Bob Carroll
Gainesville, FL
ph: 352-281-3616
Bob
Nassau to Washington Counties
**Entries marked with a double asterisk are new this week.
Nassau
Life
Patrick Leary, 267
Roger Clark, 210
David Simpson, 164
John Hintermister, 156
Dotty Robbins, 148
Rex Rowan, 130
Ron Smith, 121
Kevin Dailey, 117
Dave Goodwin, 117
Bob Carroll, 111
Rodney Cassidy, 108
Becky Enneis, 100
Judy Bryan, 94
Scott Flamand, 93
Dot Freeman, 82
Joie Clifton,75
Bill Boeringer, 73
Peg Lindsay, 67
Andy Wraithmell, 44
Roy Morris, 43
Steve Patterson, 39
Sean McCool, 25
Bob Wallace, 25
Big Day
David Simpson, 34 [06/23/2007]
Okaloosa
Life
Don Ware, 331
Bob Duncan, 281
B. C. Monk, 234
David Simpson, 226
Craig Faanes, 154
Rodney Cassidy, 136
Dave Goodwin, 116
Ron Smith, 114
Dotty Robbins, 110
David Chaffin, 97
John Hintermister, 95
Rex Rowan, 65
Bob Wallace, 63
Bob Carroll, 62
Becky Enneis, 57
John Boyd, 54
Judy Bryan,46
Andy Wraithmell, 30
Steve Patterson, 28
Chris Rasmussen, 22
Big Year
Don Ware, 246 [2004]
Big Day
David Simpson, 55 [11/21/2000]
Okeechobee
Life
David Simpson, 194
Dave Goodwin, 129
Brian Ahern, 114
Ron Smith, 111
Gallus Quigley, 106
Joie Clifton, 90
Peg Lindsay, 86
Rodney Cassidy, 83
Dotty Robbins, 74
John Boyd, 71
Bob Wallace, 68
Bill Boeringer, 66
Tom Zinneman, 62
Roy Morris, 61
Craig Faanes, 55
Dot Freeman, 53
John Hintermister, 52
Bob Carroll, 33
Big Year
David Simpson, 138 [2009]
Big Day
David Simpson, 89 [4/15/2010]
David Simpson, 85 [1/28/2008]
Orange
Life
Joie Clifton, 279
Dot Freeman, 272
Dave Goodwin, 238
David Simpson, 227
Chris Newton, 221
Paul Hueber, 218
Tom Rodriguez, 196
Gallus Quigley, 194
Brian Ahern, 193
Dotty Robbins, 180
Ron Smith, 171
John Hintermister, 165
Rex Rowan, 141
Doug Suitor, 136
Bob Wallace, 130
Peg Lindsay, 125
Cole Fredricks,113
Roy Peterson, 113
Don Margeson, 112
Jeff Macdonald, 108
Scott Flamand, 103
Bob Carroll, 102
John Puschock, 102
Rodney Cassidy, 100
Judy Bryan, 97
Jim Flynn, 93
Debra Segal, 89
Karl Overman, 87
Bill Boeringer, 85
Roy Morris, 77
Andy Wraithmell, 73
Chris Rasmussen, 70
Tom Zinneman, 70
Becky Enneis, 67
Bob Simons, 60
Steve Patterson, 58
Bruce Christensen, 54
Sean McCool, 28
Big Year
Gallus Quigley, 120 [2007]
Big Day
David Simpson, 82 [12/23/2009]
Osceola
Life
David Simpson, 175
Dave Goodwin, 151
Brian Ahern, 135
Joie Clifton, 127
Dot Freeman, 127
Dotty Robbins, 123
Judy Bryan, 117
Cole Fredricks,117
Bill Boeringer, 114
Rodney Cassidy, 114
Rex Rowan, 112
Bob Carroll, 111
Becky Enneis, 106
Andy Wraithmell, 106
Ron Smith, 102
Roy Morris, 98
John Boyd, 97
Karl Overman, 93
Peg Lindsay, 92
Chris Rasmussen, 85
Roy Peterson, 68
John Hintermister, 67
Chris Newton, 65
Bob Wallace, 57
