal Conservation! Contribute Button Â Stay Connected [object Object]YouTube Button styleTwitter Button Bookmark the Audubon Florida News Blog Â Hang Out at the Beach for a Good Cause: Baby Birds Tis' the season for Florida's original beach babies! Wilson's Plover and Chick by RJ Wiley Â Wilson's Plover and Chick Â Photo by RJ Wiley With May already upon us, tis the season for Floridaâ€™s original beach babiesÂ â€” Least Terns, Snowy Plovers, Black Skimmers and American Oystercatchers! These amazing birds lay their well camouflaged eggs in shallow hollows on bare sand and raise their fluffy chicks on our local beaches. While they are adapted to survive this harsh environment of sun, sand, and salt with protection from their parents, chicks and eggs struggle to survive Â when beach-goers inadvertently flush parents from their nests. Left exposed to the harsh sun and predators, one disturbance can spell disaster for these vulnerable chicks. You Can Help Beach Birds Nest in Peace To help these signature Florida species nest safely and successfully , Audubon and our partners post signs and twine around their nesting areas. For added protection, volunteers chaperon these posted areas on busy warm-weather weekends to educate beach-goers about the birds and the reason for the posted areas. Research has found beach-goers are nine times more likely to respect posted areas when stewards are present. This year in the Panhandle, Audubon is coordinating stewards at key nesting sites Â from Franklin to Escambia counties. If you would be willing to hang out with cute chicks at the beach for an afternoon, we need you! Â To learn more about how you can help, contact Bonnie Samuelsen at 850-866-7152Â or bsamuelsen AT audubon.org . Please contact Bonnie today. A few hours of your time spent relaxing at the beach can make the difference for these remarkable birds! Sites will vary from weekend to weekend depending upon where active nesting is occurring, but may include: County Site Bay Camp Helen State Park Bay St. Andrews State Park and Shell Island Escambia Big Lagoon State Park Escambia Perdido Key State Park Escambia Pensacola Beach Franklin St. George Island State Park Franklin Alligator Point Gulf St. Joseph Peninsula State Park Okaloosa Henderson Beach State Park Santa Rosa Navarre Beach State Park Walton Deer Lake State Park Walton Grayton Beach State Park Walton Topsail Hill State Park Â facebook, button, share Share on Twitter Â Â [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: killdeer nest
From: eliza hawkins <ehawkins AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:14:56 -0700 (PDT)

I recently monitored the hatching of four killdeer chicks from my office overlooking the roof of the Pepper Building in downtown Tallahassee. (for 3 weeks I had my scope set up on the nesting adults much to the amusement of my co-workers.) this was the second year in a row chicks were seen. After hatching on April 17 and last being seen late Friday April 19th they have not been seen again. I am afraid I should have intervened and relocated them as they must have fallen off the roof. http://nestwatch.org/nw/data/site/L2146287 pictures on flickr: http://www.flickr.com//photos/9467770 AT N06/sets/72157633373860577/show/ Eliza Hawkins ehawkins AT yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: St Marks NWR-Tuesday: Spoonbill, Veery, etc
From: Bill Phelan <wmjphelan AT comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:57:01 +0000 (UTC)

Went to St Marks because fallout was predicted for last night and this AM. Didn't find a fallout on this lovely, sunny morning but did find some good stuff.Â Highlights were: Double Bridges :Â N.P arula, P rothonotary, B&W and Tennessee warblers Veery Red shouldered hawk pair, one carrying a branch. Heard but didn't see:Â Acadian Flycatcher, yellow throated vireo and possible N. waterthrush Tower Pond: Â R. Spoonbill , 9 BN Stilts (Saw the spoonbill at 10 AM feeding in the pond.Â At 11 AM it was gone and not located in other ponds.) Mounds Trail :Â Â warblers: Yellow Throated, Redstarts (M&F), C. Yellowthroat (M&F), Pine, Palm, Yellow rump several BG Gnatcatchers, one catching a flying insect just 2 ft in front of my face White eyed and red eyed vireos,Â Brown headed nuthatch Orchard Oriole female Heard but not seen:Â Nighthawk, my FOS Â Near Lighthouse :Â Horned grebe in breeding plumage Coots in pairs BB Plovers in breeding plumage Nice morning. Bill Phelan Tallahassee [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Lake Lafayette Heritage Trail Park 4/28; Wakulla SF 4/27
From: "markkiser9" <mark.kiser AT myfwc.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:57:15 -0000

