Birdingonthe.Net Recent Postings from Birdbrains > Home > Mail > Alerts Updated on Wednesday, September 1 at 08:45 PM ET The most recently received Mail is at the top.	Two-Banded Courser,©Tony Disley

1 Sep Bronzed Cowbirds, Willow Flycatcher [Ken Tracey ] 1 Sep More Long-tailed Jaegers. Ponce de Leon Inlet. Volusia Co. [Michael Brothers ] 1 Sep MINWR 9/1/10 ["Thomas J. Dunkerton" ] 1 Sep Short-tailed Hawk in Hialeah [Paul Bithorn ] 1 Sep Long-tailed Jaeger. Ponce de Leon Inlet. Volusia Co. [Michael Brothers ] 1 Sep RFI birdbaths/water features [Dexter Richardson ] 1 Sep Shorebird Bonanza [william stefancic ] 1 Sep Migrants in Englewood [Susan Daughtrey ] 31 Aug Fort De Soto and Cockroach Bay Rd [Cameron Cox ] 31 Aug Largo Hooded Warblers ["Madeleine Bohrer, Largo, Pinellas County" ] 31 Aug eBird Report - Stump Pass Beach State Park , 8/30/10 -- Migrating Cattle Egrets [Ken Blackshaw ] 31 Aug Playalinda Seawatch (Brevard) [Mitchell Harris ] 31 Aug DUNEDIN CAUSEWAY & HAMMOCK [Murray Gardler ] 31 Aug Re: Some warblers finally make it to South Florida [Reinhard Geisler ] 31 Aug RFI: Dallas, TX birding [Dan Irizarry ] 30 Aug Some warblers finally make it to South Florida [Roberto Torres ] 30 Aug Dunedin Hammock Park [Judy or Ray Smart ] 30 Aug FW: Migration update for August 30 [Thomas Ford ] 30 Aug TAS Sod Farm Field Trip - Saturday, Aust 28, 2010 [Paul Bithorn ] 30 Aug Hillsborough County Shorebirds 8/29 [David Goodwin ] 29 Aug 2010: The Year We Make Shorebird Contact - Photos [Roberto Torres ] 29 Aug Common and Black Terns in St. Johns County [andrew thornton ] 29 Aug Red Knot-MINWR 8/29/10 ["Thomas J. Dunkerton" ] 29 Aug Ft. SeSoto Wed.Kingfisher [Cheryl Molennor ] 29 Aug Eastern Wood-Pewee [Jeffrey Rubinstein ] 29 Aug Ft Desoto Swallow? [Jeffrey Rubinstein ] 29 Aug Lake Lotus Banding: 8/22/10 [Andrew Boyle ] 29 Aug Dowitcher & Sandpiper ID [Cole Fredricks ] 29 Aug ovenbird [Sydney Lemieux ] 29 Aug Green Key,Pasco County, Sun. Aug. 29, 2010 [David Gagne ] 29 Aug Northern Bobwhite [Ron Wooldridge ] 29 Aug Great White Heron [Mitchell McConnell ] 29 Aug St Augustine Birding [Diane Reed ] 29 Aug Dunedin Hammock Park, 29 Aug 2010 [Bill Pranty ] 29 Aug Great White Heron photos [ED KWATER ] 29 Aug 2010: The Year We Make Shorebird Contact [Roberto Torres ] 28 Aug COMMON NIGHTHAWKS - SAINT PETERSBURG [Erik Haney ] 28 Aug Ft. DeSoto today [donatdonlo ] 28 Aug Great White Herons, Cockroach Bay [ED KWATER ] 28 Aug Dunedin Hammock Park, 28 Aug 2010 [Bill Pranty ] 28 Aug Fw: eBird Report - Saddle Creek County Park , 8/28/10 [Bob & Linda Snow ] 28 Aug No Fallout Yet [Meret Wilson ] 28 Aug West Pasco Warbler Run [Ken Tracey ] 28 Aug Black Tern photo [ED KWATER ] 28 Aug St Augustine birding [Diane Reed ] 28 Aug Unusual Black Tern [ED KWATER ] 28 Aug Pinellas falcon [ED KWATER ] 27 Aug An eagle with orange feathers? [Barb Walker ] 27 Aug Final Tally Today [Dan Irizarry ] 27 Aug Migrants in Sarasota [Jeffrey Palmer ] 27 Aug ID cofirmed [Cheryl Molennor ] 27 Aug Re: Ft. DeSoto Today ID please [Cheryl Molennor ] 27 Aug Ft. DeSoto Today ID please [Cheryl Molennor ] 27 Aug Mystery Falcon in Pinellas (8-27) [Ron Smith ] 27 Aug American Avocets in Englewood [Susan Daughtrey ] 27 Aug Saddle Creek/Lakeland Fri 8-27-10 [Dexter Richardson ] 27 Aug NE St. Pete Migrants [donatdonlo ] 27 Aug Desoto part deux [Dan Irizarry ] 27 Aug Honeymoon Island & Dunedin Hammock, Fri. August 27. 2010 [David Gagne ] 27 Aug Decent migrants thru John Chesnut Park [Dan Irizarry ] 27 Aug Yardbirding [william stefancic ] 27 Aug Desoto fairly quiet until right now [Dan Irizarry ] 26 Aug Possible Baird's Sandpiper and other shorebirds (Brevard) [Mitchell Harris ] 26 Aug More on the Pinellas falcon [ED KWATER ] 26 Aug My two cents worth on the Pinellas falcon [ED KWATER ] 26 Aug Sabal Bluff Preserve, Leesburg [Alice Horst ] 27 Aug Pinecraft Park, Sarasota- thurs. 8/26 [Jeffery Fisher ] 26 Aug Buff-breasted Sandpipers in St. Johns [Matt Hafner ] 26 Aug SAINT PETERSBURG NEIGHBORHOOD MIGRANTS [Erik Haney ] 26 Aug Barn Swallows in Winter Park [Andrew Boyle ] 26 Aug More thoughts on the Pinellas falcom [Bill Pranty ] 26 Aug West Pasco, Thurs. Aug. 26, 2010 [David Gagne ] 26 Aug Re: Pinellas County falcon [Bill Pranty ] 26 Aug Cerulean Warbler at Turkey Creek Sanctuary, Palm Bay, Brevard Co. [Bruce Anderson ] 26 Aug NE St. Pete Migrants [donatdonlo ] 26 Aug Reported Peregrine Falcon may be a Saker [Reinier Munguia ] Subject: Bronzed Cowbirds, Willow Flycatcher From: Ken Tracey <kftracey AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:45:16 -0700 Hello, High lites of a bird run today with Murray Gardler included a Louisiana Waterthrush responding to it's tape calls at Green Key.  Two Bronzed Cowbirds at Ben T. Davis Beach. ( look for snack vendor in parking lot, she is putting out bird seed and the birds are flocking in, including the Bronzed Cowbirds!).  And a calling Willow Flycatcher in the woods along the Cotee River across from my house. Others at Courtney Campbell and Gandy Causeways; 150  Black Terns 100  Sandwich Terns 80    Least Terns Ken Tracey New Port Richey To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: More Long-tailed Jaegers. Ponce de Leon Inlet. Volusia Co. From: Michael Brothers <mbrothers AT CO.VOLUSIA.FL.US> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 21:05:51 -0400 I went back out to Ponce de Leon Inlet in the late afternoon today to see if more good things might show up. I only found one large shearwater very far offshore - too far out to ID, and one Bridled Tern. Then, after almost an hour I had two juvenile Long-tailed Jaegers show up about five minutes apart. One was another very dark bird (the same bird?) and then the second bird was a light morph juvenile. These were both relatively close and provided excellent looks as they harassed the Sandwich Terns. It was interesting that all three birds went after the Sandwich Terns. Perhaps the Sandwich Terns were the most successful at catching the fish. It was also interesting the none of the Jaegers ventured into the Inlet where there were lots of terns feeding in the rough seas — many more terns and gulls than were on the open ocean. At the Marine Science Center, we received another Greater Shearwater and a juvenile Bridled Tern this afternoon. Michael Michael Brothers Marine Science Center Ponce Inlet To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: MINWR 9/1/10 From: "Thomas J. Dunkerton" <woundedmallard AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:34:14 -0400 Hey everybirdy, Along the first stretch of West Gator Creek along the Indian River lagoon was a nice mixed collection of peeps and Short-billed Dowitchers and Semipalmated Plovers. Biolab had scattered individual peeps and a few Black Terns working way out over the marsh. Shiloh Road has scattered small groups along the IRL. The White Pelicans have moved elsewhere. There is essentially no activity until you get north of Weather Tower Road intersect. Mostly Semipalmated Sandpipers, Lesser Yellowlegs and SB Dowitchers at the moment. FYI: BLACKPOINT WILDLIFE DRIVE is CLOSED until at least October 1, 2010. See you out there! Tom Dunkerton Titusville, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Short-tailed Hawk in Hialeah From: Paul Bithorn <pbithorn AT PLUMBERS519.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:20:05 -0400 While driving into work this morning, I sighted my FOS dark morph Short-tailed Hawk soaring across W. 12th Avenue at W. 41st St.in Hialeah. A few winter in the Hialeah/Miami Lakes area every year. Two items I left off of the TAS Sod Farm post was an early Sora west of US 27 in Palm Beach County walking on Swamp Lettuce and a nice flock of Bobolinks near the Black Rail that Brian Rapoza, with GPS coordinates from Will Domke, posted directions to at the top of the Birdboard in the TAS Weekly Rare Bird Update as follows: Black Rail US 27, Everglades Agricultural Area, Palm Beach County: Reported August 28 (TAS BirdBoard) Directions: Several rails were heard, but not seen, in an overgrown field, bordered by sugercane, on the east side of US 27 (GPS coordinates: N26 29.622 W80 39.587). The field is about 1 mile south of a radio tower on the west side of the highway. The radio tower is 14.4 miles north of the Broward/Palm Beach county line or 7.5 miles south of CR 827. A bridge at the radio tower crosses the canal on the east side of US 27; other bridges cross the canal south of the overgrown field. GPS coordinates were provided by Wil Domke. Life is good...................great Marlin 1-0 win last night!Going to the Marlin's ballgame tonight and Canes game tomorrow night with son, Nick. Look for a little chin music for National's centerfielder, Nyjer Morgan, for lowering the boom on Marlin catcher, Brett Hayes in the 10th inning. Reminiscent of the Pete Rose/Ray Fosse collision in the 1970 Major League All-Star Game. One difference-Hayes held onto the ball and inspired his teammates with his grit in a walk-off win in the bottom of the 10th! Birds, Brett, Baseball and Beer - a winning combination! Paul Bithorn Virginia Gardens, Florida Miami-Dade County Home of the Miami Hurricanes! To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Long-tailed Jaeger. Ponce de Leon Inlet. Volusia Co. From: Michael Brothers <mbrothers AT CO.VOLUSIA.FL.US> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:49:43 -0400 Today, 9/1, I took a late lunch and walked out onto the jetty at Ponce de Leon Inlet. The seas were very rough and, since this was near high tide, the waves were crashing over the jetty. Lots of Black Terns, Sandwich Terns and Royal Terns were feeding on the rough waters inside the jetty. Offshore, occasional Black Terns punctuated the Sandwich and Royal Terns and Laughing Gulls still able to function in the wind. Soon a Cory's Shearwater cruised past. Not too much unusual appeared and after 45 minutes I was about to head back to work when a dark shape flashed across the scope field. I caught up with it dipping in and out of the waves and it was a juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger in hot pursuit of a Sandwich Tern. The Jaeger was not too much larger than the Sandwich Tern. The bird was very dark above and below, and very slim. The wings were very long and narrow and tern-like, with only the sliver of two pale primary shafts visible. There was no marked pale area on the underside of the primaries that was visible. The tail had two rounded central primary tips showing. Awesome Bird! At the Marine Science Center, we have received two Audubon's Shearwaters and one Greater Shearwater over the last two days. All of the birds died quickly. Michael Michael Brothers Marine Science Center Ponce Inlet To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: RFI birdbaths/water features From: Dexter Richardson <dex AT DEXWINE.