Debra Segal, 56
Don Margeson, 52
Dick Latuchie, 49
Dave Gagne, 43
Jim Flynn, 42
Jeff Macdonald, 40
Tom Zinneman, 36
Steve Patterson, 32
Russ Titus, 25
Big Year
Rodney Cassidy, 114 [2008]
Big Day
Bob Carroll and Rex Rowan, 86 [3/4/2007]
Palm Beach
Life
Dotty Robbins, 256
David Simpson, 253
Dave Goodwin, 249
Bill Boeringer, 201
Brian Rapoza, 199
John Boyd, 191
Eric Gehring, 175
Vince McGrath, 153
Vincent Lucas, 133
Craig Faanes, 131
Rick Lucas, 127
Russ Titus, 119
John Hintermister, 117
Ron Smith, 117
Rodney Cassidy, 115
Chris Rasmussen, 113
Chris Newton, 110
Bob Wallace, 104
Brian Ahern, 102
Roy Morris, 100
Karl Overman, 94
Peg Lindsay, 85
Cathy Levreault, 69
Tom Zinneman, 69
Jim Eager, 67
Andy Wraithmell, 58
Dot Freeman, 51
Bob Carroll, 45
Jim Flynn, 43
Joie Clifton, 42
Rex Rowan, 42
David Chaffin, 30
Steve Collins, 25
Big Day
David Simpson, 65 [08/07/2000]
Pasco
Life
Ken Tracey, 269
Dave Goodwin, 253
Dave Gagne, 217
Ron Smith, 215
Brian Ahern, 210
Ray Smart, 194
David Simpson, 193
Don Margeson, 153
Dotty Robbins, 138
Chris Rasmussen, 136
Peg Lindsay, 128
Roy Morris, 124
Sean McCool, 117
Joie Clifton,116
Bob Carroll, 112
Dot Freeman, 105
Becky Enneis, 103
John Hintermister, 72
Bob Wallace, 72
Judy Bryan, 59
Chris Newton, 50
Rodney Cassidy, 48
Vincent Lucas, 35
Rex Rowan, 30
Tom Zinneman, 29
Bill Boeringer, 26
Big Year
Dave Gagne, 193 [2009]
Dave Gagne, 189 [2008]
Big Day
Ken Tracey, 128 [1/18/2004]
Pinellas
Life
Dave Goodwin, 354
Ron Smith, 321
Brian Ahern, 289
Dave Gagne, 289
Don Margeson, 286
David Simpson, 252
Scott Flamand, 240
John Hintermister, 222
Chris Rasmussen, 210
Ray Smart, 205
Chris Newton, 198
Dotty Robbins, 193
Roy Morris, 187
Craig Faanes, 186
Vince McGrath, 185
Tom Rodriguez, 174
Tom Zinneman, 168
Vincent Lucas, 165
Gallus Quigley, 162
John Puschock, 161
Cole Fredricks,157
Bob Carroll, 145
Rodney Cassidy, 141
Doug Suitor, 138
Dot Freeman, 135
Peg Lindsay, 133
John Boyd, 131
Sean McCool, 131
Steve Collins, 128
Craig Faanes, 127
Cathy Levreault, 122
Joie Clifton,119
Becky Enneis, 118
Judy Bryan, 108
Debra Segal, 106
Bob Wallace, 106
Bill Boeringer, 102
Andy Wraithmell, 96
Rex Rowan, 86
Jeff Macdonald, 73
Dick Latuchie, 69
Bruce Christensen, 52
Big Year
Don Margeson, 249 [2007]
Dave Gagne, 204 [2004]
Dave Gagne, 203 [2008]
Big Day
Ron Smith, 135 [4/1/1995]
Polk
Life
Chuck Geanangel, 300
Tom Palmer, 271
Dave Goodwin, 252
Roy Morris, 235
Cole Fredricks, 208
David Simpson, 206
Brian Ahern, 193
Chris Rasmussen, 188
Ron Smith, 176
Joie Clifton, 150
Chris Newton, 143
Tom Rodriguez, 126
Dotty Robbins, 119
Dot Freeman, 112
John Hintermister, 111
Cathy Levreault, 99
Don Margeson, 98
Tom Zinneman, 96
Bob Carroll, 90