Four Least Terns were hanging out on the lake this afternoon at LLHTP in Tallahassee, along with at least 4 Forster's, but none could be detected on the island nesting area by fishing finger 3; hopefully folks will continue to monitor and will spot some nesters soon. An alligator seems to love resting on the "beach;" we've seen it several times now. Also found 4 Purple Gallinules, 7 Spotted Sandpipers, two active Osprey nests, a pair of Orchard Orioles, heard a Broad-winged Hawk, saw one ST Kite and one Miss. Kite. A Yellow-throated Vireo came to the ground in front of us to grab an insect. At Wakulla State Forest yesterday, we encountered at least 5 Broad-winged Hawks, a Y-b Cuckoo carrying nesting material, Miss. Kite, 8 Summer Tanagers, Prothonotary, B & W, Y-t, and Hooded Warblers, Blue Grosbeaks and Indigo Buntings, and a 5-foot Gray Rat Snake sunning on the road. Happy trails, Mark and Selena Kiser Tallahassee ------------------------------------
Subject: RE: black rail Aucilla river
From: "Cavanagh, Jim" <jim.cavanagh AT med.fsu.edu>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:25:06 -0400

You better hurry. We used top hear them in March and April but not in May that I am aware of on the Road to Nowhere. ________________________________ From: nflbirds AT yahoogroups.com on behalf of David Simpson Sent: Sun 4/28/2013 11:06 AM To: Candy and Michael Hill Cc: nflbirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [nflbirds] black rail Aucilla river Michael, Very interesting sighting (hearing). Depending on where exactly you were, it would be Snipe Island 1 or 2 or Cobb Rocks - 4 block for the Breeding Bird Atlas. Safe Dates for Black Rail don't start until May 1, so it does not count for anything yet, but if you hear them again in the future, it may be worth an incidental sighting for whatever block it is in. David On Apr 28, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Candy and Michael Hill wrote: Although I keep missing the fine fallouts everyone is reporting, by a day, I went fishing with the family on Saturday at the full moon high tide and heard a black rail "bark" at us while we were catching redfish. Never saw it, but a few clappers also vocalized on occasion. I might have to go down to the "road to nowhere" where Noel Wamer used to take his eco-tours to see them, soon. Michael Hill, Tallahassee No one is in charge of your happiness but you! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: St Marks NWR-Sunday morning
From: "Don Morrow" <don.morrow AT tpl.org>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:44:12 -0700

Seen during and after a late season loon monitoring (44 birds) at St Marks NWR. From the lighthouse viewing platform (Soras and Clappers are still common and noisy) Horned Grebe (in breeding plumage) Red-breasted Merganser Least Bittern Black-bellied Plover (in breeding plumage) Seaside Sparrow (many males seen singing from the juncus tops) Marsh Wren ( many singing) Fire Tower Trail (slow birding for migrants) Blackpoll Warbler Palm Warbler Common Yellowthroat (seen in oaks, so likely a migrant) Catbird Tower Pond (many of these birds are now in breeding plumage) Semipalmated Plover Wilson's Plover Black-necked Stilt (still 20 or 30) Lesser Yellowlegs Willet Ruddy Turnstone Dunlin Least Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Herring Gull Least Tern Lesser Scaup Double Bridges Prothonotary Warbler Northern Parula Northern Waterthrush (one bird seems to be hanging out at the first bridge for the last few weeks) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (heard calling) Good Birding [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Bobolinks
From: "jwinforde" <jwerick AT gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:54:02 -0000

Biked the levees along Mounds Pools today and saw at least 80 bobolinks. Least bitterns popping up everywhere and king rails very vocal. 18 Least terns checking put the platform. John Erickson ------------------------------------
Subject: STKI
From: Carol Miller <miller_c6 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:51:34 -0400

At least 50 kites foraging over farm fields at Waukeenah Hwy and Rabun Rd in Jefferson County. Carol Miller Monticello Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------------
Subject: Re: black rail Aucilla river
From: David Simpson <simpsondavid AT mac.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:06:16 +0000 (GMT)

Michael, Very interesting sighting (hearing). Depending on where exactly you were, it would be Snipe Island 1 or 2 or Cobb Rocks - 4 block for the Breeding Bird Atlas. Safe Dates for Black Rail don't start until May 1, so it does not count for anything yet, but if you hear them again in the future, it may be worth an incidental sighting for whatever block it is in. David On Apr 28, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Candy and Michael Hill wrote: Although I keep missing the fine fallouts everyone is reporting, by a day, I went fishing with the family on Saturday at the full moon high tide and heard a black rail "bark" at us while we were catching redfish. Never saw it, but a few clappers also vocalized on occasion. I might have to go down to the "road to nowhere" where Noel Wamer used to take his eco-tours to see them, soon. Michael Hill, Tallahassee No one is in charge of your happiness but you! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: black rail Aucilla river
From: "Candy and Michael Hill" <mchill7 AT embarqmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:49:16 -0400

