Re: Florida RBA 25 April 2003

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: Mr. Ahern, : Can I consider your posting of the Nashville Warbler sighting in Flamingo as confirmation of the birds presence, as my team saw it on Saturday, April 19th while we were on the TAS Birdathon? : Neal Pocquette : : : RBA : : * Florida : : * Statewide : : * Date April 25, 2003 : : * FLFL0304.25 : : -Birds mentioned: : : ++WHITE-TIPPED DOVE**++ : : ++BLACK NODDY++ : : PACIFIC LOON (possible) : : Cory’s Shearwater : : Audubon’s Shearwater : : MASKED BOOBY : : BROWN BOOBY : : White-tailed Kite : : Short-tailed Hawk : : Upland Sandpiper : : Pomarine Jaeger : : SLATY-BACKED GULL** : : Mangrove Cuckoo : : Smooth-billed Ani : : “CAREBBEAN” SHORT-EARED OWL : : Least Flycatcher : : ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER : : Nashville Warbler : : Cerulean Warbler : : Swainson’s Warbler : : Yellow-breasted Chat : : White-crowned Sparrow : : LINCOLN’S SPARROW : : BRONZED COWBIRD : : SHINY COWBIRD : : **This is a review species in Florida. Any details of sightings should be sent to the FOS Records Committee at the address given at the end of this report : : Hotline: FLORIDA RARE BIRD REPORT : : to report e-mail: BrianAhern@aol.com : : compiler: Brian Ahern : : transcriber: Same : : This is Brian Ahern reporting the Florida Rare Bird Alert for 04/25/03. This report is sponsored by FLORIDA NATURE TOURS, which offers tours to the Dry Tortugas, South Florida, private guiding and a special Pelagic Trip off of Ponce Inlet on May 17th. For information go to http://www.floridanaturetours.com or call 407-363-1360. Reports are followed by coordinates from the DeLorme Florida Atlas & Gazetteer and the page number of Bill Pranty's ABA guide "A Birder's Guide to Florida" when possible. : : ESCAMBIA COUNTY : : A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was and a BLACK-WHISKERED VIREO (rare for panhandle) were found at Gulf Islands Nat'l Seashore headquarters’ trails in G. Breeze last weekend (fide L. Duncan). DeLorme p. 43; Pranty p. 46 : : FRANKLIN COUNTY : : On Tuesday 22nd at St. George Island Youth Camp a possible PACIFIC LOON was reportedly seen in the bay NE of the Youth Camp. Youth Camp an ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, which was found in the Wax-myrtle shrub area near the path leading to the old dock (J. Cavanagh). DeLorme p. 60/61; Pranty p. 61 : : WAKULLA COUNTY : : YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS have been seen at the power line cut on Tiger Hammock : : Road (s of Wakulla Springs). Also earlier, two SWAINSON’S WARBLERS have been see only this road (J. Epler). DeLorme p. 50 : : : : A SHORT-TAILED HAWK was seen soaring over the “Heliport field” at St. Marks NWR on Saturday 19th (M. Collins & L. Thompson). DeLorme p. 50; Pranty p. 76 : : ST. JOHNS COUNTY : : A singing CERULEAN WARBLER was see on Sunday 20th at Guana River State Park. Standing at '4-Way' - the crossroads at Oak Hammock Rd on the nature trail. Those of you familiar with the area will understand, that when walking in from the dam, as you approach the crossroads, there is a dense group of trees and vines on the left (southwest) side of the crossroad. This is an area, which has always been productive with warblers and such. The calls were heard at the southwest and then the northwest in the high trees. The bird feeding at the very top of the trees (D. Reed & J. Bledsoe). DeLorme p. 68; Pranty p. 104 : : BREVARD COUNTY : : An adult MASKED BOOBY was seen around ship channel in Cape Canaveral on Monday 21st. (C. Lambrecht). DeLorme p. 88 : : A BROWN BOOBY was seen at Sebastian Inlet on the north entrance around the jetty that is being worked on, Saturday 19th (C. Newton). DeLorme p. 96; Pranty p. 181 : : At Turkey Creek Sanctuary in Palm Bay two WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen again on Saturday 19th(S. & B. Hills). DeLorme p. 88/96; Pranty p. 181 : : PINELLAS COUNTY : : At Honeymoon Island SRA on Wednesday 23rd there was a LINCOLN’S SPARROW seen one mile out on the nature trail. It was hanging around an almost-dried-up puddle, which can be