http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/ Florida and Bahama Birding Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:30:36 GMT David Mako http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6353 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6353 Dear Birders,   I've been watching this site for months with the hope of picking up some new birding tips/recent sightings for Abaco Island, Bahamas that go Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:49:20 GMT David Simpson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6352 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6352 OK, I'm pretty much giving up on the series of "I said it couldn't be done." It has been over a month since that happened and a lot of other stuff has Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:35:49 GMT birding_passion http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6351 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6351 Hello birders, Please check out my latest post on my birding blog . Your comments are appreciated.Here is the link :- http://indianbirder.blogspot.com Regards, Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:42:38 GMT fmocso http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6350 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6350 I will be visiting South Florida and am looking for someone whom I can call or email for some current information. I have been a Georgia Birder (Conyers, near Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:41:24 GMT Ralph Pike http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6349 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6349 This morning about 8:15 the Masked Duck was out in the open along the north side of cell 4 at Viera Wetlands.    At 10:30 this morning the Harlequin Duck was Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:15:12 GMT Matt Kennedy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6348 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6348 Dear fellow birding enthusiasts,     As a lifelong birder and professional aviator for over 16 years, I am conducting a nation-wide study on the level of Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:25:25 GMT Cheryl Ann Griffin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6347 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6347 Hello everybirdie, Report from the panhandle-coast - 6mi W of Carrabelle, FL -  mainland -along the St George Sound  Have a female Ruby RT-HB that's been Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:45:19 GMT BrianAhern@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6346 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6346 Hi All, I made a quick last minute decision to do a run for the Harlequin Duck this morning. Steve Gross was kind enough to already have his spotting scope set Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:13:29 GMT dotrobbins@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6345 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6345 I went in search of this very infrequent Florida visitor. Two unexpected things: --I found the Harlequin, and observed it between 1:45 and 2:15. --Not another Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:06:17 GMT David Simpson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6344 Hi all, Several of us went after the reported Harlequin duck at Sebastian Inlet State Park (http://www.floridastateparks.org/SebastianInlet/) this morning. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:38:55 GMT dotrobbins@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6343 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6343 Hi All, Right now, there are some great birds being seen in Florida. Though this list is about Florida birds, I dare to mention a few birds that are just Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:06:13 GMT David Simpson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6342 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6342 For those of you who thought I dropped off the face of the earth, Im back! It is Florida! I keep telling myself that. It was yet another cold CBC, the fourth Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:37:12 GMT Tom Palmer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6341 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6341 Hi I received a report of a bird that according to the description over the phone appeared to be a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak coming to a feeder at a private Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:33:34 GMT Fred http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6340 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6340 Here are a few pix from the Operation Migration Dunnellon whooping crane flyover event from yesterday (Jan 19 2010) - http://www.bigbirds.net/shared/100119/ Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:22:59 GMT Larry Manfredi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6339 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/message/6339 Wil Domke found a Common Eider while looking for the Red-Footed Booby which is also still present. The bird was seen on the north side of the n.e. 79 st.