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I have been getting emails from some of the learned birders in Fl regarding the 
rare sighting of a White- 

breasted Nutach that I spotted at Three Lakes WMA, in Osceola county, on Monday 
November 19, 

2007 at approximately 10:00 am. Entering the WMA on Rd 5 (northern entrance off 
Canoe Creek Rd 

and consulting the Prairie Lakes Unit map I picked up on our way in) The WBNU 
was spotted in the 

area of the 1st painted tree designating a Red-cockaded Woodpecker nest(on the 
south side of the road). 

I spotted the WBNU approximately 25 yds east of the 1st Red-cockaded nest site, 
on the north side of 

Rd 5. Tom Dunkerton and I had been looking at a Red-cockaded Woodpecker and 
several Brown- 

headed Nuthatches. I walked away from Tom and started scanning the pine trees, 
on the north side of the road, for more BHNU's when the White-breasted flew 
into a pine tree within my field of vision without having to move my 
binoculars. I called out, to Tom, that I had spotted a WBNU but by the time he 
was 

able to get to my location we could not relocate the bird. I might have scared 
it off when I called out. 

I tried phissing but no luck. I had a recording with me but didn't think to 
play it. So, unfortunately I don't 

have any photographic evidence of this sighting. Before moving to central FL I 
lived in NW Georgia 

and for 13 years had WBNU in my yard all year round and am extremely familiar 
with the species. I 

know a picture is worth a thousand words and believe me I wish I had one but 
unequivocally I am 100% 

positive of my id. I am just as shocked as all the more learned birders that 
keep documented records 

of the occurence of this species so far south of its range. I would like to 
revisit the area in hopes of 

relocating the bird and would go along to point out the exact location. Also, 
it was pointed out that the post I entered Monday evening was a little vague 
and didn't seem to have the urgency, in the post, that should be given to such 
a rare sighting. Frankly I knew it was far south of its range but never dreamed 
of the rarity and that it had never been seen in Osceola or any of the 
surrounding counties. I apologize for that but I had no way of knowing that 
info as I don't have knowledge of where to go about getting information such as 
an Annotated Bird Checklist for the state of Florida. Any input as to where I 
might be able to obtain a copy of something along those lines would be greatly 
appreciated. I hope I have answered many questions as to this rare sighting. 
Also, I guess I could say look at page 381 of The Sibley Guide to Birds and 
page 332 of National Geographics Field Guide to Birds of North America, 4th 
edition for a description of the bird but as I stated ab! 

 ove I a
m 100% positive of my sighting.
Also, my apologies to the listserv moderators if I over stepped the parameters 
of the listserv rules but I 

wanted to type one email to address all the emails I've received.
Thank you for your indulgence.

Good birding,

Jim Eager
Cape Canaveral
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Sorry for the late post. I did not have access to a computer yesterday.  

Yesterday, 11/19, I found a Crested Caracara at the bridge over the St. John's 
River on RT 415, near Osteen, Volusia County. The bird came in and landed in a 
tree about two hundred feet away. I got out my scope and the bird dropped down. 
It came back up again with what I thought was a small rodent. However, in the 
scope it turned out to be a section of Sabal Palm inner bark fiber -- potential 
nesting material? The Caracara flew off with the fiber to the north and 
disappeared among the palms along the south shore of Lake Monroe. 


Later I stopped by Tomoka State Park in Ormond Beach. I found a raft of 30+ 
Lesser Scaup, one Horned Grebe, one Common Loon, and two female Surf Scoters. 


This morning, 11/20, I found a Purple Sandpiper on the North Jetty of Ponce 
Inlet. Also, along the beach among the hundreds of Royal and Sandwich Terns, 
there were three Common Terns. 


Have a great Thanksgiving!

Michael

Michael Brothers
Marine Science Center
Ponce Inlet

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Tom Dunkerton and I took a road trip, today, to Joe Overstreet and Three Lakes 
WMA in Osceola 

County, Florida Birding Trail sites #102 & #103.  Highlights as follows:

Joe Overstreet

Snail Kite--2
Bald Eagle--2
Northern Harrier--1
Red-shouldered Hawk
Crested Caracara--2
American Kestrel--numerous
Sandhill Crane--100+
Whooping Crane--5
Lesser Yellowlegs--1
Long-billed Dowitcher--1
Least Sandpipers--6
Wilson's Snipe--4
Barred Owl--1 (along Canoe Creek Rd)
Tree Swallows--numerous
Wild Turkey--numerous (along Canoe Creek Rd and St Rd 534)

Three Lakes WMA

Red-cockaded Woodpecker--2
White-eyed Vireo--1
Yellow-throated Vireo--1 (had all 3 vireos in 1 tree)
Blue-headed Vireo--1
Tufted Titmouse--1
White-breasted Nuthatch--1
Brown-headed Nuthatch--8
House Wren--6
Eastern Bluebird--2
Yellow-rumped Warbler--numerous
Pine Warbler--numerous
Palm Warbler--numerous (both eastern & western subspecies)
Black-and-white Warbler--1
Savannah Sparrow--4

Also went to Jetty Pk in search of Ken LaBorde's, Franklin Gull . Today was the 
3rd day in a row searching but no luck. Also seen: 


Northern Gannets--4
Black Scoters--4
Peregrine Falcon--1
Red Knot--1 (on rocks while searching for Purple Sandpipers (no luck))
Also 2 unidentifiable duck sp. flying with Black Scoters
Saw a total of 78 species.


