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2 Sep Early House Wren? [Tom Palmer ] 1 Sep More Long-tailed Jaegers. Ponce de Leon Inlet. Volusia County [Michael Brothers ] 1 Sep MINWR 9/1/10 ["Thomas J. Dunkerton" ] 1 Sep Long-tailed Jaeger. Ponce de Leon Inlet. Volusia County [Michael Brothers ] 1 Sep Fall Migrants [Julie & Bill Cocke ] 30 Aug John Chestnut Park 082710 birdPIX [David Laliberte ] 30 Aug Re: Reporting Banded Western Sandpiper ["Bennett Chris (DNREC)" ] 30 Aug Re: Reporting Banded Western Sandpiper [donatdonlo ] 30 Aug Reporting Banded Western Sandpiper [Vincent P Lucas ] 30 Aug Reporting Banded Western Sandpiper [Vincent P Lucas ] 29 Aug Red Knot-MINWR 8/29/10 ["Thomas J. Dunkerton" ] 29 Aug Trees filled with Warblers, also Hummingbird and Wrens, Holiday, SW Pasco Co. [Paul ] 29 Aug Change in the weather [patrick leary ] 28 Aug No Fallout Yet [Meret Wilson ] 27 Aug Buff-breasted Sandpiper [patrick leary ] 27 Aug Lots of birds here, Holiday, SW Pasco Co. [Paul ] 26 Aug mid Pinellas this am [J Fisher ] 26 Aug Marlbed Flats-Lake Jessup CA-8/25/10 ["Thomas J. Dunkerton" ] 25 Aug Ft DeSoto 082410 birdPIX [David Laliberte ] 25 Aug early Eastern Whip-poor-will ["kratter AT flmnh.ufl.edu" ] 25 Aug As expected I left a couple migrant out [J Fisher ] 25 Aug migrants the past two days in mid Pinellas [J Fisher ] 25 Aug Kestrel relocation [J Fisher ] 24 Aug FW: Reporting color-marked Loggerhead Shrikes ["Gregory J. Harber" ] 24 Aug TSP [Meret Wilson ] 24 Aug Cerulean Warbler. Lake Helen. Volusia County [Michael Brothers ] 22 Aug Common ground dove [Larry Connor ] 22 Aug rain dumped a few birds into mid Pnellas [J Fisher ] 22 Aug Snowy and Piping Plovers Duval Co. [patrick leary ] 22 Aug Warblers [Meret Wilson ] 22 Aug MINWR, etc. [David Hartgrove ] 21 Aug Rufous hummingbird in Tallahassee [Fred Dietrich ] 20 Aug Occultish sightings in Holiday, SW Pasco Co. [Paul ] 19 Aug Wilson's Snipe [steve siegel ] 19 Aug Wilson's Snipe [steve siegel ] 18 Aug Langford and Dickson-Azalea Parks AND Leu and Mead Gardens (8/18/10) [John Thomton ] 18 Aug Re: Gull-billed Tern at Gandy Beach on 081710 [birdPIX] [David Laliberte ] 18 Aug Re: Gull-billed Tern at Gandy Beach on 081710 [birdPIX] [David Laliberte ] 17 Aug Gull-billed Tern at Gandy Beach on 081710 [birdPIX] [David Laliberte ] 16 Aug Upland Sandpiper. Flagler County [michael brothers ] 15 Aug Subject: birding at Ft DeSoto & Tierra Verde on 081210 [birdPIX] [David Laliberte ] 14 Aug Short-tailed hawk St. Sebastian River Preserve southwest [David Simpson ] 13 Aug Fwd: Scientists Ask Public to Report Banded Birds to Help Scientific Research [Terese Harber ] 11 Aug Florida Keys HawkWatch Project [beachbirder ] 11 Aug No Subject [beachbirder ] 10 Aug Re: Possible Tennessee Warbler at Lake Edna [David Simpson ] 10 Aug Possible Tennessee Warbler at Lake Edna [Jennifer Rycenga ] 9 Aug Birding the PB/Hendry Co Sod Farms [Vincent McGrath ] 9 Aug Molly the Barn Owl ["Murray Gardler" ] 9 Aug Molly the Barn Owl [Murray Gardler ] 9 Aug Louisiana waterthrush [Ted Center ] 9 Aug Ft. DeSoto & Tierra Verde 080610 birdPIX [David Laliberte ] 8 Aug MINWR Shorebirds 8/8/10 ["Thomas J. Dunkerton" ] 8 Aug Snowy plovers on Atlantic coast [patrick leary ] 7 Aug Coastal NW Florida & Alabama information requested (oil spill response) [Lucy and Bob Duncan ] 3 Aug Florida Keys [beachbirder ] 2 Aug Wislon's Plovers - MINWR 8/1/10 ["Thomas J. Dunkerton" ] 2 Aug Summer reports for FFN [John Murphy ] 2 Aug Summer reports for FFN [John Murphy ] 1 Aug Dinner Island Ranch WMA & Palm Beach Sod Farms Results [Vincent P Lucas ] 1 Aug FOSRC meeting results [Andrew Kratter ] 30 Jul MISSISSIPPI KITES IN Clay County [Lenore McCullagh ] 30 Jul Long-billed Curlew [Jack Rogers ] 30 Jul Long-billed Curlew ["Jack Rogers" ] 30 Jul There goes the neighborhood! 7/29/10 ["Thomas J. Dunkerton" ] 26 Jul Purple Gallinules 7/26/10 [Danny Bales ] 25 Jul Late report on my visit to Corkscrew/ six Gray Kingbirds at Brasher Park, Port Richey [Paul ] 24 Jul kilos of killdeers [Tom Palmer ] 22 Jul Yellow Warbler [Lucy and Bob Duncan ] 21 Jul Snail Kite [Tom Palmer ] 20 Jul visitor [Ali Iyoob ] 20 Jul Louisiana waterthrush [chris mason ] 20 Jul Louisiana Waterthrush. DeLeon Springs. Volusia County [Michael Brothers ] 18 Jul Reporting banded birds from the oil spill [Lucy and Bob Duncan ] 17 Jul More Terns [Least, Caspian, Forster’s] at Gandy beach [birdPIX] [David Laliberte ] 16 Jul MIGRANT [Lenore McCullagh ] Subject: Early House Wren? From: Tom Palmer <tomp47 AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:29:06 -0700 Dear all,, I could swear I heard a House Wren fussing in the hedge next to my front yard shortly after dawn this morning and had to leave before I had time to investigate. Seems early.� Tom Palmer Winter Haven Follow my environmental musings at www.lakebluescrub.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: More Long-tailed Jaegers. Ponce de Leon Inlet. Volusia County From: Michael Brothers <mbrothers AT CO.VOLUSIA.FL.US> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 21:06:23 -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 harrassed 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 ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m 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 ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Long-tailed Jaeger. Ponce de Leon Inlet. Volusia County From: Michael Brothers <mbrothers AT CO.VOLUSIA.FL.US> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:50:40 -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 ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Fall Migrants From: Julie & Bill Cocke <BILLSOFF AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:37:05 -0400 A bit late, but wanted to add to the previous reports of Cerulean Warblers. I had a very handsome male visit the waterfall on Aug. 26. He was in with six other warbler species, but none rare. Just a few minutes ago I saw an early Veery near my birdbath. I was expecting one this coming weekend, but not today. I think this might be an early date for Duval County. Plenty of beautyberries around for it to feast on. Julie Cocke Jacksonville billsoff AT comcast.net ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: John Chestnut Park 082710 birdPIX From: David Laliberte <dllaliberte AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:44:10 -0700 calamospiza AT yahoo.com Subject:  John Chestnut Park 082710 birdPIX • Hi all: • I birded Chestnut Park on the morning of Friday, August 27th.  I found the following birds species that I managed to get pix of: Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, Northern Cardinal.  I also found the following birds which I did not get any pix of including:  Green Heron, Black Vulture, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-eyed Vireo, Carolina Chickadee, Prothonotary Warbler, Black-and-White Warbler, Northern Parula. • Barred Owl • 082710 • John Chestnut Park, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941006003/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941005857/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941005755/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941069589/ • Red-bellied Woodpecker • 082710 • John Chestnut Park, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941006323/ • Downy Woodpecker • 082710 • John Chestnut Park, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941005505/ • Pileated Woodpecker • 082710 • John Chestnut Park, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941591290/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941591190/ • Tufted Titmouse • 082710 • John Chestnut Park, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941591836/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941591762/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941006121/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941006075/ • Carolina Wren • 082710 • John Chestnut Park, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941590956/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941590888/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941005237/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941590754/ • Northern Cardinal • 082710 • John Chestnut Park, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941591974/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4941591498/ • Check out my bird images at:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/sets/ • Happy birding! • David Laliberte St. Pete, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Re: Reporting Banded Western Sandpiper From: "Bennett Chris (DNREC)" <Chris.Bennett AT STATE.DE.US> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:11:27 -0400 The Western Sandpiper in the photo was not banded as part of the shorebird project in the Delaware Bay. If you haven't already visited the website that was conveniently linked in the earlier email - the species banded by the researchers working in the Delaware Bay (New Jersey and Delaware) are Red Knot, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpiper and beginning this summer American Oystercatcher. Western Sandpipers do not pass through the Delaware Bay in large numbers in the Spring - concentrating instead in the interior of North America. The site doesn't have Western Sandpiper as one of the options. However, I did find the following post about Color-banded Western Sandpipers that may be who you need to contact. The contact info was not with the post included below - but a Google search did the trick. Here is the contact info for the person listed below. I'm sure she'd really appreciate the report if the bird in your photo is in fact one of "her" birds. Good Luck. Audrey Taylor (Abby Powell) artaylor AT alaska.edu Trailer T-5 (Grads) 907.474.6052 Behavior and physiology of post-breeding shorebirds in Alaska's North Slope I'm a grad student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks working with Rick > Lanctot (FWS Migratory Birds in Anchorage) on a post-breeding shorebird > project in Barrow, Alaska. We've radioed a number of birds up here this > summer, including 6 Western Sandpipers, 3 Dunlin, 2 Semipalmated > Sandpipers, and several Red Phalaropes. I have contacted biologists see > if anyone on the west coast or interior US is listening for radios during > fall migration and might hear these birds. I can forward an Excel file > with the frequencies and dates the birds were tagged/last heard in Barrow, > if you might be interested in searching for these birds. > > It would be great to have an idea when and where these birds go after they > leave Barrow. I'm most interested in the western sandpipers because of the > intense telemetry effort that occurs during their spring migration. Birds > from here in Barrow may go south along the west coast or east coast or > down the interior (stopping at Cheyenne Bottoms) - we don't have any idea. > > All of the birds (150 total; perhaps 50 WESAs) I've captured during > staging up here this summer are also color banded as follows: > -/orange:metal/1 or 2 color bands (captured on or before 21 August) -/1 or > 2 color bands:metal/orange (captured after 21 August) > The color bands would be 1 or 2 of the following: red, yellow, light > green, dark green, or dark blue. These colors correspond to the date the > bird was captured in Barrow so we can estimate turnover times. It might > be more likely that someone would see a banded bird at one of the > stopovers along the southbound migration routes. > > Please let me know what you think; thanks in advance for your help! > > Cheers - > Audrey > > Audrey Taylor > AK Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit > Institute for Arctic Biology > University of Alaska Fairbanks > 907.474.6052 > Chris Bennett Natural Resource Management Specialist Environmental Stewardship Program Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation 89 Kings Highway Dover, DE 19901 Phone: (302) 739-9230 Fax: (302) 739-3817 "The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?'" Aldo Leopold A Sand County Almanac -----Original Message----- From: Florida Birds [mailto:FLORIDABIRDS-L AT LISTS.UFL.EDU] On Behalf Of donatdonlo Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 12:01 PM To: FLORIDABIRDS-L AT LISTS.UFL.EDU Subject: Re: [FLBIRDS] Reporting Banded Western Sandpiper Vince, I'd like to point out that the band combo appears to be orange over yellow on the left leg and red over silver on the right. You might want to try www.bandedbirds.org I think they were trying to expand it beyond just Red Knots. Don Margeson St. Petersburg In a message dated 08/30/10 11:15:45 Eastern Daylight Time, vplucas AT comcast.net writes: http://www.photographwildlife.com/photographwildlife/images/toe/2010shorebirdday/ ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Re: Reporting Banded Western Sandpiper From: donatdonlo <donatdonlo AT AOL.