Andrew—I have some serious concerns about the Common Loon you have been seeing on or near Pelican Island recently. It is not normal for a loon to come...
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kittytripp@...
kittytripp...
May 16, 2013 12:37 am
I know its not AL but with the talk about the Pelican Loon I thought I would post the pic of the loon I found on the beach in Harrison Co MS 2 weeks ago. Very...
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larrygardella
May 16, 2013 1:40 am
Considerably later than the late April Common Redpoll from Dauphin Island in 1984. Larry Gardella Montogmery, AL On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Howard Horne...
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Dana Hamilton
stan_dana_h...
May 16, 2013 2:36 am
Howard, Janice, Al-birders, Many thanks to Janice Neitzel for her hospitality this afternoon. Stan and I arrived about 1:45 p.m. and the bird appeared at the...
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larrygardella
May 16, 2013 2:55 am
Good for you! My life Common Redpoll was the one at Dauphin Island in 1994 (not 84)! Larry Gardella Montgomery, AL On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Dana...
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Lucy & Bob Duncan
lucyandbobdu...
May 16, 2013 1:43 pm
Hi all, After having been shut down for a while, whatever birds are left in Yucatan and Central America had the opportunity to head north overnight and will...
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Howard Horne
hehorne
May 17, 2013 2:30 am
Hi All, I just received word from my good friend Janice Neitzel, that their COMMON REDPOLL continues to be regularly seen at the feeders around their home on...
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larrygardella
May 17, 2013 1:40 pm
Andrea slept in today in honor of her birthday. I left home early enough to have an hour at Rabbit Road (off Weil off Old Selma Road) before work. Before...
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flite60863
May 17, 2013 2:53 pm
Hello All- Larry had asked... ... From: lgardellabirds@... Sent: May 17, 2013 8:40 AM To: albirds@yahoogroups.com Subject: [ALBIRDS] Painted Bunting Is...
Some of the Duncans' migrants turned up in my neighborhood at Kathmoor. 3 singing male Magnolia Warblers, one of which I managed even to see well. May 18....
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Lucy & Bob Duncan
lucyandbobdu...
May 18, 2013 12:57 pm
There is a "river of migrants" at Ruffner Mountain in Birmingham right now (7:50 am). Scot Duncan just called to have me post this. He has "lots of birds" with...
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Lucy & Bob Duncan
lucyandbobdu...
May 18, 2013 1:10 pm
Scot just called back to say the migrants are moving in flocks: They come and go. A flock moves through and birding is intense, then they move on and there's...
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RubyThroat@...
May 18, 2013 2:00 pm
Albirders This time of year I get many dozens of calls from concerned folks about what has happened to their hummingbirds this year. It's OK to delete this...
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Bill Rogers
wjrogersport...
May 18, 2013 2:29 pm
I heard a new bird sound today. What I thought was a catbird calling an octave lower than normal turned out to be a Eurasian Collared Dove chasing a Mourning...
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Swmavocet@...
May 18, 2013 2:49 pm
FYI Janice reports the COMMON REDPOLL was still coming to her feeders yesterday on Ft Morgan Road (Baldwin County). She mentioned 1,3, and 6 pm but I'm sure...
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Janice Neitzel
janiceneitze...
May 18, 2013 4:30 pm
I saw the Redpoll briefly early 6:20 this morning. But have not seen her since. I'm pretty certain that she's moved on. It's extremely warm today. Janice Sent...
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scotduncan26
May 18, 2013 5:46 pm
Hi all, Sleepless from all the thunderstorms this morning I headed out early to Ruffner Mountain Nature Center to bird the parking lot. After driving through...
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Gregory J. Harber
flavorfreak
May 18, 2013 9:14 pm
Hey Scot et al- Jessica Germany called me this morning after reading the note from the Down South Duncans and we arrived there shortly before 9:00 a.m., where...
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janiceneitze...
May 19, 2013 12:21 am
It appears that the Redpoll has moved on. No sighting of her since early this morning, and I've been watching all day. What a wonderful and exciting...
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larrygardella
May 19, 2013 2:28 am
Sounds like the alarm note for this species. Larry Gardella Montgomery On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Bill Rogers wrote: I heard a new bird sound today....
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larrygardella
May 19, 2013 2:39 am
Interestingt that you had so many Maggies the same day that I had 3 near my home in Montgomery. There must have been quite a push of the species. Instead of...
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star_stuf
May 19, 2013 5:03 pm
I saw a pair of Eurasian Collared Doves in McGucken Park in SE Huntsville yesterday afternoon around 4:30 PM. They were in the shady area on the pathway by the...
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Duncan, Scot
scotduncan26
May 19, 2013 5:04 pm
Larry, Sounds like you had a great hike at WOJ. As for migrants this Sunday morning... I birded Ruffner again and had only 1 transient neotropical migrant, a...
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Harold Peterson
pinkfloyd137
May 20, 2013 2:43 am
Earlier today we headed down to Lake Guntersville to see the newly reopened campground. The day use area must have been popular- they were out of the fee...
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Jon Yoder
yoderski
May 21, 2013 1:11 pm
Here is a follow up on purple martin numbers for my site this year. There is no obvious sign of predation, no snakes, or torn open housing that would suggest...
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jdgphoto333
May 21, 2013 5:05 pm
There was a Canvasback Duck in front of the Guntersville State Park camping area. We thought it might be injured and was just stuck there. Another boat...
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Debbie
numberonebirder
May 21, 2013 5:08 pm
Hello Albirders, The non-running vehicles are no longer on the property. 75% of the Privet shurbs are gone. The man claiming to be from the EPA is a Calhoun...
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RubyThroat@...
May 21, 2013 7:12 pm
Debbie and Albirders Thugs and bullies abound in all phases of government, big and small. Good to hear that you stood up to them and stopped the abuse and...
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Kathryn
klo_day
May 21, 2013 9:32 pm
I saw one today and they say two are seen frequently in a tree near the small kids playground/ A construction worker told us that he saw a tree, right next to...