Jim Eager
Cape Canaveral
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Hi all - I took a bike/hike down Ft. Pickens Rd (Escambia Co., NW FL) this 
morning and went just beyond the tidal flats about two miles beyond the closed 
gate and parking area. On the way back two hikers walking through the dunes 
flushed a bird. They were quite a distance from me but I could see the bird in 
my binoculars and was surprised that it was an owl, but too far for a positive 
I.D. I was able to approach them and one of them described perfectly a 
SHORT-EARED OWL. This species had been regular in Nov. in years past, among the 
dunes. There are not many dunes left so it is not surprising it was there. 
Also, in my neighborhood, three WESTERN KINGBIRDS have been hanging around for 
the past three days. Bob Duncan, Gulf Breeze, in the w. Panhandle. 


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Additionally, I am spending a week there next month and I would love
tips on places to go for specialties.  I land in Nassau, but have the
means to explore.

Cheers,
Dany Sloan
Boston, MA

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Good morning Florida birders.
     I hope to be cruising around the Bahamas late April, early May and was
interested to know whether theres any chance of capturing the spring migration
there. Are there any hot spots?
    Thanks fo any info.

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November 2: Clay-colored Sparrow at home in Indianhead Acres

November 6: Wilson's Warbler behind the Johnson Building (Pottdamer St. and
E. Paul Dirac Dr.) in Innovation Park, Tallahassee. Behind the back parking
lot there is a fenced area that is very sparrowy. The Wilson's Warbler was
in the east end of the fenced area closer to the pond behind the Engineering
School.

November 17: American Woodcock flying over Chowkeebin Nene in Indianhead
Acres from the brushy wooded area behind the Parkway Baptist Church. This
was my first woodcock for our neighborhood.

Rob Lengacher
Tallahassee, FL

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At around 11.00 am this morning there was a pristine juvenile American 
Golden-Plover at stop #4 along the Black Point Wildlife Drive at MINWR. It was 
feeding very close to the road with a mixed flock of Dunlin and Long-billed 
Dowitchers. It eventually flew to the west side of the drive and dropped down 
behind some vegetation about 200 yards away, so is probably still in the 
general area. Also an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull at Playalinda (hardly 
surprising in view of the numbers in northeast Florida recently). 


Ed Kwater
Brandon, FL

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I checked Cutler Wetland Saturday morning and found the Eurasian Wigeon,
American Wigeon and a Gadwall at Cutler Wetland. There must have been over a
thousand birds in this small wetland area. Lennar Flow-way and Dump Marsh
were devoid of ducks. They only had a few coot and White Ibis. Sorry for the
late post, but I just returned from the ABA Regional Conference in Ft.
Lauderdale and I am playing catch-up.

 

400 Coots

200 Laughing Gulls

75 Ring-billed Gulls

40 Blue Wing Teal

30 Green Wing Teal

20 Shoveler

20 Mottled Duck

6 Ring-necked Duck

4 American Wigeon

1 Eurasian Wigeon

1 Gadwall

25 Roseate Spoonbills

150 Yellow Legs, Both Lesser and Greater mixed

250 White Ibis

40 Glossy Ibis

20 Wood Storks

5 American Avocet

A few of each of the expected waders

Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier

 

Trey Mitchell

Miami-Dade County, Florida

 


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  Subject:  Close up of a Tufted Titmouse
   
  Hi all:
   
 The other day I was indoors at home and I heard this call - a sort of 
�chipping� sound. Near the window screen I pished a couple of times and to my 
surprise my pishing lured in a Tufted Titmouse. In fact through the screen I 
was not more than six inches from this bird. At that point I grabbed my camera 
and ran outdoors to take some pix of the bird. There were about 4 or 5 of these 
guys along with a blue-gray Gnatcather and very brief glimpse of a rather 
yellow bird � perhaps a Palm Warbler could not really id this one. Did not get 
any or very poor pix of these (Gnatcatcher). The following are the links to my 
pix of this little guy. 

   
  http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2024743880102468450HvCEOY
  http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2290686310102468450QnRDyq
  http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2255153080102468450nHHauS
  http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2141145900102468450tnJuDb
   
  Happing birding,
   
  David Laliberte
  St. Pete, FL

       
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Hi Everybody,

 I and Carl Edwards went to Ponce Inlet today looking for some good birds. It 
was really slow. We didn't see any gulls at all. We did get to see 2 Piping 
Plovers though which made the trip worth while for me. 

 Later on in the day I went to Hal Scott where I saw RCW's, Pine Warblers, 
Myrtle Warblers, Blue Birds, Brown Headed Nuthatches, Bachman's Sparrow, Palm 
Warblers, and hundreds of Robins. Looking for sparrows, but extremely slow. 


Danny Bales
Titusville, Fla.