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:01:28 -0400 Vince, I'd like to point out that the band combo appears to be orange over yellow on the left leg and red over silver on the right. You might want to try www.bandedbirds.org I think they were trying to expand it beyond just Red Knots. Don Margeson St. Petersburg In a message dated 08/30/10 11:15:45 Eastern Daylight Time, vplucas AT comcast.net writes: http://www.photographwildlife.com/photographwildlife/images/toe/2010shorebirdday/ ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Reporting Banded Western Sandpiper From: Vincent P Lucas <vplucas AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:15:26 -0400 All: Last Saturday, Roberto Torres, Trey Mitchell, Bill Boeringer, Jose Padilla, Angel & Mariel (Last name?) and I did a "Big Shorebird Day" reaching 26 or 27 species as reported by Roberto (Toe). At Bunche Beach in Fort Myers, Toe photographed a banded Western Sandpiper. You can see the photo here: http://www.photographwildlife.com/photographwildlife/images/toe/2010shorebirdday/ Scroll down once on that page. The photo shows the WESA with a red band at the top of both legs, a cream or yellowish band on the lower right leg, and a silver on the lower left. Does anyone know where this bird was banded or where to report it? We also saw a banded Wilson's Plover at Bunche Beach but the photo of ii was lost unfortunately. That one was probably banded locally at Sanibel Island or somewhere nearby but that's only a guess. Would anyone with any information about reporting banded shorebirds please post here on the listserv so that others might also know that information. Thanks. Vincent Lucas Naples, FL vplucas AT comcast.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Reporting Banded Western Sandpiper From: Vincent P Lucas <vplucas AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:15:26 -0400 All: Last Saturday, Roberto Torres, Trey Mitchell, Bill Boeringer, Jose Padilla, Angel & Mariel (Last name?) and I did a "Big Shorebird Day" reaching 26 or 27 species as reported by Roberto (Toe). At Bunche Beach in Fort Myers, Toe photographed a banded Western Sandpiper. You can see the photo here: http://www.photographwildlife.com/photographwildlife/images/toe/2010shorebirdday/ Scroll down once on that page. The photo shows the WESA with a red band at the top of both legs, a cream or yellowish band on the lower right leg, and a silver on the lower left. Does anyone know where this bird was banded or where to report it? We also saw a banded Wilson's Plover at Bunche Beach but the photo of ii was lost unfortunately. That one was probably banded locally at Sanibel Island or somewhere nearby but that's only a guess. Would anyone with any information about reporting banded shorebirds please post here on the listserv so that others might also know that information. Thanks. Vincent Lucas Naples, FL vplucas AT comcast.net ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m 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 ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Trees filled with Warblers, also Hummingbird and Wrens, Holiday, SW Pasco Co. From: Paul <underthemilkyway AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:12:41 -0400 It is hard to get anything done as the trees above my small yard are occupied by more warblers each day. Today I recognized Parula, Redstart and Yellow Throated warblers and I photographed the one I cannot recognize again: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=354502&l=f86a8bd482&id=1710653819 The warblers seem to be taking advantage of gnats and flies that are rising from the pond as well as small caterpillars eating the Bougainvillea. The appearance of these warblers and the Curlytail Lizard has coincided exactly with our nearly two weeks of daily heavy rain. I do not recall this level of warbler activity in August before. This yard was also visited today by a Hummingbird and a pair of Wrens in addition to the Cardinal family of four and the precocious Titmouse family of at least four who all but land on my shoulder if I go outside. Best, Paul Francois Holiday, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Change in the weather From: patrick leary <prleary AT BELLSOUTH.NET> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:37:24 -0400 Members: Despite all night rains and persistent (modest) onshore winds, no noteworthy sightings to report for NE Florida. Amelia Island's athletic fields are well soaked, but nothing of interest developed. A visit to Ft. George Inlet found small flocks of Black Tern and a few Common Tern moving but no pelagics. Apparently, not enough wind and rain to put birds down or drive them onshore with this weather system. Hurricane Earl is predicted to pass much too far offshore to create conditions favorable for rarities or vagrants along Florida's east coast. Patrick Leary, Fernandina Beach ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m 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 ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Buff-breasted Sandpiper From: patrick leary <prleary AT BELLSOUTH.NET> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:03:09 -0400 http://www.flickr.com/photos/28226894 AT N03/?saved=1 Members: A juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpiper was sighted late this afternoon on Bird Island in Nassau Sound, Duval Co. BBSA are rare in NE Florida, are typically found on sod farms or flooded athletic fields and far less frequently in coastal habitats. This afternoon's subject was foraging insects in typical Wilson's Plover habitat across a broad wash flat occupied by fiddler crabs. Note: Bird Island is accessible only by vessel in mid-Nassau Sound and the BBSA is not likely to linger there for any length of time. Over the weekend, we will look for other BBSA in more typical, upland, habitats. Doris and Pat Leary, Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Lots of birds here, Holiday, SW Pasco Co. From: Paul <underthemilkyway AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:45:12 -0400 Lots going on in this small yard. Almost needs air traffic control. The Cardinals have two large, fully fledged chicks and they are chasing other birds, small lizards, me and anyone else out of their way. In doing so they have revealed visitors I might otherwise not have seen including a Red Shouldered Hawk, a boldly orange and black male Redstart, Parulas coming down to eat caterpillars on the Bougainvillea and a warbler I could not identify. Here's my best pic: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=352998&l=5946b52e8f&id=1710653819 In other news the local Sandhills have managed to bring two colts to maturity. Film here: http://paulies.wordpress.com And the Curlytail Lizard is now on video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gXI69LLbA0 adult language warning! As far as I know this is the first sighting in this part of Florida. I hope this day finds you well Paul Francois Holiday, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: mid Pinellas this am From: J Fisher <e_fisher AT PIPELINE.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:15:38 -0400 I spent some time at Eagle Lake this morning. One of the most productive areas was west of the dog park. I followed the trail south, took the bridge west and immediately after crossing the bridge found lots of birds in the oaks and on the ground on the north side. It is flooded in there so it isn't easy to see the birds in the back of the trees. Cerulean Warbler Canada Warbler Parula Yellow Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush Ovenbird Kentucky Black and White Redstart Blackburnian Worm-eating Hooded Summer Tanager Eastern Wood-Pewee Oodles of Red-eyed Vireo Judy Judy Fisher, Seminole, Fl - - - Respect wildlife. If a critter stops what it is doing, chances are you are too close. ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Marlbed Flats-Lake Jessup CA-8/25/10 From: "Thomas J. Dunkerton" <woundedmallard AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:03:17 -0400 Hey Everybirdy, Headed up to Marlbed Flats in Seminole County yesterday with the Mrs. to see what might be around. The hammock trail was eerily quiet but for a few Carolina Wrens, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and cardinals, couldn't even pull out the Barred owl. Once we hit the open field it was a nature lovers paradise...sans birds. If you're into Dragonflies and Butterflies it's worth the trip, the field is teeming with them. Squadrons of Barn Swallows arrived once the sun poked through and while we did hear some chips from certain patches we werent' able to get on the sources at best it was only a few individuals. Did get a few Prairie Warblers once back at the parking lot. Heading down to the boat ramp area and found 8 Limpkins happily feeding on snails. OUt over the open water and endless stream of Barn Swallows skimmed by, there were MANY Bank Swallows as well, if I had to guess a ratio I'd say 1 out of every 15 to 20 were Banks, and there were a LOT of Barns. Had Bald Eagle working the St John's River on the way back. Then swung into the Refuge for a quick browse. There were some stunning juvenile Western, Least and Semipalmated 'pipers along the IRL side of the dike road on West Gator Creek. On the interior impoundment, a dwindling flock of Royal and Sandwich Terns with a few Forster's for good measure. E. Gator Creek was quiet. Peacock's Pocket seems to be the preferred area for the Willets at the moment. The west side of Biolab is now officially flooded but the south end had several dozen Black-necked Stilts congregating with both Yellowlegs and a lone Marbled Godwit. A handful of Least Terns along Moquito Lagoon and a lone Black Tern in flight. See you out there! Tom Dunkerton Titusville, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Ft DeSoto 082410 birdPIX From: David Laliberte <dllaliberte AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:00:24 -0700 calamospiza AT yahoo.com Subject: Ft DeSoto 082410 birdPIX • Hi all: • I was out at Ft. DeSoto on the morning of Tuesday 24th of August.  While out there I managed to dodge the rain.  • I found a group of 18 Purple Martins on the power line west of the Visitors Center about in line with the Mulberry & parking area.  I am wondering if these are colony groups of birds getting ready for fall migration out.  On one of the FL bird listserve someone else noted that they had a flock of Martins. • I found a Spotted Sandpiper on the small beach just south of the toll plaza before you cross the bridge into the Fort.  I took lots of pictures but not a one of them turned out any good – so blurry. • I have indicated some of the plumage conditions that these bird are in.  For those folks not real familiar with the plumage terminology Basic Plumage is essentially non-breeding, or winter plumage, whereas Alternate Plumage is breeding • I find that bird photography can sometimes be tricky with over cast weather.  Though on the whole I don’t do too bad with overcast conditions.  Some of these pix might be a bit affected by the weather.  