Although I keep missing the fine fallouts everyone is reporting, by a day, I went fishing with the family on Saturday at the full moon high tide and heard a black rail "bark" at us while we were catching redfish. Never saw it, but a few clappers also vocalized on occasion. I might have to go down to the "road to nowhere" where Noel Wamer used to take his eco-tours to see them, soon. Michael Hill, Tallahassee No one is in charge of your happiness but you! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Bobolinks galore at St. Marks Refuge today
From: "dee" <dwilder_32301 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:21:34 -0000

A mid-morning birding trip with Florentina Jones at St. Marks Refuge today yielded a flock of over 50 White Pelicans, too many Bobolinks to count starting at Mounds Pool I, and several swallow-tailed kites soaring. Also saw Green Heron, Yellow-throated Warbler, BG Gnatcatchers. At Lighthouse we saw Seaside Sparrow, several Lesser Scaups, female red-breasted Merganser and an awesome male Horned Grebe at the pier. ------------------------------------
Subject: Chimney Swifts
From: Bendy Scott <bendy32309 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:59:23 -0700 (PDT)

I saw Chimney Swifts also this week at the Publix near Mahan and Capital Circle NE. Brenda S. Scott Tallahassee, FL bendy32309 AT yahoo.com http://BENDY.shutterpoint.com IF YOU WOULD LIKE NOTE CARDS, BOOKMARKS, OR CALENDARS MADE FROM ANY OF MY PHOTOS, PLEASE EMAIL: bendy32309 AT yahoo.com Photo Buyer Welcome Page http://www.shutterpoint.com/Buy-Photos.cfm?ai=8Z236B ShutterPoint Front Page http://www.shutterpoint.com?ai=8Z236B Photographer Welcome Page http://www.shutterpoint.com/Home-Photographer.cfm?ai=8Z236B [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Common Nighthawks in Downtown Tallahassee
From: Edwwjr AT aol.com
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:46:24 -0400 (EDT)

Each evening this week there have been common nighthawks and chimney swifts in the general area of the Capitol building. Ed Woodruff Tallahassee [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: American Golden Plover - Tallahassee
From: Elliot Schunke <ewschunke AT hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:30:47 -0400

Hi all, Andy Wraithmell just reported an American Golden Plover at the Biltmore Ave. Cow Ponds in Southwood on the Birding Florida Facebook group. He has photos. A great species for Leon County. Elliot Schunke Isla Boca Brava, Panama [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: St Marks NWR-Tuesday Morning
From: "Don Morrow" <don.morrow AT tpl.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:58:27 -0700

During and after a late season Loon survey (68 birds) at St. Marks, I saw the following: From the viewing platform at the lighthouse, while looning Sora (calling) Clapper Rail (calling) Whimbrel Marbled Godwit (14 flying East along the coast) Peregrine Falcon Red-breasted Merganser Chimney Swift Cattle Egret (six sitting on the old boat house pilings when I arrived) Seaside Sparrow Mounds Pool Trail Green Heron (several new arrivals) Northern Parula Tennessee Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Yellow Warbler Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Palm Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Indigo Bunting Brown-headed Cowbird Tower Pond (no Avocets!) about 200 shorebirds total Semipalmated Plover Wilson's Plover Black-necked Stilt (30 stalwarts) Lesser Yellowlegs Dunlin (one in breeding plumage) Short-billed Dowitcher (most now in breeding plumage) Wilson's Phalarope (short-timer, left while I was there) When I first arrived at the refuge around 6:30 am, I had Chuck-wills-widow both calling and sitting in the road. I had Barred Owl and Great-horned Owl calling. There are still Catbirds everywhere. Good birding. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: No Subject
From: "Donald G. Freeman" <d73freeman AT gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:58:12 -0400

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Subject: Audubon meeting this Thurs. night
From: Fran Rutkovsky <franrutkovsky AT comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:07:06 +0000 (UTC)

