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TAS Weekly Rare Bird Update

• Week of August 22–August 28

Latest Bird Sightings

• More Uplands and Buff-breasted Sandpipers - Larry Manfredi 15:55:03 09/02/10 (0)
• Buff-breasted Sandpipers - Larry Manfredi 12:29:49 09/02/10 (3)
  • Re: Buff-breasted Sandpipers - Larry Manfredi 15:50:20 09/02/10 (0)
  • Re: Buff-breasted Sandpipers - Toe 12:41:44 09/02/10 (0)
  • Re: Buff-breasted Sandpipers - Larry Manfredi 12:32:43 09/02/10 (0)
• Migration Haiku for the week - Toe 09:11:04 09/02/10 (1)
  • Re: Migration Haiku for the week - Danny 12:12:59 09/02/10 (0)
• binocular repair - SaraAlice Zimmerly 20:06:39 09/01/10 (2)
  • Re: binocular repair - henry 23:06:33 09/01/10 (1)
    • Re: binocular repair - SaraAlice Zimmerly 16:45:15 09/02/10 (0)
• bald eagle - Larry Gladsden 16:02:46 09/01/10 (1)
  • Re: bald eagle - A & M 16:47:16 09/01/10 (0)
• Whimbrel south Dade - Larry Manfredi 15:33:43 09/01/10 (0)
• AD Barnes birding - Angel & Mariel 15:28:06 09/01/10 (0)
• Short-tailed Hawk in Hialeah - Paul Bithorn 14:13:20 09/01/10 (0)
• Flamingo to Cutler Wetlands - Larry Manfredi 11:34:51 09/01/10 (1)
  • Re: Flamingo to Cutler Wetlands - Larry Manfredi 11:41:34 09/01/10 (0)
• Sod Farm & Corkscrew - Tito 10:42:58 09/01/10 (6)
  • Re: Sod Farm & Corkscrew - Tito 10:45:43 09/01/10 (5)
    • Re: Sod Farm & Corkscrew - Vincent Lucas 16:29:47 09/01/10 (4)
      • Re: Sod Farm & Corkscrew - Tito 09:24:42 09/02/10 (0)
      • Re: Sod Farm & Corkscrew - Brian Rapoza 18:24:22 09/01/10 (2)
        • Re: Sod Farm & Corkscrew - Tito 09:29:10 09/02/10 (0)
        • Re: Sod Farm & Corkscrew - Vincent Lucas 20:31:55 09/01/10 (0)
• Black Rail miscellany - joel wilcox 05:18:34 09/01/10 (0)
• matheson/cutler wetland/ fl.city - tennis 22:03:24 08/31/10 (3)
  • Re: matheson/cutler wetland/ fl.city - tennis 17:33:50 09/01/10 (0)
  • Re: matheson/cutler wetland/ fl.city - Trey Mitchell 10:56:32 09/01/10 (0)
  • Re: matheson/cutler wetland/ fl.city - tennis 22:04:28 08/31/10 (0)
• A D Barnes Park - Brian Rapoza 18:17:57 08/31/10 (1)
  • Re: A D Barnes Park - Angel & Mariel 19:28:43 08/31/10 (0)
• birding day - Andy Lantz 17:51:02 08/31/10 (0)
• Old Griffin Rd. Ani - Bob Pittell 14:57:20 08/31/10 (0)
• Kentucky Warbler @ Matheson Hammock, west side, 8/30 - Toe 19:08:32 08/30/10 (5)
  • Re: Kentucky Warbler @ Matheson Hammock, west side, 8/30 - Toe 13:48:34 08/31/10 (1)
    • Re: Kentucky Warbler @ Matheson Hammock, west side, 8/30 - Angel & Mariel 16:09:39 08/31/10 (0)
  • Re: Kentucky Warbler @ Matheson Hammock, west side, 8/30 - Georgiana 12:11:47 08/31/10 (2)
    • Re: Kentucky Warbler @ Matheson Hammock, west side, 8/30 - Toe 13:00:59 08/31/10 (1)
      • Re: Kentucky Warbler @ Matheson Hammock, west side, 8/30 - Georgiana 19:28:34 08/31/10 (0)
• Prothonotary Warbler, Tree Swallow - Brigitte 17:57:07 08/30/10 (0)
• North American Migration Count, Saturday, September 18 - Brian Rapoza 17:30:40 08/30/10 (0)
• Update from Daggerwing - Kelli 16:01:13 08/30/10 (0)
• TAS Sod Farm Field Trip - Saturday, August 28, 2010 - Paul Bithorn 13:02:38 08/30/10 (0)
• Cutler Wetlands - Jeanette 10:45:14 08/30/10 (1)
  • Re: Cutler Wetlands - jeanette 13:41:25 08/30/10 (0)
• Art Marshall Loxahatchee NWR - Eric Gehring 09:56:45 08/30/10 (0)
• AD Barnes Nature Trail - Lorena 12:43:25 08/29/10 (0)
• 2010: The Year We Make Shorebird Contact - Toe 23:17:44 08/28/10 (9)
  • Re: 2010: The Year We Make Shorebird Contact - Bill Boeringer 17:43:54 08/29/10 (0)
