Posted by Brian Ahern on August 22, 2003 at 14:31:53:
RBA
* Florida
* Statewide
* Date August 22, 2003
* FLFL0308.22
-Birds mentioned:
++HEERMANN’S GULL**++
Cory’s Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
SOOTY SHEARWATER
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Brown Booby
American Golden-Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Bridled Tern
Sooty Tern
Brown Noddy
ANTILLEAN NIGHTHAWK
Black-billed Cuckoo
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
Cerulean Warbler
**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
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compiler: Brian Ahern
transcriber: Same
This is Brian Ahern reporting the Florida Rare Bird Alert for 08/22/03. This report is sponsored by FLORIDA NATURE TOURS, which offers tours to the Dry Tortugas, South Florida, private guiding. For more 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.
SANTA ROSA COUNTY
On Saturday 16th an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen in Gulf Breeze. This bird has repeatedly been found on the exact same perch for one or two days every year sometime during the last two weeks of August (B. Duncan).
WAKULLA COUNTY
On Saturday 16th at St. Marks NWR ten species of warblers including a two CERULEAN WARBLERS was found behind the visitor center and behind the rest rooms (T. Curtis). A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was heard calling along Wakulla Beach Rd section of SMNWR, approximately 2 miles in (near the spot that was partially cleared), (J. Murphy & J. Dozier). DeLorme p. 50; Pranty p. 76
BREVARD COUNTY
A late report that on August 14th a squall line brought the following birds close to the beach at Patrick Air Force Base near Cocoa Beach. Shortly after noon, 50 CORY’S SHEARWATERS, 24 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, 6 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 6 AUDUBON’S SHEARWATERS, 5 SOOTY TERNS and 2 SOOTY SHEARWATERS were seen between the squall line and the beach before the weather consumed visibility (D. Freeland). DeLorme p. 88
On Saturday 16th an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was seen near the Click Ponds at Viera Wetlands. It was found in the field to the west of the Click Ponds, way out in the field to the northwest of the ponds. An UPLAND SANDPIPER was also found in the same area (A. Bankert). DeLorme p. 88
PINELLAS COUNTY
The HEERMANN’S GULL continues to be seen at Ft. DeSoto Park. It is often found at East Beach in the mornings or evenings, but has been seen anywhere in the park. Also present is a LONG-BILLED CURLEW that traditionally winters at North Beach (K. Gemeinhart & D. Reed). Over the weekend a female CERULEAN WARBLER was found at East Beach Woods and possibly a MANGROVE CUCKOO (S. Schlick). DeLorme p. 90; Pranty p. 126
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
An UPLAND SANDPIPER was been seen this past week in the fields around Lucky Hammock (S. Schlick). Another five UPLAND SANPIPERS were found in the fields directly across the street from Benito Juarez Park on the road going to Everglades National Park on the 14th (L. Manfredi). DeLorme p. 122
MONROE COUNTY
A pelagic trip off of the keys on the 16th produced: one WILSON’S STORM-PETREL, 6 CORY’S SHEARWATER, 48 BRIDLED TERNS, 75 SOOTY TERNS, 2 BROWN NODDYS, & 6 BROWN BOOBIES (L. Manfredi). DeLorme p. 123
On Tuesday 19th at least four ANTILLEAN NIGHTHAWKS were seen around dusk at the Marathon Airport on Marathon Key (J. Rink). DeLorme p. 125; Pranty p. 252
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