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I was in North Miami for work this week and walked out of Panera Bread
at 122nd and US 1 in North Miami to see 2 Common Mynas.  I am unsure
of their range locally, but I thought I would mention them in case
they were of interest to anyone.  The plaza also has a Walgreens and
is across from a Best Western.

Michael Hartley
Tallahassee, FL

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Nassau Sound, Duval County: For the 7th year in succession, a Snowy Plover has 
appeared in the area. This year's bird is another male but apparently without 
company as has occurred in recent years. Also sighted were two juvenile 
Bonaparte's Gulls - our FOS. Still no Horned Grebe and one Common Loon sighted 
offshore moving south. Several large (>100 birds) flocks of waterfowl were 
observed well offshore moving south but far too distant to ID. 


Doris and Patrick Leary, Fernandina Beach

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Another great day for the Audubon Young Birders Club! Today we had 13 kids + 
adults at Eagle Lakes Park in Naples. Many thanks to Alan Murray for leading 
our group today, and scoping some great close ups for us all. We had 38+ 
species in a little over 2 hours. 


We walked around the big "lake" today. I say "lake" because the water level is 
so low that most of the normal inundated area is dry and grasses have taken 
over. Still, there was enough water to host a variety of wading birds, although 
the ducks were mostly absent. 


We were suprised to start the day with a flock of bronzed cowbirds near the 
parking lot. 


Our list for today:

Bronzed cowbird
Pied billed grebe 

Double crested cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Little blue heron (1st year juvenile + adults)
Tricolored heron
Cattle egret
Green heron
Black crowned night herons (several juveniles and adults)
White ibis
Glossy ibis
Wood stork
Mottled duck (1)
Black vulture
Turkey vulture
Cooper's hawk (juvenile)
Bald eagle (juvenile and adult)
American kestrel
Peregrine falcon (very distant--ID thanks to Alan!)
Common moorhen
American coot
Eurasian collared dove
Mourning dove
Belted kingfisher (heard, not seen)
Red bellied woodpecker
Loggerhead shrike
Blue jay
Fish crow
Tree swallow
Blue gray gnatcatcher
European starling
Palm warbler
Common yellowthroat
Red winged blackbird
Boat tailed grackle

Alan also had a swamp sparrow calling but unable to bring it into view. (To AM: 
feel free to edit the list if I missed something). 


It was so great to see how engaged the kids were with the birds -- and their 
parents too -- I can tell by the level of enthusiasm, consistent participation, 
and growing membership that this is something they enjoyed and well worth 
taking the time to do. 


Til next month
Gail Pettey
AYBC Chair
Naples




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All:

Anyone who would like to help out on the Ft. Myers CBC on Monday,  
December 17th is most heartily welcome to participate. All skill  
levels are needed. Although our circle isn't as "glamorous" as  
Zellwood and some of the others CBCs we still regularly get one of  
the highest totals for Burrowing Owls in the state since a lot of our  
circle lies in Cape Coral. There are also a few other surprises such  
as possible Long-billed Curlew (Bunche Beach), Painted Bunting  
(feeder birds in downtown Ft. Myers), and some others. If you can  
help, even for a half-day, please contact the compiler, Vincent  
Lucas, at:

vplucas AT comcast.net

or call


Thanks in advance.

Cheers.

Vince

Vincent Lucas
Naples, FL
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There has not been too much around southern Brevard, but a Tennessee Warbler 
and a Grasshopper Sparrow at Sebastian Inlet were noteworthy sightings 
yesterday. At Viera today there were large numbers of Tree Swallows, a few 
Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal, Northern Shovelers, and Ring-necked Ducks. 
The conservation area west of the wetlands had Sedge Wren, Swamp, Grasshopper, 
and Savannah Sparrows, as well as American Crow. 


A Long-tailed Jaeger last weekend was the 360th bird for my Florida year list 
and I still have a lot of birds to add. Any help with the following species 
would be greatly appreciated: 

Pacific Loon 

Red-necked Grebe  

Western Grebe 

Greater White-fronted Goose 

Ross's Goose 

Tundra Swan 

American Black Duck

Harlequin Duck 

Common Merganser 

Masked Duck 

Golden Eagle 

Yellow Rail 

Little Gull 

Black-headed Gull 

Thayer's Gull 

Iceland Gull 

Sabine's Gull 

Key West Quail-Dove 

Groove-billed Ani 

Buff-bellied Hummingbird 

Allen's Hummingbird 

Tropical Kingbird 

Bell's Vireo

Red-breasted Nuthatch 

Sprague's Pipit 

Black-throated Gray Warbler 

Bananaquit 

Lark Sparrow 

Lapland Longspur 

Black-headed Grosbeak 

Purple Finch

Good Birding,
Andy Bankert

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I was fortunate to be able to help lead field trips for the A.B.A. 
Conference in Plantation as well as give a presentation.  We had a great 
group of people with great leaders as well.  Below are some of the 
highlights found during the 5-day conference.

