Dear Albirders, Well lets just say that I was too excited this weekend as I got two life birds. I can't say they were Alabama birds as I was just over the...
I am sorry to report that the June 20 pelagic birding/whale watching trip trip planned to go to the DeSoto Canyon has been cancelled due to lack of interest. ...
Monkpiper@...
Jun 2, 2004 11:42 am
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Hi, I have a bluebird house in my yard, and this year I finally had a couple move in. I've watched them fly in and out for weeks, and my whole family has been...
Fellow Albirders I would like to announce that officials with The Alabama Historical Commission are having a public meeting regarding future plans at Fort...
RubyThroat@...
Jun 4, 2004 11:10 pm
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June 5, 2004 Ensley Bottoms Shelby Co. TN Well, I wasted a perfectly good morning with a female Hudsonian Godwit at Ensley ;o) I left there just after noon and...
Hi All- While atlasing today in the Wadley North CE block (DeLorme Atlas, page 39, A10) Jessica Germany and I experienced deja vu all over again. We were ...
ALBirders, I have had a busy week of conducting point count in Tuskegee NF. The bird of most interest was a male Chestnut-sided Warbler singing his head off on...
It's good to hear about the birds people are finding when doing atlasing work, especially outrageous stuff such as House Wren and Chestnut-sided Warbler in ...
June 6, 2004 Ensley Bottoms Shelby, Co. TN Early this morning the female Godwit was found in the same pool but not feeding as ravenously. At 7:30 the bird...
Dear All -- A buddy and I watched a King Rail stroll across Al Highway 28 a little east of Lee Long Bridge where an open marsh borders the south side of the...
RickLWest@...
Jun 7, 2004 3:09 am
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June 6, 2004 Tunica Co. Mississippi I have posted a short gallery of photos of the Western Kingbird nest that I found this afternoon in Tunica Co. Mississippi....
ALBIRDERS: I found Tyler's post about a Chestnut-sided warbler of interest. In short, I recent banded a Black and white warbler in NE Louisiana (where they are...
June - 2004 Tunica Co. MS A few years back I found and photographed Purple Martins nesting in the letters of a BP Service Station down in Mississippi. The...
During bird survey work at Wheeler NWR today, a singing Willow Flycatcher was located in the White Springs Dewatering Unit in Limestone County. The bird is...
Randy and I are proud to announce the hatching of a clutch of red-headed woodpeckers in one of Charles Kennedy's beautiful blue bird boxes. The box is in the...
Alford, Carol
calford@...
Jun 11, 2004 9:39 pm
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I'm not up on all the nesting records for Tree Swallows in Alabama, but Thursday (6/10) morning while running my Coosa River BBS route (north of Hwy 78 and...
There is a pelagic birding trip scheduled for Sunday, August 22, leaving from Destin, Florida. (This is an unsponsored trip, with no club affiliation.) Our...
Monkpiper@...
Jun 12, 2004 8:06 pm
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On May 26, I reported the Lark Sparrow I saw and heard that morning in the Marbury CE block near the Lightwood Community. This morning, I returned to the ...
Hi Eric et al- Tree Swallows have nested in recent years in this general area of the state. Bob Reid (St. Clair County near Riverside) and Harriett Wright...
Albirders One thing new regarding the meeting at Gulf Shores to discuss the future plans for Fort Morgan: There will be a "summary" of the project presented at...
RubyThroat@...
Jun 13, 2004 10:10 pm
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Saw this article on CNN. Com and thought everyone might enjoy it. Especially you folks in Birmingham with the tall buildings there. ...
ALBirders, I have spent the last week wandering all over southern Tuskegee NF. There is some remarkable habitat buried deep in the forest but alas no...
ALBirders, I almost forgot to mention I stumbled upon a Chuck-will's Widow nest with young as well. The female, who was brooding at the time, gave me a couple...
AL Birders: I've replied separately to Eric in more detail. Tree Swallows have been noted as possible, probable, or confirmed breeders in the state in (after...
Just one day after Damien Simbeck and I were unsuccessful in locating the Willow Flycatcher first reported at Wheeler NWR on June 9, I relocated at least three...
June 18, 2004 DeSoto Co. Mississippi Ensley Bottoms, Shelby Co, TN This afternoon, I thought I'd check on Mississippi's first Western Kingbird's nest I found...
Hi all, While visiting the grandparents today in Foley, I decided to check out the residential areas of the town west of Highway 59 in an continuing effort to ...
AL Birders: Just a reminder to please send me interesting bird records for the period March through May as soon as possible. I need to get everything ready ...
I was working in western Franklin County Friday, and found several large clear-cuts that looked inviting (you have to love Bachman's Sparrows for them to be...