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Florida, Of Thee I Sing

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Even in the Brazilian Amazon, I’ve never seen this many whistling ducks together–there were sixty at a manmade lake behind the Brevard Community College near Titusville, Florida. I don’t get a lot of life birds in North America any more, but this confiding little gent offered himself up to the list: a Florida Scrub-Jay.

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New 2020 Wading Bird Report Shows Mixed Nesting Success in the Greater Everglades Region

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Note: Erika works for Audubon Florida. The data are in: the nesting season proved successful for some species of Florida’s wading birds and… less so for others. Wood Storks in particular had a tough year in Southwest Florida; forced to nest late, an early rainy season wiped out many nests.

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School Burrowing Owls

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Broward County has one of the highest densities of Burrowing Owls in Florida. The Florida sub-species of Burrowing Owl is now classified as a threatened species in Florida and it is one of the rarest sub-species of Burrowing Owls. This is unfortunately an all too common problem for these owls in Florida.

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A Relaxing Big Day in Florida

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My husband and I hooked up our boat to the trailer and set off to the Santa Rosa Sound in Florida’s Panhandle around 3 p.m., That my data would be used in a global citizen science event? The post A Relaxing Big Day in Florida appeared first on 10,000 Birds. hitting the water just before 4 p.m.

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Good news for the Wood Stork

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The wood stork was listed as endangered in 1984, because the Florida population was dropping at an approximate rate of 5 percent per year. Wood storks primarily breed in Central and South Florida. Historically, the Florida Everglades and the Big Cypress ecosystems supported large breeding colonies. Photo: U.S.

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Florida’s Top Annual Pelagic Trips

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The period between May and September offer the best potential for an assortment of pelagic species (species which live most of their lives far from land) off the Atlantic coast of Florida. Cory’s Shearwater is regular in Florida’s pelagic waters. Birding Florida pelagic petrel tropicbird'

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No Other Way by Roger Real Drouin

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Asides that in science fiction might be called info-dumps nevertheless abound with interesting facts about a huge variety of bird species, as well as some loving descriptions of both birds and landscapes. Author Drouin is a Florida-based journalist, and I’ve taken the liberty of reading some of his nonfiction as well.

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