RBA
*Alabama
*Statewide
*January 21, 2007
*ALST0701.21
====================================--- Species added since last report ---
====================================
Ross’s Goose (2 locations)
Tundra Swan
NORTHERN GOSHAWK (gone?)
Sandhill Crane
Lapland Longspur
====================================--- Species previously reported ---
Long-tailed Duck
Pacific Loon
ICELAND GULL (gone)
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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/)
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Hotline: Alabama Ornithological Society Rare Bird Alert
Date: January 21, 2007
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, January 21, 2007.
A bird described to be an immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen 1/18 & 1/19 in downtown
Birmingham. Extensive searching 1/20 failed to relocate this bird. During its
appearances the hawk was perched on the light above the city hall building on 20th
Street N and later on the gold statue above the old Alabama Power building several
blocks to the southwest. Be aware there are several immature Cooper’s Hawks in
the area. Updates on searches for this rarity would be appreciated. [DeAL 30-E5]
A PACIFIC LOON continued 1/17 in Guntersville. The location was in the river
channel north of Lurleen Wallace Drive and the Kiwanas Pier between US 431 and AL
69. [DeAL 25-A&B10][BGtA p. 258].
An immature TUNDRA SWAN was seen again 1/20 at Limestone Bay on Wheeler NWR. On
that day the swan was seen both from the observation platform on Beaverdam Peninsula
east of the bay and also in the bay itself. Also seen that day were three ROSS’S
GEESE in the Snow Goose flock, 600 SANDHILL CRANES, and several LAPLAND LONGSPURS
with pipits and larks in the peninsula fields. [DeAL 18-F5&G4][BGtA p. 240-244]
Another ROSS’S GOOSE was found 1/17 with Canadas near the Waterloo Community
Center in Lauderdale County. [DeAL 16-B3][BGtA p. 227]
An ICELAND GULL was found 1/13 at the Perdido, Florida landfill. This is presumably
the same bird seen at the Magnolia Springs landfill 1/12. As far as I know the bird
has not been seen since.
A LONG-TAILED DUCK continued through at least 1/14 along the southern edge of Lake
Shelby in Gulf SP. [DeAL 64-F3][BGtA p.34]
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
*January 21, 2007
*ALST0701.21
====================================--- Species added since last report ---
====================================
Ross’s Goose (2 locations)
Tundra Swan
NORTHERN GOSHAWK (gone?)
Sandhill Crane
Lapland Longspur
====================================--- Species previously reported ---
Long-tailed Duck
Pacific Loon
ICELAND GULL (gone)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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: January 21, 2007
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, January 21, 2007.
A bird described to be an immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen 1/18 & 1/19 in downtown
Birmingham. Extensive searching 1/20 failed to relocate this bird. During its
appearances the hawk was perched on the light above the city hall building on 20th
Street N and later on the gold statue above the old Alabama Power building several
blocks to the southwest. Be aware there are several immature Cooper’s Hawks in
the area. Updates on searches for this rarity would be appreciated. [DeAL 30-E5]
A PACIFIC LOON continued 1/17 in Guntersville. The location was in the river
channel north of Lurleen Wallace Drive and the Kiwanas Pier between US 431 and AL
69. [DeAL 25-A&B10][BGtA p. 258].
An immature TUNDRA SWAN was seen again 1/20 at Limestone Bay on Wheeler NWR. On
that day the swan was seen both from the observation platform on Beaverdam Peninsula
east of the bay and also in the bay itself. Also seen that day were three ROSS’S
GEESE in the Snow Goose flock, 600 SANDHILL CRANES, and several LAPLAND LONGSPURS
with pipits and larks in the peninsula fields. [DeAL 18-F5&G4][BGtA p. 240-244]
Another ROSS’S GOOSE was found 1/17 with Canadas near the Waterloo Community
Center in Lauderdale County. [DeAL 16-B3][BGtA p. 227]
An ICELAND GULL was found 1/13 at the Perdido, Florida landfill. This is presumably
the same bird seen at the Magnolia Springs landfill 1/12. As far as I know the bird
has not been seen since.
A LONG-TAILED DUCK continued through at least 1/14 along the southern edge of Lake
Shelby in Gulf SP. [DeAL 64-F3][BGtA p.34]
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