Hi all, I just received a phone call from Lucy Duncan who reports a male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD at Fort Morgan around the sea oats next to the fishing pier....
I spent this morning walking fields in North, Northwest Auburn area. Good numbers of sparrows including: Henslow's (1), Lincoln's (1), Grasshopper (1), Vesper...
James Holmes Jr
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Nov 2, 2009 7:32 pm
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Attention Alabama Birders Rusty Blackbird Blitz Jan 30- Feb 15 Volunteers Needed We are organizing the 2010 Rusty Blackbird Blitz and need volunteers. The...
Dear All, We are starting to post the 2009/2010 AL and FL Panhandle Christmas Bird Count dates at the AOS website. If you have any interest in joining in on...
Albirders A last minute reminder. Martha Sargent and I will be presenting a FREE hummer program tonight beginning at 6:30 PM at the Civic Center in Pell City,...
RubyThroat@...
Nov 3, 2009 7:19 pm
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When I moved here on Gunter Mountain near Grant in April I had Cedar Waxwings and Juncos in and around my yard, and then they were gone and the Summer Tanagers...
I had a sub-adult male Rufous Hummingbird at my back feeder this morning. He came to the feeder three times and I saw him through binoculars two of those...
There are now 2 Scissor-Tailed Flycatchers at Ft Morgan. Didn't have any luck spotting the YH Blackbird or Western Kingbird. Karen Chiasson Silverhill, AL...
There are still many birds on dauphin island. The shell mounds still have magnolia, yellow-rumped, black and white, palm, tennessee, orange-crowned, hooded and...
Hi all, Lucy and I are finally getting a breather from almost non-stop birding since mid-October after a very slow September and early October. Migrant...
HI all, There was a good overnight movement of passerine birds, from my brief scan of the skies over our neighborhood, lots of Robins, blackbirds and some...
Albirders All I would like to report that yet another Rufous hummingbird, this time in Remlap, Alabama, has been banded and documented this young winter...
RubyThroat@...
Nov 5, 2009 2:23 pm
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The Green-tailed Towhee is still present in the same general area along the bike path at Ft. Pickens as of today, Nov. 5. We observed it four or five times...
Early Morning Albirders I just closed our nets for the night. Shortly after midnight last night we netted and banded our second Saw-whet owl of this winter...
RubyThroat@...
Nov 6, 2009 10:21 am
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I am on my way to meet carrie and Eugenia who gave a yh bbird on Cadillac ave on DI David Dortch Sent from my iPhone On Nov 5, 2009, at 12:41 PM, "Lucy and Bob...
The Yellow-headed Blackbird is a female and is associating with a group of Red-winged Blackbirds in and around Eugenia and Don Careys yard on Cadillac Ave on...
Hi all, Just wanted to let you know about the Coastal Birding Association Field Trip to Fort Morgan on Saturday. Here is the trip info from our web page:...
Albirders This afternoon, with the permission of my friend Rick Remy, I banded his beautiful young sub-adult male Rufous hummingbird. It is a stunning young ...
RubyThroat@...
Nov 7, 2009 12:03 am
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My walk this morning at Powder Magazine Park in Montgomery brought mainly winter birds and residents. Two Blue-headed Vireos were nice treats, and my failure...
The Green-tailed Towhee was seen again today by multiple observers in the same place at Ft. Pickens. If past experience counts for anything, one needs to...
Howard Horne asked me to report that Chazz Hesselein and several other birders had a female Yellow-headed Blackbird in the field at the northeast corner of the...
Hi all, The CBA field trip yesterday to Fort Morgan did not yield many birds, but there were still some suprises to be found. Steve McConnell joined us, coming...
The Green-tailed Towhee at Ft. Pickens was seen by multiple observers today in the same place as described in prior posts. If you are planning to visit Ft....
Today I was down on the Swan Creek Management area in Limestone County. Two things surprised me. I was swarmed by mosquitos and I saw a group of about 20 white...
Some additions to the bird list for the undeveloped Fairhope Falls sub-division. Great Blue Heron Hooded Merganser Pied-Billed Grebe Belted Kingfisher ...
2:25 p.m. Tuesday Howard Horne just called to say that he has a nighthawk behind Ft. Gaines, and he's pretty sure it's a LESSER NIGHTHAWK. He has seen it...
Hello Everyone, Today I saw a male Pine Warbler . My husband said he saw two about a week ago. I do not know yet if this is the one that ate out of my hand. If...
Howard Horne just called to say that Don McKee and ? Walker also got to see the bird and it is definitely a LESSER NIGHTHAWK. It is there now: 2:44 p.m....
Just talked to Howard. They are leaving the nighthawk at Ft. Gaines to look for other stormies. Bird is perched on wood/trash pile near broken chain-link...