November 5, 2021
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Category Archives: Birding Reports
December 19, 2019
by Trina Anderson
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Summary of the John Hintermister Gainesville CBC
by Andy Kratter December 16 at 4:45 PM Quick summary of the John Hintermister, Gainesville CBC on Sunday 15 December: 170 species, second highest ever (175 last year). 12 new record high counts: Black-bellied Whistling Duck (an amazing 6872, previous … Continue reading
October 8, 2019
by Trina Anderson
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OCTOBER BIG DAY IS OCTOBER 19
Follow this link for more information. Then join us at 8:30 am for a walk at Sweetwater Wetlands Park to start your list (if you haven’t started earlier).
September 6, 2019
by Trina Anderson
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EAGLE WATCHERS SOUGHT
Training sessions for this program are coming up September 15, 2019. Follow this link to read more on how you can help.
July 6, 2019
by Trina Anderson
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RESULTS OF THE JUNE CHALLENGE!
by Rex Rowan The 2019 June Challenge wrapped up with a party at the home of Becky Enneis, who founded the contest in 2004. Winners were announced, prizes were given, good food was eaten, conversation was enjoyed, and we finished … Continue reading
December 21, 2018
by Trina Anderson
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2018 GAINESVILLE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT SUMMARY
by Rex Rowan GAINESVILLE CBC SETS A NORTH AMERICAN RECORD! The 175 species recorded on the 61st annual Gainesville Christmas Bird Count on December 16th was the largest total ever for an inland North American CBC in the entire … Continue reading
July 21, 2018
by Trina Anderson
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FIRST EGYPTIAN GOOSE FOR ALACHUA COUNTY!
by Rex Rowan Leigh Larson found an Egyptian Goose at Sweetwater Wetlands Park this morning. It’s Alachua County’s first-ever sighting of this introduced species, which originally established itself as a resident breeding bird in South Florida and has slowly been … Continue reading
June 30, 2018
by Rex Rowan
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A problem I have; plus, Louisiana Waterthrush
I’ve been trying to pin something down, but I lack the information to do it. There’s a clutch of Snail Kite eggs in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History that was supposedly collected in Micanopy by H.H. Simpson on December … Continue reading
June 29, 2018
by Rex Rowan
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Winter is coming
The days are getting shorter again. We’ve already lost a minute and three seconds of daylight! I can feel the Seasonal Affective Disorder starting to take hold. Sigh. Gina Kent of Gainesville’s own Avian Research and Conservation Institute has a … Continue reading
June 25, 2018
by Rex Rowan
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Two Kings (-fisher and rail), plus an exciting new AOU Check-List Supplement! I mean AOS, sorry, I guess I just live in the past.
Less than a week to go! Chris Cattau saw a Belted Kingfisher from the La Chua Trail at about 8 p.m. on the 22nd. It flew from the direction of the old horse barn, traveled around Alachua Sink, then continued … Continue reading