Peg Lindsay, 85
Rex Rowan, 82
Bob Wallace, 78
John Boyd, 77
Debra Segal, 77**
Dave Gagne, 71
Rodney Cassidy, 68
Steve Patterson, 62
Becky Enneis, 52
Russ Titus, 51
Bill Boeringer, 47
Sean McCool, 41
Big Year
Roy Morris, 216 [2009]
Cole Fredricks, 191 [2009]
Cole Fredricks, 182 [2010, YTD]
Big Day
Albright, Rasmussen, & Morris, 111 [3/29/2008]
Roy Morris, 98 [1/27/2008]
David Simpson, 90 [2/10/2007]
Putnam
Life
Judy Bryan, 188
David Simpson, 187
John Hintermister, 169
Dotty Robbins, 160
M. Haldeman, 123
Bob Carroll, 111
Rex Rowan, 111
Cathy Levreault, 105
Becky Enneis, 104
Ron Smith, 101
Bob Simons, 81
Dave Goodwin, 78
Brian Ahern, 77
Debra Segal, 68
Bob Wallace, 66
John Puschock, 61
Dot Freeman, 51
Joie Clifton, 46
Rodney Cassidy, 40
Scott Flamand, 32
Big Year
David Simpson, 182 [2008]
Big Day
David Simpson, 106 [12/13/2008]
David Simpson, 98 [11/15/2008]
David Simpson, 94 [3/10/2008]
David Simpson, 88 [9/21/2008]
David Simpson, 87 [9/30/2008]
St. Johns
Life
Diane Reed, 271
Andrew Thornton, 250
Matt Hafner, 249
Roger Clark, 241
John Hintermister, 199
David Simpson, 182
Dotty Robbins, 178
Dave Goodwin, 155
Judy Bryan, 149
Bob Carroll, 137
Kevin Dailey, 134
Becky Enneis, 133
Rex Rowan, 127
Bob Simons, 126
Ron Smith, 118
Craig Faanes, 113
Dot Freeman, 112
Joie Clifton,108
Bob Wallace, 105
Scott Flamand, 91
Debra Segal, 70
Bill Boeringer, 68
Rodney Cassidy, 52
M. Haldeman, 49
Cathy Levreault, 44
Sean McCool, 43
Roy Morris, 43
Dave Gagne, 35
Roy Peterson, 29
Big Year
Andrew Thornton, 229 [2009]
Matt Hafner, 228 [2009]
Diane Reed, 225 [2009]
Diane Reed, 220 [2008]
Diane Reed, 203 [2007]
Big Day
Diane Reed, 107 [4/26/08]
David Simpson, 82 [11/23/2008]
David Simpson, 63 [2/8/2008]
St. Lucie
Life
David Simpson, 218
Dotty Hull, 209
Hank Hull, 209
Dave Goodwin, 165
Tim Towles, 136
Ron Smith, 106
Dotty Robbins, 86
Brian Ahern, 72
Joie Clifton, 61
Roy Morris, 60
Dot Freeman, 58
Bill Boeringer, 57
John Boyd, 55
John Hintermister, 42
Bob Carroll, 41
Bob Wallace, 40
Rodney Cassidy, 24
Big Day
David Simpson, 57 [11/18/2009]
Santa Rosa
Life
Bob Duncan, 326
David Simpson, 189
Rodney Cassidy, 176
Dave Goodwin, 144
Ron Smith, 125
Dotty Robbins, 108
Dot Freeman, 89
John Hintermister, 71
Rex Rowan, 56
Brian Ahern, 55
Becky Enneis, 55
Bob Carroll, 54
David Chaffin, 54
Andy Wraithmell, 33
Judy Bryan, 32
Sean McCool, 21
Big Day
David Simpson, 58 [02/16/2010]
Sarasota
Life
Jeanne Dubi, 266
Edith Miller, 262
Craig Faanes, 249
John Ginaven, 248
Tina Mossbarger, 248
Rick Greenspun, 240
Dave Goodwin, 223
Wade Matthews, 209
Stu Wilson, 192
David Simpson, 185
Brian Ahern, 178
Ron Smith, 178
Peter Rice, 174
Tom Zinneman, 137
Vincent Lucas, 121
