Yesterday, after visiting a local nursery, I made a brief stop in front of Leroy Hill's property on Grand Bay-Wilmer Rd. north of I-10 in Grand Bay, AL. The...
Al birders, We had a very nice morning at the overlook and cabin area at Monte Sano St. Park today with many warblers. Larry Gardella and John Ehinger were...
Ditto to what Bert said about the wonderful Monte Sano. I enjoyed spending a little time with Milton and Bert (and the Red-breasted Nuthatch and glimpsed...
Two Mississippi kites have returned to Montevallo, Shelby Co., AL. I saw two on Wed., April 30, though I am about 90% sure I saw one of them last Friday (April...
On the topic of Mississippi Kites, we just had two fly by our house on the bluff on Monte Sano Mountain, Huntsville. The species was a first for us on the...
Okay soothsayers. I am heading for the island this afternoon. Am I going to be disappointed or should it be good? Or better in the morning? David Dortch ...
AL Birders: Following the heavy rain this morning, Debi and I ran down to the Harpersville area. Shelby Sod Farms were barren, as was the case a week ago....
Yesterday looked very promising for birders but not birds with a massive and powerful squall line deep in the Gulf south of Dauphin Island for much of the...
Chazz mentioned the report from the oil rigs that was posted to the Mississippi Birds and Louisiana Birds listservs. I thought y'all might like to read it...
AL Birders: Debi and I made our annual pilgrimage to that shrine of north Alabama migrant birding, Monte Sano SP in Huntsville. We arrived early to find a...
May 4, 2008 Memphis, Shelby Co. TN A hybrid female Western/Scissor-tail has returned and seems again paired with a male Western Kingbird. Two such females,...
Noticing the 3- Cape May report from Greg Jackson: I also had the plesure of viewing a male Cape May warbler today about 4 PM in my yard here in Winfield....
Hello everyone, Right now I have 16 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, 3 to 5 Gray Catbird. Saturday I had a Hermit Thrush and a White-throated Sparrow. Last week I had...
It's the darndest thing. The yard will be full of orioles, and I'll put out oranges for them. The orioles stay around a couple of days, and not an orange will...
Birmingham. On Sunday (May 4, 2008) Ashlin and I had another productive morning of birding at Ruffner Mountain Nature Center. From the parking area we had 49...
Damien Simbeck, Jeff Garner, and I, chose today to run our annual spring Big Day.? What a fabulous day to be alive and birding the migration!? Dawn broke cool...
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AL Birders: The adage about not being able to teach old dogs new tricks is simply wrong. I've spent the last 21 years in Birmingham after returning from...
As Steve noted in his earlier al-birds post, he, Jeff Garner and I tried once again to break the state May record (157 species) yesterday, but once again came...
I have received a report of a scissor-tailed flycatcher in an out-of-the-way location near Athens. Consult DeLorme p. 18 C2. Traveling west from Athens on...
Hi, everyone! I still have RBGs, Gray Catbirds, Brown-headed Nuthatches and one male Ruby-throated Hummingbird. I just posted a picture of 7 Rose-breasted ...
Hi, I just posted a picture of what appears to be a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak but it has a really orange breast. It could be a hybrid or the color is from...
Hi all, In spite of regular trips to the Gulf Shores Sew. Treatment Plant (which today had loads of peeps) and the "cut" on Santa Rosa Is., I have yet to see a...
Debbie your Rosebreasted Grosbeak pics are great; I don't have any at all this year, although most years we have a few! We did have a whitewinged dove visit...
Today I had about 20 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. Here is a partial copy of an email sent to me regarding the RBG with the orange spot on his chest. The other...
AL Birders: Not having much time to bird this morning, I decided to try for rare Oporornis warblers along the Cahaba River in Hoover. This was on my "Heart of...
Like Greg, I encountered Swainson's Warbler today while looking for some other birds. Unlike him, I did not get a view of the bird. Fortunately, I did get...
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