RBA
*Alabama
*Statewide
*August 30, 2005
*ALST0508.30
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Hurricane Katrina birds:
WILSON’S STORM-PETREL
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Sooty Tern (at least 6 locations)
Also:
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (3 locations)
ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD
====================================--- Species previously reported ---
Wood Stork (new location)
Baird’s Sandpiper (new location)
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Please note: Species CAPITALIZED above are on the Alabama Bird Records
Committee review list.
Check the AOS website (address below - look in Alabama Bird Record Committee
section) for forms and suggestions on how to submit your sightings of these
species to the state database. Please send observations with appropriate details
to:
Greg D. Jackson
2220 Baneberry Drive, Birmingham, AL 35244
g_d_jackson@bellsouth.net
Fax: 205/987-5167
Alabama Ornithological Society website:
http://www.bham.net/aos/
Alabama RBA archives:
http://www.tvas.org/rba.htm
- Transcript
Hotline: Alabama Ornithological Society Rare Bird Alert
Date: August 30, 2005
Number: 256/751-4788
Compiler: Steve W. McConnell
Email: swmavocet@aol.com
NOTE: Where possible, DeLorme Alabama Atlas coordinates [DeAL xx-xx]are
provided following each site description. Page references to the AOS Birder's
Guide to Alabama [BGtA p. xx] will also be included for birding locations sites
described therein.
Alabama Rare Bird Report – Tuesday, August 30, 2005.
The passage of Hurricane Katrina over northwest Alabama August 29-30 left
many displaced coastal and pelagic species:
8/30: WILSON’s and BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS, Pickwick Lake offshore from
Waite Cemetary located northwest of Waterloo [DeAL 16-A2]; a SOOTY TERN and two
RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, Walker Pond in Lauderdale County [DeAL 17-C6][BGtA p.
228]; a SOOTY TERN near the Natchez Trace bridge at Colbert Ferry Park [DeAL
16-C4][BGtA p. 222]; two SOOTY TERNS, Walter F. George Dam south of Eufaula
[DeAL 54-G5][BGtA p.95]; another SOOTY TERN in Guntersville at Polecat Creek
between AL 227 and Wyeth Mountain [DeAL 26-A1]; 15 SOOTY TERNS seen from the
north side of Guntersville Dam [DeAL 19-H10][BGtA p. 269]; and another six SOOTY
TERNS below Wheeler Dam [DeAL 17-C10][BGtA p. 207].
Other species seen in the Tennessee Valley today at various locations were:
Gull-billed Tern, Black Skimmer, and Magnificent Frigatebird.
Four BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were noted 8/30 at the sod farm near the
entrance to Walter F. George dam south of Eufaula. Please ask for permission to
bird from the parking lot near the office. DO NOT enter the farm or even ask
permission to do so – it will not be granted! [DeAL 54-G5]
Up to 19 BUFF-BREASTED and four BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were found 8/30 at the sod
farm southwest of the Marthaler pond property. [DeAL 17-D8][BGtA p. 211]
Two more BUFF-BREASTED were found at the AL 101 sod farm near the AL 184
intersection. [DeAL 17-D9]
A lone WOOD STORK was seen 8/30 flying over Town Creek near the AL 157 bridge
at the boundary of Lawrence & Colbert Counties. [DeAL 17-F9]
A returning female ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD was captured and confirmed 8/21 at the
Lamont home in Cullman. Both Rufous and Black-chinned were also recently
present at this location. Call 256/734-5986 IN ADVANCE to arrange a visit.
The following may be called for information:
Birding in Alabama: Greg Jackson (205/987-2855)
Alabama Ornithological Society: Bob Reed (334/283-5886)
Alabama Breeding Bird Atlas project: Rick West (800/707-4382 or 334/324-6477)
Alabama Wildlife Rehabilitation Center hotline: (205-621-3333)
Please leave messages about new birds and feedback on reported species after
the tone. Sighting information, and requests for regular email transcripts,
can be submitted by email to:
swmavocet@aol.com
Thank you.