Dotty Robbins, 112
Rodney Cassidy, 109
Bill Boeringer, 107
Gallus Quigley, 102
Don Margeson, 95
John Boyd, 94
Roy Morris, 94
Chris Rasmussen, 94
John Hintermister, 90
Chris Newton, 76
Bob Carroll, 74
Becky Enneis, 73
Dot Freeman, 68
Peg Lindsay, 64
Joie Clifton, 62
Judy Bryan, 59
Bob Wallace, 57
Jeff Macdonald, 47
Cathy Levreault, 37
Big Day
Susan Daughtrey, 75 [4/4/2008]
Bob Carroll, 74 [4/7/2008]
Becky Enneis, 73 [4/7/2008]
Big Year
Craig Faanes, 225 [2009]
Seminole
Life
Paul Hueber, 204
Joie Clifton, 200
Dot Freeman, 160
David Simpson, 157
Roy Peterson, 131
Tom Rodriguez, 115
Dotty Robbins, 113
Jeff Macdonald, 112
Dave Goodwin, 102
Ron Smith, 102
Brian Ahern, 100
Peg Lindsay, 83
Chris Newton, 83
Bob Carroll, 79
Roy Morris, 77
Becky Enneis, 74
Rodney Cassidy, 58
Rex Rowan, 55
Bob Wallace, 45
John Hintermister, 34
Debra Segal, 30
Big Day
David Simpson, 75 [12/28/2003]
Sumter
Life
David Simpson, 149
Brian Ahern, 137
Ron Smith, 133
Dotty Robbins, 130
Dave Goodwin, 125
Bob Carroll, 112
Joie Clifton, 104
Becky Enneis, 103
Dot Freeman, 103
John Hintermister, 94
Judy Bryan, 91
Peg Lindsay, 84
Dave Gagne, 76
Roy Morris, 72
Rex Rowan, 62
Bob Wallace, 49
Sean McCool, 45
Rodney Cassidy, 41
Chris Rasmussen, 36
Bill Boeringer, 29
Big Year
David Simpson, 111 [2007]
Big Day
Ahern, Gagne, and Smith, 72 [10/24/2009]
David Simpson, 67 [2/8/2009]
Rex Rowan, 46 [6/9/2006]
Suwannee
Life
Bob Simons, 148
Dotty Robbins, 137
David Simpson, 129
John Hintermister, 123
Dave Goodwin, 116
Ron Smith, 112
Rodney Cassidy, 109
Bob Carroll, 103
Becky Enneis, 101
Rex Rowan, 100
Judy Bryan, 97
Sean McCool, 82
Brian Ahern, 72
Roy Morris, 68
Bob Wallace, 57
Dot Freeman, 31
Andy Wraithmell, 31
Joie Clifton, 24
Big Year
David Simpson, 101 [2007]
Big Day
Bob Carroll, 48 [10/14/2007]
Taylor
Life
John Hintermister, 180
Brian Ahern, 177
Dotty Robbins, 176
David Simpson, 161
Dave Goodwin, 148
Rodney Cassidy, 138
Rex Rowan, 138
Ron Smith, 135
Sean McCool, 128
Bob Carroll, 126
Becky Enneis, 120
Judy Bryan, 118
Andy Wraithmell, 109
Bob Wallace, 67
Debra Segal, 34**
Dot Freeman, 25
Big Year
John Hintermister, 96, [2009]
Big Day
Rex Rowan and Bob Carroll, 89 [5/19/07]
Becky Enneis, 84 [5/19/07]
Brian Ahern and Ron Smith, 79 [1/13/2007]
Union
Life
Dotty Robbins, 155
John Hintermister, 153
David Simpson, 138
Judy Bryan, 131
Bob Carroll, 116
Rex Rowan, 115
Ron Smith, 110
Becky Enneis, 107
Brian Ahern, 67
Debra Segal, 65**
Rodney Cassidy, 60
J. Ault, 58
Dave Goodwin, 52
Joie Clifton, 38
Sean McCool, 33
Bob Wallace, 29
Dot Freeman, 21
Big Year
John Hintermister, 132, [2009]
David Simpson, 107 [2009]
David Simpson, 99 [2007]
Big Day
David Simpson, 68 [10/4/2009]