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:53:59 -0400 Hey all, I have suggested to the city of Winter Park, where I live, that they put in a bird bath/water feature in Mead Garden. I've been working with an organization that is trying to raise funds to preserve Mead, as it has a unique wetland habit, yet it is located in the middle of the city. The city and that organization would like an idea of what I'm talking about. I would appreciate it if anyone on this list would email me off list pictures of birdbaths or water features that they have in their yards. Also, if anyone (and I know there are quite a few of you right now) is at Fort DeSoto over the next few days, if they could take a few pictures of the water feature at the Mulberry tree and email those to me, I would appreciate that too. As a matter of fact, after conducting a bird survey once a month for 5 years with Bruce Anderson and several other local birders at Mead, we presented the city with a Mead Garden bird checklist back in June. It is available at a kiosk as you drive up the main entrance drive. Thanks to everyone for your consideration. And thanks to Ron Smith, listserve owner, for allowing me to post this RFI. Again, please email me off list. Good birding to all this fall migration. Dexter Richardson Winter Park, FL dex AT dexwine.com To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Shorebird Bonanza From: william stefancic <jws2735 AT EMBARQMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 08:52:42 -0400 Hi BirdBrains, Bob Sanders, Bill and I birded 3-Lakes and Joe Overstreet yesterday, and ended the day with 46 different species. We ended the day with a total of 4 Bald Eagles (Wahoo...they're back). We started the day looking for Red-cockaded Woodpeckers, but struck out there. We did get a Common Nighthawk cleverly disguised a a branch. It was pretty slow birding up to Lake Jackson, where we got the required Snail Kites (awesome birds), and Limpkin (heard). The best part of the day was along Joe Overstreet. Along the west (??? I'm a woman...I don't do directions) side of the road, where the sod farms are, we saw 100s of shorebirds picking through the standing water. It was hard to get good looks, as we were peeking through vegetation along the side of the road, but there were several dozen Pectoral Sandpipers, several (not so) Solitary Sandpipers, Wilson Snipe, a Black-bellied Plover in breeding plumage, a couple Stilt Sandpipers, Lesser Yellowlegs (1 that we saw), Semipalmated Plover, and many peeps. We scoped the fields for Upland and Buff Breasted Sandpipers, but didn't find any. It held our rapt attention for a good hour before we had to get moving. Along the road we fluched 11 Wild Turkeys and 2 Crested Caracaras. One of the Caracaras was perched on a fence post, and we crept up in the car, just to see how close we could get...we got close enough to shoot out the window and get a full-frame shot...awesome! As we got close to the farm by the landing strip, we got 8 Bobolinks on the fence (check out the toes on the bird on the post...WOW). On the way out there were several Barn Swallow perched on the wires, and among them was a Cliff Swallow...a lifer for us. All in all, a great day of birding. Joyce Stefancic Clermont, Fl To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Migrants in Englewood From: Susan Daughtrey <susansd AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 08:27:14 -0400 Hi All, I had a few migrants on my early morning walk in my neighborhood in SW Englewood today, most notably my FOTS Eastern Kingbird. A lingering Common Nighthawk flew by as dawn broke. Yellow-throated Warblers, a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and several Barn Swallows rounded out the migrant list for the morning. Last night's walk produced a Purple Martin in with Barn Swallows headed south. Other birds of interest today include Monk Parakeets, which have been gone for the past two years from this area, but have returned consistently in the last few weeks, a pair of Great Horned Owls calling back and forth, and a Belted Kingfisher rattling away. There is an oyster bar in the ICW off the subdivision that the Great Blue Herons and Wood Storks like to roost at overnight, and occasionally a few Roseate Spoonbills will be in the mix too. Susan Daughtrey Englewood, Charlotte County To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Fort De Soto and Cockroach Bay Rd From: Cameron Cox <cameron_cox AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:10:00 -0400 All, Lauren Deaner and I checked out Fort De Soto early this morning. We saw the now expected adult male Long-billed Curlew which is just finishing its molt and is quite striking. Slightly less expected was a flyby Cliff Swallow in a group of Bank Swallows. Also, a mildly confused Solitary Sandpiper which was flying around North Beach trying to figure out how to forage amid all that sand. We also noted the expected Piping Plovers, 1 Snowy Plover, a handful of Common Terns, a large flock of Western Willets, 45 Marbled Godwits, and roughly 450 Red Knots. The were a very few migrants in the trees around North Beach and along the Privet Trail totaling 2 Redstarts, 1 Yellow, and 1 Yellow-throated Warbler, 1 Red-eyed Vireo, 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, and 12 Eastern Kingbirds. However the ratio of mosquito bites to warblers was about 32:1 so we didn't stay for long. We stopped by Cockroach Bay on the way home and located the two Great White Herons found several days ago by Ed Kwater. We also noticed an adult Stilt Sandpiper, 60 juv Semipalmated Sandpipers, 35-40 Least Sandpipers, 1 Soliary, and 1 Lesser Yellowlegs all in the two ponds on the south side of Cockroach Bay Rd. There were also a fair number of Black Terns and 1 Gull-billed Tern. The sod farms were the process of being mowed so no birds in the fields. The Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers and even the Stilt Sandpiper were walking and foraging dense floating mats of vegetation, flapping regularly to keep from sinking. I had seen this behavior before from Least and Baird's Sandpipers but never from Semipalmated. Cheers, Cameron CoxBrandon, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Largo Hooded Warblers From: "Madeleine Bohrer, Largo, Pinellas County" <maddogbee22 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:01:26 -0400 On Sunday, 8/29, we had two exquisite adult male Hooded Warblers in our garden. They are a testament to our landscape--lots of undercover and food plants. It was lovely seeing them... M. Bohrer Largo Pinellas County To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: eBird Report - Stump Pass Beach State Park , 8/30/10 -- Migrating Cattle Egrets From: Ken Blackshaw <curlewbird AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:51:21 -0400 Location: Stump Pass Beach State Park Observation date: 8/30/10 Notes: Walked Stump Pass Beach with Stanley from about 8 to 10 a.m. Sunny, light breeze from SE. Number of species: 28 Brown Pelican 30 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 2 Snowy Egret 8 Tricolored Heron 1 Cattle Egret 55 Interesting - 3 large flocks apparently migrating off-shore several hundred yards - heading south. White Ibis 14 Osprey 3 Black-bellied Plover 8 Wilson's Plover 14 Semipalmated Plover 5 Willet 18 Ruddy Turnstone 15 Sanderling 20 Least Sandpiper 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 14 Laughing Gull 25 Royal Tern 4 Sandwich Tern 26 Rock Pigeon 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 8 Mourning Dove 10 Belted Kingfisher 1 Fish Crow 6 Bank Swallow 1 Noticed one of the fly-by's was this species. Barn Swallow 45 European Starling 6 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Playalinda Seawatch (Brevard) From: Mitchell Harris <knmharris AT BELLSOUTH.NET> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:46:20 -0400 2:00 to 3:30 this afternoon I did a seawatch from lot 10 at Playalinda Beach. Winds were about 20knts. I saw 2 possibly 3 Jaegers all to far out for me to ID, but I did note one appeared a little smaller than the Royal Tern that chased it for a period.With variability to account for, this would put this Jaeger in the size range for both Parasitic and Long-tailed, but to small for Pomarine. I also saw 4 Shearwaters, two were Cory's the other two were probably Cory's as well. Also of note: I scaned from the same area late Sunday afternoon and had 4 Bridled Terns. There's lots of Common, Black and Least Terns going down the beach as well. I would think tommorow might be a good day to spot some pelagic birds from the beach if anyone is so inclined. Good Birding, Mitchell Harris Titusville To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: DUNEDIN CAUSEWAY & HAMMOCK From: Murray Gardler <mangrovefirst AT TAMPABAY.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:04:39 -0400 Causeway highlights; American Oystercatcher 1(picture) Semipalmated Plover 75 Marbled Godwit 3 Calidris sandpipers! 0 Hammock; Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Screech Owl 1-2 Kentucky Warbler 1 Hooded Warbler 1 Murray Gardler Brooksville, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Some warblers finally make it to South Florida From: Reinhard Geisler <ReinhardG201 AT REIGE.NET> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:00:37 -0400 Yesterday, while family and friends enjoyed the beach and during the rain downtown Key West, I spent approx. 6 hours of birding in Ft. Zacharias Taylor. I saw the same Warblers as Toe and a few more: 5 or more individuals: Northern Parula Praerie Warbler Black-throated Blue American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler 1 or 2 individuals: Common Yellowthroat Worm-eating Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler (2 near the Black Smith shed) Yellow-throated Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Hooded Warbler It was quite active, especially after a rain shower came down. What was interesting is that I had a few occasions of 3 individuals of the same species in one view, which showed the ongoing activity: Northern Waterthrush Ovenbird Black-and-white Warbler Northern Parula Praerie Warbler Unlike Toe I had my camera with me. However inside the hammock the foliage was dense and light low. I attached a few examples. On a side note for Toe: While we were birding south, a Cerulean showed up in our local city park which would have been a Florida lifer for me. I am not giving up my binoculars :-) Happy birding Reinhard Geisler Oviedo, FL, Seminole County Kentucky Warbler Worm-eating Warbler On 8/30/2010 10:25 PM, Roberto Torres wrote: > I dodged the rain this afternoon, or at least tried, in hopes of finding a > good warbler. After seeing last week's reports from the Gulf coast of > Hoodeds, Ceruleans, Kentuckies, and other goodies, and going out there and > finding nothing other than, well, nothing, I threatened to hang up my > binoculars for the rest of fall migration if I didn't find a good warbler > before the end of August. I walked the service road at Matheson Hammock and > found a couple of birds, but nothing too notable. However, I had a feeling > there was more around. Where the service road opens up, just past the > Australian pines, I walked north, past the entrance to the hammock trail, > and continued on the path along the edge of the hammock. Just past 8-9 Royal > Palms there is a medium sized tree on the right with some native type vines > on it. A Kentucky Warbler came up to the lower branches and called several > times, giving me excellent looks, even as I talked to Trey on the phone. > After checking out the other birds in the area, I started walking north and > heard the Kentucky again, but even closer this time giving me even better > looks. It obviously knew I didn't have the camera with me as it taunted me. > "Hey, look at me, I'm beautiful. Quick, get a shot. Oh, you don't have the > camera? Oh, tear." > > I had my first double-digit warbler day of the season, and had to leave to > avoid the massive shower on the way. I guess I can keep birding, for now. > See, persevrence, persoveerance, a lot of bit of trying, pays off. The > complete warbler list: > > Northern Parula > Black-throated Blue Warbler > Yellow-throated Warbler > Prairie Warbler > American Redstart > Worm-eating Warbler > Ovenbird > Northern Waterthrush > Louisiana Waterthrush > Kentucky Warbler > > Roberto > Miami-Dade > rtorres AT tnc.