Apalachee Audubon April Program: "Conservation of Belizeâ€™s Yellow-headed Parrot" Date: Thursday, April 25, 2013 Time: Social, 7 pm ; Program, 7:30 pm Amtrak Station Community Room, Tallahassee Join us for the Apalachee Audubon Society this Thursday, April 25th at the Amtrak Station, 918 Railroad Ave. The social will start at 7:00 pm, and the program begins at 7:30 pm. Michael Keys builds housing for endangered species. For the past 15 years, most of his time has been spent excavating cavities for imperiled Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in Florida and other southeastern states. Keys is known as the Michelangelo of woodpecker cavities because of his attention to detail and many years of experience wielding a chainsaw while perched on a ladder 30â€™ above the ground. Last year, he turned his talented eye toward a new conservation issue in Belize. One of four subspecies of Yellow-headed Parrots is found in Belize and primarily nests in pine savannahs on conservation lands between the Maya Mountains and Caribbean Sea. These parrots' cavities are under threat from poaching. Working with local conservation crews, Keys spent two weeks building artificial cavities to help augment the population. Come hear about the results of this compelling conservation story. http://www.apalachee.org -------- Fran Rutkovsky Tallahassee, FL franrutkovsky AT comcast.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: St Marks NWR, Monday
From: Bill Phelan <wmjphelan AT comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:46:45 +0000 (UTC)

Thinking I may have missed the North Florida fallout over the weekend while attending the FOS in St Pete, I went to St Marks today and was pleasantly surprised.Â Â Highlights were: 8 warbler species Plank Rd:Â N. Parula and prothonotary warblers, Yellow throated vireo Double bridges:Â Pine, P rothonotary, Parula, Black & white, H ooded W arblers (and heard a waterthrush) Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Red eyed, white eyed and yellow throated vireos Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2 lingering swamp sparrows Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2 Blue gray gnatcatchers After 10 AM, at Mounds T rail:Â Black-throated Green, Yellow, Hooded (M&F), Black & white, Pine, Yellow-throated, Common yellow throat, Palm warblers Red-eyed, white-eyed and yellow throated vireos 4 blue-gray gnatcatchers, a lingering Ruby Crown Kinglet (showing his ruby) Red breasted Nuthatch Indigo buntings Eastern kingbirds, Great crested Flycatcher Gull billed tern (my FOS) and ~ 30 B lack N ecked S tilts, ~50 willets, several S oras and a Gator bellowing for several minutes with head completely out of the water Nice day birding, though cold and windy Bill Phelan Tallahassee [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: sitings
From: bradley hartman <brad_anna AT att.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:21:10 -0700 (PDT)

We had a female rose-breasted grosbeak at our feeder Saturday April 20 late morning and again early evening. Anna Marie Hartman Havana [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: St. Marks NWR 4/21/13
From: "davisfritz" <davisfritz AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:59:39 -0000

After Don Morrow's good report from yesterday, I spent late morning around St. Marks. Plank Road Kentucky Warbler 2 Hooded Warbler 4 Mounds Trail, St. Marks Worm-eating Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Northern Parula Cape May Warbler Yellow Warbler (male and female) American Redstart female Cape May Warbler female Blue-winged Warbler Black and White Warbler Ovenbird Hooded Warbler (1 male, 2 females, 1 imm. male) Blackpoll Warbler male Common Yellowthroat Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-throated Vireo White-eyed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Indigo Bunting (male and female) Painted Bunting female Blue Grosbeak ------------------------------------
Subject: Re: Red breasted nuthatch
From: "Jim Stevenson" <galornsoc AT earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:18:38 -0500

Hi Folks, I believe many of the RBNU records we get in April are birds from further south, heading to their more northern nesting grounds. I just had one yesterday, here on the Western Gulf, probably for identical reasons. Many birds like Cedar Waxwings â€œclear outâ€ in late winter and then suddenly appear later in spring as more southern birds heading north. Jim Galveston From: eliza hawkins Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 3:24 PM To: jwinforde ; nflbirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [nflbirds] Red breasted nuthatch I have a redbrested nuthatch coming to my yard (yesterday and today). It appears to be storing seed in an old oak. Eliza Hawkins mailto:ehawkins%40yahoo.com >________________________________ > From: jwinforde >To: mailto:nflbirds%40yahoogroups.com >Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 2:26 PM >Subject: [nflbirds] Red breasted nuthatch > > > > >At St Marks Refuge behind the restrooms. Got pictures. A lot of yellow warblers also. Limpkins making a lot of noise at night on Fuller rd. >John Erickson Tally > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Outstanding Saturday at St. George Island SP
From: Larry Gridley <eelriver74 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:35:02 -0700 (PDT)