Volusia
Life
Michael Brothers, 335
Bob Wallace, 312
David Simpson, 283
Don Chalfant, 255
Dave Goodwin, 239
Joie Clifton, 221
John Hintermister, 211
Dotty Robbins, 204
Gallus Quigley, 192
Roy Peterson, 184
Dot Freeman, 162
Brian Ahern, 146
Judy Bryan, 145
Ron Smith, 142
Peg Lindsay, 138
Chris Rasmussen, 135
Rex Rowan, 134
Paul Hueber, 133
Bob Carroll, 129
Rodney Cassidy, 128
Roy Morris, 126
Becky Enneis, 123
John Puschock, 121
Chris Newton, 113
Sean McCool, 79
Craig Faanes, 76
Andy Wraithmell, 60
Steve Patterson, 52
Debra Segal, 51
Don Margeson, 47
Bill Boeringer, 24
Cathy Levreault, 20
Big Year
Michael Brothers, 278 [2007]
Bob Wallace, 266 [2007]
Michael Brothers, 254 [2008]
Michael Brothers, 252 [2006]
Bob Wallace, 229 [2006]
Big Day
John Hintermister & Bob Wallace, 95 [4/30/2006]
Wakulla
Life
Noel Wamer, 304
Tom Curtis, 304
J. Dozier, 288
Rodney Cassidy, 278
Sean McCool, 276
David Simpson, 267
Dave Goodwin, 263
Andy Wraithmell, 251
John Murphy, 250
John Hintermister, 242
Ron Smith, 227
Dotty Robbins, 216
Rex Rowan, 195
Bob Carroll, 172
Brian Ahern, 171
Becky Enneis, 170
Gallus Quigley, 165
Peg Lindsay, 164
Greg McDermott, 158
Craig Faanes, 154
Bob Wallace, 153
Steve Collins, 150
Scott Flamand, 142
John Boyd, 137
Tom Rodriguez, 134
Judy Bryan, 132
David Chaffin, 130
Cole Fredricks,117
Cathy Levreault, 111
Joie Clifton, 108
Bruce Christensen, 100
Debra Segal, 99**
Roy Morris, 91
Steve Patterson, 90
Jim Eager, 89
Bill Boeringer, 75
Dot Freeman, 72
Tom Zinneman, 66
Karl Overman, 43
Chris Newton, 26
Big Year
Tom Curtis, 254 [2005]
Rodney Cassidy, 244 [2008]
Big Day
Rodney Cassidy, 157 [4/25/2009]
Rodney, Shiloh and Samantha Cassidy, 155 [4/5/09]
Rodney and Deborah L. Cassidy, 133 [4/6/2008]
David Simpson, 120 [12/20/2002]
Rodney and Deborah L. Cassidy, 119 [5/8/2007]
Walton
Life
David Simpson, 186
Justyn Stahl, 143
Rodney Cassidy, 136
Mark VanderVen, 127
Dotty Robbins, 123
Ron Smith, 110
Dave Goodwin, 109
John Puschock, 107
David Chaffin, 93
John Hintermister, 86
Brian Ahern, 84
Rex Rowan, 58
Bob Wallace, 55
Bob Carroll, 53
Becky Enneis, 51
Judy Bryan, 42
Steve Patterson, 40
Andy Wraithmell, 35
Sean McCool, 33
Roy Morris, 25
Big Day
Justyn Stahl and Sarah Knutie, 88 [3/17/2007]
John Puschock and Justyn Stahl, 84 [3/3/2007]
Washington
Life
David Simpson, 142
Rodney Cassidy, 122
Ron Smith, 111
Dotty Robbins, 101
Mark VanderVen, 100
Dave Goodwin, 85
Justyn Stahl, 82
Brian Ahern, 75
John Puschock, 73
Rex Rowan, 42
Sean McCool, 39
Bob Carroll, 38
John Hintermister, 38
Bob Simons, 34
Becky Enneis, 33
Roy Morris, 30
Judy Bryan, 22
Big Year
David Simpson, 129 [2009]
Big Day
Austin and Ron Smith, 77 [12/27/2007]
