Saturday January 31st
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| Painted Bunting at my house |
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| Vermilion Flycatcher at Pahokee, Florida |
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| Lesser Nighthawk at Lakes Park, Ft Myers |
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| Northern Rough-winged Swallow in Palm Beach County |
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| Common Eider at Lovers Key State Park |
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| Nanday Parakeets at my house |
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| Brown-headed Cowbird at the Celery Fields, Sarasota |
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| Eastern Phoebe |
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| Purple Martin at the Celery Fields, Sarasota |
Saturday July 20th
To encourage interesting birds to visit I have been offering white millet, safflower seeds, sunflower hearts and a mixed blend. So, I'm getting lots of House Sparrows, Comon Grackles, Mourning Doves and White-winged Doves. The feeders also attract most all of the common resident birds including Eurasian Collared Doves, Common Ground Doves, Northern Cardinals, Red-belled Woodpeckers and Blue Jays. Most all of these species will bring their young fledglings with them to the feeders.
Because the host tree on the property, a huge Chinese laurel, didn't fruit this year had a drop off of interesting birds.
Some interesting visitors this year, so far, include Bronzed Cowbirds and a Shiney Cowbird
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| Shiny Cowbird February 2024 |
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| Bronzed Cowbird April 2024 |
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| Northern Bobwhite March 10, 2024 |
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| Northern Mockingbird |
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| Nanday Parakeet |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
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| House Sparrow |
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| Nanday Parakeet |
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| White Ibis |
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| Great Crested Flycatcher |
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| Blue Jay |
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| Blue Jay |
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| Northern Cardinal |
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| White-winged Dove |
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| Muscovy Duck |
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| Painted Bunting |
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| Common Grackles |
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| Common Grackle |
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| Brown-headed Cowbirds |
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| Mourning Dove |
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| Black-bellied Whistling Ducks |
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| Mourning Dove |
April 23rd
Nanday Parakeet
Spent the day looking for interesting birds at Fort DeSoto Park, which is located south of Tierra Verde in Tampa Bay. The park can be a great venue for birding during spring migration. So, a springtime visit is almost mandatory.
eBird Checklist - 23 Apr 2023 - Fort De Soto Park - 54 species
Some of my better pics
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| Brown-headed Cowbird |
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| Least Sandpiper |
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| Cape May Warbler |
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| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
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| Swainson's Thrush |
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| Willet |
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| White Ibis |
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| Swainson's Thrush |
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| Ovenbird |
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| Veery |
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| Laughing Gull |
Saturday March 11th
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| A Short-tailed Hawk showed up in my yard, were it made a meal of a dove. |
At my home, in Fort Myers there is a huge ficus tree. iNaturalist identifies it as a Chinese Banyan and
it's been dropping ripening fruit for the past couple of weeks. This can be quite messy, but this year all this fruit has attracted a lot birds. Large flocks of Cedar Waxwings, plus American Robins and Gray Catbirds, Red-bellied Woodpeckers and Northern Flickers, a one day only visiting Summer Tanager was seen, dozens and dozens of yellow-rumped Warblers were actively eating the fruit, as were Starlings and Fish Crows
Other birds attracted to the feeders are Brown-headed Cowbirds, Northern Cardinals, Common Grackles, Muscovy Ducks, Morning, White-wing, Eurasian and Common Ground Doves, Blue Jays, Painted Buntings and a Indigo Bunting.
Additional we had Northern Parulas, Palm Warblers, a Yellow-throated Warbler, Great Crested Flycatcher a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, White Ibis, Red-shouldered Hawk and a Crested Caracara roosting in a neighbor's tree.
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Even had a Short-tailed Hawk grab a dove in my yard. Not a bad couple of weeks. The fruit is about spent, so most of these species will start departing to other interesting places and will be heading north soon on the Spring Migration
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| Short-tailed Hawk |
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| Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher |
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| Cedar Waxwing |
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| Northern Flicker |
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| Northern Flicker |
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| Gray Catbird |
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| American Robin |
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| Mourning Dove |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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| American Robin |
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| Blue Jay |
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| Muscovy Duck |
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| Common Grackle |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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| European Starling with a fig |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
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| Brown-headed Cowbird |
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| Palm Warbler |