On the other hand sometimes the sun in the wrong position might result in bad photos. • The following is my list of the birds that I found and the photographic links: • White Ibis • 082410 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4928250494/  [Adult Plumage] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4928192236/  [Juvenile Plumage] • Cattle Egret • 082410 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4928189570/ • Brown Pelican • 082410 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4927600943/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4927600583/ • Magnificent Frigatebird • 082410 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4927596447/  [Adult Male Plumage] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4928191826/ [Adult Female Plumage] • Black-bellied Plover • 082410 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL [moulting out of Alternate Plumage] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4928186556/  http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4927590645/ • Wilson’s Plover • 082410 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4928191202/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4928188920/ • Semipalmated Plover • 082410 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4927590299/ [Basic Plumage] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4928184838/  [Alternate Plumage] • Marbled Godwit • 082410 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4927591763/ • Western Sandpiper • 082410 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4928194616/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4928195174/ • Western Sandpiper  & Least Sandpiper http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4927599935/ • Laughing Gull • 082410 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4928192892/[Basic Plumage] • Forster’s Tern • 082410 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4928188572/  • Royal Tern • 082410 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4927598827/  • Sandwich Tern • 082410 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4927599115/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4928193130/  Fledgling begging for food • Purple Martin • 082410 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4927595761/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4927595301/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4927601425/ • Loggerhead Shrike • 082410 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4928189822/ • Happy birding! • David Laliberte St. Pete, FL • Check out my birdPIX at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/sets/ ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: early Eastern Whip-poor-will From: "kratter AT flmnh.ufl.edu" <kratter@FLMNH.UFL.EDU> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:58:51 -0400 On my dog walk on the Gainesville Hawthorne Trail at dusk tonight, I had a very early Eastern Whip-poor-will singing just north of Boulware Springs (Alachua Co.). I don't have Stevenson and Anderson handy, but Alachua Co checklists (Rex Rowan) have the early date as 16 September. Andy ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: As expected I left a couple migrant out From: J Fisher <e_fisher AT PIPELINE.COM> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:01:18 -0400 Cerulean Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Red-eyed Vireo Judy Judy Fisher, Seminole, Fl - - - Respect wildlife. If a critter stops what it is doing, chances are you are too close. ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: migrants the past two days in mid Pinellas From: J Fisher <e_fisher AT PIPELINE.COM> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:17:09 -0400 I conducted surveys at several different locations plus my yard yesterday and today. I haven't transcribed my tape but here's a species list. Hooded Warbler - most numerous species Swainson's Warbler - FOS but not the earliest that I've had one in previous years Worm-eating Warbler Kentucky Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Waterthrush Yellow Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Black and White Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Summer Tanager Purple Martin Chimney Swift Judy Judy Fisher, Seminole, Fl - - - Respect wildlife. If a critter stops what it is doing, chances are you are too close. ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Kestrel relocation From: J Fisher <e_fisher AT PIPELINE.COM> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:21:11 -0400 I am wondering whether anyone is aware of studies showing whether closing off a wooden power pole that has been used by nesting American Kestrels and putting up an artificial wooden or pvc nest structure poses more of a problem with bees. I am wondering because of the heavy use by bees of artificial boxes that were put up in Pinellas by Eagle Scouts. Judy Judy Fisher, Seminole, Fl - - - Respect wildlife. If a critter stops what it is doing, chances are you are too close. ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: FW: Reporting color-marked Loggerhead Shrikes From: "Gregory J. Harber" <gharber AT MINDSPRING.COM> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:57:50 -0500 Good evening all, My apologies if you are receiving more than one copy of this post but I wanted to be sure that this request for help in locating color-marked Loggerhead Shrikes received as wide a coverage as possible. Read on for further details. Many thanks, Greg > > > REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE > LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE SIGHTINGS � Loggerhead shrikes are declining across much of > their range. In Canada, the Eastern subspecies is considered critically > endangered, with less than 35 pairs found in 2009. The vast majority of pairs > now breed in Ontario. An extremely active and multi-faceted recovery program > is > underway for this species in Ontario, including a captive breeding and release > program. This program has been releasing approximately 100 juvenile shrikes > annually since 2006. While much is known and has been learned about this > species, a critical piece of the puzzle is still missing: where exactly do > these birds spend the winter? To maximize our chances of locating wintering > areas and better define migration routes we will be coloring the breast of > released young produced from the captive breeding program, to make them more > detectable by birders. Birds will be released over July and August. Birds > will > have an extensive area of their breast colored in green, blue or purple. All > released birds, and a large proportion of the wild population, are also color > banded. If you see a shrike with a colored breast and/or wearing bands, > please > report it to Wildlife Preservation Canada at (EM: > jessica AT wildlifepreservation.ca > >, > PH: 519-836-9314, FX: 519-836-8840). We will need details about specific > location (GPS coordinates are ideal, but not essential) and color(s) (breast > and/or bands) seen. > > ------ End of Forwarded Message ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: TSP From: Meret Wilson <wilsonsplover AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:47:20 -0700 Banded an American Redstart adult male and an adult Ovenbird this AM. a Broad-winged Hawk, several juvenile Red-eyed Vireos, a Northern Waterthrush, Great-crested Flycatchers, Spotted Sandpiper and juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron all seen right around the banding area. Another nice flock of Northern Rough-winged Swallows passed over as well as many Barn Swallows. So, things are starting to pick up a bit here on the east coast. Meret S Wilson Ormond Beach, FL TBBS, Tomoka State Park ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Cerulean Warbler. Lake Helen. Volusia County From: Michael Brothers <mbrothers AT CO.VOLUSIA.FL.US> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:53:24 -0400 Yesterday, 8/23, I received a call from Luddy Lambertson in Lake Helen, Volusia Co., that he had found an adult male Cerulean Warbler in his yard. I made it over to his house by about 12 noon on the long-shot that it might still be around. Luddy had not seen the bird again, so we ventured out with little hope of finding the bird, but after about 20 minutes, Luddy said, "I got it!" Then there it was — an absolutely beautiful male Cerulean. I managed to get a few poor quality photos, but at least we had many great looks at the bird. Earlier in the day, I had stopped by the "mud bog" area on Rt 100 west of Bunnell in Flagler Co. This 10 acre muddy site often has an interesting assortment of shorebirds. The best birds were two White-rumped Sandpipers, but, in addition, there were Stilt, Solitary, Spotted, Semipalmated, Least, and Pectoral Sandpipers, Short-billed Dowitcher and both Yellowlegs. Including the ubiquitous Killdeer, that made 11 species of shorebirds. Michael Michael Brothers Marine Science Center Ponce Inlet ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Common ground dove From: Larry Connor <llconnor AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:41:03 -0400 This evening about 17:30 Diana spotted two common ground doves in our back yard. This is a new yard bird for us. I wonder how common common ground-doves are in suburban areas? We've seen them before in the Eustis area, but in much more rural, less developed areas. We had a dove trifecta, mourning dove, white-winged dove, and common ground-dove. We get three dove species in our yard on a regular basis, but the third species is usually Eurasian collared-dove. We also had most of the usual suspects, cardinals, blue jays, red-winged blackbirds, and a less common visitor, a male downy woodpecker Larry and Diana Connor Eustis, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: rain dumped a few birds into mid Pnellas From: J Fisher <e_fisher AT PIPELINE.COM> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:01:57 -0400 While out surveying this morning after the rain stopped I found a female Cerulean Warbler, several Red-eyed Vireo, Prairie, several Hooded, several Parula, Great-crested Flycatcher, 1-2 Eastern Wood-Pewee, Barn Swallow. On another property I found a Solitary Sandpiper. Came home and found a Redstart. Judy Judy Fisher, Seminole, Fl - - - Respect wildlife. If a critter stops what it is doing, chances are you are too close. ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Snowy and Piping Plovers Duval Co. From: patrick leary <prleary AT BELLSOUTH.NET> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:14:10 -0400 http://www.flickr.com/photos/28226894 AT N03/?saved=1 Members: At least one Snowy plover remains on Lt. Talbot Island, Duval Co. It, along with 13 Piping plovers, was recorded on the park's ocean beach early this morning. See attached link for images of SNPL, PIPL and the park's ocean beach habitat on an early Sunday morning. Patrick Leary, Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Warblers From: Meret Wilson <wilsonsplover AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:43:25 -0700 Found both American Redstart and Black and White Warbler (one each) on Thursday this past week at TSP. Meret S Wilson Ormond Beach, FL TBBS, Tomoka State Park ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: MINWR, etc. From: David Hartgrove <birdman9 AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:19:33 -0400 Hi, I just returned recently from 6 weeks in California and Oregon for , enjoying that mid 50's coastal weather and scoring Tufted Puffins, White-headed and Lewis' Woodpeckers and a few others. All of the reports of the early migrant shorebirds at MINWR had me itching to get back into the heat of good old Florida summertime birding. I didn't get to Black Point until just after 1600. Apparently, not long after a storm had passed through cooling things off a bit. I missed the Wilson's Phalarope but I had to smile thinking of Rich Paul as I ticked off the 27th Reddish Egret I saw today. That's by far the most I've ever seen in one day. Two of those were white phase and some of that total was seen along Biolab Road. I also had Black-necked Stilts, a single Marbled Godwit, many juvenal Tricolored Herons, Least and Semi-palmated Sandpipers and a few Willet working the turtle grass mats along the east side of Biolab Road. I looked for kingbirds at the corner of Biolab Road and SR3. No luck. I thought surely the storms that were pounding the areas west of the refuge were headed east, but that didn't happen. It was a nice re-entry to summertime birding in Florida. David Hartgrove Daytona Beach, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Rufous hummingbird in Tallahassee From: Fred Dietrich <fdietrich AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:40:48 -0700 This morning I got an email from Janeen Langley who had seen a young male rufous at her feeder at 7:00. I went to her house around 12:30 and at 1:00 the bird flew into my trap and she was exactly right, a hatching year male rufous. This is the earliest date for anything but an adult male rufous in this area. Most of these early arrivals do not stay around but move on to wherever their wintering grounds may be. Hopefully if he moves on he will be spotted and we can learn more about their migration patterns. Ruby-throated numbers should be increasing at your homes from now until early October when the last of the migrating birds move on for the winter. Keep a feeder out and watch out for any birds with rufous in their tails, you just might find one of the western species as they move through. Fred Dietrich Tallahassee, FL 850 591-7430 ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Occultish sightings in Holiday, SW Pasco Co. From: Paul <underthemilkyway AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:07:37 -0400 First, there was a Glossy Ibis in this yard today. I've only seen that three times in nine years in this house! Second, there have been warblers flitting in my