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Hi all, Went down to Ochlockonee Bay (Mash Island County Park) yesterday and today. Yesterday was a near-total rainout, but there was a single RING-BILLED GULL my first of the season, and hundreds of BARN SWALLOWS. This morning, however, was another story. Low tide, pleasant temps, few bugs, and lots of birds: Brown Pelican (1) Great Egret (2) Clapper Rail (2, quite bold) SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (2-3, my FOTS) Willet (1) MARBLED GODWIT (1, FOTS) SANDERLING (5+, FOTS) SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER (several, FOTS) Short-billed Dowitcher (3) STILT SANDPIPER (1, FOTS) Laughing Gull (lots) Royal Tern (2) SANDWICH TERN (4+, one fed a fledgling while I watched!) COMMON TERN (10+) Forster's Tern (50+) Eurasian Collared-Dove (1) Mourning Dove (4) Common Ground-Dove (3) Gray Kingbird (1) Barn Swallow (just one!) Northern Mockingbird (1) European Starling (3) Seaside Sparrow (1 singing) Boat-tailed Grackle (lots) House Finch (1) -S.P.McCool Crawfordville, Wakulla County, Florida http://www.swamphen.net/ ------------------------------------------- "If something did not go wrong, then things would not seem right!" - Sgt. Garcia, *Walt Disney's Zorro* ------------------------------------------- --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.490 / Virus Database: 289 - Release Date: 6/16/2003 ______________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Policy,sub.info: http://bkpass.tripod.com/FLORIDABIRDS-L.htm Member photos: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/floridabirds-l.html Set nomail: Click: mailto:[log in to unmask] Set floridabirds-l nomail Listowner: Click: mailto:[log in to unmask]