April 2013 Duval

I visited my usual haunts in Duval County (Jacksonville)  this month and saw a good number of birds.  The place with the most activity was Hanna Park where I saw a Bobolink, another… Read More →

April 2013 St Johns

I visited a few of my favorite places in St Johns County (just south of Jacksonville) and saw several interesting birds.  At the Agricultural Center in St Augustine I got a good look… Read More →

March 2013 Four By Four

This month I visited four different locations and I’m highlighting four birds from each place.  The first was right here at home when I visited the Jacksonville Beach Pier.  It was Gannets galore… Read More →

February 2013 Life Bird

I did get one new Florida “life bird” this month though I tried and hoped for more.  Thanks to reports from other birders I was able to easily locate a Cassin’s Kingbird south… Read More →

January 2013 Ducks & More

While visiting the Orlando area this month, I had an opportunity to go to Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge once again to look for some “new” birds.  Of course this time of year… Read More →

December 2012 Ten Best

It was a good month for birds of all kinds, but I’m limiting this post to what I think were the “ten best”.  Of course, I’ll have to start by making it a… Read More →

November 2012 Number 225

I said when I started this blog that my goal is to find and photograph Florida’s 500 plus birds. In three years of birding I have finally reached bird “number 225″.  At this… Read More →

November 2012 L.B.J.

LBJ or “Little Brown Job”, is an informal name used by birders for species of small brown birds (sparrows, wrens, and warblers), many of which are difficult to readily identify in the field. … Read More →

October 2012 Downstate

I had a another chance to visit the Orlando area to look for some new “life list” birds that had been reported recently.  No luck again, but I did get to visit a… Read More →

October 2012 Locals

I haven’t seen much migratory activity so far this Fall, but there were a few newcomers and a number of regulars at local spots here and there.  I’ll start with Guana Reserve and… Read More →