Happy New Year Fellow Albirders! What a grand day to be alive and in love with birds! We are all blessed. To have birds and friends in ones life says it all....
RubyThroat@...
Jan 1, 2006 11:54 am
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What a New Year's present! I don't think there are any previous eastern US records for this one! Here are the details from Fred: "On 1 January, Fred Bassett...
Swmavocet@...
Jan 1, 2006 3:14 pm
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Some nice birds in the capitol city. larry's report made my wife feel better, as she thought she saw a Baltimore oriole in the privet here yesterday. I was...
Today Frank and I went to Eufaula NWR for a bit of birding to ring in the New Year. Waterfowl were present in good, but not spectacular, numbers. Highlights...
Jan. 2, 2006 I've posted photos of the adult Pacific Loon and the pair of Red-necked Grebes off Pace Point taken the last day of 2005 plus a dawn shot at Oneal...
Bill and Bette Summerour called to say they were looking at the Costa at 1:15 Jan 2. Nick Holler and I was there from 9:00 am to 10 am with a no show. So the...
jjoa@...
Jan 2, 2006 7:39 pm
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Thank you, Lorna, for this posting. I rushed out and got to see the Costa's 3 times in the course of 90 or 100 minutes, including once in the Hamiltons' scope....
Thanks to the adult supervision of my friend Fred Dietrich, you can see pictures of Alabama's first Costa's at _http://www.pbase.com/fdietrich/costas_ ...
The American White Pelicans were in the upper end of Limestone Bay just out from the cemetery at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in late afternoon on 2 Jan...
We drove back to Montgomery Mon. for the Costa. We were there by 4pm and had multiple views at the feeder and in the crape myrtle. Afternoons may be a better...
jjoa@...
Jan 3, 2006 10:13 am
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ALBirders: I observed the Costa's Hummingbird this morning (Tuesday, Jan. 3rd) at the hummingbird feeder twice (7:10 & 7:20) with really nice looks before...
My heroes, Bob and Martha Sargent, came to Montgomery this morning and went with me to see the Costa's hummer. It came to the feeder at 9:40. They got good...
I watched the Costa's hummingbird today (1/3/06) from about 2:30-4:15 PM today. Also present were Priscilla and Allen Tubbs, who were already there and had...
The Costa's hummingbird seems to feed about every 10 to 20 minutes or so, as you would likely expect, so you should not have to wait too long for its arrival...
Hello Folks, The bird was seen today, 4 January, by the home owner around 7:00. Several birders were around this morning and the bird may not have been seen...
In a message dated 1/4/2006 3:29:50 P.M. Alaskan Standard Time, albirds@yahoogroups.com writes: Since this bird has been here so long, I would think it will...
Steve Matherly asked me to post the following report for him: "On the morning of January 1, I located a first winter Great Black-backed Gull at Guntersville....
Swmavocet@...
Jan 5, 2006 5:58 am
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A friend and I quickly found the Costa's 1/5/06 at 1:30pm. The bird even perched in the tiny tree right by the feeder. We observed the bird from one of the...
This morning I took the chance to (finally) go south for Mr. Costa's. The bird was a no-show from 6:50-11:00 am when it suddenly appeared at the feeder. From...
Swmavocet@...
Jan 6, 2006 10:44 pm
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Good Evening Fellow Birders: My girlfriend (Kenny) and I visited Montgomery on the afternoon of 1/6/2006, and found our little friend perched in his favorite...
An election was held late last year for new Alabama Bird Record Committee members. The 2006 committee looks like this: Barry Fleming, Opelika (Term expires...
Swmavocet@...
Jan 7, 2006 2:08 pm
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Eight folks on the morning Shoals Audubon Society were treated to great looks at a first winter Glaucous Gull today. We stopped at Town Creek marsh and found...
I went by to see the Costa today between children sporting events(12:30 to 1:30). He made his presence about 20 minutes after my arrival. He is a beautiful...
Hi All- Today's Birmingham Audubon Society field trip to downtown Birmingham looking for raptors, and especially Peregrine Falcons, produced one Turkey...
Jan. 7, 2006 Covington, TN Late on Saturday, I got a call from Clyde Blum (Chattanooga), he had returned to Covington and this time was successful in seeing...
Eva & I finally made it down to Montgomery to see the hummingbird. A detailed assessment -- wow. The little fellow put on an impressive show, allowing us many...
Jan. 8, 2006 Elora and Covington TN Morris Williams is back in the country from a South American trip and today found the Black-throated Sparrow back in the...
Of course that is Golden-crowned Sparrow. I was just writing up the details and documentation for 3 Orange-crowned Warblers I found on the White River ...
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