This Week in Florida Birding

Lots of good rare birds are being spotted all over the state, including, according two e-Bird, a few by famed Big Year Birder, Greg Miller.  Me, I'm not so lucky to be spotting rare birds, as my work here in the Tampa Bay area keeps me busy most of the day.  However,  I have been to a few good, local hotspots, including a couple of trips to Fort De Soto, where there are always good birds.  I've seen the long staying Franklin's Gull, and just today a host of migrants from the south, making their annual trip north, including my first Florida Louisiana Waterthrush, and this very sad looking Laughing Gull, below, who doesn't look in the mood, at all, to have a good laugh.