Yesterday, 4-20-13 was the best day of birding in my entire life. When the front came through early in the morning and with the North wind blowing St. George Island was a birding heaven. I ended up with 22 species of warblers for the day. Plus many other birds (Orioles, tanagers. etc). Here are some photos of a couple of yesterdays warblers plus a couple other cool birds. I have a ton more to sort through. Warblers 1. Blue-winged Warbler (2) http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8670189904/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8670189802/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8669086699/in/photostream 2. Magnolia Warbler (4) http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8669089127/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8670192226/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8669089039/in/photostream 3. Black-throated Green Warbler (50+) http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8669086875/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8670190036/in/photostream 4. Blackpoll Warbler (10+) http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8670190080/in/photostream 5. Yellow Warbler (50+) http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8669088955/in/photostream 6. Black& White Warbler (50+) 7.Cape May Warbler (2) 8.Hooded Warbler (10+) 9.Kentucky Warbler (1) 10.Palm Warbler (6) 11. Pine Warbler (1) 12.Prairie Warbler (2) 13.Prothonatary Warbler (4) 14.Swainson's Warbler (1) 15.Tennessee Warbler (8+) 16.Worm-eating Warbler (1) 17.Yellow-rumped Warbler (1) 18. Yellow-throated Warbler (2) 19. Northern Parula (5) 20. Ovenbird (4) 21. Louisiana Waterthrush (1) 22.Common Yellowthroat (2) Common Nighthawk http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8670192378/in/photostream Rose-breasted Grosbeak http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8669089011/in/photostream Acadian Flycatcher http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8669086977/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8669087003/in/photostream/ Bird on my friends, bird on!! Larry Gridley Albany, Georgia [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Re: Red breasted nuthatch
From: eliza hawkins <ehawkins AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:24:44 -0700 (PDT)

I have a redbrested nuthatch coming to my yard (yesterday and today). Â It appears to be storing seed in an old oak. Â Eliza Hawkins ehawkins AT yahoo.com >________________________________ > From: jwinforde >To: nflbirds AT yahoogroups.com >Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 2:26 PM >Subject: [nflbirds] Red breasted nuthatch > > > >Â >At St Marks Refuge behind the restrooms. Got pictures. A lot of yellow warblers also. Limpkins making a lot of noise at night on Fuller rd. >John Erickson Tally > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Red breasted nuthatch
From: "jwinforde" <jwerick AT gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:26:47 -0000

At St Marks Refuge behind the restrooms. Got pictures. A lot of yellow warblers also. Limpkins making a lot of noise at night on Fuller rd. John Erickson Tally ------------------------------------
Subject: St Marks NWR-Saturday Morning
From: "Don Morrow" <don.morrow AT tpl.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:04:43 -0700

I did the Loon patrol and logged 18 intrepid Common Loons heading into a strong North wind before the morning flight abruptly ended at 7:30 am. I shifted over to migration birding and logged the following on Mounds Pool Trail American Avocet (6 in breeding plumage on Tower Pond) Black-necked Stilt (around 30 on Tower Pond) Gray Catbird (many) Red-eyed Vireo (many) Common Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Northern Parula Blue-winged Warbler Eastern Kingbird Yellow-billed Cuckoo Blue Grosbeak Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager (female) I had Barn Swallows, Tree Swallows and one Cliff Swallow (sitting on the road) at the East River Pool Boat Ramp. I had a Northern Waterthrush at the first of the Double Bridges. Chuck-wills-widows are now common in the predawn morning. Sora and Clapper Rails are loud and common around dawn. Barred and Great Horned Owls are still calling. Good Birding. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Mississippi Kite
From: "janeen" <jelangley AT comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:20:46 -0400

Saw my FOS Mississippi Kite this morning circling my house near their nesting site last year. Janeen Langley Northeast Tallahassee [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Brown-headed Nuthatch in suburbia
From: "phf" <ph-homann AT comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:08:35 -0000

I noticed what appeared to be a Brown-headed Nuthatch taking sunflower seeds from my feeder two days ago, and I confirmed it today. The bird must have a brood nearby because it flies off with the seed across the street. In 1986 I had a pair raising a brood in one of my nest boxes, and my notes tell me of a family visiting in 1989. At that time, when my hearing was still good enough, I heard this Nuthatch with some regularity in the general neighborhood (southeastern Lakeshore Estates in Tallahassee) but I had not seen any in my yard for a long time now. Peter Homann ------------------------------------
Subject: RE: Cerulean Warble and others at St. George Island this weekend. (photos)
From: "Cassidy, Rodney" <rodney.cassidy AT talgov.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:59:22 +0000

