Watching the Sun Bake

This blog is a repository of observations and random thoughts of someone with a serious case of wanderlust

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

New Birds For My Sarasota County List

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Lunch today was at the Beach House Restaurant on Anna Maria Island . The weather had a nasty side to it making it a perfect day to watch for...
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Friday, June 19, 2009

The Mocking of Mockingbirds

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In July 1983 I sat in the backyard of a friend's home in Laurel Maryland where we listened to a Northern Mockingbird going through his r...

Persistent Parula's

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Northern Parula ( Parula americana ) is a fairly common nesting species, common migrant and uncommon winter resident along Florida's wes...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Blue-headed Vireo in Sarasota in June!

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Imagine my surprise this afternoon while pedaling up Lockwood Ridge Avenue just past Gocio Street when I heard the familiar voice of Blue-he...
Monday, June 15, 2009

Sarasota Wins One!

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Just back now from the Sarasota Reds v Clearwater Threshers game at Ed Smith stadium. For the first time in six games, with me in the stands...

Where are the Black-whiskered Vireos?

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Black-whiskered Vireo is the mangrove-loving tropical replacement of the Red-eyed Vireo; the latter once called the most numerous breeding b...
Monday, June 8, 2009

Great Crested Flycatchers

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My resident pair of Great Crested Flycatchers has apparently fledged another brood. Right now they are darting around in the woody vegetatio...
Saturday, June 6, 2009

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

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It was "seniors" night at the Sarasota Reds game at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota tonight. Although it aggravates the Cheney out of...
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