trees that have not shown themselves well. I evaluate them as Redstart, a bird I have seen often enough in this yard but not in this month. The sighting needs to be backed up with a pic but so far I have not managed it. Third - and most unusual - is the presence in my front dooryard of what I take to be a Curlytail Lizard. My book says it is a conspicuous exotic species in Florida but in all my wanderings I have only seen them in the Bahamas, never here. And of all the years to find a new tropical lizard I find it after such a cold winter! He let me take a pic that I expect to post shortly. I hope this day finds you well, Paul Francois Holiday, SW Pasco Co. http://paulies.wordpress.com/ http://www.facebook.com/taipanpaulie ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Wilson's Snipe From: steve siegel <ss4birds AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:12:41 -0700 It sounds silly to ask about a bird like this, but I need to find a snipe. I know it's early, but I would appreciate being contacted by anyone who sees one (or more). Thanks, Steve Siegel oporornis AT yahoo.com 305 343 2179 ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Wilson's Snipe From: steve siegel <ss4birds AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:12:41 -0700 (PDT) It sounds silly to ask about a bird like this, but I need to find a snipe. I know it's early, but I would appreciate being contacted by anyone who sees one (or more). Thanks, Steve Siegel oporornis AT yahoo.com 305 343 2179 Subject: Langford and Dickson-Azalea Parks AND Leu and Mead Gardens (8/18/10) From: John Thomton <jthomton AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:41:56 -0500 Hey everyone, I finally got out to do a little birding today! I walked the three short blocks from my wife and I's new place to Langford Park and Dickson-Azalea Park, arriving around 8 AM. After birding them for about 1.5 hours, I walked home to get the car and drove to Leu Gardens. Leaving Leu at about 11:30, I rounded out the morning at Mead, where I spent about an hour walking around. As everyone knows, it was very hot and humid, but the birding was decent! Wood Duck Double-Crested Cormorant Anhinga Great Blue Heron Great Egret White Ibis Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Osprey Red-Shouldered Hawk Mourning Dove Barred Owl (1, Langford) Chimney Swift Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (1, Leu) Red-Bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Great Crested Flycatcher Red-Eyed Vireo (1, Langford; 1 Dickson-Azalea; 1 Leu) Blue Jay Fish Crow Barn Swallow (1 flyover, Leu) Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher Northern Parula (several at all locations) Yellow-Throated Warbler (1, Dickson-Azalea) American Redstart (2, Langford; 1 male, Dickson-Azalea, 1 each Leu and Mead) Prothonotary Warbler (1, Langford) Northern Waterthrush (2 heard-only vocalizing birds at Mead) Northern Cardinal Red-Winged Blackbird Common Grackle House Finch Marcus Sharpe had a nice mixed flock of birds at Mead that included a Yellow-Throated and a Black-and-White, two birds I missed at that location. I was surprised I couldn't find a Prairie Warbler today. Mead Garden is located near the intersection of US 17/92 (Orlando Ave.) and Orange Ave. in Winter Park. Leu Gardens is located near the intersection of US 17/92 (Mills Ave.) and Virginia Ave. in the northern part of downtown Orlando. Langford and Dickson-Azalea Parks lie across the street from each other on Central Blvd in downtown Orlando between Mills and Bumby Avenues. All of these spots are in north-central Orange County. Good birding, John Thomton Orlando, Orange Co. ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Re: Gull-billed Tern at Gandy Beach on 081710 [birdPIX] From: David Laliberte <dllaliberte AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:46:06 -0700 calamospiza AT yahoo.com      Subject:  Re:  Gull-billed Tern at Gandy Beach  on 081710 [birdPIX] • Hi all: • NOTE:  The links don’t work so will try this again! Please disregard my previous posting of this entry.  It’s slightly embarrassing that I accidently left the Tern off of the Gull-billed in the text bar on these pictures.  It should read Gull-billed Tern.  I had worked on these images all eve long and it was just late that I edited and processed these images of the bird. • An adult and a juvenile Gull-billed Tern were found earlier today at Gandy Beach as reported by Tom Riggs. I got home from an afternoon of doing some business and was thinking about going to Tierra Verde/Ft. DeSoto this eve. I check the bird FL listserves fairly regularly and noticed the report from earlier today about these terns.  Previously I chased after reports of these Terns at Gandy but each time I missed re-finding the Terns.  I decided to try again and spotted the Gull-billed Terns at about 1700-1800 this eve at Gandy Beach.  • There were 1 adult and a juvenile that was begging.  After a few minutes the adult would take off and disappear.  Re-spotting the adult bird flying with food in its beak was fairly easy.  Most Terns catch minnows or small fish which they dive for.  The Gull-billed Terns eat insects & crayfish which they pick off the surface of the water or beach.  They do not dive like the other tern species.  In addition to this feeding behavior  this Tern seems to make a harsher call then some of the other tern species I noted. • While this species was not a new one for my life list it was a new one for my bird photo list. • Gull-billed Tern • 081710 • Gandy Beach, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4904684256/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4904684094/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4904094405/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4904094223/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4904094067/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4904683418/ • Happy birding! • David Laliberte St. Pete, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Re: Gull-billed Tern at Gandy Beach on 081710 [birdPIX] From: David Laliberte <dllaliberte AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:22:31 -0700 calamospiza AT yahoo.com  Subject:  Re:  Gull-billed Tern at Gandy Beach  on 081710 [birdPIX] • Hi all: • NOTE:  Please disregard my previous posting of this entry.  It’s slightly embarrassing that I accidently left the Tern off of the Gull-billed in the text bar on these pictures.  It should read Gull-billed Tern.  I had worked on these images all eve long and it was just late that I edited and processed these images of the bird.  • An adult and a juvenile Gull-billed Tern were found earlier today at Gandy Beach as reported by Tom Riggs. I got home from an afternoon of doing some business and was thinking about going to Tierra Verde/Ft. DeSoto this eve. I check the bird FL listserves fairly regularly and noticed the report from earlier today about these terns.  Previously I chased after reports of these Terns at Gandy but each time I missed re-finding the Terns.  I decided to try again and spotted the Gull-billed Terns at about 1700-1800 this eve at Gandy Beach.  • There were 1 adult and a juvenile that was begging.  After a few minutes the adult would take off and disappear.  Re-spotting the adult bird flying with food in its beak was fairly easy.  Most Terns catch minnows or small fish which they dive for.  The Gull-billed Terns eat insects & crayfish which they pick off the surface of the water or beach.  They do not dive like the other tern species.  In addition to this feeding behavior  this Tern seems to make a harsher call then some of the other tern species I noted. • While this species was not a new one for my life list it was a new one for my bird photo list. • Gull-billed Tern • 081710 • Gandy Beach, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4903746418/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4903746298/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4903159791/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4903745990/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4903159515/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4903159381/ • Happy birding! • David Laliberte St. Pete, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Gull-billed Tern at Gandy Beach on 081710 [birdPIX] From: David Laliberte <dllaliberte AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:49:36 -0700 calamospiza AT yahoo.com  Subject:  Gull-billed Tern at Gandy Beach  on 081710 [birdPIX] • Hi all: • An adult and a juvenile Gull-billed Tern were found earlier today at Gandy Beach as reported by Tom Riggs. I got home from an afternoon of doing some business and was thinking about going to Tierra Verde/Ft. DeSoto this eve. I check the bird FL listserves fairly regularly and noticed the report from earlier today about these terns.  Previously I chased after reports of these Terns at Gandy but each time I missed re-finding the Terns.  I decided to try again and spotted the Gull-billed Terns at about 1700-1800 this eve at Gandy Beach.  • There were 1 adult and a juvenile that was begging.  After a few minutes the adult would take off and disappear.  Re-spotting the adult bird flying with food in its beak was fairly easy.  Most Terns catch minnows or small fish which they dive for.  The Gull-billed Terns eat insects & crayfish which they pick off the surface of the water or beach.  They do not dive like the other tern species.  In addition to this feeding behavior  this Tern seems to make a harsher call then some of the other tern species I noted. • While this species was not a new one for my life list it was a new one for my bird photo list. • Gull-billed • 081710 • Gandy Beach, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4903746418/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4903746298/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4903159791/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4903745990/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4903159515/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4903159381/ • Happy birding! • David Laliberte St. Pete, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Upland Sandpiper. Flagler County From: michael brothers <mbrothers.larids AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:26:53 -0400 This morning, 8/16, I found a lone Upland Sandpiper in the sod fields about 7 miles west of Bunnell, Flagler County. There were also quite a few sandpipers at the Mud Bog nearby, including Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs, 8+ Solitary Sandpipers, lots of Least Sandpipers, as well as a few Pectoral Sandpipers and Semipalmated Sandpipers. Michael Michael Brothers Marine Science Center Ponce Inlet ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Subject: birding at Ft DeSoto & Tierra Verde on 081210 [birdPIX] From: David Laliberte <dllaliberte AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 03:54:59 -0700 calamospiza AT yahoo.com Subject:  birding at Ft DeSoto & Tierra Verde on 081210 [birdPIX] • Hi all: • On the 12 of August I was at Tierra Verde and Ft. DeSoto during the evening hours and found the following birds that I photographed.  Most of the birds are now transitioning well into basic [non-breeding] plumage.  