Identificaciones de henicorhina

With Valeri Ponzo; a last-minute decision to bird here because we had nearly an hour of daylight left, and a Purple Finch was seen her a few days earlier. The weather was partly cloudy and chilly, with a light breeze. We parked near the restaurant and walked around the lodge, with a trip to the glass-bottom boat launch and swimming area. We were disappointed that the bird feeders previously placed behind the lodge have been removed -- a disturbing recent trend in state parks. We left at 1800 and headed into Tallahassee for dinner and a hotel.

3 "pairs" that circled low overhead at dusk, as if wanting to land in the river, but none did.

A solo visit after work. I had not intended to walk so far -- more than 3 miles -- but I took a trail that led me in the wrong direction and I did not realize it until too late. The weather at the start was mostly cloudy, 90 degrees ("feels like" 101) with a light breeze. Rain was forecast but never materialized other than a few drops. I walked the northern loop of the nature trail to the powerlines, then headed north. I had intended to walk to the northern fenceline, then west and south back to my car. But I decided to take a spur that I thought led to the northern fenceline east of the powerlines. Instead, it looped southeast all the way to the southeastern entrance off Evaline Street! Since I was still feeling OK and wanted more iNat records, I decided that rather than walk the fenceline west back to the powerlines, I would walk the entire perimeter counter-clockwise back to the parking lot. It was hot in the sun, but fortunately, I did not get dehydrated or heat-stressed. I left at 1553, when the weather was partly cloudy, 88 degrees ("feels like" 99) and breezy.

There were TONS of "small sulphurs" -- I still can't distinguish between the three species found in the region -- and large moths under the powerlines and in the recent burns east of the powerlines. Blooming goldenrod and Dogtongue Buckwheat in the recent burns attracted many swallowtails, wasps, bees, and beetles, but I mostly stayed out of those areas since the regrowth is so abundant that I could often not see the ground below me. Other than several duskywings, I saw only one skipper. I counted four Red-headed Woodpeckers, of which one was repeated harassed by a male "Southeastern" American Kestrel!

With Valeri Ponzo; an unsuccessful chase of the Horned Larks that were seen here a few days (and in previous winters). The weather was clear and 32 degrees with calm winds at the start, warming up a bit by the end. As we drove to the cemetery (misnamed on the eBird hotspot), we saw the Killdeer in the northernmost field but we continued to the cemetery and scanned the fields north and southeast. After failing to find many birds here, we drove back to the fields at 0812, where we scanned two adjacent northern fields for an hour. We then returned to the cemetery at 0915, where we scanned the southeastern field again, walked around the cemetery area, then drove southeast to the gate, where we turned around. We returned to the northern fields and again scanned them for larks at 0948 before we left at 0957.

With Valeri Ponzo; an unsuccessful chase of the Horned Larks that were seen here a few days (and in previous winters). The weather was clear and 32 degrees with calm winds at the start, warming up a bit by the end. As we drove to the cemetery (misnamed on the eBird hotspot), we saw the Killdeer in the northernmost field but we continued to the cemetery and scanned the fields north and southeast. After failing to find many birds here, we drove back to the fields at 0812, where we scanned two adjacent northern fields for an hour. We then returned to the cemetery at 0915, where we scanned the southeastern field again, walked around the cemetery area, then drove southeast to the gate, where we turned around. We returned to the northern fields and again scanned them for larks at 0948 before we left at 0957.

With Valeri Ponzo; a last-minute decision to bird here because we had nearly an hour of daylight left, and a Purple Finch was seen her a few days earlier. The weather was partly cloudy and chilly, with a light breeze. We parked near the restaurant and walked around the lodge, with a trip to the glass-bottom boat launch and swimming area. We were disappointed that the bird feeders previously placed behind the lodge have been removed -- a disturbing recent trend in state parks. We left at 1800 and headed into Tallahassee for dinner and a hotel.

3 "pairs" that circled low overhead at dusk, as if wanting to land in the river, but none did.

With Valeri Ponzo; a last-minute decision to bird here because we had nearly an hour of daylight left, and a Purple Finch was seen her a few days earlier. The weather was partly cloudy and chilly, with a light breeze. We parked near the restaurant and walked around the lodge, with a trip to the glass-bottom boat launch and swimming area. We were disappointed that the bird feeders previously placed behind the lodge have been removed -- a disturbing recent trend in state parks. We left at 1800 and headed into Tallahassee for dinner and a hotel.

3 "pairs" that circled low overhead at dusk, as if wanting to land in the river, but none did.