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Yellow Rails are tough!
Well, we tried…hard! I spent the day guiding Tom Gaines from Missouri yesterday and was joined by Greg Miller, Alex Harper and Katie Barnes. We stomped around the wet pine savannah in Apalachicola...
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Birding with Greg
Greg Miller has been staying at our crib for the last few days waiting for a good weather window so he can drive home to Ohio. It’s always fun when he comes to stay, we have a good laugh and we talk...
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Blast from the past – Ross’s Gull
good times often help us during the difficult times. This memory has served me well over the years. The very talented Paul Gale took some great pictures of this beautiful Ross’s Gull. It was...
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Bizarre but Beautiful
Skimmers have a bizzare bill. I believe the skimmers are the only birds in the world that have an upper mandible that is shorter than the lower mandible. There are 3 species of skimmer in the world;...
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Geese, Larks n’ Sparras’
The resident flock of Canada Geese were feeding in the field and there were 2 foreigners amongst them.
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Blast from the Past: Subalpine Warbler
One of the best aspects of birding for me, are of course the wonderful memories I have bouncing around in me noggin’! We all have different happy places we visit when we’ve had a rough day. Some people...
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Literally can’t wait!
So, if you are at a loose end and you're looking for a quality birding experience come join myself and all the other fantastic field trip leaders between April 15-18.
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Fort Clinch State Park
From the pier we headed back to the parking lot and checked out the feeding station at the birding trail pavilion. It was a very productive 30 minutes.
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Twas a beautiful day!
I spent 10 hours with a group of wonderful people from Manatee Audubon Society yesterday at St. Marks NWR. It was one of those days where almost all the birds cooperated. Big smiles all around. We...
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Cedar Waxwings
This is a huge problem for our birds but thankfully with very little effort at very little cost we can actually do something about it.
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Flock of Pecs
Cold fronts during spring and fall migration often encourage birds to make landfall. They don’t like flying in cold wet windy weather, the birds that is. I do feel for the little buggers because...
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Chipola Feather Fest – 2 weeks to go!
Join us in Marianna, Florida for the 2nd annual Chipola Feather Fest brought to you by the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail
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Coffee with Loons
Oh, we had 68 flying over us (at the Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee) between 8am and 9am. The biggest flock was 16!
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One Sky Our Birds
One Sky Our Birds — The Migration Story One of our most universally shared experiences is the beauty of birds in flight. Do you remember the first time you saw a flock of migrating birds? Heard bird...
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Greater v Lesser Yellowlegs
When the two yellowlegs are together it's a total no brainer. The size difference is obvious.
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Burrowing Owls
13 years ago I saw my first Florida Burrowing Owl at Brian Piccalo Park in Cooper City. Dad and I watched ’em while local Indian (the real Indians not Native Americans) played cricket. Quite a sublime...
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Mangrove Cuckoo
I’d rather be lucky than good! Sugarloaf Key. Parked the van. Got out of the van. Heard a Mangrove Cuckoo. Saw said Mangrove Cuckoo. Whitney got great picture. High five. The end!
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Dry Tortugas
I added both Masked and Brown Booby to my Florida and ABA life lists, which was nice.
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White-rumped Sandpipers
While I was in the keys, Rob found a bunch of WRSA at Tram Rd. His highest count while I was away was 16! Easily a county record.
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Negative Ghost Rider…
If you know what movie this line is from then you are automatically...with it!
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