We birded three days at St. George Island with similar results to Mr. Gridley (my pictures are of much poorer quality). Judging by the frequent and close lightning strikes and the very dark skies with heavy rain late Sunday evening (as the wind shifted from south to north) I would rate the birding as something less than inauspicious for passerine migrants (very poor visibility and south winds until after sunset). As I have observed many times in the past powerful storms do tend to concentrate birds including shorebirds, waterfowl, waders, etc., and can be easy to count if you can keep from becoming beach glass. We had one flock of ducks that included a Surf Scoter, plus other species Redhead, Ruddy Duck, Bufflehead, Lesser Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser, etc. Redheaded woodpeckers are more numerous on the east end of the island than I have ever seen, I suspect it is related to the number of dead trees. Additionally, we had a single flock of 40-50 Red Knots sitting shoulder to shoulder, some were actually predominately red. Two stilt sandpipers were in the vicinity of the only Wilson's Plover that I saw. Two Northern Gannets moved to the shore along with 3 Caspian Terns and seventy Royal Terns. A Virginia Rail was calling repeatedly as the Sunday evening storm rolled thru. Numerous other aerial species, but gnats and mosquitos were the most common. If the cold front hits the coast tonight with sustained N winds above 10 mph and rain, then tomorrow may be much better for migrants at SGI and St Marks. Lots of breeding bird activity, I just need to record some of it. We had a Swallow-tailed Kite and a Broad-winged Hawk in our subdivision (Tallahassee) yesterday, a slightly odd pair and a sure sign of spring. Rodney Cassidy Tallahassee, Florida From: nflbirds AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:nflbirds AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Beth W. Grant Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 7:36 AM To: Larry Gridley Cc: nflbirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [nflbirds] Cerulean Warble and others at St. George Island this weekend. (photos) Simply amazing photography! Thank you! On 4/13/13 11:24 PM, Larry Gridley wrote: > > Hi fellow birders. I birded St. George Island yesterday and today and > had a wonderful time. Yesterday afternoon a real nice Cerulean Warbler > came in followed by some Cape May Warblers. Yesterday and today I > ended up with 14 species of warbler. Here are a few photos. It was fun > photographing them as they were paying me no mind at all. They were > busy gorging themselves. > > Cape May Warbler > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378617/in/photostream > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647474726/in/photostream/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378821/in/photostream/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647489062/in/photostream > > Cerulean Warbler > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378497/in/photostream > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378453/in/photostream/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647474460/in/photostream/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378397/in/photostream/ > > Prothonatary Warbler > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378267/in/photostream > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647506644/in/photostream > > Black & White Warbler > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646408747/in/photostream > > Tennesssee Warbler > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647506588/in/photostream > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647506554/in/photostream/ > > Blue-winged Warbler > Kentucky Warbler > Hooded Warbler > Palm Warbler > Yellow-rumped Warbler > Yellow-throated Warbler > Louisiana Waterthrush > Northern Parula > Pine Warbler > I did phtoograph a Gray Kingbird as I was leaving St. Georges by the > light in the store parking lot. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647474386/in/photostream > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378365/in/photostream/ > > Bird on my friends, bird on!! > > Larry Gridley > Albany, Ga. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Chuck Will's Widow at TLH Airport
From: "kevinotoole2001" <kevinotoole2001 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:47:31 -0000

I arrived back from a delayed flight last night after midnight. I heard several Chuck Will's Widow calling back and forth to each other all around the parking lot. Kevin O'Toole Tallahassee, FL ------------------------------------
Subject: white pelicans Lake Jackson
From: "Candy and Michael Hill" <mchill7 AT embarqmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:12:38 -0400

I haven't seen any posts on this, but on an aerial survey of area lakes last Monday, I saw two groups of white pelicans on Lake Jackson, Tallahassee. One group numbered about 20 individuals, off Faulk drive towards Church's Cove, and the other was to the south of Faulk, of about 10 mixed with egrets. Michael Hill, Tallahassee [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Re: Cerulean Warble and others at St. George Island this weekend. (photos)
From: "Beth W. Grant" <bethgrant AT bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:35:39 -0400

