Posted on January 2, 2022
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I was the lead compiler for the St. Augustine Christmas Bird Count (CBC) on December 19. Fifty volunteers tallied 149 total species and 24,687 individual birds. It has been a joy to lead the St. Augustine CBC for the last three years because it… Continue Reading “Christmas Bird Counts”
Category: UncategorizedTags: american oystercatcher, american white pelicans, green heron, GTM-NERR, guana-tolomato-matanzas national estuarine research reserve, Matanzas Christmas Bird Count, Matanzas River, short-billed dowitcher, St. Augustine Christmas Bird Count, St. Augustine Ecotours, tolomato river, whimbrel
Posted on May 28, 2021
by Linda
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I love American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus). They have a beautiful orange bill and orange eyes on a black and white body. They have a distinctive call that I have been hearing over the marsh behind our house over the last several weeks. I figured… Continue Reading “American Oystercatcher Chicks”
Category: wildlifeTags: accipter cooperii, american oystercatcher, american oystercatcher chicks, Cooper's Hawk, eastern gray squirrel, haematopus palliatus, intracoastal waterway, oyster rakes, sciurus carolinensis, tolomato river, Where's Dart
Posted on December 12, 2020
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Today I went with a couple friends to kayak on the Guana River. We left from the boat launch at the dam a little after 9:00 in the morning. The tide was going out, so we had an easy outward run. There was no… Continue Reading “Kayaking the Guana River”
Category: wildlifeTags: american oystercatcher, ardea alba, ardeas herodius, double-crested cormorant, great blue heron, great egret, guana river, haematopus palliatus, kayaking guana river, phalacrocorax auritus, tringa semipalmata, Willet
Posted on October 8, 2020
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We recently returned from camping several days in Cedar Key, Florida. We stayed at our favorite location – Low Key Hideway. They have about 10 campsites and all located on the water. There is a small hotel and a Tiki Bar and it is… Continue Reading “Cedar Key”
Category: UncategorizedTags: american oystercatcher, black-bellied plover, Brown Pelican, cedar key, coastal sunset, dart, eudocimus albus, haematopus palliatus, numenius phaeopus, oyster bar, pelecanus occidentalis, platalea ajaja, pluvialis squatarola, Roseate Spoonbill, Shorebirds, shorebirds feeding, shorebirds feeding video, sunset over cedar key, tringa semipalmata, whimbrel, white ibis, Willet
Posted on July 3, 2019
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Everyday, I search for the gifts of the day. You never know what beautiful things life will reveal until you look for it. Regis and I went kayaking today. We were able to kayak on the intracoastal waterway (ICW) in front of our house… Continue Reading “Gifts of the Day – St. Augustine”
Linda and Regis travel... 