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Growing Gallinules 19 Aug 2013 | 08:36 am
Common Gallinules (the birds formerly known as Common Moorhens) are year-round residents at Gemini Springs. The local population peaks during the winter with migrants who breed further north in the su...
Red hot sun 15 Aug 2013 | 07:42 am
Boy oh boy is it hot out there. Here in central Florida we’ve been running just a degree or two above normal temperatures, into the mid-90s, but the “feels like” temperature has climbed over 100 for t...
Birding Gemini Springs, July 2013 13 Aug 2013 | 08:39 am
I only birded at Gemini Springs twice during July. In my defense, Arthur and I spent much of the month up in Illinois visiting family and friends. Also, it’s crazy hot here in July. Anyway, on those t...
Zee 7 Aug 2013 | 09:32 am
While Arthur’s parents visited us earlier this year, Arthur went to one of his regular volunteer days at the Marine Science Center (MSC) in Ponce Inlet. All four of us drove to the sea and while Arthu...
My visitors came from *where* in July 2013?!?! 2 Aug 2013 | 08:22 pm
Here are some highs and lows I found in my statcounter logs for July. For some reason I found a lot of loon activity last month. Common Loons pass through Illinois in spring and fall migration, with ...
Back home 10 Jul 2013 | 08:13 am
In May I paid a short visit to my parents and spent some time relaxing in their suburban Chicagoland back yard, observing their winged visitors. American Robin post bath | 20-MAY-13 Blue Jay | 18-MA...
Banded Sandhill Crane 8 Jul 2013 | 07:43 am
On May 10, 2012, I took a hike at my old patch, Rollins Savanna, while visiting my parents in Lake County, Illinois. During my walk I saw a trio of Sandhill Cranes. The birds were remarkable for two ...
Birding Gemini Springs, June 2013 7 Jul 2013 | 09:02 am
I birded Gemini Springs 5 times in June, finding just 39 different species. This is a huge improvement over the measly 27 species I found there last June (in just two outings). I was deep into my firs...
Tricolored Heron fish snatch dance 3 Jul 2013 | 07:03 am
For the longest time I would misspell Tricolored Heron as Tri-colored Heron. In fact, I just searched this blog and found three instances in older posts. Le sigh. I think I’ve finally got it through m...
My visitors came from *where* in June 2013?!?! 2 Jul 2013 | 06:03 am
Here are the highlights and lowlights from my little corner of the interwebs during the last month. Statcounter, GO! I hope the person who searched for a list of birds at flights of wonder found wha...
