Author Archives: Roger

ajaia (Brazilian name for the bird) ajaja (ditto) Tuesday, May 4, 1999 — 4:30 pm Canaveral National Seashore, Florida On Route 402, between the entrance booth and Playalinda Beach, visitors are only allowed to stop at occasional pullouts every quarter … Continue reading →

aphelocoma (from apheles, smooth, and kome, hair, “without crest”) coerulescens (blue) Tuesday, May 4, 1999 — 4:00 pm Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida I drove the Black Point Wildlife Drive, then headed for the Haulover Canal to see a … Continue reading →

columbina (little dove) passerina (sparrow) Tuesday, May 4, 1999 — 1:10 pm Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida After I left the Reddish Egret, I continued driving along the dirt roads on the levies around the impoundments. In places, the … Continue reading →

egretta (diminutive of heron) rufescens (to become reddish) Tuesday, May 4, 1999 — 12:45 pm Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida I got to Titusville a bit before noon and stopped at McDonald’s for lunch. When I got to Merritt … Continue reading →

Tuesday, May 4, 1999 — 11:30 am Christmas, Florida — Orlando Wetlands Park I took a day off from the convention, rented a car, and went birding.  My first stop was at the Orlando Wetlands Park for a Limpkin (which … Continue reading →