Simply amazing photography! Thank you! On 4/13/13 11:24 PM, Larry Gridley wrote: > > Hi fellow birders. I birded St. George Island yesterday and today and > had a wonderful time. Yesterday afternoon a real nice Cerulean Warbler > came in followed by some Cape May Warblers. Yesterday and today I > ended up with 14 species of warbler. Here are a few photos. It was fun > photographing them as they were paying me no mind at all. They were > busy gorging themselves. > > Cape May Warbler > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378617/in/photostream > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647474726/in/photostream/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378821/in/photostream/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647489062/in/photostream > > Cerulean Warbler > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378497/in/photostream > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378453/in/photostream/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647474460/in/photostream/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378397/in/photostream/ > > Prothonatary Warbler > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378267/in/photostream > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647506644/in/photostream > > Black & White Warbler > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646408747/in/photostream > > Tennesssee Warbler > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647506588/in/photostream > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647506554/in/photostream/ > > Blue-winged Warbler > Kentucky Warbler > Hooded Warbler > Palm Warbler > Yellow-rumped Warbler > Yellow-throated Warbler > Louisiana Waterthrush > Northern Parula > Pine Warbler > I did phtoograph a Gray Kingbird as I was leaving St. Georges by the > light in the store parking lot. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647474386/in/photostream > http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378365/in/photostream/ > > Bird on my friends, bird on!! > > Larry Gridley > Albany, Ga. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Cerulean Warble and others at St. George Island this weekend. (photos)
From: Larry Gridley <eelriver74 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:24:59 -0700 (PDT)

Hi fellow birders. I birded St. George Island yesterday and today and had a wonderful time. Yesterday afternoon a real nice Cerulean Warbler came in followed by some Cape May Warblers. Yesterday and today I ended up with 14 species of warbler. Here are a few photos. It was fun photographing them as they were paying me no mind at all. They were busy gorging themselves. Cape May Warbler http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378617/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647474726/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378821/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647489062/in/photostream Cerulean Warbler http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378497/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378453/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647474460/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378397/in/photostream/ Prothonatary Warbler http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378267/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647506644/in/photostream Black & White Warbler http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646408747/in/photostream Tennesssee Warbler http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647506588/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647506554/in/photostream/ Blue-winged Warbler Kentucky Warbler Hooded Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Parula Pine Warbler I did phtoograph a Gray Kingbird as I was leaving St. Georges by the light in the store parking lot. http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8647474386/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/grmann/8646378365/in/photostream/ Bird on my friends, bird on!! Larry Gridley Albany, Ga. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: St Marks NWR- Saturday
From: "Don Morrow" <don.morrow AT tpl.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:01:12 -0700

It was a quiet Spring day at the refuge. I had Chuck-wills-widow calling at the Double Bridges at 6:45 am while I was on my way down to count Loons (105 was Dr Spitzers count today). During the Loon Count, I had three Green Herons, a flock of Cattle Egrets and a Chimney Swift come in over the coast. There were a lot of shorebirds flying. The Mounds Pool Trail had few migrants, notably a flyby Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Tower Pond still has Stilts and Avocets, but most of the shorebirds were gone. Ducks on Tower Pond included Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Northern Shoveler, American Wigeon and Red-breasted Merganser. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds seem to be moving through with a number seen here and there. The front coming in on Sunday may produce a fallout, but the forecast afternoon timing is inauspicious. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Gulf Crossing Online now available (free)
From: "Childs, Jackson" <jchilds AT fas.harvard.edu>
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 04:13:02 +0000

Hi Florida Birders, I've finally finished the online version of Gulf Crossing and I thought it would be good to make it available before the peak of Spring migration. Basically this version is shorter (under an hour), better edited, and professionally narrated, and most of all, it's free! I took out all the mediocre stuff, left in all the good stuff, and added some really good stuff I've gotten over the last couple years. And the compression I was able to get looks fantastic! I'm hoping teachers and group leaders everywhere will be interested in showing it. You can see it on the website here: http://gulfcrossingmovie.com If for some reason you can't view the movie there, try the youtube version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e20qNjdcSUk The youtube version offers a variety of resolutions. The 1080p version on youtube is actually the very highest quality and just looks ridiculously good expanded to full screen. However I think you need a fast internet connection to view that smoothly. The 720p version on youtube is also very good. Thanks to all the birders of all levels who share their knowledge and passion with others, and everyone who supported this project. I hope you like it. All the best, Jackson Childs Belmont, MA (formerly Tallahassee) jchilds AT fas.harvard.edu [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Big Day Events
From: Jim Cox <Jim AT ttrs.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:06:56 -0400

