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| jadel... |
 Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:23 am |
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Just got back from a visit to Apopka, Florida. I had very little
time for birding, but I did manage to see several magnificent Swallow-
Tailed Kites. They have to be the most graceful fliers I've seen. One
was particularly memorable as it soared above Sand Lake at Wekiva
Springs State Park. I also saw Eastern Kingbirds there, along with
scores of woodpeckers, mostly Red-Bellied. A Bald Eagle showed up a
couple times in a tree across from where I was staying.
On the way to the airport to fly home, we were slowly rounding an
entrance ramp on a highway when I saw a Florida Scrub-Jay perched on
the guard rail. I guess they are where you find them!
In addition to all these avian delights on happened on a 15
inch(guesstimated) Eastern Coral Snake on the edge of a golf course---
I was hiking, not golfing. No doubt about what it was-- "Red on
Yellow, Kills a Fellow. Red on Black, Friend to Jack" BTW, that
mantra applies only to N. American coral snakes, so don't rely on it
should you encounter any elsewhere. It went its way--I went mine.
J. Del Col |
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| maryann kolb... |
| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:24 am |
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On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:23:45 -0700 (PDT), jadel <delcolja at (no spam) ab.edu>
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Quote: Just got back from a visit to Apopka, Florida. I had very little
time for birding, but I did manage to see several magnificent Swallow-
Tailed Kites. They have to be the most graceful fliers I've seen. One
was particularly memorable as it soared above Sand Lake at Wekiva
Springs State Park. I also saw Eastern Kingbirds there, along with
scores of woodpeckers, mostly Red-Bellied. A Bald Eagle showed up a
couple times in a tree across from where I was staying.
On the way to the airport to fly home, we were slowly rounding an
entrance ramp on a highway when I saw a Florida Scrub-Jay perched on
the guard rail. I guess they are where you find them!
In addition to all these avian delights on happened on a 15
inch(guesstimated) Eastern Coral Snake on the edge of a golf course---
I was hiking, not golfing. No doubt about what it was-- "Red on
Yellow, Kills a Fellow. Red on Black, Friend to Jack" BTW, that
mantra applies only to N. American coral snakes, so don't rely on it
should you encounter any elsewhere. It went its way--I went mine.
J. Del Col
For some reason I can never seem to remember that ditty when it is
appropriate! The last of either kind that I saw was swimming with us
in a neighbors pool! It was the red on black kind and I managed to
talk them into catching it and turning it loose in their woods.
Mary Ann
Barnwell, SC |
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