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, > please visit us on the web at: > http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html > To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU > Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu > ____________________________________________________________________________ > To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: RFI: Dallas, TX birding From: Dan Irizarry <rdirizarry AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:19:28 +0000 Hello everyone, I am traveling to Dallas, TX next weerk and have a couple days I can dedicate to birding. Does anyone have any info for birding in that general area (anywhere within an hour or so). Thanks, Dan Irizarry Bradenton, FL Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Some warblers finally make it to South Florida From: Roberto Torres <rtorres AT TNC.ORG> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:25:16 -0400 I dodged the rain this afternoon, or at least tried, in hopes of finding a good warbler. After seeing last week's reports from the Gulf coast of Hoodeds, Ceruleans, Kentuckies, and other goodies, and going out there and finding nothing other than, well, nothing, I threatened to hang up my binoculars for the rest of fall migration if I didn't find a good warbler before the end of August. I walked the service road at Matheson Hammock and found a couple of birds, but nothing too notable. However, I had a feeling there was more around. Where the service road opens up, just past the Australian pines, I walked north, past the entrance to the hammock trail, and continued on the path along the edge of the hammock. Just past 8-9 Royal Palms there is a medium sized tree on the right with some native type vines on it. A Kentucky Warbler came up to the lower branches and called several times, giving me excellent looks, even as I talked to Trey on the phone. After checking out the other birds in the area, I started walking north and heard the Kentucky again, but even closer this time giving me even better looks. It obviously knew I didn't have the camera with me as it taunted me. "Hey, look at me, I'm beautiful. Quick, get a shot. Oh, you don't have the camera? Oh, tear." I had my first double-digit warbler day of the season, and had to leave to avoid the massive shower on the way. I guess I can keep birding, for now. See, persevrence, persoveerance, a lot of bit of trying, pays off. The complete warbler list: Northern Parula Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Prairie Warbler American Redstart Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Roberto Miami-Dade rtorres AT tnc.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Dunedin Hammock Park From: Judy or Ray Smart <judenray2 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:37:13 -0400 Hi all, This morning I took a quick walk through Dunedin Hammock Park. A little slow bird-wise, but did get great close-up looks at a Worm-eating Warbler and a Northern Waterthrush along the flooded Fern Trail. Other birds were 2 Prairie Warblers, 1 Yellow-throated Warbler, 3 Red-eyed Vireos, 1 Brown Thrasher, Cooper's Hawk, Carolina Wren, and several Northern Cardinals. Good birding, Ray Smart New Port Richey, FL Judenray2 AT yahoo.com To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: FW: Migration update for August 30 From: Thomas Ford <tomf97 AT NEO.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:09:14 -0400 For the seasonal birdbrainers who wait until Oct. The migration has started. For you full time Florida birders they are coming. Tom Ford Merritt island/ Ohio Subject: Fwd: Migration eupdate for August 30 Begin forwarded message: From: "webmaster AT hawkmountain.org" Date: August 30, 2010 3:23:33 PM EDT To: "hawkmountain.org subscriber" Subject: Migration eupdate for August 30 Welcome Hawk Mountain Migration eUpdate for August 30 Migration already in high gear!! Weather and Migration Predictions for This Week: High pressure over the Appalachians will dominate the weather this week, with mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the low-90s. Winds should be light out of the north on Monday, but then shift to the west mid week. A cold front is forecast to move through on Friday, setting up ideal migration conditions for the weekend. Broad-winged, Red-tailed and Sharp-shinned Hawks, Ospreys, American Kestrels and a few Bald Eagles all should be seen this week. Expect a good flight of eagles this weekend. Migration for the Last Two Weeks: Only two weeks into the migration and it already is shaping up to be an interesting one. Counts for many species are much higher than average for this time of year, but none more so than Bald Eagles. Following a cold front, Thursday's count started off well, but no one expected what would happen in the afternoon. After 3 pm the skies were filled with Bald Eagles, some soaring by the lookout in groups of three and four. By day's end we counted a total 36 Bald Eagles, the second-highest one-day count in the Sanctuary's history and the largest count in the post-DDT era. The parade continued on Friday with another dozen eagles along with 46 Broad-winged and 16 Red-tailed Hawks. Bald Eagles, Ospreys, Sharp-shinned, Broad-winged and Red-tailed hawks were all seen daily last week. Last Week's Count/Season Count Note: weekly total is Mon-Sunday; Season-to-Date is thru Aug 29 Species Last Week's Total Season Total Black Vulture 0 0 Turkey Vulture 12 15 Northern Goshawk 0 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 28 48 Cooper's Hawk 7 16 Unidentified Accipiter 1 1 Red-tailed Hawk 40 59 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 Broad-winged Hawk 150 245 Unidentified Buteo 3 5 Golden Eagle 0 0 Bald Eagle 62 87 Unidentified Eagle 0 0 Northern Harrier 3 7 Osprey 33 68 Peregrine Faclon 0 0 Merlin 1 4 American Kestrel 20 57 Unidentified Falcon 0 0 Unidentified Hawk 2 3 Mississippi Kite 0 1 Other 0 0 Total 362 618 Other Migration Highlights: Early morning songbird flights have been spectacular so far, with as many as 18 species of warblers, four species of vireos and five species of flycatchers observed in a single morning. Hummingbirds also have been passing by in large numbers; a new single-day record was set on Friday when 80 hummingbirds zipped past the lookout, followed by another 68 on Sunday. Other highlights last week include 944 cedar waxwings on Thursday, olive-sided and yellow-bellied flycatchers on Friday and Sunday, and a black-billed cuckoo on Saturday. Upcoming Events: Join us Saturday, Sept 4 to celebrate International Vulture Awareness Day. We'll have lots to do and information to share about the importance of vultures to the ecosystem as well as the plight of vultures globally. A live vulture program will be offered at noon, and we'll have a FREE vulture activity book for the first 150 children that day. Kids also will enjoy learning activities in the gallery, a chance to meet our interns at 11:30 and a live vulture program at noon. Hope you can join us! New vulture publications now online Now available online, check out our New World Vulture Activity Book and the Vulture of Africa Coloring Book. Download yours today. Other: Monarch Migration Celebration: Sat, Sept. 18 Autumn Lecture: The Eagle Watchers at 5 pm Children's Raptor ID Workshop, Sun, Sept 19 Mushroom ID Workshop, Sun, Sept 19 Hawk Mountain Art Show at Cabelas, Sat & Sun, Sept 25-26 Click here to read all event info and details In the Region: Allentown Fair: Aug 31-Sept 6 Ta ste of Hamburg-er Festival, Sept 4 Bower's Chili Pepper Festival: Sept 10-11 Pennsylvania Renewable Energy Festival: Sept 17, 18, 19 Lyon's Fiddle Festival: Sunday, Sept 19 For more information about the Sanctuary or to view the daily count, please visit our website at http://www.hawkmountain.org. To view the season count, or to search by date or season, visit our migration online archive. The Migration Update is issued weekly by Hawk Mountain Sanctuary every Monday through Dec. 15. If you're not already a member of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, please consider joining and investing in our mission to protect far-ranging birds of prey throughout their migratory journeys. As a member, you'll receive free admission to the trail year-round, as well as a 10% discount in our Bookstore and a subscription to our biannual magazine. You can learn more or join online by visiting our Membership Page. Hawk Mountain Sanctuary is a non-profit organization. The Hawk Mountain mission is to conserve birds of prey worldwide by providing leadership in raptor conservation science and education and by maintaining Hawk Mountain as a model observation, research adn education facility. David Barber Research Biologist Acopian Center for Conservation Learning Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Daily update: 610-756-6000, press 6 www.hawkmountain.org If you do not wish to receive this email, unsubscribe to this service now. Click Here To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: TAS Sod Farm Field Trip - Saturday, Aust 28, 2010 From: Paul Bithorn <pbithorn AT PLUMBERS519.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:39:00 -0400 The Tropical Audubon Society field trip on Saturday, August 28, 2010, to the sod farms and agricultural areas in Palm Beach and Hendry Counties, offered twenty-seven birders a mixture of lifebirds, yearbirds and beerbirds. The temperatures were in the mid 80 s and a light breeze and overcast skies kept us quite comfortable. Our first stop, the Holeyland/Rotenberger W.M.A., produced a nice mix of species. We stopped at the water control structure west of the Chinese Fan Palm nursery and found Prairie and Yellow-throated Warblers, Northern Parula, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Ovenbird and Northern Waterthrush, along with White-eyed Vireo, Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers, Great-crested Flycatcher and Eastern Kingbirds. Red-shouldered Hawk, Osprey, Bank and Barn Swallows and Yellow Warbler, were seen on the drive in and out. Returning to US 27, we checked several sod farms east of the canal and were treated to at least two, maybe three, Black Rails calling to each other in the low coppice bordering the sod. Belted Kingfisher, Purple Martin, Rough-winged, Bank and Barn Swallows were seen on power-lines as we drove north along the canal. We continued north to a small rock-pit west of US 27 that offered scope views of a Least Bittern along with Black Terns, a Yellow-crowned night- Heron and yet another Yellow Warbler. We pressed on to the Cypress Stand on Miami Canal, where three Barn Owls, Eastern Kingbirds, Yellow Warblers and White-eyed Vireos enthralled our eclectic group of birders. After a hardy lunch in Clewiston, we hit SR 880 and headed to Brown's Farm Road. We crossed the first bridge and found fallow fields with nary a shorebird. Kevin