http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/ nflbirds Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:44:08 GMT Fran Rutkovsky http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6078 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6078 GBBC events this weekend The Great Backyard Bird Count begins on Friday and continues through Monday. See the web site for full details, including how to Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:54:25 GMT Andy Wraithmell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6077 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6077 A Common Loon in basic plumage was present on Lake Hall, Saturday and Sunday. I was not at work today so don't know whether it is still present. A final Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:45:01 GMT austrina1@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6076 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6076 Lydia and I spent long hours birding in Franklin and Gulf counties with some unusual results. I read Don Morrow's report about the duck numbers being down at Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:55:44 GMT austrina1@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6075 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6075 I've been surprised by White Pelicans on small lakes from the southern tip of peninsular Florida to the taiga of Canada. They'll even "stop over" at very Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:56:39 GMT Don Morrow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6074 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6074 The last of the St Marks winter wildlife tours took place on a cool windy day. A total of sixty-eight species were recorded. Duck populations are definitely Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:23:39 GMT Jim Stevenson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6073 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6073 White Pelicans are a far cry from Browns, in that they easily take to large lakes inland, and even breed in such places. Also, they will soon be migrating Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:11:45 GMT Kathleen Carr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6072 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6072 Around 6:30 last night (Feb. 5), I was westbound on 7th Avenue waiting for a red light at Thomasville Rd. when I saw a flock of 30-50 birds circling just west Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:11:57 GMT raybieber@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6071 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6071 This is Sunny.  I was walking out this morning into my backyard to fill the serving dish with mealworms and noticed a female Summer Tanager feeding on my Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:37:17 GMT Carol Miller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6070 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6070 I was down at Bald Pt SP on a chilly Wednesday morning, and most of the birds had better sense than I did. The only notable bird was a male Common Goldeneye Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:24:51 GMT Vincent Lucas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6069 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6069 Is this Shell Point on the way to Sanibel? You really need to specify where exactly this place is i.e. the county/town, etc. Vince Lucas Naples, FL ... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:56:17 GMT swamphen@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6068 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6068 A foggy, rainy 30 minutes at Shell Point this morning turned up a nice crop of shorebirds. Location: Shell Point Observation date: 2/5/10 Number of Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:25:55 GMT Janeen Langley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6067 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6067 There has been a lone pine siskin among the 50 or so goldfinches at my feeders the past couple of weeks. This is a change from last year, but I know the Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:00:54 GMT swamphen@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6066 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6066 Early this afternoon at Alligator Point I found an interesting group of sparrows in an overgrown lot at the intersection of Alligator Drive and Clemen Street, Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:33:09 GMT Pam Flynn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6065 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6065 Tickets are now on sale at Native Nursery and Wild Birds Unlimited for the third annual Back Yard Wildlife Tour on Feb. 20 from 10am-4pm. Price is $10/person Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:20:44 GMT swamphen@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6064 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/6064 Had my first of spring Purple Martins, two of them, among the Tree Swallows on a positively frigid late afternoon on Lake Lafayette (Lafayette Heritage Trail