Hi Everyone We just completed an abbreviated Big Day on Tall Timbers today. Matt Gould, Dave Pavlik, Jess Cusick, and I logged 97 species on the property (4200 acres) with a chance for a couple of additional birds before check-out time. The list included a couple of lingering Red-breasted Nuthatches as well as soon to depart Chipping, Grasshopper, Lincoln's, Swamp, White-crowned, and White-throated Sparrows. We'll post a complete list soon, but the main point of this note is to let people know that Matt and Dave will be attempting to break the Florida Big Day record tomorrow along with Andy Bankert and Craig Bateman. If you want to follow their progress (beginning at 12:01 tonight), you can sign up for their news feeds by "liking" the Tall Timbers Facebook page. Thanks, Jim Cox Tall Timbers Research Station [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: RE: Digest Number 3347
From: Mark Evans <ag1380loop AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:14:34 -0400

I wouldn't click on that link in "greetings", it's from eastern europe. > Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:19:27 +0000 > From: nflbirds AT yahoogroups.com > To: nflbirds AT yahoogroups.com > Subject: [nflbirds] Digest Number 3347 > > There are 2 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. greetings > From: Nancy Lang > > 2a. Hairy Woodpeckers > From: tracee0123 > > > Messages > ________________________________________________________________________ > 1. greetings > Posted by: "Nancy Lang" nanbird32 AT yahoo.com nanbird32 > Date: Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:47 am ((PDT)) > > http://ecotexpolska.pl/modules/mod_gogle/news.php?utfkbxtm712mph > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ********************** > Second word sounds like dance. -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > Messages in this topic (1) > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > 2a. Hairy Woodpeckers > Posted by: tracee11 AT earthlink.net tracee0123 > Date: Thu Apr 11, 2013 2:16 pm ((PDT)) > > This is the second breeding season that I've had a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers feeding on peanuts and Bark Butter. Today both birds came in quick succession filling their beaks to max capacity. I have no idea where the nest is. > Tracee Strohman > Indianhead Acres Tallahassee > > > > > > Messages in this topic (2) > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >
Subject: Hairy Woodpeckers
From: tracee11 AT earthlink.net
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:16:23 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

This is the second breeding season that I've had a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers feeding on peanuts and Bark Butter. Today both birds came in quick succession filling their beaks to max capacity. I have no idea where the nest is. Tracee Strohman Indianhead Acres Tallahassee ------------------------------------
Subject: greetings
From: Nancy Lang <nanbird32 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:47:03 -0700 (PDT)

http://ecotexpolska.pl/modules/mod_gogle/news.php?utfkbxtm712mph ********************** Second word sounds like dance. -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: LETE Piney Z
From: "Candy and Michael Hill" <mchill7 AT embarqmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:51:54 -0400

Today I spotted one least tern (with 4 Foresters) at Piney Z (Lake Lafayette). It was perched on one of the piles at the end of Fishing Finger #3. Just east of this finger, next to the canoe launch, is our re-furbished LETE nesting island. I will be putting up decoys and playing a colony nesting tape in the near future. Boaters, please keep off the island, Birders please let us know if you see any courting activity. Also, a purple gallinule was just east of the East Levee in Lower Lake Lafayette, and several ospreys nesting, mostly in natural snags (not the artificial platforms.yet) And while fishing at Aucilla River on Sunday, 6 indigo buntings were feeding in the grassy parking area. Michael Hill Tallahassee No one is in charge of your happiness but you! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: this spring so far
From: "Jim Stevenson" <galornsoc AT earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:15:13 -0500

Hi Everyone, There has been a stronger-than-usual push of trans-Gulf migrants coming across the Gulf here in Texas this April, which likely means a less-than-normal parade of songbirds coming into North Florida. Of course, some years itâ€™s reversed, and depending on meteorological conditions, it can change any time. Just remember that the peak of the songbird (and shorebird) migration is late April, and the vast majority of this season lies ahead. Birding will be strong through the first week of May, and the real yummy species (northern nesters) migrate mostly after April 20. Look for shorebirds and residents early in the day and then the migrants will start arriving. Good luck to everyone! Jim Galveston [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Orchard Oriole
From: "White, Eddie" <Eddie.White AT MyFWC.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:05:59 -0400

Was greeted with the song of an Orchard Oriole at my front gate at sunrise this morning. Maybe things are picking up ahead of the front that is approaching. I also saw a bird land on a red light camera at the intersection of Monroe Street (U.S. 27) and Tennessee Street (U.S. 90) this morning. It looked odd, so I grabbed my binocs and took a better look at an Eastern Bluebird. Asphalt and concrete is not your typical bluebird habitat. Eddie White Havana, FL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------
Subject: Blue grosbeak
From: "White, Eddie" <Eddie.White AT MyFWC.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:46:29 -0400

Saw a ratty looking 1st spring male blue grosbeak in Southwood at lunch. Back, tail, and wing bars were nice. Nape and head were still molting and very disheveled. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------

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