Comments for Badbirdz - Reloaded http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com Keeping Noel's dream alive, one migrant at a time Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Happy Thanksgiving by Robin Diaz http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/happy-thanksgiving/#comment-1071 Robin Diaz Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:55:22 +0000 http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com/?p=1722#comment-1071 What are vocalizations of lasagna?? Happy Family and Friends Thanksgiving and thanks for the great migration info! What are vocalizations of lasagna?? Happy Family and Friends Thanksgiving and thanks for the great migration info!

]]> Comment on A Stormy Night by natureisawesome http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/1711/#comment-1070 natureisawesome Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:25:12 +0000 http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com/?p=1711#comment-1070 Franklin's Gull @ Pelican Harbor Marina Yesterday we birded Morningside Park for about an hour. We started off by birding the Sea Grapes near the boat ramp where we had a Catbird, Palm, Parula, Yellow-throated, B & W Warbler and a Downy Woodpecker. Off to sit and watch the sea for 40 minutes; nothing spectacular but we did have a flyby Jaeger spp. and a Herring Gull. Lots of Laughing and a few Ring-billed Gulls, Cormorants, Osprey, Egrets and Herons as well. Next stop was the Pelican Harbor Marina where had a Franklin's Gull mixed in with Laughing Gulls. It was nice to see the birds next to each other making the ID easy. Nature is Awesome Angel & Mariel Franklin’s Gull @ Pelican Harbor Marina

Yesterday we birded Morningside Park for about an hour. We started off by birding the Sea Grapes near the boat ramp where we had a Catbird, Palm, Parula, Yellow-throated, B & W Warbler and a Downy Woodpecker. Off to sit and watch the sea for 40 minutes; nothing spectacular but we did have a flyby Jaeger spp. and a Herring Gull. Lots of Laughing and a few Ring-billed Gulls, Cormorants, Osprey, Egrets and Herons as well.
Next stop was the Pelican Harbor Marina where had a Franklin’s Gull mixed in with Laughing Gulls. It was nice to see the birds next to each other making the ID easy.

Nature is Awesome
Angel & Mariel

]]> Comment on As the Front Rolls In… by Michael Brothers http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/as-the-front-rolls-in-2/#comment-1069 Michael Brothers Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:23:08 +0000 http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com/?p=1720#comment-1069 Last night, 11/24, just before sunset, I found a 1st winter Franklin's Gull at Daytona Beach Shores, Volusia County. The bird was located on the beach, just north of Frank Rendon Park. The large gull concentrations are beginning again for the winter. There were about 10,000+ gulls on the beach, mostly Laughing Gulls, so this is much like looking for a needle in a haystack. Look for a bird that is very much like a Laughing Gull, but slightly smaller, with distinctly shorter legs. The black on the head is more solidly black than most of the Laughing Gulls and this really sets off the bold white eye-arcs. Note that the bill is also smaller and the bird is chunkier and more compact. Michael Brothers Last night, 11/24, just before sunset, I found a 1st winter Franklin’s Gull at Daytona Beach Shores, Volusia County. The bird was located on the beach, just north of Frank Rendon Park. The large gull concentrations are beginning again for the winter. There were about 10,000+ gulls on the beach, mostly Laughing Gulls, so this is much like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Look for a bird that is very much like a Laughing Gull, but slightly smaller, with distinctly shorter legs. The black on the head is more solidly black than most of the Laughing Gulls and this really sets off the bold white eye-arcs. Note that the bill is also smaller and the bird is chunkier and more compact.

Michael Brothers

]]> Comment on A Still Night… by natureisawesome http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/1718/#comment-1068 natureisawesome Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:11:13 +0000 http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/1718/#comment-1068 No that's great we welcome sightings that show whats to come. Tahnks for sharing, if you would like post your bird list seen while in Alabama during your trip. Congrats on your lifer Brown Creeper, that is an awesome bird! Angel & Mariel No that’s great we welcome sightings that show whats to come. Tahnks for sharing, if you would like post your bird list seen while in Alabama during your trip. Congrats on your lifer Brown Creeper, that is an awesome bird!

Angel & Mariel

]]> Comment on A Still Night… by The Teenage Birder http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/1718/#comment-1067 The Teenage Birder Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:03:39 +0000 http://badbirdz2.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/1718/#comment-1067 Just got back from Alabama. Yesterday I got to see my first Brown Creeper as well as a few Carolina Chickadees and a B+W Warbler just off Mobile Bay. Later i went to Dauphin Island and found a first winter Franklin's Gull mixed in with many Laughing Gulls and a few Herrings. I know this is not Florida briding but i just thought i would post a little info into what is happening up north. Matt O'Sullivan Kissimmee, FL Just got back from Alabama. Yesterday I got to see my first Brown Creeper as well as a few Carolina Chickadees and a B+W Warbler just off Mobile Bay. Later i went to Dauphin Island and found a first winter Franklin’s Gull mixed in with many Laughing Gulls and a few Herrings. I know this is not Florida briding but i just thought i would post a little info into what is happening up north.

Matt O’Sullivan
Kissimmee, FL

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