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Birds

Report Florida Sightings of Banded Shorebirds at BandedBirds.org

March 1, 2010

Have you seen a shorebird with colored bands or numbered flags on its legs? You can report your sighting at BandedBirds.org. The web site asks for a description on the bands, the location of the sighting, the date and time, the weather, the birds environment, the size of the flock and how many banded birds [...]

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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 this [...]

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Handfeeding Hummingbirds

November 17, 2009

I hardly ever see hummingbirds anymore, so it’s really cool to see this person hand-feeding one. Thanks to Sharon Steitler at BirdChick.com/wp/ for posting this video.

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What Gull is This?

October 6, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
Any gull enthusiasts out there? Can you help me out on identifying the gull above? Is it a laughing gull? Click photos to enlarge.
I’ve been reading about the North American Gull Conference coming up in Titusville, Florida in Jan-Feb 2010, so I went through my gull photos because I remembered [...]

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Sanibel Island Sunrise Beachwalk

October 2, 2009

Posted by David McRee on BlogTheBeach.com

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Nurturing Nature on Florida’s Southwest Coast

July 21, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Charlotte County (located about halfway between Tampa and Naples)  has some of the least developed beaches in the state of Florida: Stump Pass State Park, Palm Island, Don Pedro Island State Park, and Little Gasparilla Island. So it’s no surprise that both shorebirds and sea turtles favor these beaches for [...]

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White Sand Black Crow

June 6, 2009

By David McRee of BlogTheBeach.com
If I were a bird, I don’t think I’d want to have black feathers in the Florida summer heat. You’d think an all black bird would stay in the shade.  Perhaps the black feathers heat up enough to keep mites and other parasites off the bird.
This crow was seriously gathering a [...]

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Beach Bird Antics

May 17, 2009

And to think I almost didn’t bring my camera to the beach.

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Snowy Plover Nest, Conservation on Palm Island

April 22, 2009

As I was exploring Palm Island beach on Stump Pass on Monday morning, two friendly volunteer  Shorebird Stewards, Sarah and Merrill, came over and talked to me about the nesting areas that were being monitored and protected by Charlotte County and numerous volunteers. They were walking the beach to educate the public.
Many of our beautiful [...]

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Mystery Bird

April 9, 2009

Sitting in my home office yesterday afternoon I found myself becoming aware of, and increasingly annoyed with the cacaphonous sound of blue jays and mockingbirds harrassing some unfortunate creature in the laurel oak just outside my window.
I peeked out but was unable to see what I assumed would be either a Cooper’s hawk or a [...]

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