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 →

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).

Training sessions for this program are coming up September 15, 2019. Follow this link to read more on how you can help.

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

After many sightings of Snail Kites at Sweetwater Wetlands Park and Paynes Prairie, a nest was finally discovered by State biologists. See photos and read more about it here.