I did see one Black-bellied Plover that looks to be still in alternate [breeding] plumage, while another bird of that species is in basic plumage. • Tricolored Heron • 081210 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4888929217/ • Little Blue Heron • 081210 • Tierra Verde, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4888928145/ • Snowy Egret • 081210 • Tierra Verde, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4888928507/ • Reddish Egret • 081210 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4889529550/ • Wood Stork • 081210 • Tierra Verde, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4888928929/ • Semipalmated Plover • 081210 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4889529238/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4888930073/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4888929769/ • Wilson’s Plover • 081210 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4888931869/ • Black-bellied Plover • 081210 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4889530360/  [Basic Plumage] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4889527116/  [Alternate Plumage] • Marbled Godwit • 081210 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4888933647/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4888933359/ • Willet • 081210 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4888931257/ • Short-billed Dowitcher • 081210 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4888929463/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4889528166/ • Least Sandpiper • 081210 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4888930971/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4888932243/ • Western Sandpiper • 081210 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4889530606/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4889528986/ • Sanderling • 081210 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4889531066/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4888934427/ • Ruddy Turnstone • 081210 • Tierra Verde, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4888927865/ • Least Tern • 081210 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL [Second Year Plumage] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4889526844/ • Happy birding! • David Laliberte St. Pete, FL • Check out my bird images at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/sets/ ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Short-tailed hawk St. Sebastian River Preserve southwest From: David Simpson <simpsondavid AT MAC.COM> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:27:26 -0400 Hi all, Today, wile running errands, I saw a dark morph Short-tailed hawk over a swamp at the southwest entrance of St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park. The time was about 1300. This entrance is about a mile west of I-95 at Exit 156 (CR 512) on the north side of the road. The swamp is east of the parking lot. This is the third or forth short-tail I have seen at the preserve. I worked there for over 12 years. This is the first on the south side of the preserve. It's also a county bird for me. The others were in association with Herndon Swamp on the north side. They were all in the spring and summer in times which suggested possible breeding. I suspect that this bird is migrating through, given the date. David Simpson Fellsmere, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Fwd: Scientists Ask Public to Report Banded Birds to Help Scientific Research From: Terese Harber <harbersharbor AT AOL.COM> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:15:36 -0400 Just an FYI if anyone observes one of these banded birds. Terese -----Original Message----- From: Bard, Alice To: 'Jack Stout' ; dhall AT sjrwmd.com ; HarbersHarbor AT aol.com Sent: Fri, Aug 13, 2010 8:13 am Subject: FW: Scientists Ask Public to Report Banded Birds to Help Scientific Research The Department of Environmental Protection values your feedback as a customer. DEP Secretary Michael W. Sole is committed to continuously assessing and improving the level and quality of services provided to you. Please take a few minutes to comment on the quality of service you received. Simply click on this link to the DEP Customer Survey. Thank you in advance for completing the survey. From: Kaufmann, Greg Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 9:35AM To: Bach, Jeffrey; Balcer, Natalie;Bard, Alice; Barkdoll, Anne; Becker, Chris; Bente, John;Braem, Sally; Brown, Kristopher L.; Bryan, Dana; Clifton, Amy; Cole, Sam;Copeland, Amy; Cowan, Ernest; Cunningham, Miranda; DePue, Jason; Donaghy, Diana;Duquesnel, Janice; Ebersol, Kristin;Egensteiner, Erik; Ferraro, Trudy; Flanner, Andrew;Gandy, Elizabeth; Garner, Paul; Giguere, Stephen; Golden, Elizabeth; Harris, Meghan M.; Harvey, Anne; Hingtgen, Terry;Jabaly, Charles; Kaufmann, Greg;Keserauskis, Megan; Kunzer, John; Lammardo, Paul; Larremore, Daniel; Ludlow, Mark;McGee, Samantha; McKenzie, John;Miller, Paul; Morgan, Ginger; Morin, Keith; Mulholland, Rosi; Nielsen, Annette;Owen, Mike; Owen, Richard; Papp,Joyce; Parenteau, Craig; Patel, Maulik; Pearson, Daniel; Rossmanith, Robin;Savery, Scott; Simmons, Michael T.; Small, Parks; Spector, Tova;Stiles, Arthur; Vandello, Christopher;Walker, Gregory; Watkins, Donna; Weimer, Jim; Williams, Graham E.; Wooley, Margarette Subject: FW: Scientists Ask Publicto Report Banded Birds to Help Scientific Research FYI DATE: July 18, 2010 16:54:18 CST Scientists Ask Public to Report Banded Birds to HelpScientific Research Key contact numbers · Report oiled shoreline or request volunteer information: (866) 448-5816 · Submit alternative response technology, services or products: (281) 366-5511 · Submit your vessel for the Vessel of Opportunity Program: (866) 279-7983 · Submit a claim for damages: (800) 440-0858 · Report oiled wildlife: (866) 557-1401 Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint Information Center Phone: (713) 323-1670 (713) 323-1671 HOUMA, La.- With largenumbers of birds being rescued, treated, and relocated in the Gulf States as a result of the BP oil spill,people seeing banded birds are asked to report sightings. As part of this unprecedentedunified response to the BP oil spill, we are asking the public to help reportoiled wildlife, as well. A large percentage of captured birds are beingsuccessfully treated and released back into the wild. These birds arebeing fitted with leg bands that provide identifying information to assistFederal scientists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. GeologicalSurvey and other organizations in studying these birds after release. Scientific information being collected from this oil spill will expandthe scope of knowledge that bird researchers and other scientists will have inthe future to help ensure the health of migratory birds. Among otherinformation, scientists will learn the extent to which released birds return totheir original habitat. Birds are released only after wildlife specialists determine they aresufficiently prepared and exhibit natural behavior including waterproofing,self-feeding, normal blood values, and are free of injuries or disease. Theyare released in appropriate habitats where human disturbance is minimal. Whilethe birds are often released in the Gulf area, they are released as far aspossible from areas affected by the BP oil spill. Choosing release sites iscomplicated; biologists want to make sure that birds are released into the samepopulations from which they came, but with as little risk of getting re-exposedto oil as possible. All birds released from rehabilitation are banded for identification purposes. Ultimately, scientists use information gleaned from reports of bandedbirds to help answer a host of questions. Among those questions are: How long do formerly oiled birds survive? Where do the birdstravel? Do immature birds select locations different than breeding-ageadults? Do captured birds return to the area where they were captured? Dorehabilitated birds breed in future nesting seasons – and where? Birds from the BP oil spill are banded with metal federal leg bands with aunique ID number. In addition, brown pelicans also receive a large colorleg band. Three colors of leg bands are being used: · Orange bands with no identification numbers orletters. · Red bands with identifying numbers and letters. · Pink bands with identifying numbers and letters. People who see the birds are asked to report sightings to the NationalBird Banding Lab online: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/default.htmReporting the band number and the bird’s location will help biologistsunderstand the movements and survival of the birds after their release. ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Florida Keys HawkWatch Project From: beachbirder <beachbirder AT BELLSOUTH.NET> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:58:46 -0700 All birders, Sorry I forgot to include a subject heading so I'm resending.� � Wanted to pass this on to all the birders and raptor lovers.� The Florida Keys HawkWatch Project at Curry Hammock SP on Little Crawl Key is being resurrected by the Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA).� The dates the site will be open is September 15th- October 31st.� With the records set during the 2008 season with Peregrine Falcons and Sharp- shinned Hawks this is�great news.� This site�has the largest migration of�Peregrine Falcons anywhere in North America.� Curry Hammock SP is�located�7 miles�NE of Marathon.� It is site #110 on the South Florida Birding Trail map and pg 253 in�A Birder's Guide to Florida by Bill Pranty.� Having been 1 of 3�an observers�for the 2008 season I'm going to do my best to get down and do a little volunteering. � Jim Eager Cape Canaveral� ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: No Subject From: beachbirder <beachbirder AT BELLSOUTH.NET> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:55:00 -0700 All birders, � Wanted to pass this on to all the birders and raptor lovers.� The Florida Keys HawkWatch Project at Curry Hammock SP on Little Crawl Key is being resurrected by the Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA).� The dates the site will be open is September 15th- October 31st.� With the records set during the 2008 season with Peregrine Falcons and Sharp- shinned Hawks this is�great news.� This site�has the largest migration of�Peregrine Falcons anywhere in North America.� Curry Hammock SP is�located�7 miles�NE of Marathon.� It is site #110 on the South Florida Birding Trail map and pg 253 in�A Birder's Guide to Florida by Bill Pranty.� Having been 1 of 3�an observers�for the 2008 season I'm going to do my best to get down and do a little volunteering. � Jim Eager Cape Canaveral� ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Re: Possible Tennessee Warbler at Lake Edna From: David Simpson <simpsondavid AT MAC.COM> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:30:25 -0400 Peggy and all, Stevenson and Anderson's Birdlife of Florida list Sep 4, 1966 Titsuville (central Florida) as the early record for the state. David Simpson Fellsmere, FL On Aug 10, 2010, at 6:14 PM, Jennifer Rycenga wrote: > Peggy Macres and I are here in Florida, visiting family and friends > and enjoying some Florida summer birding. The kettles of Swallow- > tailed Kites in the Keys, along with an impressive migrant push of > Purple Martins today, were impressive aerial shows we'd not seen > before. There are still half-a-dozen Roseate Terns feeding young > atop the Government Center in Marathon, five Antillean Nighthawks > at the airport, and abundant Gray Kingbirds and Black-whiskered > Vireos on Key Largo. > > However, our most unusual sighting came this morning, August 10, as > we were trying to get in some quick birding around the raindrops. > Frustrated in our search for shorebirds at Lake Edna east of > Marathon, we then found a trail along what appeared to be a closed > section of Crain Road on the south east side of the Lake. As soon > as we entered the trail, we heard a mixed warbler flock. It > contained three American Redstarts, a Black-and-White Warbler, and > a bird that I have tentatively identified as a fall Tennessee > Warbler. I hesitate to say that, because it seems too early for > the Tennessee Warbler to have reached here in its migration, or to > have bred in the Keys. But this bird came across to my west coast > eyes as an elongated version of an Orange-crowned Warbler, with a > much more prominent eye line and black line coming out of the back > of the eye than on an OCW. It was yellow over the breast, with no > breast markings, and darker on the back. There were no wing bars. > The bird responded immediately to pishing, and remained active and > on eye-level with us for about 20-30 seconds before busily flitting > out of view. IF I had no question about the seasonality of this > sighting, I'd have no doubt about my identification. But since I > know that August 10th is very early for a migrant Tennessee > Warbler, I am writing to the list to ask if there are historical > records from South Florida or the Keys for a Tennessee this early. > Needless to say, we got no pictures, because the constant threat of > rain had kept the camera in the car! > > Thanks, and good birding to all - > > Jennifer Rycenga > Half Moon Bay, CA > visit http://birding.sequoia-audubon.org/ > The San Mateo County Birding Guide > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______ > FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: > Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm > For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; > To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l > nomail; > To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l > mail; > To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; > To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu > Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Possible Tennessee Warbler at Lake Edna From: Jennifer Rycenga <gyrrlfalcon AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:14:46 -0400 Peggy Macres and I are here in Florida, visiting family and friends and enjoying some Florida summer birding. The kettles of Swallow- tailed Kites in the Keys, along with an impressive migrant push of Purple Martins today, were impressive aerial shows we'd not seen before. There are still half-a-dozen Roseate Terns feeding young atop the Government Center in Marathon, five Antillean Nighthawks at the airport, and abundant Gray Kingbirds and Black-whiskered Vireos on Key Largo. However, our most unusual sighting came this morning, August 10, as we were trying to get in some quick birding around the raindrops. Frustrated in our search for shorebirds at Lake Edna east of Marathon, we then found a trail along what appeared to be a closed section of Crain Road on the south east side of the Lake. As soon as we entered the trail, we heard a mixed warbler flock. It contained three American Redstarts, a Black-and-White Warbler, and a bird that I have tentatively identified as a fall Tennessee Warbler. I hesitate to say that, because it seems too early for the Tennessee Warbler to have reached here in its migration, or to have bred in the Keys. But this bird came across to my west coast eyes as an elongated version of an Orange-crowned Warbler, with a much more prominent eye line and black line coming out of the back of the eye than on an OCW. It was yellow over the breast, with no breast markings, and darker on the back. There were no wing bars. The bird responded immediately to pishing, and remained active and on eye-level with us for about 20-30 seconds before busily flitting out of view. IF I had no question about the seasonality of this sighting, I'd have no doubt about my identification. But since I know that August 10th is very early for a migrant Tennessee Warbler, I am writing to the list to ask if there are historical records from South Florida or the Keys for a Tennessee this early. Needless to say, we got no pictures, because the constant threat of rain had kept the camera in the car! Thanks, and good birding to all - Jennifer Rycenga Half Moon Bay, CA visit http://birding.sequoia-audubon.org/ The San Mateo County Birding Guide ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Birding the PB/Hendry Co Sod Farms From: Vincent McGrath <mcavian AT AOL.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 20:59:34 -0400 Jose Padilla, Walt Winton and I set out from Ft Myers along SR-80 on 8/8 for points east. Our first stop was Clewiston for Mynas, the day began overcast which helped greatly with the temps. No luck but many gray and eastern kingbirds on the lines and oaks chasing every fish crow they saw. Heading east we turned south at Lake Harbor. Within a mile we tallied numerous barn and cliff swallows with a few n rough-winged. We had hundreds more all day long. Three Barn Owls greeted us at the ancient cedars. We headed east along Bolles Canal Rd and immediately encountered a Great White Heron farther down 2 more barn owls flew out of a canal control station. Before we reached US-27 a King Rail stood in the road preening as we stopped for excellent photos. We haedes south on 27 to the ( now defunct) sod fields at the radio tower. There was a series of wet fields before we got there and it produced the first of the day's many black terns, stilts, waders and a yellow warbler. We crossed over the canal and headed north along the frontage following King Ranch, not much except several gull-billed terns working the canal, until we reached a series of overgrown wet fields- a purple gallinule was sunning atop a shrub. We encountered several solitary sandpiper here. Off to Browns Farm Rd - We found huge wet fields a couple of miles down over the canal on the left. It was nothing short of a birder's dream. Scores of pectoral, stilt, least, 1 semipalmated sandpiper, and much more, waders galore- storks, spoonbills, and to me an unusual high number of both night herons. Many fulvous and black- bellied whistling ducks. Black-bellied were seen in as many as 10 locations in Palm Beach, Hendry, and Collier Co. Another barn owl farther down BF Rd in a Casuarina grove. We checked Grandview Rd off of SR-880 and it was productive if not as BF Rd. Off to Blumberg Rd in hopes of the reported Ani, no luck but the flooded fields were great, after a few towhees and a Bobwhite that was in the road the rains caught up to us. When we turned south at Clewiston on SR-835 we found where the Swallow- tailed Kites are- 14 circling low heading south and dozens of c. Nighthawks. We returned to Lee Co via Devil's Garden spotting snail kite, limpkin, turkey, sandhill crane, bald eagle, caracaras, a few other species and close crossing Bobcat, or crossed then turned and crossed back, awesome looks. Mcavian AT aol.com Vince McGrath Fort Myers, Fl ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Molly the Barn Owl From: "Murray Gardler" <mangrovefirst AT tampabay.rr.com> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 18:50:17 -0400 Here is a web site that is not cluttered with Netflix ads. Right now feeding young! http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8825949 Murray Gardler Brooksville, FL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Molly the Barn Owl From: Murray Gardler <mangrovefirst AT TAMPABAY.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 18:50:17 -0400 Here is a web site that is not cluttered with Netflix ads. Right now feeding young! http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8825949 Murray Gardler Brooksville, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Louisiana waterthrush From: Ted Center <tdcenter AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 18:17:07 -0400 We just had a Louisiana waterthrush in our yard in Fort Lauderdale at a saucer of water. Our 101st yard bird (not counting exotics) and 29th warbler. Ted & Barb Center Fort Lauderdale, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Ft. DeSoto & Tierra Verde 080610 birdPIX From: David Laliberte <dllaliberte AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 05:03:00 -0700 calamospiza AT yahoo.com Subject:  Ft. DeSoto & Tierra Verde 080610 birdPIX • Hi all: • I foto-birded Tierra Verde and Ft. DeSoto on August 6 during the late afternoon. • Semipalmated Plover • 080610 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4868116103/ • Wilson’s Plover • 080610 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4868729434/ • Willet • 080610 • Tierra Verde, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4868115395/ • Western Sandpiper • 080610 • Ft. DeSoto, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4868116343/ • Royal Tern • 080610 • Tierra Verde, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4868115639/ • Sandwich Tern • 080610 • Tierra Verde, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4868116723/ • Black Skimmer • 080610 • Tierra Verde, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4868115143/ • Fish Crow • 080610 • Tierra Verde, Pinellas Co., FL http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4868116537/ • Happy birding! • David Laliberte St. Pete, FL • Check out my bird images at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/sets/ ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: MINWR Shorebirds 8/8/10 From: "Thomas J. Dunkerton" <woundedmallard AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 15:49:17 -0400 Hey Everybirdy, Notables: Yellow Warblers on Peacock's Pocket Belted kingfisher on Biolab marbled godwits on Biolab Shorebirds have exploded to some extent on biolab and Blackpoint but in limited areas but the numbers were VERY impressive. On Blackpoint they are favoring the pond on the right hand side between Stops 2 and 3- at least 100 BN Stils along with a few Stilt Sandpipers and one White-rumped. Many Western SAndpipers have now arrived to accompany the Semipalmated and least pipers. there was also a lone Gull-billed Tern. Another area of interest was the circular pond on the left about 1/4 mile past stop 11. FILLED with Shorebirds- Many Pectoral and Stilt Sandpipers along with a nice mix of SB Dowitchers and all the peeps as well as Semipalmated Plovers and both Yellowlegs sp. Biolab impressed me the most. The impoundmnet on the right as your heading south, just before you come back out to Mosquito Lagoon was teeming with Shorebirds!! Marbled Godwits and many Stilt Sandpipers and more Pectoral Sandpipers than I've seen in a couple of years. It was the most glorious shorebird bonanza I've seen in about 5 or 6 years out there, particularly to have them all concentrated in one area. The south end of Peacock's Pocket had several American Avocets lounging around along with many Least Terns spread out all over the back flats. Black Terns were dipping here and there and there were many Forster's Terns as well. West Gator Creek still has a good gathering of Royal and Sandwich Terns. Parents continually flying back and forth from the IRL feeding the constantly begging juveniles. One of the more rewarding days in recent memory at the Refuge, get out there while you can! Tom Dunkerton Titusville, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Snowy plovers on Atlantic coast From: patrick leary <prleary AT BELLSOUTH.NET> Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 08:37:22 -0400 Members: In the last two days, three juvenile Snowy Plovers (two together) have been recorded in extreme NE Florida and adjoining SE Georgia (only the third record for GA) Although multiple SNPL have been recorded in this region in prior years, none have occurred so early in migration. Given these developments, other SNPL may appear elsewhere on Florida's Atlantic shores and members should be attentive to their presence. Additional SNPL sightings on the Atlantic shore may have significance for gauging impacts on the gulf and hence should be documented. Patrick Leary, Fernandina Beach, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Coastal NW Florida & Alabama information requested (oil spill response) From: Lucy and Bob Duncan <town_point AT BELLSOUTH.NET> Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 14:56:30 -0500 This is also to birders in the "Florida Panhandle to a point north of Cedar Key." Forwarded by Lucy Duncan, Gulf Breeze, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: steve_holzman To: albirds AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 2:45 PM Hi Alabama Birders, The USFWS would like to enlist the help of local birders in identifying significant sea/shorebird habitat (focusing on fall and winter use) along MS, AL, and the panhandle of Florida (to a point north of Cedar Key). An easy way to report the coordinates is from the website http://mapper.acme.com . Pan around until the crosshair in the center is on top of the area, then report the coordinates displayed in the lower right. Send your sites and a description of the species that use the area directly to me at steve_holzman AT fws.gov. Thanks! (P.S. Bob & Lucy can you forward this to the two Florida lists for me?) -- Steve Holzman, North High Shoals, GA steve_holzman AT yahoo.com __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: a.. 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Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest . Unsubscribe . Terms of Use. __,_._,___ ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Florida Keys From: beachbirder <beachbirder AT BELLSOUTH.NET> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 15:21:06 -0700 Just wanted to pass this along.� If there is anyone in the Keys doing some birding I observed Roseate Terns still nesting and rearing young on the roof of the Government Center in Marathon. They are on the back building that sits on the Gulf.� I observed 4 adults fly off and return with fish and could also hear a lot of squakking.� Unfortunately since it is a flat roof I only saw adults as they flew off. � Jim Eager Cape Canaveral ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Wislon's Plovers - MINWR 8/1/10 From: "Thomas J. Dunkerton" <woundedmallard AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 11:33:25 -0400 Hey Everybirdy, Quick hit- pair of Wilson's Plovers on West Gator Creek yesterday morning- the migratory ones often pass through this time of year. Wouldn't be surprised to find several up on Shiloh although it's quite dry now, so you'd better have scope in tow. A few gray kingbirds on Blackpoint- 2 juveniles. Was kinda cool to see a Box Turtle coming out of the recently burned marsh between Stops 9 and 10 as well. See you out there! Tom Dunkerton Titusville, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Summer reports for FFN From: John Murphy <southmoonunder AT MCHSI.COM> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 06:26:14 -0500 Big Bend Birders,  I am currently accepting reports of significant summer (1 June - 31 July) sightings from the Big Bend (Gadsden, Liberty, Gulf, Franklin, Wakulla, Leon & Jefferson counties) for possible publication in FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST & NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS.  