Magnificent Frigatebird
Northern Gannet
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Wood Stork
Greater White-fronted Goose 2-birds at STA-5
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

16-species of raptor including,
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Snail Kite
Short-tailed Hawk
Northern Caracara

Purple Gallinule
Purple Swamphen
Limpkin
Sandhill Crane
Piping Plover
Wilson's Plover
American Avocet
Red-necked Phalorope
Lesser Black Back Gull
White-crowned Pigeon
Smooth-billed Ani
Burrowing Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl, heard only.
Chuck-will's-widow
Least Flycatcher
Gray Kingbird, a very late bird.
Western Kingbird at least two birds.
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Marsh Wren
Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Mitred Parakeet
Monk Parakeet
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Common Myna
American Pipit
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Blackpoll Warbler
Blue Grosbeak
Painted Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Song Sparrow
Shiny Cowbird
Spot-breasted Oriole

A digiscoped photo of the Greater White-fronted Geese can be seen here:  
http://www.southfloridabirding.com/images/tasphotos/DSCN1687grwhfrgo.jpg

Larry Manfredi
Homestead, FL.
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Hi All,

Fairly good diversity at the feeder right now. (Gosh, don't you just love 
winter!) Anyway: 


Catbird - 2
Pine Warbler - 2-3
Yellow-rumped - 1-2
Orange-crowned - 1
Black-thr.-blue - 1 male (This is most unusual; has been here for the past 5 
days.) 

Baltimore Oriole - 1 (arrived Wed.)

Plus all the usual residents.

Also, just saw two Painted Buntings at the waterfall. (What?!) Both were quite 
green, with one showing a wash of red on his belly. 

Two days ago a lone Am. Goldfinch visited the birdbath. And at least one Hermit 
Thrush visits the water sources several times a day. 


Julie Cocke
Jacksonville
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The bird I reported 11/14/07 as a Purple Sandpiper was indeed one! It was on 
Banana River Causeway (No motor fishing zone area butts up to this causeway in 
the Banana River) I was told it is unusual to have one hanging in a grassy 
area. I have some shots of it if anyone's interested. 


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Hi Everybody,

 For a while on my was to work at KSC/CCAFS I've noticed numerous shore birds 
on the causeway. Today I decided to check them out. I noticed one that I 
haven't seen before. I'm betting it's a Purple Sandpiper. I've sent the 
pictures to the pros, and will let you know if I'm correct. A lifer for me. 

 While working at the Port I saw my first ever Lesser Black Back Gulls. They 
were 3 of them standing next to a Great Black Black Gull on the North Jetty 
beach (CCAFS). Lifers for me. Unfortunately unable to take any pictures of 
them. Now back to hunting sparrows. 


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Hi again, 

I heard from about 8 people who knew of CBC's that aren't on the FOS website. 


I understand that Steve Bankert is the FOS webmaster. He can be reached at 
sbankert AT cfl.rr.com (I had to dig into the website to find Steve's address. I 
suggest putting it right upfront on the home page.) 


Andy Bankert wrote to say he could be contacted also.  Andy is
ravenboy AT cfl.rr.com

Do not send any of this info to me; I have no "value add" in this process.  

Should be a fun season, I'm looking forward to it!

Dotty Robbins
High Springs

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Hey everyone,

I picked up Chris Newton in Ocoee while his car was being worked on and we 
headed out to Oakland Nature Preserve yesterday. The bird list was pretty 
typical, but fun nonetheless! The weather couldn't have been nicer: 


Double-Crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Accipiter of some kind, probably a Cooper's Hawk
Red-Shouldered Hawk
Red-Tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Common Moorhen
Wilson's Snipe (first record at Oakland Nature Preserve, according to Tom 
Rodriguez!) 

Forster's Tern
Mourning Dove
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (finally, my FOF)
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
White-Eyed Vireo
Blue-Headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Orange-Crowned Warbler (1)
Pine Warbler (1)
Prairie Warbler (1)
Palm Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler (1)
Ovenbird (1)
Northern Cardinal
Painted Bunting (3 or 4)
Red-Winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch

Oakland Nature Preserve is located north of SR-50 on the south shore of Lake 
Apopka in far western Orange County. 


Good birding!

John Thomton
Orlando, Orange Co.

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The female Vermillion Flycatcher is still at the Lake Woodruff National 
Wildlife Refuge in DeLeon Springs, Volusia County. 


The bird was found at 7 am this morning, 11/14, on the top of the small trees 
just east of the intersection of the dike trails at the Observation Tower. 


Thanks so much to Dotty Robbins and John Murphy for finding the bird!

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Hi FL birders,

I'm trying to put my own personal schedule together for the upcoming CBC 
season. 


Are all the CBCs listed on the FOS website? I noticed that the Tallahasse count 
seems to be missing. 


The FOS website is:  www.fosbirds.org

In the list of topics on the left, the CBCs are 3rd from the bottom.

Who should be contacted to add a count to the list?

Thanks,
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High Springs

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I spent a couple of hours this morning at Faulk Drive continuing out into the 
mostly very dry bed of Lake Jackson. While there were no exceptional species, 
the area was very "birdy." I still think that folks that avoid the lake in its 
present state and/or dream up heroic, and probably ineffectual, remedies are 
missing a great natural experience. 


