Dec. 1, 2005 Morris Williams made a great discovery on Nov. 29, when he walked up on a Black-throated Sparrow near Elora, TN in Lincoln Co. Elora is just north...
DEC. 1, 2005 Update from Morris Williams on Black-throated Sparrow. Anyone visiting the location, please post success or failure as many are planning to travel...
The address to report Rusty Blackbird sightings and numbers is Sam Droege at: sdroege@usgs,giv Carolyn Snow Montgomery [Non-text portions of this message have...
There is a very interesting and sad article on Rusties at the Smithsonian Website. They are asking for reports of Rusties especially during December and ...
The Wheeler NWR RED-NECKED GREBE was seen again late this morning at the south end of Limestone Bay. Also seen were >100 WHITE PELICANS and around 100 SANDHILL...
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Dec 3, 2005 8:19 pm
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When I was photographing the Sandhill Cranes at the Beaverdam observation platform a coyote came running across the fields and chased the cranes. At the south...
I apologize for the delay in responding to Eric's request. He posted on the evening I arrived in Fort Lauderdale for the start of a 10-day (mainly not ...
Last night, 12/04, I had several good looks at a Common nighthawk in Hoover. The bird was flying low and coursing over the high-output lights lining the (E-W)...
Can anyone help me? In addition to my duties as the editorial page editor of The Huntsville Times, I write a monthly birdwatching column for the newspaper's...
John Ehinger
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Dec 6, 2005 8:19 pm
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This afternoon I saw an Osprey on Butler Mill Road, south of Snowdoun, where we've seen one several times in the last 2 winters. It's always encouraging to...
2005 in Tennessee Come to Tennessee. Your new birding destination ;o) With Townsend's Solitaire, Black-throated Sparrow, Inca Dove, breeding Scissor-tailed...
Surrounded by 100-ft. trees as I am, I have always thought the chances of adding harrier to my yard list were very slim. Yesterday, however, I heard the...
Jud Johnston
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Dec 8, 2005 6:32 pm
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Today we birded around Covington County and picked up some nice birds. An adult Bald Eagle flying over Lake Jackson was one highlight. The other was seeing...
The Snow's observation of the cranes at Lake Jackson reminded me to share my sighting yesterday afternoon of a pair of sandhill cranes flying over the north...
A dark-morph jaeger was seen late this afternoon mostly in Alabama waters above WF George Dam south of Eufaula . The bird actively chased and harassed gulls...
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Dec 11, 2005 1:28 am
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On Tuesday night, some of us were fortunate to hear Bobby Harrison talk about finding the Ivory-billed woodpecker in Arkansas at the Audubon Christmas banquet....
Alison Glascock
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Dec 11, 2005 7:45 pm
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Yesterday (12-10-05), Frank Farrell, Helen Kittinger, Ty Keith, Mac Braid, and I spent the day birding western TN. Our first stop was Elora, TN, to see the...
My daughter, who is a biologist at the University of Arkansas, has been selected to participate in the search for the IBWO. She will be in the Cache River ...
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Dec 11, 2005 10:21 pm
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That is awsome! The best of luck to her. Do you have any idea how long the search is scheduled to take? Alison Glascock Birmingham ... From: <resscat@...> ...
Alison Glascock
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Dec 11, 2005 10:38 pm
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An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was seen this morning along the road to the old observation tower at Eufaula NWR. From the main refuge road go past the Dusi...
Around lunchtime today, Paul Lehman relocated the jaeger I found Saturday on WF George Lake south of Eufaula. With his better/closer views (and infinitely ...
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Dec 12, 2005 10:43 pm
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http://www.pbase.com/swmavocet/gallery/alabama Just added photos for two of this weekend's rarities found in the Eufaula area. Bird well, Steve McConnell ...
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Dec 12, 2005 11:21 pm
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Has anyone seen the vermillion flycatcher on Wheeler Refuge recently? I looked for it on 12/4/05 and 12/11/05 but did not find it. Ned Piper...
Ned and all, I heard from Dwight Cooley today the RED-NECKED GREBE was seen by a visiting group Saturday, 12/10. Also Dwight himself saw the VERMILION...
Good Morning Albirders I would like to wish a special Good Morning to my friend Mr. Bob Reid. Get well soon amigo. In our yard we have the usual feeder...
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Dec 15, 2005 1:20 pm
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DEC. 15, 2005 I've added a few more photos to my Nov-Dec site of the above mention species. You might be interested in the up close shot of the bill on the...
Does anyone have any details about the Cullman CBC, which will be Sunday? I'd like to take part if the Saturday Wheeler count doesn't wear me out, but I need a...
John Ehinger
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Dec 15, 2005 8:47 pm
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Greetings, This is my first post - more of an inquiry than a sighting... During a recent visit to the Cornell Lab, I learned that the Northern Flicker was...