RBA
*Alabama
*Statewide
*July 9, 2006
*ALST0607.09
====================================--- Species added since last report ---
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ARCTIC TERN (1st state record, p.a.)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
====================================--- Species previously reported ---
Gray Kingbird (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 ABRC section)
for forms and suggestions on how to submit your sightings of these species to
the state database.
Written details, photos, recordings, etc. are highly desired for ABRC Review
List species and should be sent to:
Greg D. Jackson
2220 Baneberry Drive, Birmingham, AL 35244
g_d_jackson@bellsouth.net
Fax: 205/987-5167
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Alabama Ornithological Society website:
http://www.bham.net/aos/
Alabama RBA archives:
http://www.tvas.org/rba.htm
NABT = North Alabama Birding Trail (http://www.northalabamabirdingtrail.com/)
ACBT = Alabama Coastal Birding Trail
(http://www.alabamacoastalbirdingtrail.com/)
- Transcript
Hotline: Alabama Ornithological Society Rare Bird Alert
Date: July 9, 2006
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 – Sunday, July 9, 2006.
An alternate plumage ARCTIC TERN was reported 7/5 on Mobile Point south of
Fort Morgan. This bird was associating with a large flock of terns and gulls
that typical are found lounging on the beach. To my knowledge, subsequent
searches have failed to relocate this potential 1st state record. [DeAL
64-B4][BGtA p. 23]
A pair of GRAY KINGBIRDS have evidently nested along the southern edge of
Lake Shelby in Baldwin County. The location is near the pay booth to the Gulf
State Park fishing and picnic area just north of the AL 135 intersection with AL
182. [DeAL 64-F3][BGtA p. 33-34]
A pair of SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS have been seen several times this summer
near Big Daddy’s service station at the Bridgeport exit off US 72 in Jackson
County. Check the power lines near the station itself and other nearby
exposed perches. [DeAL 21-A6]
The following may be called for information:
Alabama Ornithological Society: Stan Hamilton (205/951-5630)
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
*July 9, 2006
*ALST0607.09
====================================--- Species added since last report ---
====================================
ARCTIC TERN (1st state record, p.a.)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
====================================--- Species previously reported ---
Gray Kingbird (new location)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please note: Species CAPITALIZED above are on the Alabama Bird Records
Committee review list. Check the AOS website (address below - look in ABRC section)
for forms and suggestions on how to submit your sightings of these species to
the state database.
Written details, photos, recordings, etc. are highly desired for ABRC Review
List species and should be sent 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
NABT = North Alabama Birding Trail (http://www.northalabamabirdingtrail.com/)
ACBT = Alabama Coastal Birding Trail
(http://www.alabamacoastalbirdingtrail.com/)
- Transcript
Hotline: Alabama Ornithological Society Rare Bird Alert
Date: July 9, 2006
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 – Sunday, July 9, 2006.
An alternate plumage ARCTIC TERN was reported 7/5 on Mobile Point south of
Fort Morgan. This bird was associating with a large flock of terns and gulls
that typical are found lounging on the beach. To my knowledge, subsequent
searches have failed to relocate this potential 1st state record. [DeAL
64-B4][BGtA p. 23]
A pair of GRAY KINGBIRDS have evidently nested along the southern edge of
Lake Shelby in Baldwin County. The location is near the pay booth to the Gulf
State Park fishing and picnic area just north of the AL 135 intersection with AL
182. [DeAL 64-F3][BGtA p. 33-34]
A pair of SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS have been seen several times this summer
near Big Daddy’s service station at the Bridgeport exit off US 72 in Jackson
County. Check the power lines near the station itself and other nearby
exposed perches. [DeAL 21-A6]
The following may be called for information:
Alabama Ornithological Society: Stan Hamilton (205/951-5630)
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