Highlights:

Waterbirds were pretty few and far between but I did manage to find
1 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Little Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
1 White Ibis
5 Coots
and an immature moorhen

Rapters were more interesting
1 Merlin harassing a
Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Kestrels harassing what I've decided must have been a harrier - but pretty 
high up 

2 Northern Harriers
1 Bald Eagle (immature)

Flickers, Red-belleds, and Downy Woodpeckers
Phoebes and RC Kinglets in abundance

Lots of House Wrens and Sedge Wrens

White Breasted Nuthatch heard only
Loggerhead Shrike
Goldfinches heard only
Yellow-rumps galore
2 Palm Warblers
Field Sparrow heard at some distance
Savannah, Song, and Swamp Sparrows

Counted 30 BH Cowbirds and gave up on counting Redwings
2 Baltimore Oreoles

Marvin Collins
Tallahassee

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Hello to all,

Our pelagic trip on Sunday, Nov. 11 was incredibly exciting.

After careful review of the photographs we were able to determine that the 
tropicbird we found was indeed a Red-billed Tropicbird. This is only the second 
record for Volusia County. 


I posted some photos by Bob Wallace on the BRDBRAINS listserve for those whoi 
would like to see them. 


One other oddity I had forgotten to mention was that we found a Coot of all 
things, out at forty-five miles offshore paddling around in the Sargassum Weed. 


In addition, it appears that the assemblage of Manx Shearwaters we found was 
largest number of Manx Shearwaters ever found in Florida. 



Michael

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This afternoon, Dotty Robbins & I found a first year female Vermilion 
flycatcher at the dike trail intersection where the observation platform is 
located. It was hawking insects from one of the small, leafless trees north of 
a fenced-off area. 


John Murphy
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What a trip we had on the pelagic trip out of Ponce Inlet on Sunday, 11/11. My 
internet connection is giving me troubles, but here is a short summary. 


With 56 intrepid souls aboard we headed out to the Gulf Stream on a beautifyl 
day. With excellent leaders including Bob Wallace, Andy Bankert, Wes Biggs, 
John Hintermister, Andy Kratter, David Simpson, Dave Goodwin, and Murray 
Gardler we encountered many excellent birds. 


A quick unofficial list:

Cory's Shearwater   75
Audubon's Shearwater  6
Manx Shearwater   4
Red Phalarope  1
Pomarine Jaeger  25
Parasitic Jaeger  3
Long-tailed Jaeger 1 and possibly a second bird

Tropicbird -- We called this bird a juvenile White-tailed Tropicbird at the 
time. But we are reviewing some excellent photographs and the bird looks more 
like a juvenile Red-billed Tropicbird in the photos -- more on that as we 
complete the review. 


Bridled Tern  40+
Northern Gannet  30 
Common Tern 200+
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Laughing Gull 2, even out at 45 miles
Herring Gull 2
Palm Warbler  1 ---   that kept landing on the boat.

It was an extraordinary day! Thanks to all of the leaders and to all of those 
who joined the trip. 


Thanks,

Michael

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Apologies to those few who expressed interest --- 

Due to insufficient prospective turnout, the November 17th sparrow drive at 
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve is cancelled. 


There is sufficient interest in the December 8th and January 12th dates so 
those will occur as planned. 


Marianne Korosy
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All:

Today, 11/11/2007, along with Margaret England, Alan Murray and Steve  
Buczynski, I had the distinct pleasure of leading some 67  
participants of the 2007 ABA Regional Conference being held in  
Plantation, FL to STA-5 (Stormwater Treatment Area #5), south of  
Clewiston. Although it was somewhat of an abbreviated tour, due to a  
late start and long lines for the port-a-let at the beginning of the  
tour, we still managed to see over 70 species of birds in something  
like two hours time. We probably missed perhaps ten or twelve  
species. Not everyone got to see all of the birds as is the nature of  
almost any field trip. Nonetheless, we did have great looks at such  
avian "desiderata" as Snail Kite, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Bald  
Eagle, Roseate Spoonbill, and American White Pelican. Some  
participants saw Purple Gallinule, Purple Swamphen, Fulvous Whistling- 
Duck, Northern Waterthrush & Marsh Wren among others. However, THE  
highlight of the tour today had to be the pair of Greater White- 
fronted Geese found by eagle-eyed Larry Manfredi. Is this guy for  
real? Lol. Needless to say, everyone got great looks at these rare  
birds for South Florida and yes, this is a new species for the STA-5  
checklist, although not a Hendry County record. It is #153 for the  
STA-5 checklist I believe. Larry digiscoped these birds so perhaps he  
will post the photo on his website. Thanks Larry! It was good seeing  
some of the great TAS (Tropical Audubon Society) members like Brian  
Rapoza, Paul Bithorn, Roberto Torres, Robin Diaz, Arthur Sissman,  
Patty Cunningham, Steve Siegel, etc., etc.

