A good duck day at the Montgomery Zoo. In the pond beyond the eagle exhibit, besides the many ring necks, coots and gadwalls, were at least two male and one...
Feb. 28-29, 2004 Big Sandy Unit Tenn. NWR Henry Co. TN I'm sure someone got better photos of this bird but I thought I'd share a few blurry photos of the bird...
Jared Caudle and I visited Guntersville yesterday to look for the red-necked grebe, glaucous gull, and prairie falcon. We found none of the three. We did...
Carrie and I spent a few hours on Dauphin Island this morning. We started out at the Shell Mounds but did not find anything other than winter residents. We...
Fellow Albirders I am in need of 50 current checklists of the Birds of Alabama. Does anyone out there know how I may obtain them? If so, please put me in...
RubyThroat@...
Mar 2, 2004 5:00 pm
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Hi Bob, If your printer works, here's some lists I've fixed up: Long version (one column, scientific names) http://www.swamphen.net/birds/lists/usa/al.htm ...
Swamphen
speedyg@...
Mar 2, 2004 5:14 pm
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Albirders Thanks to all of you that responded to my inquiry regarding the field checklist. I have the problem under control, thanks to you guys. Enjoy the...
RubyThroat@...
Mar 2, 2004 8:45 pm
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Frontal rains this time of year usually mean ducks on the pond in Guin, and it was true today. My check at lunch revealed three pied-billed grebes, one...
Every evening for the past few days, we have had huge flocks of robins flying south over our house and property. It would not be an exaggeration to say...
Hi Jon, I've seen these flocks in my yard in Birmingham too. It's kind of hard to get real excited about robins, but it's fascinating the number of birds and...
March 3, 2004 I've added a gallery of ID photos. I'll add to the gallery as things come to mind but this weekend a discussion started on Lesser and Greater...
Albirders On March 2nd, near the I-459 overpass over Highway 11 near Trussville, Martha Gail an I were treated to a once in a lifetime show of Cedar Waxwings....
RubyThroat@...
Mar 4, 2004 11:58 am
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For anyone considering a trip to NW Alabama this weekend, Wilson Dam will be closed from 8 a.m. Friday until 7:30 a.m. Monday. Most of the gulls are hanging...
TNbarredowl@...
Mar 4, 2004 9:00 pm
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There were 3 male N Parulas at the gate to the Kennedy Unit today, March 4. Later in the a.m. there was only one . In other spots on the refuge I found a...
jjoa@...
Mar 4, 2004 10:31 pm
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Albirders, One of the first birds I heard today was a Northern Mockingbird doing a bit of Wood Thrush song. A good sign of spring. I went to Catoma Creek just...
We heard our first singing white-eyed vireo for the season this morning, a full, complicated song aka nesting areas, not just the chip de dah de chip of the...
Dear AL Birders -- I've had a number of woodcock reports for the Atlas. Rhett Johnson first emailed me that the hunters had reported an increase in Woodcock in...
RickLWest@...
Mar 6, 2004 6:48 pm
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I would like to get in touch with Jon and Dawn Yoder. The email address I have from the albirds listserv bounced the message back to me. If you can help me...
Lucy & Bob Duncan
Town.Point@...
Mar 6, 2004 10:16 pm
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Dear All -- I went out woodcocking last night with moderate success, but I did find other nocturnal species. I was in Tallapoosa County (a little in Lee...
RickLWest@...
Mar 7, 2004 7:45 pm
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Hi Albirders, I read with interest the post about Woodcocks in Alabama by Rick West. The American Woodcock courtship is an amazing display, and he wrote...
The weather was beautiful at the coast this weekend. It was great to be out and to look for birds some. Nothing rare and unexpected showed up, but it was ...
March 6-7, 2004 Pace Point Area Tennessee NWR Big Sandy Unit Henry Co. TN There are now TWO Yellow-billed Loons gracing the area around Pace Point, yesterday I...
March 6-7, 2004 Pace Point Area Tennessee NWR Big Sandy Unit Henry Co. TN I have posted photos of the four species of loons now at Pace Point. The immature...
Dear Albirders, On Sunday after attending some business in Dothan, being such a beautiful day that Mike and I decided to go check out Blue Springs SP and...
For those that are not worn out with the Yellow-billed Loon, I found a disk that I overlooked and have added 6 photos, most taken in better light to the web...
Chatters, There has been some discussion as to the size differences of the various loons that are present at this time at Pace point. I thought the following ...
Hi All: My wife and I have the opportunity to spend a short week in southern Alabama in April. We are still flexible as to when during the month we come, and I...
Good morning! I may be going to Gulf Shores in the next couple of months, and I was wondering if y'all would mind sharing with me the best birding spots....
Hello Sharon, The messages you are posting still show your address as: barbiesr @xxxxxxxxxx.xxx Are you getting the e-mail responses to your posts? David...