reached by taking the Osprey Trail about a mile out until you see the "How does that grab you?" sign. Turn left on the cross trail. The puddle is just beyond where this trail dead-ends at the Pelican Trail (B. & A. Hansen). DeLorme p. 90; Pranty p .121 : : SARASOTA COUNTY : : An UPLAND SANDPIPER was found on Friday 25th at the Celery Fields off of Fruitville Rd in Sarasota. Directions: Instead of turning left into the gazebo on Palmer Boulevard, make a right onto Raymond Road at the crossroads just a 100 yards further along from the gazebo. Follow Raymond for about 1/2 a mile as it snakes around and pull over just as the double yellow lines end. The sandpiper was in the field on the left of the road, which is the field to the left of the pond. As you look at that field, the Bobolinks are in the weedy field behind you (J. Dubi & all). DeLorme p. 97; Pranty p. 140 : : COLLIER COUNTY : : BRONZED COWBIRDS were seen again at Eagle Lakes Community Park in Naples on Monday 21st. (J. & C. Shelly). DeLorme p. 111 : : BROWARD COUNTY : : At the Ft. Lauderdale airport on Saturday 19th, six SMOOTH-BILLED ANIS were seen by the area on the south side of the "Perimeter Road" around the main runway (enter at the light off Griffin Road and go west to avoid the homeland security vehicle check; the greenbelt park was closed). (B. Percival). DeLorme p. 115; Pranty p. 216 : : On Tuesday 22nd a WHITE-TAILED KITE was seen in Cooper City. It was seen over a cow pasture on the south side of Stirling Road, just west of Pine Island (J. Toll). : : MIAMI-DADE COUNTY : : The LEAST FLYCATCHER is still at Lucky Hammock as of Wednesday 29th (M. Reid). DeLorme p. 122 : : A NASHVILLE WARBLER was seen around Flamingo, inside Everglades NP on Monday 21st. SHINY COWBIRDS also continue to be seen around Flamingo (T. Rodriguez). DeLorme p. 123; Pranty p. 234 : : MONROE COUNTY : : At the Key Largo Botanical Site a MANGROVE CUCKOO was briefly seen along the S nature Trail on Wednesday 23rd (M. Reid). DeLorme p. 122/123; Pranty p. 244 : : The SLATY-BACKED GULL was seen again around the parking lot by Publix at Key West last weekend (L. Manfredi & all). DeLorme p. 126: Pranty p. 258 : : The WHITE-TIPPED DOVE was last reported to be seen on Monday morning 21st on Garden Key in the Dry Tortugas. The BLACK NODDY continues to be seen on the North Coaling Docks; late afternoon (after 3pm.) seems best for spotting it. SHINY COWBIRDS have also been present earlier this week at the Dry Tortugas and a “CARIBBEAN” SHORT-EARED OWL was seen on Loggerhead Key on Sunday 20th (M. Gardler & all). Boating trips from Key West to the Dry Tortugas and back have produced AUDUBON’S SHEARWATERS & POMARINE JAEGERS in the last week. DeLorme p. 126; Pranty p. 262 : : Good Birding! : : Documentation of rarities for FL Ornithological Society Records : : Committee should be sent to: : : FOSRC, c/o Archbold Biological Station, PO Box 2057, : : Lake Placid FL 33862. : : Website: http://www.fosbirds.org/ : : Florida Rare Bird Alert Mail-list: To subscribe go to: : : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FLRBA : : Florida Birding website: http://www.javaswift.com/floridabirds/ : : FLORIDABIRDS-L website: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm : : For more information on Florida bird sightings, locations, and : : discussion please visit the following archives: : : Statewide sightings/discussion listserv: : : BIRDBRAINS: http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html : : FLABIRDING: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlaBirding/ : : FLORIDABIRDS-L: http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/floridabirds-l.html : : Regional sightings/discussion listservs: : : North Florida: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nflbirds/ : : East Florida: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Eastbirders/ : : Southwest Florida: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SWFLBirdline/ : : Southeast Florida: http://tropicalaudubon.org/tasboard/index.html : : Brian Ahern : : Tampa, FL. : : BrianAhern@aol.com

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