Here is the list of birds seen today at STA-5 including birds seen  
along Blumberg Road:

Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Greater White-fronted Goose   2  -- New species for STA-5
American Wigeon
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler     1
Ring-necked Duck     >100
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican     11
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill     2
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Snail Kite     2
Bald Eagle     2
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk     1
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk     4  (including one Krider's Red-tailed Hawk along  
Blumberg Rd.)
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin     2
Peregrine Falcon
Purple Swamphen     2
Purple Gallinule     2
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Caspian Tern     1
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow     6
Marsh Wren     1
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Northern Waterthrush     2
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Boat-tailed Grackle

Leaving Naples at 6:00AM, Alan and I saw our "usual" species along  
the backroads leading to STA-5 including, Limpkin, Snail Kite (by  
Ocean Boy Shrimp Farm on CR 835), Roseate Spoonbill, Crested  
Caracara, Burrowing Owl, Sandhill Crane, and Bald Eagle. On the  
return trip back to Naples, Alan and I found three Scissor-tailed  
Flycatchers and one Western Kingbird along CR 835 near where the dirt  
road branches off for STA-6. I do not know if this road has a name,  
sorry. We stopped along CR 858 on the Collier-Hendry County line near  
the Hendry County Correctional Facility and found two Scissor-tailed  
Flycatchers on the telephone lines on the Collier County side.

If anyone on today's fieldtrip has anything to add i.e. comments on  
the tour, birds seen, etc. feel free to "chirp" in!

Cheers.

Vince

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Bell River Spoil Island (.25 miles west of downtown Fernandina) (15) Wood 
stork, (67) Roseate spoonbill, (1) juv, White ibis, (186) Willet, (197) 
Black-bellied plover, (202) Semipalmated plovers, (225) Short-billed dowitcher, 
ca 500 Dunlin, (14) Red knot, (13) Rudy turnstone, (14) Least sandpiper, (? 
nos.) Western sandpiper, (1) Greater yellowlegs 


To put these nos. in perspective, the Spoil site (above) contains just a 
portion of the total nos. of shorebirds wintering in Nassau County each season. 
Additional nos. roost on multiple oyster rakes along the ICW, on high marsh 
wash flats as well as on southernmost tip of Cumberland Island, GA (but 
disperse to forage in Nassau marshes). 


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Hello, All. 

Settling into our typical late Fall pattern of fewer
birds. However, we finally managed to net 2 Robins!
Have to check the archieves if we have EVER gotten
any. Most fly high overhead. 

Got our FOTS Orange-crowned Warbler and the Red-headed
Woodpeckers were finally gathering acorns at
eye-level. A fun day. 

Photos and banding totals are here:

http://home.cfl.rr.com/wekivabirdband/.html

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The oaks and Pines in the Mangrove Bay Neighborhood were alive with  migrants 
this morning as well as our normal wintering species. We heard  literally 
hundreds of warblers calling, including 3 singing Pine Warblers and a  singing 
Palm Warbler. I'll be going back out later to scout some of my CBC areas  and 
enjoy the influx of birds. Seen and heard this morning.
 
100+) Palm Warbler
25+) Pine Warbler
3) Northern Parula
3) Black-and-White Warbler
2) Yellow-throated Warbler
2) Bay-breasted Warbler
3) Yellow-rumped Warbler
1) Common Yellowthroat
1) Blue-headed Vireo
1) Swamp Sparrow
2) Eastern Phoebe
8+) House Finch
1) House Wren
8) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
5) Gray Catbird
 
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St. Petersburg, FL 



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Hi Everybody,

 Went to Lake Jessup area on the 9th. The Le Conte's habitat is under water. 
The place is pretty much flooded. I saw some Sedge Wrens, Swamps, Phoebes, and 
Savanahs. 

 I noticed that another person has been out there from their tracks. I was 
wondering if that person would contact me via email. 



Good Birding
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Melissa Forehand and I led an Apalachee Audubon birdwalk this morning at Bald 
Point State Park in Franklin County. Highlights included: 


Wood Stork - 9 hanging out in medium sized tree at the edge of the marsh
Bald Eagle - 2 adults and one 4th year sub-adult
Cooper's Hawk - 2 flyovers
Merlin - 1 perched on oyster bar in bay
Semipalmated Plover - I counted 9
Piping Plover - 1 hanging with the Semipalms
Dunlin - several in really dull plumage
Ring-billed Gull - finally almost as many as Laughing Gulls
American Herring Gull - strongly backlit but much larger than the other gulls
Tree Swallow
House Wren
Sedge Wren - never got a good look but pretty sure based on voice and limited 
appearance 

American Robin - heard only
Yellow-rumped Warbler - of course
Palm Warbler - not as many as 2-3 weeks ago but still plenty
Common Yellowthroat - just to include as many warblers as possible
Savannah Sparrow - several along the outer dune vegetation
Eastern Meadowlark - saw 2 fly across marsh to opposite low veggies

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Today, while banding, I had the most incredible raptor
day.  First a Merlin chased every bird in sight out of
sight.  Not long after a Peregrine did a fly through
Helicopter Island, 2nd time in 2 days.  The Merlin
then made its presence known for a 2nd time.  The Bald
Eagles were near by hassling with the Osprey just as
they did yesterday.  Laater I watched a dogfight
between a ReEd-tailed Hawk and a Northern Harrier. 
From my proximity they were probably over the marshes
by the boat ramp.  But, the best of the best was the
circling right over my head a Swainson's Hawk, low
enough and very easy to ID.  I didn't see it for a bit
and then it came back over for a 2nd circling until it
went out of sight southward.  The Merlin is
overwintering.  Yesterday it bounced right out of one
of my nets.  I came "this" close to catching the
thing.