Sarsfield, Andy Bankert, Rock Jetty, Judd Patterson and Tito, along with the 2010: The Year We Make Contact team of Toe, Bill Boeringer, Trey Mitchell, assisted by Angel and Mariel Abreu, Vince Lucas and Jose Padilla, all kept us informed via cell phones, as to where the shorebirds were congregating. I failed to mention that by 2:00 p.m. I had the surreal experience of not yet seeing a single shorebird. We spotted Toe s group birding the first sod fields on 880 just east of the Brown's Farm turnoff. We soon were scoping Upland Sandpipers several hundred yards out, along with a large flock of Pectoral Sandpipers and a smattering of Kildeer in the field immediately in front of us. Our caravan headed to Sam Center Road, where several small puddles had feeding Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers, a White-rumped Sandpiper, Black- necked Stilts and a Wilson's Phalarope, our best shorebird of the day. Just to the east of Sam Center Road were the only fields with any decent amount of water that we could find, adding Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone, Short-billed Dowitcher, Solitary Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper and Black-bellied Plover, Mottled and Fulvous Whistling Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Roseate Spoonbils and Glossy Ibis. A quick stop at Gladeview Road produced Gull-billed Terns and Laughing Gulls. On the trip back to Miami, the King Ranch Sod Farms along US 27 harbored Pectoral Sandpipers, Killdeer and Black-bellied Plovers. We called it a day with a respectable 85 total species, including 8 warbler and 15 shorebird species. Kudos to all of the birders/scouts, who turned our shorebird famine into quite a feast! Life is good............ as we hoisted our celebratory libation of Shiner Bock, a tasty dark beer from Spoetzl Brewery, known as the "little brewery in Shiner", Texas. Paul Bithorn Virginia Gardens, Florida Miami-Dade County To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Hillsborough County Shorebirds 8/29 From: David Goodwin <dgood389 AT AOL.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:18:32 -0400 Hi all, I checked out a few sites on Sunday for shorebirds in SE Hillsborough County. Cockroach Bay had lots of Least Sandpipers and a few Black-necked Stilts & Yellowlegs in the mitigation pond on the south side of the road (lots of Black Terns!). The sod fields were wet, but I could only find a few Black-bellied Plovers, one Pectoral and about a half-dozen Killdeer. On Turner Gil Road in SE Hillsborough, I checked out the back side of the Mosaic Four Corner Mine and had a nice selection of birds including three inland Sanderlings, Western & Least Sandpipers, 20 or so Black-necked Stilts, about 30 Pectoral Sandpipers, one Long-billed Dowitcher, and scattered Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs. Also present were about 150 Least Terns, more Black Terns, 7 Caspian Terns, and 20+ Forster's Terns. Missing were Gull-billed Terns which I usually find here as they nest in the mine. Swallows were few and far between, all being Barn Swallows. Good birdung! Dave David Goodwin Brandon FL Dgood389 AT aol.com To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: 2010: The Year We Make Shorebird Contact - Photos From: Roberto Torres <rtorres AT TNC.ORG> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:13:58 -0400 Trey did me the huge favor of cleaning up the better photos and putting them on a web page. In addition to many of the photos that didn't make the cut, I messed up and deleted some photos that I wanted to keep, but many were still salvaged. Although the photos aren't great, at least they work as ID shots. I would have loved to get a closer shot of the Phalarope, since this is was my favorite bird of the day, but I didn't want to risk spooking it from its tiny pond with so many other folks that were on their way to see it. Here's the link to the photos: http://www.photographwildlife.com/photographwildlife/images/toe/2010shorebirdday/ Roberto Miami-Dade rtorres AT tnc.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Common and Black Terns in St. Johns County From: andrew thornton <andrew.k.thornton AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:02:03 -0400 Hello, Today with the strong east winds we had a large influx of common and black terns. This morning, Matt Hafner, Gary Davis, and myself had a lot of common and black terns at the GTM North Beach access, and then tonight I went to the St. Johns Fishing Pier and did a more precise count. I ended up with 358 common terns and 196 black terns in the one hour before dusk. For our area, this is pretty exceptional. The largest count I ever had of black terns last fall was about 50. Other birds were pretty normal, with sandwhich, royal, and least terns all present at the pier. Here's a link to a few photos: https://sites.google.com/site/atnaturephotography/announcements/ternmigration Andrew Thornton St. Augustine, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Red Knot-MINWR 8/29/10 From: "Thomas J. Dunkerton" <woundedmallard AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:19:42 -0400 Hey Everybirdy, Been doing quit hits lately when time allows. Found a lone juvenile Red Knot among many Willets, Laughing Gulls, and scattered Semipalmated and Western Sandpipers and Sanderlings along Biolab Road and Mosquito Lagoon. West Gator Creek along the Indian River Lagoon hosted a nice mixed flock of shlorebords as well (Short-billed Dowitcher, Sanderlings, Ruddy Turnstones, Least, Western and Semipalmated Sandpipers- mostly juvenile). Earleir in the week I found a juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron. Yesterday I also encountered a lone Solitary Sandpiper (or should it be solitary Lone Sandpiper?) at Blue Heron WTP. See you out there! Tom Dunkerton Titusville, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Ft. SeSoto Wed.Kingfisher From: Cheryl Molennor <cmolennor AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:57:52 -0400 I forgot to mention the sighting of a Kingfisher at the eagles nest pond as well as hearing one at North Beach on Wed. Ft. DeSoto Cheryl Molennor New Port Richey To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Eastern Wood-Pewee From: Jeffrey Rubinstein <jrubins101 AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:58:27 -0400 Consensus is Eastern Wood-Pewee, which would also explain why when I checked Peewee, I didn't find it in the Index. Thanks, Jeffrey Rubinstein Tampa To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Ft Desoto Swallow? From: Jeffrey Rubinstein <jrubins101 AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:17:39 -0400 I found this bird behind the Ranger's House and fountain at Ft. Desoto, Friday morning. Is it a Swallow? I did check my guides, just can't get a fix on it. I'm sure it's an easy one and I'll post the confirmation as soon as I get it. Thanks, Jeffrey Rubinstein Tampa To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Lake Lotus Banding: 8/22/10 From: Andrew Boyle <andybgator AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:59:00 -0700 Hello, All. Not that we had a banner day but thought I would pass along a couple of interesting finds from today. I was wondering if this new front from the east would push some things down upon us but I don't think we really noticed that. Our best capture of the day was an Acadian Flycatcher. We have caught others in the past and my favorite was 4 years ago about to this day at Weviwa Springs State Park. Other birds banded were Carolina Wrens (all young birds from this year's broods), male American Redstart, Mourning Dove, Red-eyed Vireo (a gorgeous specimen if we do say so and LOADED with fat) and a male Black-throated Blue Warbler. Other birds of note seen and heard: Ovenbird Yellow-throated Warbler Black and White Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Northern Parula Northern Waterthrush Barred Owl Red-shouldered Hawk Great-crested Flycatcher Eastern Pewee Red-eyed Vireo flocks Blue-gray Gnatcatchers Ruby-throated Hummingbirds Belted Kingfisher Pileated, Red-bellied, and Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmice Blue Jay Barn, Bank, and Northern Rough-winged Swallow Birds increasing by the week. Lovin' it! I am still waiting for photos from the crew but will post them asap at the blog. In the meantime, you can enjoy the recent posts if you feel inclined. Happy birding! Andrew Boyle Orlando, FL http://wekivaband.blogspot.com/ To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Dowitcher & Sandpiper ID From: Cole Fredricks <cfredricks AT TAMPABAY.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:49:45 -0400 While birding the Avon Park Cut Off Rd sod fields this morning (no Buff- breasted Sandpipers yet) I saw a dowitcher and a sandpiper I am not confident ID'ing. Any feedback would be appreciated. The photos are at maximum zoom and less than optimal, but I believe there may be enough info to ID? The dowitcher seems to me to have a shorter somewhat drooped bill than the Long-billeds I am accustomed to. The tail doesn't seem to be diagnostic with equally wide bands. I am totally unsure of this ID. Should this one go down as Short-billed/Long-billed? The sandpiper was slightly larger than the Leasts nearby, black legs, longish bill with a slight droop, and whitish breast. My instinct says Western Sandpiper but everytime I look in Sibley's I just throw my hands up when it comes to Semipalmated/Western. Thanks in advance. Cole Fredricks Winter Haven, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: ovenbird From: Sydney Lemieux <sydneyle AT TAMPABAY.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:10:57 -0400 Found a dead Ovenbird in my driveway this morning. Stress of migration? :-( Syd Lemieux St. Pete sydneyle AT tampabay.rr.com To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Green Key,Pasco County, Sun. Aug. 29, 2010 From: David Gagne <oporornis77 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:03:17 -0700 Hi All, Jim Wells and I birded Green Key fron first light to roughly 8:45 this morning and had a mixed bag of migrants, but the highlight was a single Seaside Sparrow seen in the needle grass just east of the main parking area, 6 Cliff Swallows mixed in with roughly 45 Barn Swallows moving ove the area just after dawn. Other birds seen as follows: Purple Martin  5 Yellow Warbler  10 Prairie Warbler 6 Northern Waterthrush  2 American Redstart  1 Good Birding!! Dave Gagne Holiday Florida To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Northern Bobwhite From: Ron Wooldridge <rwooldri AT TAMPABAY.