At lunch yesterday, I saw some large white clusters below Wilson Dam, making me think pelican. I stopped there after work and enjoyed 4 American White...
The Glaucous Gull was in the middle of the lake at 11:30 am today,Tues., with a LOT of ring billed gulls around it. There were also some Herring gulls. I did...
jjoa@...
Mar 1, 2005 7:27 pm
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A trip to the landfill Mag. Sprgs Monday 2/28 yielded 3 first winter LBB Gulls, & one adult plus the first winter Glaucous. It was smelly, in your face, 3 1/2...
I looked out my kitchen window this morning to see a beautiful male Harris's Sparrow in the cherry tree next to the deck. A very nice addition to my yard...
I will be traveling to a meeting in Tunica, MS next week. Any suggestions regarding birding spots to visit while I am in the area? Thanks, Chazz Hesselein ...
In the pines on the road going in to Lee County Lake is a large group of Brown headed nuthatches. Today I had a RBN in with them. Only DCComerants on the...
jjoa@...
Mar 3, 2005 8:34 pm
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In spite of dodgy weather down here, Carrie and I watched a Brown Thrasher building a nest on our evening stroll today. We also saw a vee of about 50 White...
I received this note from a local birder today (Friday). She and friends saw the bird on Wednesday. Our birding day Wed. was a good one. We saw about 67...
The gull population plummeted in Pensacola Bay following the decline of the shrimping industry (imported shrimp are cheaper and seem to have put the locals out...
My husband and Iwere over at Wilson Lake in the Shoals area today. We were at the Town Creek end of Wilson Lake and observed 50 plus white pelicans, then we...
June White
ajccw@...
Mar 6, 2005 3:20 am
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A family of Red Crossbills were in scope view today---all at once--the male,female and juvenile. They were viewed for a period of several min.while they were...
jjoa@...
Mar 7, 2005 12:14 am
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Randy and I always put up our hummer feeder in early March in anticipation of our first customer. To our delight, our first customer came Sunday - a male...
Alford, Carol
calford@...
Mar 7, 2005 2:03 pm
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Last Wednesday (3/2), I was traveling to Knoxville for a business meeting. On the way, I noticed a single white goose with some Canadas at the Crow Creek...
The AOS spring meeting details are now online on the AOS website at http://www.bham.net/aos. Just click "Meetings" on the left of the page if you are...
Albirders Below is a cut and paste message regarding the final meeting regarding the proposed long range plans for the restoration and changes at Fort Morgan. ...
RubyThroat@...
Mar 9, 2005 8:37 pm
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Spring Creek embayment Wheeler Reservoir Lawrence County, AL Earlier today, I had a basic plumage Red-throated Loon in the Tennessee River channel out from the...
March 10, 2005 I've been going through my photos for the winter reports and have put together another gallery of birds that I thought were interesting, nothing...
That's odd, my wife's copy had an article on David Ellis that began on p. 6, but no article on the Sargents. Jud Johnston Winfield...
Jud Johnston
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Mar 11, 2005 3:22 am
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On 3/10/05 7:06 PM, wjrogersportable at wjrogersportable@... wrote: Did anyone else get Southern Living today? Page AL8 had an article on Bob and Martha...
In my earlier post, I meant to say that one of the Common Loons was in alternate plumage, not basic. Damien Simbeck Killen, AL [Non-text portions of this...
Just to shed some light on the picture accompanying the article. The young boy in the picture with Bob is my son, Chris, who is now 15 and an Eagle Scout, the...
I thought I would pass this Atlas cooperator's March 12 report on to ALBirds. Breeding season is upon us. ... There's an old pond in one area, that's "gone...
RickLWest@...
Mar 13, 2005 6:27 am
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Recently, I purchased a Purple Martin housing unit. From what I have read on the Internet, this new house should be erected approximately seven weeks after...
Rick West's posting regarding the Belted Kingfisher nesting was interesting. However, it took some mental gymnastics to figure out whether the bird was a...
I second - and third - this comment about codes. I have often had to puzzle what they mean. In most cases, unless you type with one or two fingers, it would be...