A flock of 7 American White Pelicans flew down the
river line as well as a fairly good sized flock of
Blue-winged Teals.  Another flock of ducks flew by
earlier but I truly could not decide what they were
but I am thinking scaups.  I could hear a Common Loon
calling shortly after 7 AM from the Tomoka River side
of Helicopter but I did not see it.

Meret Wilson
Ormond Beach, FL

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Hello, All. 

Just a quick mention that another Sharpie was banded
at Wekiva yesterday. 2 weeks in a row for
Sharp-shinned. Pictures of the rather quiet day are
here:

http://home.cfl.rr.com/wekivabirdband/.html

Also, here at Lake Davis, many American Coots have
arrived to join the lone bird that stayed all year.
Many more Ring-necked Ducks have showed up, too. 

Had my infrequent Red-tailed Hawk land in the oaks
here at home yesterday afternoon. 

Fingers crossed for a better day at Wekiva tomorrow!

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Orlando, FL

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Thanks to all of you who've responded about volunteering for one of our 
upcoming sparrow drives at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park. 


I've received email from many people who are interested in the December 8th and 
January 12th dates but insufficient interest in the November 17th date - which 
is next weekend. 


If you are planning on coming out for the Nov 17th drive but haven't contacted 
me, please do so IMMEDIATELY. I will need to cancel this event no later than 
Wednesday November 15th. 


Marianne Korosy
UCF/KPPSP
Okeechobee, FL

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Greetings, FL Birders

Today at Ocean Pond in Baker county I heard something I haven't heard in a 
while: the squeaky calls of Goldfinch. There was a small flock foraging 
in--what else--a Sweet Gum. This was at the Hog Pen Landing boatramp. 


I looked for, but did not find any, Loons.

There were about 6 Ruddy Ducks, and 4 Hooded Mergansers, and maybe 8 Coots 
total. 


On Palestine Lake in Union county, there were about 20 Ring-necked Ducks, with 
one Ruddy tagging along. 


Dotty Robbins
High Springs

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Today, 11/9, at lunchtime I found a lone Purple Sandpiper on the North Jetty at 
Ponce Inlet, Volusia County. The bird was foraging on the rocks beyond the end 
of the walkway. 


Michael

Michael Brothers
Marine Science Center
Ponce Inlet

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The Aripeka-Bayport Christmas Bird Count in Hernando County will be 
Wednesday, December 26. We could use additional help. If anyone is 
interested, please contact me.

Bev Hansen
Spring Hill, FL
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The Eurasian Wigeon is still present in south Miami-Dade along with, 
American Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, Mottled Duck, 
Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal and Northern Pintail. There were 
some Ring-billed Ducks last week that could still be present. There are 
up to five American Avocets, a large flock of Long-billed Dowitchers, 
Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs. I believe that I saw a Pectoral Sandpiper 
that had been there last week with up to three birds present. An adult 
Bald Eagle flew in and scared all of the birds, it landed on the north 
end of the marsh. All of the birds settled down and went back to sleep.

Roberto Torres saw a Franklin's Gull in the boat basin at Black Point 
Marina, so I headed there next. I found two Franklin's Gulls and 
possibly a third. There is also a Laughing Gull present with a very 
orange-red bill. Also seen were Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Herring Gulls 
and Ring-billed Gulls. There is a very large number of Gulls here that 
kept coming and going, it would be worth checking again in the next few 
days.

Cutler Wetlands had many Roseate Spoonbills and Woodstorks as well as 
some ducks. The lake just east of Cutler Wetlands has three Ruddy Ducks 
present.

Also of note in the same lake, was a Spectacled Caiman, I have seen at 
least two others in the area of the landfill and Dump Marsh.  A link  
here for the Spectacled Caiman for those interested:  

http://www.southfloridabirding.com/images/tasphotos/DSCN1674spectacledcaiman.jpg 


Here is an Eastern Phoebe that I digiscoped:  
http://www.southfloridabirding.com/images/tasphotos/DSCN1632eaph.jpg

Here is a photo of a Franklin's Gull with a Ring-billed Gull also 
digiscoped:  
http://www.southfloridabirding.com/images/tasphotos/DSCN1672frgu.jpg



Larry Manfredi
Homestead, FL.
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Hi Everybody,

 Went out this morning to see if there were any Sharptails still in Shiloh. I 
was only able to locate 3 of them. It was pretty much dead out there. The 
Harriers have everything down. There was a Harrier sitting right where the 
Sharptails like to hang out. Guess we'll have to wait a while before the place 
really gets hopping. Still was fun and a challenge trying to locate the little 
guys. They didn't make a sound. Saw Swamps, and Savanahs too. The Marsh and 
Sedge Wrens were out there, quiet. Scared of that dang Hawk! 


Danny Bales
Titusville, Fla.

