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Thanks for the clarification, Lenore. I asked for information yesterday and there was some confusion relating to Mr Bouton's post; namely as to the date to which his report related. I note there is no further news from Huguenot today, so if anyone has any gen, it would be appreciated. Terry Donovan Windermere -------------------------------------------------- From: "Lenore McCullagh" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 2:46 PM To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [FLBIRDS] [BRDBRAIN] Greater Sand-Plover 2009-05-26 -- Maybe ... and a Horned Lizarrd > All, > > > > I am the "woman" who "claimed" to see the GSPL yesterday about noon. > Actually, I am the woman who saw the GSPL about noon and am now claiming > the sighting again. > > > > I first saw the bird on 05/16 after hearing about him at 10:30 PM the > night before, having just returning from South FL. I went out to Huguenot > yesterday to see the Red Knots and the terns being reported. > > > > It was a glorious day with nice weather and lots of courtship and x rated > behavior going on especially with the Royal Terns and Laughing Gulls. The > REKN were gone but lots of other birds to enjoy. I had my scope on an > Arctic Tern for about 15 or more minutes. > > > > Driving from the ocean side back toward the family beach, proceeding to > the South along the cord grass area where the plovers are seen, I saw him. > The tide was still fairly high. It had been high as I recall at 1050. He > was on the other side of the rope barrier but close to it. I watched him > for a minute or so. He was jerking around in an agitated fashion. He may > have vocalized. I do not recall for sure. Then he flushed, flying to the > North. Since I was sitting facing South, I did not follow him. I thought > at the time that his brick red upper breast band look so beautiful in the > sunlight. I am surprised that he was not found again. After seeing a post > yesterday from Jeff Bouton (sp?) which I gathered meant the bird was seen, > I did not post my sighting. > > > > Good luck to those who are now and will be looking. > > > > Lenore McCullagh > > Orange Park > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Pranty " < billpranty @ HOTMAIL .COM> > To: BRDBRAIN @ LISTSERV .ADMIN. USF . EDU > Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 8:27:28 PM GMT -05:00 Colombia > Subject: [ BRDBRAIN ] Greater Sand-Plover 2009-05-26 -- Maybe ... and a > Horned Lizarrd > > Good evening all, > > I stopped by Huguenot Memorial Park on my way to Fort Clinch State Park > this afternoon. I arrived around 1430 and departed 2 hours later. The bird > was not seen by anybody (there were 12-15 people looking) during that > time, nor was it seen from 0800 to past 1100. > > The only potential sighting was around noon. I spoke with a fellow birder > from Pittsburgh who had been there all day and he said that a woman (he > didn't get her name but she had seen the bird before, so she's probably > local) claimed that she saw the GSPL for about two minutes in the usual > spot but then it "flew north." Neither of us knew exactly what that meant. > > An Arctic Tern was also reported in the same spot but was gone once the > tide started dropping after noon. > > I found three adult male Painted Buntings in the park (none banded), > including one just southwest of the restrooms/ Sharky's shack that Brian > Ahern found more than a week ago. > > Finally, as I was exiting the park, I was stunned to see a Horned Lizard > ( Phrynosoma spp ) sunning in the road. It had a very thick tail and > backwards-facing spikes on its head. By the time I found an unflooded spot > to park, the lizard had run into the dunes, so no photos. Huguenot Park > seems a strange place for this exotic, but it was located between the > picnic area and the campground, so somebody must have lost their pet ... > > > Best regards, > > Bill Pranty > Bayonet Point, Florida > > > > > > > > > Hotmail ® goes with you. Get it on your BlackBerry or iPhone . To > subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, > please visit us on the web at: http :// listserv .admin. usf . edu > /archives/ brdbrain . html To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN > NOMAIL " to LISTSERV @ LISTSERV .ADMIN. USF . 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