SATURDAY'S BIRDS - Thirty participants showed for the Boyd Hill Nature Preserve bird walk this morning and approx. 40 species were seen. The best included a flock of 13 Cedar Waxwings, several American Robins, a healthy number of Pine Warblers, two American White Pelicans and two Great Horned Owls. The owls were not at a nest site.
Speaking of owls, Dick Cissel was able to photograph one of two he saw in the early A.M. hours in south Pinellas - right.
SUNDAY'S BIRDS - In a nutshell - Two Whimbrel and a Long-billed Curlew off the Pinellas Point 21st Street Lookout. An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull at Treasure Island and both an adult Lesser Black-backed and a Great Black-backed at Redington Beach (Photos below by Randy Harrod). Danny Sauvageau reported a "female" Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the same mulberry tree at Fort De Soto Park. The Green-tailed Towhee was seen today at Possum Branch as was a Gadwall in the retention pond just south of the Bayside Bridge, west side of road. At left, two American White Pelicans on Lake Maggiore yesterday (Photo by Dick Cissel).