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The Palestine Lake loons were not seen yesterday either by myself or by 
Lynn Lisenby ofJacksonville who kayaked the entire lake. I checked 
again this afternoon and did not see them. At Ocean Pond I located a 
Red-throated Loon from the pier at Olustee Beach. This was a fairly 
dark-headed bird still with gray on the back of the neck and little 
white on the face but the bill was seen clearly and there was wite 
speckling on the back so the bird appears to be intermediate between 
breeding and non-breeding plumages. This may be the darker bird from 
Palestine Lake. Also seen from Olustee were two Redheads in with a 
small flock of coots. A Great Horned Owl was heard from the pier. From 
Hog Pen landing I found a mixed flock of about 45 ducks fairly close to 
shore that were not visible from Olustee. The birds were mostly Ring-
necks and scaup (the scaup almost entirely females) along with 1 Ruddy, 
1 female Wood Duck and 2 female American Wigeon. One Chimney Swift was 
seen in Lake City.

Bob Richter
Baker County

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We had a few late migrants in the neighborhood this morning including a  male 
Hooded Warbler as well as a Yellow-throated Vireo, along with our normal  
wintering species. I only had about 15 minutes to check this morning but will 
be 

checking again later this afternoon.
 
Don  Margeson
St. Petersburg, FL 



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In my haste to come in and report my bird I forgot to
indicate the Short-tailed was a light morph adult.

Meret Wilson
Ormond

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Ormond Beach, FL
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Conditions (wind flow) seem to be right to produce a Scissortail in Mid
Pinellas.  I found one this morning.

Judy

Judy Fisher
Seminole, Fl

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At the feeder this morning
White throated sparrow
house wren (new yard bird)
ruby crowned kinlet
chipping sparrow
carolina wren
cardinal

All of whom seemed to be ignoring the rat snake sleeping nearby. Maybe they
knew it was too cold for the snake to be very active :-)
Happy Birding
Melissa Forehand
Tallahassee

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Hi Everybody,

 This morning I and Carl Edwards went to Shiloh marsh to check on the 
Sharptails. We found both the Nelson's and the Saltmarsh. We saw them until 
about 9:30 or 10:00 A.M. and then they disappeared! We went back later in the 
day and still no Sharptails. This morning there were approximately 6 or 7 of 
them. 

 When looking for the Sharptails try to stay on the trails already created in 
the marsh by the fisherman. The Sharptails like to feed on the brownish reeds 
at the river's edge, and they use the pepper grass (Salacornia) to hide in. Try 
not to disturb this grass. Once it's stomped down the Sharptails will leave, 
because their cover has been disturb. If you see one, just watch where he goes, 
move slowly toward the area following the trails, stop, wait 2 to 3 minutes, 
and psh. He'll pop up to look at you, and you can get good looks at him. 

 We also saw the Black Scooters, and the Surf Scooters at the the last parking 
area on beach road before the south turn. They were on the south side of the 
road. Pretty far out there. An Eagle was trying to get one of them, but was not 
successful. They kept diving, and the Eagle finally gave up. 

 
Good Birding,
Danny Bales
Titusville, Fla.

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Two Blue-headed Vireos arrived this AM along with one
lone American Goldfinch and several Indigo Buntings. 
Also a new Ruby-crowned Kinglet and more Chipping
Sparrows have come in.  Yesterday a Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker arrived and is still here as well as 2 more
Eastern Phoebes.  Yellow-rumps and palm warblers are
now pretty visible on a regular basis.

Meret Wilson
Ormond Beach

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Ormond Beach, FL
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Found a pair of Whopping Cranes at the end of Joe Overstreet Rd, off CR
523 south of St Cloud, on 11/2/07.  They were near a shed on the west
side of the road.  After watching for 10 minutes, they lifted off &
circled twice overhead, which gave us great views. They settled in a
field to the east but I could not relocate. Some local folks indicated
the Whoppers were "fairly regular during the colder months".
 
Other birds of note were a dozen Caracara's near the start of Joe
Overstreet Rd.
 
Rett Oren
Venice, FL
 

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Headed out to the Cutler Wetlands and Lennar Flow-way this morning on a picture 
perfect day in search of those magnificent flying machines. I would not be 
dissappointed. A dark Short-tailed Hawk and Roseate Spoonbills greeted me at 
the Wetlands. 

 
At the Lennar site I ran into Bonnie Ponwith and others, who immediately put me 
on the Eurasian Wigeon, a county bird,yearbird and beerbird. A Northern Pintail 
drake, American Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Blue-winged Teal and Mottled Ducks 
were also present. Bonnie had a Green-winged Teal drake earlier. Bald Eagle, 
Herring, Ring-billed and Laughing Gull along with a Cave Swallow were also seen 
in the area. 

 
We headed to Lucky Hammock and ran into John Kellam. We spotted Grasshopper 
Sparrow and Savannah Sparrow, Bobolink,Painted Buntings and a light 
Short-tailed Hawk along with Rough-winged, Barn and Tree Swallows. 

 
The Annex was quiet, but we found two Western Kingbirds (FOS) sallying for 
insects.We could not drum up the recently seen Willow Flycatcher or Bell's 
Vireo, despite a thorough search of both areas.Cooper's, Sharp-shinned and 
Red-shouldered Hawk along with Northern Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, American 
Kestrel and Osprey rounded out a nice raptor day. Life is good............... 

Paul Bithorn
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Virginia Gardens, Florida
Miami-Dade County
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