  • Re: 2010: The Year We Make Shorebird Contact - Trey 17:40:31 08/29/10 (4)
    • Re: 2010: The Year We Make Shorebird Contact - Vince Lucas 20:46:44 08/29/10 (1)
      • Re: 2010: The Year We Make Shorebird Contact - Toe 21:30:59 08/29/10 (0)
    • Re: 2010: The Year We Make Shorebird Contact - Andy 18:08:14 08/29/10 (1)
      • Re: 2010: The Year We Make Shorebird Contact - Toe 18:41:13 08/29/10 (0)
  • Re: 2010: The Year We Make Shorebird Contact - Haikumeister 08:09:44 08/29/10 (0)
  • Re: 2010: The Year We Make Shorebird Contact - Judd Patterson 23:50:59 08/28/10 (1)
    • Re: 2010: The Year We Make Shorebird Contact - Vince Lucas 07:09:34 08/29/10 (0)
• Avocet - Cajunspice 20:46:41 08/28/10 (0)
• Birding in Bonita Springs - majorjsh 21:24:17 08/27/10 (0)
• Hope these migrants make it your way! - Dan Irizarry 20:49:25 08/27/10 (0)
• Indian Hammocks Park - Stephen Paez 18:34:38 08/27/10 (2)
  • Re: Indian Hammocks Park - Toe 22:00:06 08/27/10 (1)
    • Re: Indian Hammocks Park - Stephen Paez 22:33:13 08/27/10 (0)
• BGGnatcatcher- FOS - Georgiana 18:30:39 08/27/10 (0)
• Get your TAS Publication - Send us your address - TAS Publisher 13:24:10 08/27/10 (0)
• Flamingos - C. Carmichael 11:24:27 08/27/10 (0)
• TAS Sod Farm Field Trip on Saturday, August 28, 2010 - Paul Bithorn 10:41:11 08/27/10 (1)
  • Re: TAS Sod Farm Field Trip on Saturday, August 28, 2010 - U.H.B.M. 11:53:33 08/27/10 (0)
• Red-whiskered Bulbuls - David S. 08:30:18 08/27/10 (2)
  • Re: Red-whiskered Bulbuls - Roxanne 19:15:12 08/27/10 (0)
  • Re: Red-whiskered Bulbuls - Roxanne 19:11:03 08/27/10 (0)
• Matheson Hammock, 8/27 - Toe 08:08:24 08/27/10 (0)
• Migrants - Larry Manfredi 07:35:38 08/27/10 (2)
  • Re: Migrants - Larry Manfredi 07:36:27 08/27/10 (1)
    • Re: Migrants - Hans 05:10:16 08/28/10 (0)
• Leucistic Grackle.... - dudleydocker 09:19:16 08/26/10 (4)
  • Re: Leucistic Grackle.... - Angel & Mariel 15:38:52 08/26/10 (0)
  • Re: Leucistic Grackle.... - Toe 09:29:04 08/26/10 (1)
    • Re: Leucistic Grackle.... - LAWRENCE GLADSDEN 20:31:33 08/26/10 (0)
  • Re: Leucistic Grackle.... - dudleydocker 09:20:13 08/26/10 (0)
• Common Terns: Crandon Beach - Robin Diaz 19:36:49 08/25/10 (0)
• Mosquitoe Control at Matheson - Toe 12:58:41 08/25/10 (2)
  • Re: Mosquitoe Control at Matheson - David S. 21:55:30 08/25/10 (1)
    • Re: Mosquitoe Control at Matheson - LAWRENCE GLADSDEN 20:39:33 08/26/10 (0)
• Green Cay PBC 8/25 - Holly 11:58:55 08/25/10 (0)
• A.D. Barnes - Andy Lantz 10:32:00 08/25/10 (0)
• Matheson Service Road, 8/25 - Toe 10:01:47 08/25/10 (0)
• Purple Martins Migrating - Angel & Mariel 20:09:36 08/24/10 (0)
• Migrants - Larry Manfredi 14:58:02 08/24/10 (4)
  • Re: Migrants - Georgiana 19:48:46 08/24/10 (1)
    • Re: Migrants - Larry Manfredi 08:41:07 08/25/10 (0)
  • Re: Migrants - Angel & Mariel 15:18:56 08/24/10 (1)
    • Re: Migrants - Toe 00:35:23 08/25/10 (0)
• Black Tern at Cutler Wetland - Trey Mitchell 20:40:59 08/23/10 (1)
  • Re: Black Tern at Cutler Wetland - Angel & Mariel 20:51:20 08/23/10 (0)
• FIU birds - Angel & Mariel 17:05:24 08/23/10 (1)
  • Re: FIU birds - Felipe G. 19:33:40 08/23/10 (0)
• Upland Sandpiper and other birds - Larry Manfredi 16:55:01 08/23/10 (0)
• Florida Keys Wild Bird Center reopens - Paul-the-other 14:33:12 08/23/10 (0)
• Good numbers of shorebirds and others - Dan 10:10:21 08/23/10 (0)
• Woodmont Nature Area/Tamarac - joel wilcox 09:45:50 08/23/10 (0)
• Sadowski - Trey Mitchell 09:32:00 08/23/10 (0)

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