http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/ nflbirds Fri, 24 May 2013 03:53:21 GMT glendajoyce6009 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8467 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8467 I've had a couple of, "not too often seen" birds in my yard, recently. A new yard bird, an American Kestrel, was first seen the end of Jan./Feb, hunting from Wed, 22 May 2013 23:50:50 GMT markkiser9 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8466 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8466 Hello all, I am requesting articles (and accompanying photos) for the next issue of the Florida Ornithological Society newsletter. If you are interested, Tue, 21 May 2013 13:01:35 GMT Edwwjr@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8465 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8465 Two black-bellied whistling ducks were present at Lake Killarney at 8:45 Tuesday morning. They were loafing on the bank near the small pier at the park on the Mon, 20 May 2013 00:57:13 GMT Don Morrow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8464 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8464 I got out early with my wife, Ann, to check for loons. We had three loons between 6:27 am and 7:27 am. Shorebirds are still moving, but landbird migration Wed, 15 May 2013 12:44:25 GMT brooksrobert90 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8463 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8463 Had a male black-bellied plover in full breeding plumage on a small Alligator Point bay side beach Monday mid morning. Sun, 12 May 2013 16:14:43 GMT Don Morrow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8462 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8462 Paul Spitzer called and asked if I could go out Looning again. He said that even negative data is data, which I remember from my long-ago course in Sun, 12 May 2013 02:08:24 GMT phf http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8461 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8461 A lonely female Am. Goldfinch waited patiently near the sunflower seed feeder until House Finches had finished their meal (I already removed the Nyjer bag). A Sat, 11 May 2013 22:57:49 GMT Don Morrow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8459 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8459 A flock of approximately 200 White Pelicans just passed overhead. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Sat, 11 May 2013 04:14:46 GMT Edwwjr@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8458 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8458 Black-bellied whistling ducks were present at Lake Killarney near the west end park several times Friday. I first saw them around noon but they were present Fri, 10 May 2013 12:14:45 GMT jwinforde http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8457 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8457 4 Black-bellied whistling ducks with 12 blue wing teals, 2 Limpkin, blue grosbeak, yellow billed cuckoo, 23 cedar waxwing, indigo bunting, rose breasted Mon, 06 May 2013 02:01:14 GMT Cavanagh, Jim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8456 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8456 I decided to follow up on Rodney Cassidy's 5\4 report of a strong NW wind which persisted at the Youth Camp until mid-morning today. Oddly, a Wilson's Warbler Sun, 05 May 2013 22:10:47 GMT Don Morrow http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8455 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8455 I may have found the end of Loon migration. I had 8 loons in an early burst and then nothing. With a 10 mph wind it was freezing at sunrise. On Mounds Pool Sun, 05 May 2013 21:24:09 GMT eliza hawkins http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8454 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8454 Sunday morning at ST marks birding on the trail that goes around Tower Pond.   Yellow Breasted Chat:     Sun, 05 May 2013 20:10:24 GMT phf http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8453 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8453 Saw a male Blackpoll near my home today in company of a Palm Warbler - first time I encountered one here (SE Lakeshore Area, Tallahassee). Peter Sun, 05 May 2013 03:55:11 GMT ROC http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8452 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/message/8452 Quick report after a 12-13 hour birding day w/Lydia. Our best birding was in the evening hours after the N-NW winds had been blowing for a few hours. The