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:27:29 -0400 This has been a tough bird for me to photograph. Got this one this morning on Rutland Road. Hundreds of White Ibis on the little golf course that is on Golf Course Road near Parrish. To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Ron Wooldridge Parish, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Great White Heron From: Mitchell McConnell <mitchmcc AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:21:20 -0700 I stopped by Cockroach Bay Road today, and noted (in particular) the following at the first pond on the south side of the road: * Great White Heron (very large, with yellowish legs) * Black Bellied Whistling Ducks * Glossy Ibis Mitchell J. McConnell St. Petersburg, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: St Augustine Birding From: Diane Reed <DReedster AT AOL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:07:44 -0400 Hello I drove the rural areas of the county today to see what the birds were doing with the crazy weather. I found one buff-breasted sandpiper on a sod farm on SR 13-A wandering around with one pectoral sandpiper. I visited Bartram Farms (where the Tundra swans had been reported) and counted at least 30 black terns flying over the pond out there. On SR 305, I counted no less than 800 cattle egrets in a single flock that were 'creeping along' from one side of the road to the other. There were around 50 barn swallows perched on the power lines. Later in the day, at the sod farm near SR 207, I counted at least 80 black-bellied plovers with around six ruddy turnstones. There were killdeer scattered about as well, plus some other unidentified peeps. South of St Augustine Beach, at Weff Rd during high tide, there was a good variety of birds on the boat piers, but I did not count them. They consisted of short-billed dowitchers, semipalmated plovers, common terns (2), willets, ruddy turnstones, red knot (1), black-bellied plovers and kingfishers. Warblers were not to be found on any of my stops. thanks Diane Reed St Augustine, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Dunedin Hammock Park, 29 Aug 2010 From: Bill Pranty <billpranty AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:56:47 -0400 Good afternoon all, Kris Nelson and I returned to Dunedin Hammock Park today, along with Jon Greenlaw. Jim McGinity again showed up after we arrived. We birded from 0730-1130. Most of the migrants from yesterday seemed to have departed last night, but we found a few species that we didn't see yesterday (*), and the individuals of most species seen on both days were in different areas of the park, suggesting they were recent arrivals. BTW, it's Fern Trail, not Palm Trail, that's flooded in places. Mosquitoes were very light. Highlights: *Short-tailed Hawk (dark morph over the parking lot at 1130; I got identifiable photos) Black-hooded Parakeet (heard-only flyovers) 3 Eastern Screech-Owls 4 Chimney Swifts 4 Great Crested Flycatchers 1 or 2 Eastern Kingbirds ~25 Red-eyed Vireos 2 Prothonotary Warblers (different spots from yesterday) 3 Black-and-white Warblers 4 Yellow-throated Warblers 3 Prairie Warblers Kentucky Warbler (different spot from yesterday) 3 Hooded Warblers (different spots from yesterday) *Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird *Summer Tanager (first-year male molting) Best regards, Bill Pranty Bayonet Point, Florida To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Great White Heron photos From: ED KWATER <himantopus AT MSN.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:41:56 -0400 Attached are a couple of digiscopes of the two Great White Herons at Cockroach Bay yesterday. The partially hidden bird has much paler legs than the one right out in the open. Ed Kwater Brandon, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: 2010: The Year We Make Shorebird Contact From: Roberto Torres <rtorres AT TNC.ORG> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:23:04 -0400 In August, 2001, Bill, Brian, and Paul B. did a big S. FL Shorebird Day, calling it "2001: A Shorebird Odyssey" after the famous science fiction movie. That movie had a sequel titled "2010: The Year We Make Contact." Since this is the year 2010, it's only fitting that we try to surpass the 25 species in one day seen in 2001. Today, Bill, Trey, and I met up with Vince Lucas and Jose Padilla at Bunche Beach to attempt another big shorebird day. Angel and Mariel Abreu joined us a little later in the morning. When we arrived, Vince and Jose had already been there for 1/2 hour and had done a good job scanning the flats being exposed by the outgoing tide. Here we picked up Wilson's Plover, Black-bellied Plover, Piping Plover, Semipalmated Plover, American Oystercatcher, Willet, Marbled Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, an early Dunlin, and a seamingly out-of-place Pectoral Sandpiper. You don't really associate a beach flat with Pectoral. We missed the much hoped-for Long-billed Curlew, but we were doing OK. From here we went to Ft. Myers Beach where we quickly added a Spotted Sandpiper, and a littler farther down the beach Snowy Plover. We missed Red Knot and Whimbrel, but these are by no means a guarantee. We drove back to I-75 by way of Lover's Beach and got closer looks at Oystercatchers, but didn't add anything to our day's list. Still, we were leaving with a respectable 16 species for the morning. We drove east towards the sod farms without finding any places to stop, and found our first Killdeer in the vicinity of the town of Labelle. In South Bay we added Lesser Yellowlegs, and along 827 Semipalmated Sandpiper. Having talked to the folks on the TAS trip, we bypassed Brown's Farm Rd and stopped in the first sod fields on 880 just east of the Brown's Farm turnoff. This is the spot where Brian and I had a bunch of Upland Sandpipers two weeks ago. We quickly found around 15 in the second field looking southeast. They were pretty far away, but scopes gave us diagnostic looks. In the field immediately in front of there about a dozen Pectoral Sandpipers quickly turned into over 100. After the TAS caravan joined us for the Uplands, we doubled back on 880 about a mile to where Angel and Mariel had seen a Solitary Sandpiper and added that to our list. We hit Sam Center Road afterwards and on our first stop, in a field with some tiny puddles, picked up a Wilson's Phalarope (my favorite shorebird!). I was afraid I'd miss this for the year. Just to the east of Sam Center Road were the only fields with any decent amount of water that we or the TAS folks could find. Here we also added Black-necked Stilt, Greater Yellowlegs, Stilt Sandpiper, and Long-billed Dowitcher. We scanned these fields over and over again looking for an Avocet without success. Brian and I has seen a dozen two weeks before a little farther east, but those fields had since dried up and apparently the fields we checked today had none. From here Angel and Mariel went home, and Vince and Jose went to check other areas before heading back home. With word that the fields along Gladeview Rd had not produced anything, and with a little more than 2 hours of light remaining, Bill, Trey and I decided to risk it and head south to Cutler Wetlands in hopes that the Avocets were still there. At 7:19 we pulled up and sure enough we greeted by 3 American Avocets, shorebird #27 for the day. Considering we had no rarities, and a couple of very possible birds for the west coast were missed, we had a shot at 30 for the day. But, we were still very satisfied with the results, and our effort paid off in a big way. I took some ID shots of many of the birds, but a few were just too far for my 300mm lens. And, as is always the case when shorebirding, it seemed that no matter where we stopped we were always looking into the sun. At one point, we were looking into the sun from the east side of a field so we drove to the west side, and, guess what? We were looking into the sun again! I don't know how that happened. Our day's list: Black-bellied Plover Snowy Plover Wilson's Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Killdeer American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Upland Sandpiper Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Phalarope I'll post a link to some photos tomorrow. I'm too tired to download the photos tonight. BTW, It was great to see so many faces that I hadn't seen a a long time, even if it was only for brief moment. Congrats to our team members for their heroic effort putting up with the heat, driving, walking, and painstaking squinting into the scopes across flats and fields looking for little brown jobs scurrying about. Shorebirding is hard! An Oskar Blues Old Chub Scotch Ale at Bill's House was the celebratory libation after the trip, but this day deserves two, so a Schneider Aventis Weizen Bock just went down as I typed this. Cheers! Roberto Miami-Dade rtorres AT tnc.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: COMMON NIGHTHAWKS - SAINT PETERSBURG From: Erik Haney <efalconh AT NETSCAPE.NET> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:07:01 -0400 Good Evening, Tonight, ahead of the storms moving thru I counted 108 Common Nighthawks migrating south in a loose flock between 6:30PM and 7PM. Erik Haney Saint Petersburg To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Ft. DeSoto today From: donatdonlo <donatdonlo AT AOL.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:34:46 -0400 Lorrraine and I were bird stewarding at Ft. DeSoto today and by the middling high tide around 2:30 PM the roped off North Beach Bird Sanctuary was packed full of shorebirds and terns. Between 12:00 and 2:30 PM we watched many flocks of Black-bellied Plovers, Short-billed Dowitchers and Red Knots flying in. Most of the numbers are estimates as most of the birds were resting far from the populated beach where our scopes were set up. 200+) Black-bellied Plover 2) Snowy Plover 15+) Wilson's Plover 120+) Semipalmated Plover 7) Piping Plover ( including 2 banded ) 1) American Oystercatcher 75+) Willet 1) Spotted Sandpiper 1) Long-billed Curlew 40+) Marbled Godwit 60+) Ruddy Turnstone 650+) Red Knot 50+) Sanderling 25+) Semipalmated Sandpiper 12) Western Sandpiper 60+) Least Sandpiper 300+) Short-billed Dowitcher 1) Ring-billed Gull ( adult ) 600+) Royal Tern 1200+) Sandwich Tern 15+) Common Tern 45+) Forster's Tern 20+) Least Tern 16) Black Tern Don Margeson St. Petersburg To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Great White Herons, Cockroach Bay From: ED KWATER <himantopus AT MSN.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:46:15 -0400 Today at around 5.00 pm I found two Great White Herons along Cockroach Bay Road (photos to follow). They were in the westernmost of the two ponds on the south side of Cockroach Bay Road. One was right out in the open and then flying around with a Great Blue for a while, then perched in a large oak tree on the south side of the pond. My first ones for Hillsborough County. Ed Kwater Brandon, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Dunedin Hammock Park, 28 Aug 2010 From: Bill Pranty <billpranty AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:24:33 -0400 Good afternoon all, Kris Nelson and I spent 2.5 hours birding Dunedin Hammock Park this morning. Jim McGinity showed up later and the three of us birded until I had to leave at 1030; The woods were too dark to allow photography with my little point-and-shoot. One trial, I think Palm Trail, was quite flooded; the others were moist but unflooded. Highlights, mostly of migrants/potential migrants: 1 Peregrine Falcon (yes it's early and yes it was a 8-second flyover mostly silhouetted, but it had the classic Peregrine shape) ~10 Black-hooded Parakeets (flyover) 4 Eastern Screech-Owls ~10 Chimney Swifts 1 hummingbird species 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Great Crested Flycatchers ~35 Red-eyed Vireos 6 Purple Martins 5 Cliff-type swallows 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers 1 female Prothonotary Warbler 2 Northern Parulas 3 Black-and-white Warblers 1 adult male Cerulean Warbler 4 Yellow-throated Warblers 4 Prairie Warblers 1 female Yellow Warbler 2 or 3 Kentucky Warblers 1 adult male Hooded Warbler 1 Northern Waterthrush 1 yellow American Redstart Best regards, Bill Pranty Bayonet Point, Florida To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Fw: eBird Report - Saddle Creek County Park , 8/28/10 From: Bob & Linda Snow <blsnow11 AT TAMPABAY.RR.