David Simpson, 69 [12/30/2009]
Ron Smith & Brian Ahern, 67 [3/27/2007]
Some of My Favorite Places:
Listed next to a few of the counties is a description of one of my favorite places to bird there. I hope you find them helpful.
Wow! Fort De Soto during spring migration can be a birder's dream come true. In fact, I can't think of a bad time to visit Fort De Soto.
As my students might say, "OMG! Circle B Bar Ranch is totally awesome." Really, it is. If you haven't been there yet, go now.
Another place worth a stop at the right time of year is Banana Lake Park located west of US 98 and South of SR 570 near Lakeland Highlands. Scan the lake for terns, gulls and pelicans, and be sure to scan the boat house roofs as well.
When I'm in Seminole County I always try to stop at White's Landing at the end of Spring Ave on the southern shore of Lake Jesup. It's a very tiny park - no more than an acre or two - but it's a great spot for scoping the lake in a peaceful setting.
My favorite stop in Taylor County is Hagan's Cove. The water is typically calm and shallow making it perfect for a variety of waders and shorebirds regardless of the tide. Also, it's fairly easy to get Towhees, nuthatches and the usual pine woods birds along the road into the Cove.
Chastain-Seay Park in Worthington Springs along the Santa Fe River is a little gem. Easily birded in one day, it still has a variety of habitats that support a rich variety of birds. Be sure to check along the river for waterthrushes and the trees along the old boardwalk for a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Northern Flickers are also common here. I found most of my Union County warblers here. It's worth the trip off the beaten path.
I had the birding experience of a lifetime in May, 2010. Michael Brothers led a pelagic birding trip about 100 miles east of New Smyrna. We set a state record for Arctic Terns - 64 - and had numerous Black-capped Petrels, all three Storm Petrels, Parasitic and Pomarine Jaegers, Cory's and Audubon Shearwaters, what seemed to be hundreds of Sooty Terns, and 3 White-tailed Tropicbirds. Some day you just have to try one of Michael's trips. On the Florida Birding Links page of this site, I've posted a link to the Marine Science Center where you can contact Michael and get trip information. Don't miss it!
Florida is filled with outstanding birding spots, but St. Marks NWR has to be among the top five. From the pond behind the Visitors' Center to the trails behind the restrooms, from the helicopter pad to Lighthouse Pond, you'll love this park!
Copyright 2009 Florida County Listing. All rights reserved.
Bob Carroll
Gainesville, FL
ph: 352-281-3616
Bob
