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15th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival is Coming Up January 2012

October 31, 2011

Registration is Open! What: 15th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival When: January 25 – 30, 2012 Where: Brevard Community College, North Campus, Titusville, Florida, with field trips and activities all around Brevard County. Visit the Festival web site to download the full-color program catalog by clicking on the cover image below. You can [...]

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Birds That Could Not Hide From Me

February 1, 2011

This year most of my field trips were in watery habitats, so the birds I saw tended to fall in that category. As a result, I saw fewer songbirds this year. Here’s the list of birds I saw during the Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival (with help from more experienced birders): Mottled Duck Blue-winged [...]

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Snowy Plover vs. Siesta Key Beach Access #7

September 10, 2010

Most of us enjoy watching the birds at the beach. But few of us pay much attention to what the birds are actually DOING at the beach. Looking for a handout, we assume. Some species of birds actually lay their eggs right out on the beach. In the sand. In full sun. Sounds stupid, doesn’t [...]

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Brown Crested Flycatcher Visits Fort Desoto Park

March 28, 2010

I spent Saturday morning birding at Fort Desoto Park with the friendly folks of the St. Petersburg Audubon Society. We were looking for shorebirds, which turned out to be in short supply. So we turned our attention to having a look for the Brown-crested flycatcher that has been reported in the north beach area for [...]

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Casual Birding in Florida on the First Day of Spring

March 21, 2010

Saturday was a beautiful sunny day which happened to coincide with the first day of Spring. Suzy really wanted to drag me away from the computer into the sunshine, so we headed over to Sawgrass Lake Park to go for a walk.  I thought perhaps I’d see a few interesting birds. The most beautiful thing [...]

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Birding with St. Pete Audubon–Shorebirds at Fort Desoto Park

March 6, 2010

Shortly after 8 a.m. this morning I found myself standing out on the rather chilly mud flats at Fort Desoto County Park with members of the St. Petersburg Audubon Society, hoping to learn about shorebirds. For a novice, shorebirds are incredibly challenging to identify. But with the assistance of experienced birders I found myself quickly [...]

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Birding by Ear and Habitat

January 30, 2010

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com My alarm clock went off at 4:05 this morning. I was to meet Paddy Cunningham-Pascatore and the rest of our group for a pre-sunrise Space Coast Birding Festival field trip in the bird-rich Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (MINWR). It was pitch black when I arrived in the parking [...]

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13th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival Offers Something for Every Nature Enthusiast

January 29, 2010

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com Not all activities at the Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival are outdoors. Much of the festival takes place in the Exhibition Center in the Gymnatorium at Brevard Community College. Vendors who serve the birding community showcase what they have to offer. Thursday afternoon I had a couple hours [...]

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A Scrub Jay Adventure at the Space Coast Birding Festival

January 28, 2010

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com I first met the friendly scrub jays when I went on a camping trip to Oscar Scherer State Park in Sarasota as a kid. These beautiful jays have no fear of humans. Since they are so habitat-specific, few people get to see them. I became reaquainted with this species [...]

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Fort Desoto’s North Beach is for the Birds

November 28, 2008

Fort Desoto County Park is one of the Nation’s top birding locations. In addition to having lots of permanent resident bird species, many migratory species stop by the park on their way to other more exotic locations. On Thanksgiving Day we took a drive out to Fort Desoto Park–it’s only 30 minutes from our house–and took a [...]

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