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:51:09 -0400 Fourteen birders walked the trail at Saddle Creek today and several good birds were observed. The birds were in small groups and we had to look closely at every bird, since the lighting was bad early, with overcast skies. Overall a good day. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 2:40 PM Subject: eBird Report - Saddle Creek County Park , 8/28/10 > > > Location: Saddle Creek County Park > Observation date: 8/28/10 > Number of species: 55 > > Muscovy Duck (Domestic type) 3 > Pied-billed Grebe 2 > Double-crested Cormorant 4 > Anhinga 5 > Great Blue Heron 4 > Great Egret 4 > Snowy Egret 4 > Cattle Egret 5 > Green Heron 2 > Black-crowned Night-Heron 4 > Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 > White Ibis 7 > Wood Stork 2 > Black Vulture 4 > Turkey Vulture 2 > Osprey 2 > Bald Eagle 1 > Cooper's Hawk 1 > Red-shouldered Hawk 1 > Common Moorhen 16 > Limpkin 2 > Mourning Dove 7 > Eastern Screech-Owl 1 > Barred Owl 2 > Chuck-will's-widow 1 > Chimney Swift 3 > Belted Kingfisher 2 > Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 > Downy Woodpecker 3 > Pileated Woodpecker 1 > Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 > Great Crested Flycatcher 2 > White-eyed Vireo 3 > Red-eyed Vireo 4 > Blue Jay 3 > Barn Swallow 3 > Tufted Titmouse 6 > Carolina Wren 9 > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14 > Northern Mockingbird 2 > Northern Parula 20 > Yellow Warbler 3 > Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 > Yellow-throated Warbler 2 > Prairie Warbler 2 > Black-and-white Warbler 5 > American Redstart 5 > Prothonotary Warbler 4 > Worm-eating Warbler 3 > Ovenbird 8 > Northern Waterthrush 1 > Louisiana Waterthrush 1 > Hooded Warbler 4 > Northern Cardinal 15 > Red-winged Blackbird 3 > Boat-tailed Grackle 32 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) >Bob Snow Lakeland, FL. blsnow11 AT tampabay.rr.com To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: No Fallout Yet From: Meret Wilson <wilsonsplover AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:36:41 -0700 Managed to capture and band first of season Red-eyed Vireo from a small flock of vireos that came in Friday AM. This particular one had a lot of fat on its body so it had been around for a bit and I had been seeing them for over a week. I saw one lone female American Redstart (or possibly a juvenile male) but too high for nets. Very, very slow at the park thus far. Winds have been SW here and a lot of rain hampering banding anyway. Meret S Wilson Ormond Beach, FL TBBS, Tomoka State Park To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: West Pasco Warbler Run From: Ken Tracey <kftracey AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:24:19 -0700 Hello, Went looking for warblers this morning, covering most West Pasco sites;  Lake Lisa Park, Werner-Boyce State Park, Green Key, Beacon Square Park, Key Vista Park, and Starkey Park. Although warbler numbers were low I did find 15 species; 4  Tennessee Warbler 2  Northern Parula 6  Yellow 1  Yellow-throated 5  Pine Warbler 6  Prairie Warbler 2  American Redstart 2  Prothonotary 2  Worm-eating 1  Ovenbird 1  Northern Waterthrush 1  Kentucky Warbler 1  Common Yellowthroat 2  Hooded Warbler Ken Tracey New Port Richey To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Black Tern photo From: ED KWATER <himantopus AT MSN.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:47:06 -0400 Photo E-mail Play slideshow | Download images Here's a digiscope of the unusual Black Tern with reddish orange legs and a red bill base taken on Cockroach Bay Road yesterday. Hopefully it will go through this time. Ed Kwater Brandon, FL This MSN Photo E-mail slideshow will be available for 30 days. To share high quality pictures with your friends and family using MSN Photo E-mail, join MSN. To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: St Augustine birding From: Diane Reed <DReedster AT AOL.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:40:16 -0400 Hello all, Birding locally at Vilano beach, I had 2-3 green painted buntings, one common yellowthroat and a prairie warbler just after sunrise. Local birding today included a visit to Ft Matanzas inlet and Ft Matanzas Natl Monument located south of Crescent Beach (south of St Augustine Beach, south of St Augustine). Weff Road was visited, but it was low tide, so no shorebirds out there. At the inlet, I had my FOS Northern gannet resting in the water. Ft Matanzas Monument has a very short nature board walk where migrants often hide out. They don't open until 9 am, so that's the best you can do for access. I had these FOS notables for me today on the board walk nature trail there at around 9:30 am: KENTUCKY warbler (county bird for me) Black-throated blue warbler (female) Worm-eating warbler Red-eyed vireo Great-crested flycatcher Blue-gray gnatcatcher Yesterday evening at Sisters Creek (Duval County), I had two yellow warblers, 2 Northern waterthrush very actively chipping at each other, blue-gray gnatcatcher and a prairie warbler. thanks Diane Reed St Augustine, FL ps - BTW, the predicted NE winds are beginning to blow out here at the beach and the most I've seen are parking lots full of surfers :) To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Unusual Black Tern From: ED KWATER <himantopus AT MSN.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:33:46 -0400 Yesterday I checked Cockroach Bay Road in southern Hillsborough County. The Black Tern flock at the first pond on the south side of the road is now up to about 60 birds. As I was sifting through them an unusual looking bird jumped out at me. Plumage wise and shape wise it was a standard Black Tern in every respect. However it had bright reddish legs (with a darker area on the left tarsus) and a reddish orange base to the bill. The leg color was reminiscent of a White-winged Tern although that species has an all dark bill and different plumage. Usually Black Terns have either blackish or extremely dull, dark red legs and an all dark bill. I have a digiscope but had trouble sending it. Will try again. There are still at least two Gull-billed Terns at this location as well as lots of shorebirds, 40-50 Blue-winged Teal and 3 Northern Shovelers. Ed Kwater Brandon, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Pinellas falcon From: ED KWATER <himantopus AT MSN.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:50:34 -0400 Hi Ron and Birdbrains, In my opinion this bird is not a Barbary Falcon. Some authorities still consider Barbary Falcon as a race of Peregrine but other split it off as a separate species. It is a desert species found in North Africa and the Middle East. I have no field experience with them but have seen many photos. Barbary Falcons average smaller than Peregrines but they are fairly similar in many aspects of the plumage. Once again the head pattern of a juvenile Barbary Falcon is very similar to a juvenile tundrius Peregrine and quite unlike the very dark head shown by the Pinellas bird. The bird in question also shows a very well marked two tone underwing, with chocolate brown coverts contrasting with paler remiges. A Barbary Falcon would have an underwing pattern very like a Peregrine with heavily barred coverts and no such contrast. One of the real clinchers though is the blue feet on this bird. According to Dick Forsman (The Raptors of Europe and the Middle East), Barbary Falcons show greenish yellow feet at fledging which then turn yellow by first autumn. The blue feet indicate Gyr or Saker blood as do the very dark underwing coverts. Perhaps falconers use the term "Barbary Falcon" for one of their weird hybrid combinations. That's purely a guess and I'm really stabbing in the dark on that one. Ed Kwater Brandon, FL. To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: An eagle with orange feathers? From: Barb Walker <barbibird AT TAMPABAY.RR.COM> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:53:54 -0400 This is a Pasco County eagle that nests directly on the Gulf of Mexico. My friend took the picture today and said that the orange is not a result of lighting. Does anyone have any idea what this might be? Thanks, Barb Walker Palm Harbor Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: 20100827-IMG_5730-Edit Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Final Tally Today From: Dan Irizarry <rdirizarry AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:39:16 -0400 Hey Everyone So after spending a long hot day out, I turn up without relocating the Canada Warbler. Here's my final tally for today in Pinellas County: DeSoto Park: American Redstart Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush Prairie Warbler Kentucky Warbler Red-eyed Vireo Eastern Wood-Pewee Purple Martins (on the wires at the 7-11 on Pinellas Bayway) Eastern Kingbird Black-and-white Warbler Solitary Sandpiper John Chesnut Park: Northern Parula Chestnut-sided Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Kentucky Warbler Red-eyed Vireo Barred Owl Limpkin Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Red-bellied Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Common Moorhen Gandy Causeway Beach: 100+ Black Tern 100+ Least Tern Royal Tern Sandwich Tern Forster's Tern Black Skimmer Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Least Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Short-billed Dowitcher Sanderling No Gull-billed Terns seen. Pictures from today: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danirizarry/sets/72157624820941180/ For those interested in Leps and Odes: Phaon Crescent White Peacock Gulf Fritillary Common Buckeye Giant Swallowtail Black Swallowtail Obscure Skipper Common Green Darner Wandering Glider Blue Dasher Seaside Dragonlet Dan Irizarry Bradenton, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Migrants in Sarasota From: Jeffrey Palmer <Erpalm9 AT AOL.COM> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:34:35 EDT Greetings, When you think of the best places to bird in the great state of Florida, Payne's Prairie, Ft De Soto, Honeymoon Island, Ding Darling, Merritt Island NWR, Everglades NP, the Sanibel Lighthouse Ft. Pickens, and St Marks NWR, come to mind. Well, this week, judging from the posts on the various Florida Listserves, the best place was none of the aforementioned. I submit to you, the very best site for migrating passerines was a tiny park in Sarasota called Pinecraft County Park. Locally,ten inches of rain fell over a five day period, putting the brakes on migrating birds, and they all seemed to wind up in Pinecraft. In more than twenty years of birding Pinecraft, I have never seen so many numbers or species of warblers. In the past, Pinecraft is a locale where, over the entire migration, with perseverance, one could winkle out most of the "expected" stuff. It is a tiny park where often there are more birders than birds.This week was exciting, the way you hope birding would be. Reported this week, all in numbers, were: Prothonotary, Golden-winged, Tennessee, Northern