-End Transcript
*Alabama
*Statewide
*August 30, 2005
*ALST0508.30
====================================--- Species added since last report ---
====================================
Hurricane Katrina birds:
WILSON’S STORM-PETREL
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Sooty Tern (at least 6 locations)
Also:
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (3 locations)
ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD
====================================--- Species previously reported ---
Wood Stork (new location)
Baird’s Sandpiper (new location)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please note: Species CAPITALIZED above are on the Alabama Bird Records
Committee review list.
Check the AOS website (address below - look in Alabama Bird Record Committee
section) for forms and suggestions on how to submit your sightings of these
species to the state database. Please send observations with appropriate details
to:
Greg D. Jackson
2220 Baneberry Drive, Birmingham, AL 35244
g_d_jackson@bellsouth.net
Fax: 205/987-5167
Alabama Ornithological Society website:
http://www.bham.net/aos/
Alabama RBA archives:
http://www.tvas.org/rba.htm
- Transcript
Hotline: Alabama Ornithological Society Rare Bird Alert
Date: August 30, 2005
Number: 256/751-4788
Compiler: Steve W. McConnell
Email: swmavocet@aol.com
NOTE: Where possible, DeLorme Alabama Atlas coordinates [DeAL xx-xx]are
provided following each site description. Page references to the AOS Birder's
Guide to Alabama [BGtA p. xx] will also be included for birding locations sites
described therein.
Alabama Rare Bird Report – Tuesday, August 30, 2005.
The passage of Hurricane Katrina over northwest Alabama August 29-30 left
many displaced coastal and pelagic species:
8/30: WILSON’s and BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETRELS, Pickwick Lake offshore from
Waite Cemetary located northwest of Waterloo [DeAL 16-A2]; a SOOTY TERN and two
RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, Walker Pond in Lauderdale County [DeAL 17-C6][BGtA p.
228]; a SOOTY TERN near the Natchez Trace bridge at Colbert Ferry Park [DeAL
16-C4][BGtA p. 222]; two SOOTY TERNS, Walter F. George Dam south of Eufaula
[DeAL 54-G5][BGtA p.95]; another SOOTY TERN in Guntersville at Polecat Creek
between AL 227 and Wyeth Mountain [DeAL 26-A1]; 15 SOOTY TERNS seen from the
north side of Guntersville Dam [DeAL 19-H10][BGtA p. 269]; and another six SOOTY
TERNS below Wheeler Dam [DeAL 17-C10][BGtA p. 207].
Other species seen in the Tennessee Valley today at various locations were:
Gull-billed Tern, Black Skimmer, and Magnificent Frigatebird.
Four BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were noted 8/30 at the sod farm near the
entrance to Walter F. George dam south of Eufaula. Please ask for permission to
bird from the parking lot near the office. DO NOT enter the farm or even ask
permission to do so – it will not be granted! [DeAL 54-G5]
Up to 19 BUFF-BREASTED and four BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were found 8/30 at the sod
farm southwest of the Marthaler pond property. [DeAL 17-D8][BGtA p. 211]
Two more BUFF-BREASTED were found at the AL 101 sod farm near the AL 184
intersection. [DeAL 17-D9]
A lone WOOD STORK was seen 8/30 flying over Town Creek near the AL 157 bridge
at the boundary of Lawrence & Colbert Counties. [DeAL 17-F9]
A returning female ALLEN’S HUMMINGBIRD was captured and confirmed 8/21 at the
Lamont home in Cullman. Both Rufous and Black-chinned were also recently
present at this location. Call 256/734-5986 IN ADVANCE to arrange a visit.
The following may be called for information:
Birding in Alabama: Greg Jackson (205/987-2855)
Alabama Ornithological Society: Bob Reed (334/283-5886)
Alabama Breeding Bird Atlas project: Rick West (800/707-4382 or 334/324-6477)
Alabama Wildlife Rehabilitation Center hotline: (205-621-3333)
Please leave messages about new birds and feedback on reported species after
the tone. Sighting information, and requests for regular email transcripts,
can be submitted by email to:
swmavocet@aol.com
Thank you.
-End Transcript