http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/ nflbirds Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:04:16 GMT Robert Lengacher http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5726 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5726 I have been working at the FSU Coastal Marine Lab at Turkey Point for the last week and a half for some professional development. It has been awesome becoming Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:53:57 GMT Julie Duggan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5725 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5725 What follows is a current bird species list at Tallahassee's Cornerstone Learning Community on Hartsfield Road (as of May 31, 2009). Listings include records Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:46:37 GMT Jim Stevenson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5724 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5724 Gannets may well be suffering from the same issues many northern nesting shorebirds are, but it'll be interesting to see what happens to these birds David saw. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:44:16 GMT David Simpson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5723 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5723 The date of my pelagic dud trip out of Destin was Saturday 27 Jun 09 David Simpson Crestview, FL for now ... [Non-text portions of this message have been Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:39:02 GMT David Simpson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5722 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5722 John and all, I had 27 Northern gannets off Destin while heading out on a party boat for a six hour tour. I had nothing for pelagics. There were two adult Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:58:46 GMT Jim Stevenson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5721 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5721 Those knots are pretty surprising. I presume they are fall migrants (?), but can't be sure. They may be a result of a bad year in the High Arctic this for Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:46:45 GMT markkiser9 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5720 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5720 Saturday afternoon at Bald Point State Park we found a group of 24 Red Knots, one of which was banded (we reported the band to USGS). Also present were 16 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:51:13 GMT Jim Stevenson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5719 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5719 John and others, I have an hypothesis about birds like scoters and gannets that stick around well into the summer. Since I rarely see them make it to the fall, Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:23:52 GMT John Murphy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5718 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5718 Birds of interest observed this morning at Bald Pt St Park...all seen from beach near old Pt Lounge property: N gannet; 1 Surf scoter; 4 Common tern; 3 John Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:31:14 GMT Edwwjr@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5717 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5717 I birded at St. Marks NWR Friday afternoon in the heat. There was a high tide and the water levels were all very high. Even the flats behind the lighthouse Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:52:21 GMT Edwwjr@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5716 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5716 I birded Piney Z, Southwood Plantation, and the Southeast Farm on Wednesday. Piney Z has such high water levels I did not find any purple gallinules. Best Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:04:12 GMT Marvin Collins http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5715 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5715 Re: New approaches to teaching ornithology On May 12 Elizabeth Platt hosted a meeting of some Leon County grade school teachers and yours truly, purpose of Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:12:41 GMT Julie Duggan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5714 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5714 Posted for Mr. Gail Menk: On April 28, 1979 I drove up Leon County's Meridian Road and stopped short on seeing approximately 15 male Ring-necked Ducks in a Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:25:56 GMT Edwwjr@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5713 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5713 I had 4 Mississippi kites feeding over the west end of Lake Killarney in Tallahassee between 11:15 and 11:45 Saturday morning. Ed Woodruff Tallahassee Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:10:47 GMT glendajoyce6009 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5712 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/5712 Tallahssee has lost a true friend of nature and birds. Sylvia Cohen passed away earlier this week. If anyone is interested, her obituary is in today's