Parula, Black and White, Black-throated Blue, Cerulean, Blackburnian, Yellow-throated, Prairie, Yellow, Kentucky, Canada, Hooded, Worm-eating, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, and American Redstart for warblers. Four species of Vireo (I'm suspicious of the reported Philadelphia Vireo as it's very early, although there were two reports) including: Red-eyed, White-eyed, and Yellow-throated. Other birds of note were Eastern Wood-Pewee, and Yellow-billed Cuckoo. And it's still August. By 2:00 PM this afternoon there were very few birds left. It was kinda like hippies pullin' out of a rock concert. regards and continued good birding, Jeff Jeff Palmer Sarasota, Fl To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: ID cofirmed From: Cheryl Molennor <cmolennor AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:16:33 -0400 Thank you everyone for the many positive Coopers Hawk IDs. Cheryl Molennor New Port Richey To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Ft. DeSoto Today ID please From: Cheryl Molennor <cmolennor AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:25:34 -0400 BTWsorry the shots aren't great.It was pretty far away. Still would love an ID. Thanks Cheryl Molennor New Port Richey To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Ft. DeSoto Today ID please From: Cheryl Molennor <cmolennor AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:22:35 -0400 Great photo day for me tody at Ft DeSoto.Got some great shots of the Grebe chicks at the ponds Dozens of Frigit birds a few males in particular exhibiting the great red throat flying over the ponds North beach included, White morph reddish egret juvenille, 2 black bellied plovers, 1 spoonbill Many white ibis Yellow crowned night heron and this mystery hawk/falcon for me. Can someone please confirm an ID. At first I thought to be a perigrine but after closer look I'm not so sure. All 3 images are 3 different sightings today. These were only the birds I got photos of, I did see more Thankyou Cheryl Molennor New Port Richey To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Mystery Falcon in Pinellas (8-27) From: Ron Smith <rsmith52 AT TAMPABAY.RR.COM> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:28:28 -0400 Good evening, I received an e-mail from Scott Patterson, who told me the mystery falcon was brought to the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary today. It was found up in Clearwater, a good distance from Indian Shores, the place where Scott photographed it yesterday. The bird was registered with the state as a falconer's falcon. It will be returned to that individual. Oh, the falcon was listed as a Barbary Falcon. Ron Smith St. Pete, FL www.PinellasBirds.com To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: American Avocets in Englewood From: Susan Daughtrey <susansd AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:56:33 -0400 Hi all, I took a trip down to Stump Pass Beach State Park in Englewood (SW coast) today with my son, and besides all the usual waders, gulls, terns, and shorebirds, I snapped a distant picture of 6 American Avocets flying west out of the Pass into the Gulf. I never tire of these birds! Susan Daughtrey Englewood, Charlotte County To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Saddle Creek/Lakeland Fri 8-27-10 From: Dexter Richardson <dex AT DEXWINE.COM> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:53:35 -0400 Hi all, I birded Saddle Creek Park in Lakeland this morning from 9am to 12:30pm under partly cloudy skies and humid 80 degree temps with no wind. Although there weren't a lot of birds, the diversity was good. It took a lot of patience to find birds as I only ran into one small flock. But birds there were. Here are the highlights. WARBLERS 20 Northern Parula 5 Prothonotary (1m, 2f, and 2 I was told about) 7 American Redstart (1m, 6f) 3 Northern Waterthrush 2 Waterthrush species (heard) 3 Ovenbirds (FOS) 3 Prairie (1 adult m with red streaks on back, 2 juvenile m) 1 Blackburnian (FOS, juvenile f) 1 Black-throated Blue (FOS, juvenile f) 1 Black-and-white (juvenile m) 1 Kentucky (FOS, juvenile m) 1 Yellow (juvenile m) 1 Worm-eating (FOS) 3 Yellow-throated OTHER MIGRANTS 4 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 White-eyed Vireo Good birding everyone. Dexter Richardson Winter Park, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: NE St. Pete Migrants From: donatdonlo <donatdonlo AT AOL.COM> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:31:30 -0400 Sorry for the late post, but I found there are still a few migrants around the Mangrove Bay neighborhood. between 10:30 AM and 12:00 noon, I found the following. I can't believe I only found 1 Hooded Warbler after the past 2 days. 1) Great Crested Flycatcher 3) Red-eyed Vireo 1) Northern Parula 1) Yellow Warbler 1) Blackburnian Warbler ( 1st fall ) 1) Yellow-throated Warbler 1) Prairie Warbler 1) Black-and-White Warbler 2) American Redstart ( females ) 1) Ovenbird 2) Northern Waterthrush 1) Hooded Warbler Don Margeson St. Petersburg, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Desoto part deux From: Dan Irizarry <rdirizarry AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:07:12 +0000 So after hearing about yesterday's Canada Warbler, I went to East Beach again to try and relocate it. So far I have been unsuccessful, but did add 4 more Kentucky Warblers, 1 Prairie Warbler, and another Northern Waterthrush to the list. I also found an Eastern Wood-Pewee at the fountain by the ranger house. Should anyone relocate the Canada Warbler, please call or email me ASAP as this would be a lifer for me! Thanks, Dan Irizarry 305 582 5786 Bradenton, FL Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Honeymoon Island & Dunedin Hammock, Fri. August 27. 2010 From: David Gagne <oporornis77 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:10:40 -0700 Hi All. Tom Riggs and I birded Honeymoon Island and the Dunedin Hammock today with a good, but not spectacular showing of birds.  Honeymoon is virtually flooded out, as the only way to get to the Osprey Trail is by walking from the end of parking lot north of the cafe, as the road is closed and under at least a foot of water.  Much of the trail is also flooded.  Considering how much standing water is out there, the mosquitos were tolerable, much to my surprise!!! Here are the highlights: HONEYMOON ISLAND Blue-winged Teal  79 (4 separate flocks flying south) Magnificent Frigatebird  112!!!!  (Personal high count for park, as I watched the birds fly from one of the spoil                                                       islands north of the causeway were they roost) Whimbrel  3 (Behind nature Center on oyster bar) Solitary Sandpiper  1 WHITE-WINGED DOVE  1 (Only the 4th Park record!!) Ruby-thr. Hummingbird  6 Eastern Wood-Pewee  8 Great Crested Flycatcher  6 Eastern kingbird  2 Gray Kingbird  20 Yellow-throated Vireo  1 Red-eyed Vireo  6 No Rough-winged Swallow  1 Purple Martin  4 Barn Swallow  17 Northern Waterthrush  2 Kentucky Warbler  1 BLUE GROSBEAK 1 (female/immature type, earliest fall record for park!!!) DUNEDIN HAMMOCK SHORT-TAILED HAWK 1 (dark-morph!!) Red-eyed Vireo  11 Hooded Warbler  5 Godd Birding!!! Dave Gagne Holiday Florida To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Decent migrants thru John Chesnut Park From: Dan Irizarry <rdirizarry AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:01:02 +0000 Chas Buhrman and I spent some time on a trail in John Chesnut. It was quiet, then ran into a small mixed flock. Lots of Northern Parula 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Kentucky Warbler 1 Worm-eating Warbler 1 Prothonotary Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler Other birds: Carolina Wren 2 Great Crested Flycatcher Tufted Titmouse Limpkin Barred Owl Cardinal Red-shouldered Hawk Dan Irizarry Bradenton, FL Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Yardbirding From: william stefancic <jws2735 AT EMBARQMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:57:46 -0400 Hey, where'd my tail go? The girls won't find me purty... Hope it comes back soon! Hi BirdBrains, I was birding the yard this morning and this little "bomb" flew through and I couldn't resist a pic. Actually, there was another White-eyed Vireo who had only 1 tail feather...looked like a toothpick with an olive. Birds of note included several Red-eyed Vireos, Prairies, 2 Car. Wrens, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, a No. Parula and a Juv. Little Blue Heron at the back pond. Also, "my" Ea. Bluebirds returned to the yard last evening...after the last brood fledged, they were absent for about 2 weeks. Good Birding! Joyce Stefancic To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Desoto fairly quiet until right now From: Dan Irizarry <rdirizarry AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:46:30 +0000 So far at East Beach Woods, Picnic Area, and Privet trail were quiet. So far: Black-and-white Warbler 4 Northern Waterthrush 1 possible Cerulean Warbler (blue and white warbler flyby that I couldn't get bins on) Just I was about to hit send, a lone Solitary Sandpiper flew up next to me, patrolling and feeding around the flooded fields of the picnic area. Dan Irizarry Bradenton Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Possible Baird's Sandpiper and other shorebirds (Brevard) From: Mitchell Harris <knmharris AT BELLSOUTH.NET> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:59:30 -0400 I looked for shorebirds at various spots around Brevard today (Port Canaveral, Viera Sod, Blue Heron Wetlands, and parts of MINWR. Viera had the largest concentration of birds and with a little more rain might become a shorebird magnet in the next week or two. R. Ketchum Park at Port Canaveral had two A. Oystercatchers a bird that can be very hard to find in this county. Blue Heron Wetlands had zip. At MINWR I missed the Wilson's Plovers on West Gator Creek but found a White-rumped Sand mixed in with a group of 30 or so other birds. The possible Baird's was on the West side of East Gator Creek about 300yrds in from the paved road. This bird was a definite long winged peep, but because of the distance I couldn't totaly rule out White-rumped. Here's why I think it was most likely a juv Baird's: The bird was near several other peeps one of which was a juv Least. The head and upper-parts of the poss. Bairds was of a simmilar tone to the Least (a buffy brown tone) unlike the white-rumps I see which are a greyer color. It also had that scaly look that's caused from the white edges on the feathers ( this I've noticed on all the juv Baird's that I've seen). Juv White-rumpeds can have white feather edges also, but they don't seem as noticeable to me. Because of the distance the bill shape wasn't a good mark. I did see the bird take a short hop like flight and I could see white in the rump area, but what I was looking at was the side of the rump and I belive Baird's would show white here also. I've attached a couple of terrible distant pics of this bird that you might be able to get something out of along with a pick of the Oystercatchers and pick of a juv Spotted Sand. Good Birding, Mitchell Harris Titusville To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: More on the Pinellas falcon From: ED KWATER <himantopus AT MSN.