Please use the following format, listing observations in phylogenetic order: Species Number of individuals Location Date Observer(s) Additionally, please include field notes, detailed description or photographs of any rare species, or species which present an identification challenge. If you have any questions, please contact me at southmoonunder AT mchsi.com   Thanks very much. John Murphy Alligator Pt, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Summer reports for FFN From: John Murphy <southmoonunder AT mchsi.com> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 06:26:14 -0500 (CDT) Big Bend Birders,  I am currently accepting reports of significant summer (1 June - 31 July) sightings from the Big Bend (Gadsden, Liberty, Gulf, Franklin, Wakulla, Leon & Jefferson counties) for possible publication in FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST & NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS.  Please use the following format, listing observations in phylogenetic order: Species Number of individuals Location Date Observer(s) Additionally, please include field notes, detailed description or photographs of any rare species, or species which present an identification challenge. If you have any questions, please contact me at southmoonunder AT mchsi.com   Thanks very much. John Murphy Alligator Pt, FL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Dinner Island Ranch WMA & Palm Beach Sod Farms Results From: Vincent P Lucas <vplucas AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 16:53:04 -0400 Yesterday, July 31, 2010, Pete Thayer and I birded Dinner Island Ranch WMA in Hendry County and the Palm beach County sod farms south of South bay and Belle Glade. We left Naples at about 5:45AM and arrived at Dinner Island Ranch shortly after sunrise. On our way out CR846, east of Immokalee, just over the Collier County/Hendry County line, we had a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck flyby. Further east on CR846 before the junction of CR833, he had three different Snail Kites and 8-10 Limpkins in various places. In one small wetland field alone, there were six Limpkins all feeding communally. Dinner Island Ranch was great as usual. We saw many of the expected waders but the highlights had to be the three King Rails that came out of the wetland pass the hunter's check-in kiosk and which walked in front of us on the road, not twenty feet from where we stood. Thanks to Don MacKrell for some pointers on where to find these birds at dinner island Ranch. There were many Eastern Meadowlarks, mostly juveniles, everywhere. Northern Bobwhites were calling as were Sandhill Cranes. An unexpected Barred owl in a distant tree was a nice find. Red-shouldered Hawks and at least one Belted Kingfisher and several Green Herons all stood sentinel on the various powerlines. Crested Caracara were present as usual, too. White-tailed Deer were fairly common as well. A pair of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks was also nice to see. We next went north to Clewiston and easily found the Common Mynas at the Burger King on route 80. At the Walmart in town, numerous Barn Swallows were hawing insects in and around the box store. On the way out, a family of four Gray Kingbirds were perched on the telephone line as we exited back to route 80. Along the Miami Canal, we found two Barn Owls in the champion Red Cedars but the views of these birds were fleeting. Many swallows, mostly Barns (ubiquitous everywhere we went throughout the day) and some Cliff swallows, were sitting on the powerlines along the canal or hawking insects. Try as we might, we could not find one Bank Swallow at this site nor anywhere else all day long. Note: there were literally thousands of Wandering Gliders (Globe Skimmers) everywhere we went. Some of the swarms in in the high hundreds for sure. Migration for that Odonate, at least, is in full swing south of Lake Okeechobee. A pair of Eastern Kingbirds was present as was an unidentified "yellowish" warbler that did not give us satisfactory looks. We next tried to find suitable habitat i.e. sod farms along US Rte. 27 south of he microwave tower south of Okeelanta Sugar Refinery and found the former sod fields but it seems this year, sugarcane is a much more profitable crop to grow. Pete speculated that with the bust in the building economy in places like Ft. Myers and naples, there isn't as much as a demand for sod so farmers are utilizing the land to grow more sugarcane. Good theory. We did find some sod fields along US Rte. 27 namely at the King Ranch and a few other properties. However, none of them held any water, not even a puddle, so the only shorebirds we could find there were Killdeer. On the other hand, we did find some fields that had been freshly flooded (to combat nematodes) and in these fields along US Rte. 27, we did find many Black-necked Stilts, Lesser Yellowlegs, a few Pectoral Sandpipers and Least Sandpipers. Several Black Terns made a pass through the flooded field as well. Our best birding this day would come as we made our way to Browns Farm Road at Six Mile Bend. In another plowed field we had hundreds of Glossy Ibis, well over 25 Gull-billed Terns, 15 or so Least Terns, 3 Caspian Terns, a few Forsters Terns and a half-dozen or so Black Terns. There were 22 Roseate Spoonbills feeding together as well as hundreds of the usual waders including many Wood Storks. Shorebirds included on Spotted Sandpiper, both yellowlegs, many Least Sandpipers, one Black-bellied Plover, many Pectoral Sandpipers, hundreds of Black- necked Stilts, Killdeer and one American Avocet still in breeding plumage. There were several dozen Laughing Gulls in various stages of molt plus one lone Black Skimmer. A few Belted Kingfishers were also seen somewhere during the day but I did not take note of where since I saw my FOTS a couple of weeks ago at STA-5. Further afield, we made our way over to Gladeview Rd (former Roth Sod Farm property) further east off of CR-880. Here we hit the mother lode of flooded fields/muck fields. The number of Glossy Ibis and other waders was astonishing. Best birds here were five more American Avocets along with more of the various tern species and shorebirds. Many, many Common Nighthawks were flying everywhere but the most interesting behaviors observed were one CONI plucking some sort of insect out of the water along the canal/ditch that parallels this road. No, it was not "drinking" water. Lots of other CONIs were sitting on little mounds of the black loam in the flooded field. If you didn't know to look at these mounds, one would never see them as they blend in very well. There were hundreds of Laughing Gulls, many of them juveniles, in various plumages too. We didn't have any of the better shorebirds (other than perhaps the American Avocets) but it was a great day anyway. Those pesky dowitchers out there avoided certain identification because they were too distant and the heat shimmer didn't allow for close scrutiny. If i had to guess, i'd say most if not all were Short-billed dowitchers due to their coloration and "jizz". We counted well over 300 Fulvous Whistling Ducks at this location. One set of parents was chaperoning over thirty ducklings in a line. Too cute. The only other ducks here were Mottled Ducks. Did I mention that it was wicked hot out there? I'll definitely be back though in the coming weeks, perhaps hooking up with TAS on their fieldtrip on August 28th. Lastly, we went back to Naples via Snake Rd./Government Rd/CR 833 or whatever this road is properly called via I-75 (Alligator Alley). We looked in vain for the White-tailed Kite that Paul Bithorn reported from this location a week ago but could not find it. He had to settle for a consolation prize of Swallow-tailed Kite instead. Such a graceful bird. Good birding to all. Vincent Lucas Naples, FL vplucas AT comcast.net ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: FOSRC meeting results From: Andrew Kratter <kratter AT FLMNH.UFL.EDU> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:20:32 -0400 The Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee met yesterday (31 July) at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Among the 50 or so submissions assessed, we accepted two new species to the Official State List: Ancient Murrelet, 15 Dec 2009, Volusia Co. (specimen) Red-legged Thrush, 31 May 2010, Brevard Co. (photos) That brings the list up to 510 species. We also accepted records for the following species with fewer than five accepted records: Yellow-nosed Albatross, Key West, 2009 Neotropical Cormorant, Viera, 2009 Neotropcial Cormorant, Wakulla Co, 2009-10. Bar-tailed Godwit 28 Mar 2010, Flamingo Surfbird, 14 Mar 2010, Levy Co. Atlantic Puffin, Martin Co. Jan 2010 (specimen) Atlantic Puffin, Breavrd Co., Feb 2010 Long-eared Owl (two specimens from the 1990s) Green-tailed Towhee (1 Nov 2009 - 10 Mar 2010, Escambia Co.) A number of other submissions were accepted. Details will be posted on the FOS website within the next few months, and I will personally contact all who submitted records and reports. Keep up the exciting birding in Florida! Andy Kratter Secretary members: Sally Jue Mark Berney John Murphy Bruce Anderson Jon Greenlaw, Ed Kwater ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: MISSISSIPPI KITES IN Clay County From: Lenore McCullagh <lmcstjohns AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:22:04 +0000 Nothing as impressive as what Bill Pranty reported for Ed K but 2 MIKI-birds of the year- were seen soaring over US 17 in Clay County at 0810 on 07/26/10,  N of where Black Creek enters the St. Johns River. We often see Swallow-tailed Kites in this area and in years past this area has served as a mini staging area for the STKIs usually accompanied by a few MIKIs A couple of years ago 21 STKI were staging here and 1 MIKI was nest building during all this activity. The MIKI left when the SWKIs left. The Kites seem to like the dead trees in the area. It appears that the hydrology of the area has changed due to development, killing many trees. Someone recently reported a Kingfisher. I had one soaring high over US17 near the kite area on 07/24/10. My first for the season. At Bayard I am seeing Northern Parulas. Are these migrants? They breed there but I have not seen nor heard NOPA in some time until 07/23/10. BTW, at 1530 I was out on US17 and my car thermometer read 103. Lucky birding to all, Lenore McCullagh Orange Park Clay County ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Long-billed Curlew From: Jack Rogers <jrogers62 AT CFL.RR.COM> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:13:06 -0400 Hi All, Visited Ft. DeSoto this morning. Found a Long-billed Curlew foraging along the north end lagoon. Thought this image might be worth sharing. Obviously a productive morning for us both. Enjoy, Jack http://www.pbase.com/paleojack/image/127009849 Jack Rogers Oviedo, Florida ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Long-billed Curlew From: "Jack Rogers" <jrogers62 AT cfl.rr.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:13:06 -0400 Hi All, Visited Ft. DeSoto this morning. Found a Long-billed Curlew foraging along the north end lagoon. Thought this image might be worth sharing. Obviously a productive morning for us both. Enjoy, Jack http://www.pbase.com/paleojack/image/127009849 Jack Rogers Oviedo, Florida [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: There goes the neighborhood! 