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:21:01 -0400 I've just seen several more photos of the Pinellas falcon and the head pattern does look noticeably paler than on the single flight shot on Ron Smith's website. It does in fact appear to have a faint pale supercilium and some narrow pale streaking in the crown. However the head still looks too dark for a pure bred Saker in my opinion. Don't know what this bird is. Ed Kwater Brandon, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: My two cents worth on the Pinellas falcon From: ED KWATER <himantopus AT MSN.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:35:47 -0400 This is an intriguing bird. Definitely a juvenile as demonstrated by the blue feet among other things. Both juvenile Sakers and Gyr Falcons retain blue feet though their first winter unlike other large falcons in which the feet are yellow or turn yellow. However a typical juvenile Saker should show a head pattern which is remarkably similar to a juvenile tundrius Peregrine with a distinct blond forehead and supercilium. This bird has a very dark head. I'm wondering if it could possibly be a hybrid between Saker and one of the darker races of Peregrine such as pealei or anatum. I wish falconers wouldn't hybridise these birds. They are magnificent enough in their own right without being tampered with. Mind you, you could say the same about a lot of animals. My two cents worth. Ed Kwater Brandon, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Sabal Bluff Preserve, Leesburg From: Alice Horst <ahorst AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:21:18 -0400 I read Dennis O'neill's post the other day about birds at Sabal Bluff. Not having been there in years, I decided to go yeaterday after the rain stopped about 4:45pm. It is only 1/2 hour from The Villages. I was not disappointed. So many birds were flitting around, I couldn't begin to ID all of them. The most important to me were: Yellow-throated and Red-eyed Vireos; Warblers: Yellow- throated, N. Parulas, Am. Redstarts, and Prairies. I went back this morning with my birding buddies from The Villages and at 7:45am things were beginning to happen. Too numerous to count, we ID's what we could. Vireos: Blue-headed, Yellow-throated, and MANY Red-eyes. Warblers: Blk/white(1) Hooded (1 male), Worm-eating (1), many Praries, Am. Redstarts (M and F), many Yellow-throated's, and N. Parulas. Red-bellied and Downy Woodpeckers, Great-crested Flycatcher (1) and Eastern-wood-Pewees (2), Carolina Wrens, Cardinals, Blue-gray Gnat's, Titmice, and Carolina Chickadees everywhere. We, in central Florida don't get all the birds that are being posted on the coasts, but thankyou to all you birders who post for us so we are able to see new birding spots when the birds are coming through. That's what it's all about , isn't it??? Alice Horst, The Villages, Fl. To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Pinecraft Park, Sarasota- thurs. 8/26 From: Jeffery Fisher <jrzman1 AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:17:50 +0000 Stopped in at Pinecraft Park today from 4:30 to 7:00 pm. Worm-Eating Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Yellow-Throated Warbler, Black & White Warbler, Am. Redstart, N. Parula, Kentucky Warbler, Red-Eyed Vireo, Yellow-Throated Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo, E. Wood-Pewee. It was also nice to have decent lighting and stay dry for a change. Jeff Fisher Bradenton To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Buff-breasted Sandpipers in St. Johns From: Matt Hafner <mh1920 AT AOL.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:53:06 -0400 This afternoon there were 2 juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpipers at the Sykes and Cooper Sod Farm on SR 207 in Elkton. There are lots of Least Sandpipers and Killdeer also present with only a single Pectoral today. Pecs have been plentiful over the last month, but I have yet to see any Uplands despite almost daily coverage. This evening, while walking the dog before the storm, I had a flock of 4 Red-eyed Vireos and a Blackburnian Warbler. Matt Hafner St. Augustine, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: SAINT PETERSBURG NEIGHBORHOOD MIGRANTS From: Erik Haney <efalconh AT NETSCAPE.NET> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:46:54 -0400 Good Evening, Today, between 2PM and 4PM I walked around the block and saw the following: 75+ - Red-eyed Vireos (Yesterday, I counted 84 moving from one oak tree to another one across the street before it started raining again) 2 - Eastern Wood-Pewees 2 - Black-and-white Warblers 1 - male Yellow Warbler 1 - female Blackburnian Warbler 1 - Prairie Warbler 1 - female Hooded Warbler 1 - Kentucky Warbler 1 - Worm-eating Warbler 1 - Waterthrush Species 1 - Eastern Kingbird 1 - Great Crested Flycatcher Erik Haney Saint Petersburg To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Barn Swallows in Winter Park From: Andrew Boyle <andybgator AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:48:03 -0700 Hello, All. Nothing huge but I was heading back through Winter Park today and noticed a bird swooping around a building on the way home. By the next intersection it confirmed for my that it was a flock of Barn Swallows covering the area. At one point a few were actually going at car level as we waited for the light and it was a nice distraction during the transit. Birds on the move equals happy times. Andrew Boyle Orlando, FL To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: More thoughts on the Pinellas falcom From: Bill Pranty <billpranty AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:19:03 -0400 Good afternoon all, I received more information and other photographs on the falcon. Jon Greenlaw and I also reviewed Birds of Europe (Mullarney et al. 1999), which was helpful. The heavy streaking on the underparts suggests a juvenile. The dark underwings rule out Peregrine Falcon. The photos show streaked feathering on the legs, which rules out Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus). Saker Falcon (F. cherrug) seems to be a good fit for the bird, but falconers do enjoy hybridizing species. Also, in examining Scott Patterson's first photograph (posted to Pinellasbirds 1-2 days ago), I realized that the "radio antenna" on the bird is really just a crack in the paint on the tower in the background! So much for radio telemetry ... For anybody else keeping track, this is the first verifiable record of a {n escaped) Saker Falcon (or "Saker-like falcon") in Florida, and quite possibly in the New World. Best regards, Bill Pranty BAyonet Point, Florida To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: West Pasco, Thurs. Aug. 26, 2010 From: David Gagne <oporornis77 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:31:37 -0700 Hi All, As Ken Tracey mentioned in an earlier post Carolyn McKinney and I birded Green Key (Robert K. Rees Park), in New port Richey this morning and came up with almost similar numbers of migrants with the addition as follows: Semipalmated Sandpiper 10 (heard calling as they wanted to get onshore, however there were people on the flats!!) Wilson's Plover  1 ( Ken saw this bird later on and it is hard to get unless you can get to Anclote Preserve!!)  Greater Yellowlegs  1 Ruddy Turnstone  1 Clapper Rail  2 White-winged Dove  1  1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2 Black-and-white Warbler  1 Ovenbird  1 In addition to here we went to Werner-Boyce Salt Spring SP and found 2 Eastern Wood-Pewees, however, it was a bust as the trails were totally flooded!!! Birds seen at the Gulf Harbors Golf Course included 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Greater Yellowlegs and 2 CLIFF SWALLOWS, which were very cooperative!!! We also went to the Holiday Recreation Center and saw a minimal of 66 (actual count) Black-hooded Parakeets , which is the most I've ever seen here in Pasco County.  There were others calling later on and I don't exaggerate counts, so there could probbly be close to 80 present!!! My yard so far has produced 1 male Magnificent Frigatebird and 2 Eastern Kingbirds. Good Birding All!! Dave Gagne Holiday Florida To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: Pinellas County falcon From: Bill Pranty <billpranty AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:21:12 -0400 Good afternoon all, In addition to the color bands and leather anklets, the bird is fitted with a radio transmitter; the antenna is visible below the left wing. A falconer friend thinks it may be a Peregrine x Gyrfalcon hybrid, but she will ask another, more experienced falconer. Neat bird! Best regards, Bill Pranty Bayonet Point, Florida To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Cerulean Warbler at Turkey Creek Sanctuary, Palm Bay, Brevard Co. From: Bruce Anderson <Scizortail AT AOL.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:49:24 EDT Hi, BiRDBRAINers. Andy Bankert just called to report a female Cerulean Warbler at Turkey Creek Sanctuary, 1518 Port Malabar Blvd. NE Palm Bay, FL 32905, Brevard Co. earlier today; it was down by the cable gate. Sighting sheet from yesterday lists the warbler as being seen then, too. See DeLORME p.88 D2. http://www.palmbayflorida.org/parks/city_parks/turkey_creek.html Bruce Bruce H. Anderson Winter Park, Orange Co., Florida Florida Ornithological Society http://fosbirds.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: NE St. Pete Migrants From: donatdonlo <donatdonlo AT AOL.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:45:56 -0400 Birds continue to pile into the Mangrove Bay area of NE St. Petersburg. Despite no rain today, taking pictures and zeroing on birds in the canopy with binoculars, was a difficult task against a heavily overcast sky. The birds seen today were evenly split between the Mangrove Swamp and the Oaks in the neighborhood. I saw all of the species seen yesterday and added four or five more, the highlight being a male Cerulean. 16) Hooded Warbler ( 9 male ) 6) American Redstart ( 1 male ) 6) Black-and-White Warbler 4) Prairie Warbler 3) Yellow-throated Warbler 3) Yellow Warbler 2) Blackburnian Warbler 2) Northern Parula ( both 1st fall ) 2) Northern Waterthrush 1) Black-throat Blue Warbler ( female ) 1) Cerulean Warbler ( male ) 3) Red-eyed Vireo 2) yellow-billed Cuckoo 2) Great Crested Flycatcher 1) Eastern Wood-pewee Don Margeson St. Petersburg To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Reported Peregrine Falcon may be a Saker From: Reinier Munguia <rmung AT WILDSTOCKPHOTOS.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:28:41 -0400 For the last two weeks I have been tracking movements on this bird in the hope that it can be recovered. The bird has jesses on the legs one white the other yellow. Jonathan Woods from the Raptor Project identified the bird original images provided last week as a Saker falcon, which has similar feather pattern to a young peregrine. It was first reported about a week ago in the area of Sand Key. If you see the bird please report it to me via email rmung AT wildstockphotos.com. Once we know the bird exact location and movement we'll make arragements for a falconer to recover the bird. Thank you. Reinier To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, please visit us on the web at: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin AT admin.usf.edu ____________________________________________________________________________