7/29/10 From: "Thomas J. Dunkerton" <woundedmallard AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:50:15 -0400 Hey Everybirdy, Ran on Shiloh yesterday evening, it's drying up pretty quick, rather large fish kill. Many Wood Storks, Black-necked Stilts and Mottled Ducks, particularly on the north end. Few scattered Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers finally making use of the Lagoon side of the dike. White Pelicans still around but among them I found a not so welcome sight. One lone Mute Swan! There goes the neighborhood! The flock of American Avocets switched over to West Gator Creek last night as well, since much of their favored areas on Blackpoint have dried up. FWS did a controlled burn on Blackpoint yesterday morning but it was open as I drove past in the evening so I gave it a run. Fairly sparse but a few Pectorals between stop 2 and 3 on the right hand side was a nice sight. Wouldn't mind a little wind change to bring some water back in to Stop 6 and 7 but the heat might prevent that from happening as well. Peacock's Pocket is scheduled to be closed today for a burn as well as East Gator Creek I believe. See you out there! Tom Dunkerton Titusville, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Purple Gallinules 7/26/10 From: Danny Bales <sueredfish AT MSN.COM> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:31:01 -0400 My wife, and I were at a park in Leesburg a while back. My wife enjoys feeding the ducks, pigeons, ect. While I was there I noticed that Purple Gallinules were nesting all over the park. Most of my experience with these birds is that they are hard to approach. Not so at this park. One actually jumped up on the bench my wife was on, and took bread out of her hand! I ran across this picture, and though I'd share it with you all. www.flickr.com/photos/mudhen/4829278230 Danny Bales Titusville, Fla. _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Late report on my visit to Corkscrew/ six Gray Kingbirds at Brasher Park, Port Richey From: Paul <underthemilkyway AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:25:17 -0400 On Saturday 17 July the Naturecoast NPS visited Corkscrew Audubon Sanctuary, mainly to see the Ghost Orchid. The Orchid did not disappoint and we had a good visit on the hot couple of miles of boardwalk. No birders were in evidence and I did not see any birds that are not also in my backyard. Remarkable was the report from park staff that the Woodstorks had no successful nests at all in the Sanctuary this year. They cited no reason for this and I asked if feral Pythons or Nile Monitors were present. They said there was one unconfirmed sighting of a Python only. On the way home on I75 we saw the carcass of a six foot Monitor near Cape Coral. I shot video while we were at Corkscrew. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-TzLeLAkRI. Here in SW Pasco Mike Kell counted over 100 Stork nests in his yard this year and he was written up in the Tampa Tribune. Link: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/jul/22/audubon-society-vice-president-enjoys-view/. In other Pasco news I counted six Gray Kingbirds on 7/24/10 at Brasher park which is near Walmart, Port Richey. Ken Tracey is of the opinion these would be southward migrants. See you out there. Paul Francois, Holiday, FL http://paulies.wordpress.com/ ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: kilos of killdeers From: Tom Palmer <tomp47 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:53:31 -0700 Stopped by sod farms �on Avon Park Cutoff Roadi in Southern Polk County this morning. I had 112 Killsdeers in one field and nothing in the one farther west. � Both have been good over the years. The former yielded Buff-breasted Sandpipers. The latter has yilelded a Ruff (in plumage change). Tom Palmer Winter Haven Follow my environmental musings at www.lakebluescrub.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Yellow Warbler From: Lucy and Bob Duncan <town_point AT BELLSOUTH.NET> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:55:18 -0500 Yesterday I had the first Yellow Warbler of the season fly over here in Gulf Breeze. They're late this year. Bob Duncan Gulf Breeze, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Snail Kite From: Tom Palmer <tomp47 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:47:00 -0700 Dear All, Just a note to check out the redesigned Snail Kite, the newsletter of the Florida Ornithological Society. See it at www.fosbirds.org Tom Palmer Winter Haven Follow my environmental musings at www.lakebluescrub.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: visitor From: Ali Iyoob <Aliiyoob AT NC.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:31:48 -0400 Hi all, I am visiting the Keys in a week from Raleigh, NC, and am wondering if there are any cool rarities staked out there. I am staying on Summerland Key, and will be Key hopping. Also, can I expect Swainson's Hawk? I saw they were labeled "common" on an internet checklist, but just wanted to confirm, as it would be a lifer for me. Thanks! Ali Iyoob Raleigh NC ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Louisiana waterthrush From: chris mason <mason_cb AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:06:43 -0400 On 7/18/10 one Louisiana Waterthrush was seen on the Wakulla Springs hiking trail and one at the twin bridges at St. Marks NWR. Chris Mason Tallahassee _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Louisiana Waterthrush. DeLeon Springs. Volusia County From: Michael Brothers <mbrothers AT CO.VOLUSIA.FL.US> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:10:58 -0400 Yesterday morning, 7/19, I stopped by DeLeon Springs State Park, Volusia County, and found one lone Louisiana Waterthrush. Late last week on 7/ 15, I found 5 Great Black-backed Gulls and two Lesser Black-backed Gulls on Disappearing Island in Ponce de Leon Inlet. There was also a lone Marbled Godwit. Interestingly, there were also 2 Glossy Ibis. Although fairly common inland and at the Shiloh Marshes, this is the first time that I have found Glossy Ibis in the Inlet. Michael Michael Brothers Marine Science Center Ponce Inlet ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: Reporting banded birds from the oil spill From: Lucy and Bob Duncan <town_point AT BELLSOUTH.NET> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:20:27 -0500 At the end of the bulletin below you will find info on the colored bands on the oiled and rehabilitated birds as well as where to report them. Lucy Duncan Gulf Breeze, FL DATE: July 18, 2010 16:54:18 CST Scientists Ask Public to Report Banded Birds to Help Scientific Research Key contact numbers a.. Report oiled shoreline or request volunteer information: (866) 448-5816 b.. Submit alternative response technology, services or products: (281) 366-5511 c.. Submit your vessel for the Vessel of Opportunity Program: (866) 279-7983 d.. Submit a claim for damages: (800) 440-0858 e.. Report oiled wildlife: (866) 557-1401 Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint Information Center Phone: (713) 323-1670 (713) 323-1671 HOUMA, La.- With large numbers of birds being rescued, treated, and relocated in the Gulf States as a result of the BP oil spill, people seeing banded birds are asked to report sightings. As part of this unprecedented unified response to the BP oil spill, we are asking the public to help report oiled wildlife, as well. A large percentage of captured birds are being successfully treated and released back into the wild. These birds are being fitted with leg bands that provide identifying information to assist Federal scientists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey and other organizations in studying these birds after release. Scientific information being collected from this oil spill will expand the scope of knowledge that bird researchers and other scientists will have in the future to help ensure the health of migratory birds. Among other information, scientists will learn the extent to which released birds return to their original habitat. Birds are released only after wildlife specialists determine they are sufficiently prepared and exhibit natural behavior including waterproofing, self-feeding, normal blood values, and are free of injuries or disease. They are released in appropriate habitats where human disturbance is minimal. While the birds are often released in the Gulf area, they are released as far as possible from areas affected by the BP oil spill. Choosing release sites is complicated; biologists want to make sure that birds are released into the same populations from which they came, but with as little risk of getting re-exposed to oil as possible. All birds released from rehabilitation are banded for identification purposes. Ultimately, scientists use information gleaned from reports of banded birds to help answer a host of questions. Among those questions are: How long do formerly oiled birds survive? Where do the birds travel? Do immature birds select locations different than breeding-age adults? Do captured birds return to the area where they were captured? Do rehabilitated birds breed in future nesting seasons - and where? Birds from the BP oil spill are banded with metal federal leg bands with a unique ID number. In addition, brown pelicans also receive a large color leg band. Three colors of leg bands are being used: a.. Orange bands with no identification numbers or letters. b.. Red bands with identifying numbers and letters. c.. Pink bands with identifying numbers and letters. People who see the birds are asked to report sightings to the National Bird Banding Lab online: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/default.htm Reporting the band number and the bird's location will help biologists understand the movements and survival of the birds after their release. ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: More Terns [Least, Caspian, Forster’s] at Gandy beach [birdPIX] From: David Laliberte <dllaliberte AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:42:21 -0700 calamospiza AT yahoo.com Subject:  More Terns [Least, Caspian, Forster’s] at Gandy beach [birdPIX] • Hi all: • I have been out to Gandy beach several times including the end of June and beginning of July.  I mainly wanted to see and photograph Terns, which congregate here during the mid to late summer season.  I have already posted several pix of terns during late June at Gandy beach, including Back Terns; they are still there. • This time I am primarily focusing on Least Terns.  I have a comparison of three age groups of LETE including adult, second season, and this year’s fledglings.  I captured a couple of pix that show the adult with a small minnow caught for their nearby fledglings.  • I found a mystery tern and took a pix of it.  At first I tried to turn it into a Gull-billed Tern but the beak is not quite right to be that bird.  Sharon Pratt found a Gull-billed Tern and shot a pix of her bird a couple of days before. I haven’t seen this species at Gandy.  My mystery tern is approximately 14” about the right size of Forster’s. The beak was too short and not as slender for that of a Sandwich Tern.  Tentatively, I am thinking that it might be a young Forster’s Tern.  I have consulted several of my field reference books but nothing definitive yet.  Any ideas about what it might be? • I did find and photograph an adult Caspian Tern that was associated with some Royal Terns as shown here for comparison. • Least Terns - This year’s fledgling birds http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4801727044/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4801093601/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4801726180/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4801725924/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4801725722/ • Least Terns - second year [last year’s birds] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4801094215/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4801725460/ • Least Terns - Adult http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4801726828/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4801093395/  • Forster’s Tern – alternate [breeding] plumage http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4775253611/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4775890108/ • mystery tern - Forster’s Tern possibly a juvenile http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4801719076/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4801085979/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4801718576/ • Caspian Tern & Royal Tern http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4801713480/ • Caspian Tern http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobirder/4801713286/ • Happy birding • David Laliberte St. Pete, FL ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m Subject: MIGRANT From: Lenore McCullagh <lmcstjohns AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:00:53 +0000 This morning (07/16/10) at 7:30AM a Louisiana Waterthrush was seen near the St. Johns River at Bayard Conservation Area on Eaglepoint Trail East of Green Cove Springs in Clay County. Lenore McCullagh Orange Park Clay County ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send listserv AT lists.ufl.edu Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: listserv AT lists.ufl.edu MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: FLORIDABIRDS-L-REQUEST AT lists.ufl.edu Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m