RBA
*Alabama
*Statewide
*April 25, 2007
*ALST0704.25
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--- Species added since last report ---
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Yellow Rail
Black Rail
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Red Knot
Baird’s Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
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--- Species previously reported ---
none
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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: April 25 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 – Wednesday, April 25, 2007.
The spring AOS meeting on Dauphin Island last weekend was very successful. Around 217 total species were reported at compilation with 203 of these within the city limits! This is several dozen more than last year’s winning “Birdiest Small Coastal City” contest total.
Noteworthy finds were: YELLOW RAIL (airport marsh); BLACK RAIL (location unknown);
and four MARBLED GODWITS, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, and RED KNOTS (tidal pool at the West End near Varga and Pelican Island off the D.I. fishing pier).
A young GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen 4/24 on a sandbar in Aloe Bay from AL193.
[DeAL 64-B3&4][BGtA p. 6-12]
Up to 200+ WHIMBREL have been seen in recent days in farm fields south of Grand Bay in Mobile County. From AL 188 in town, turn south on Henderson Camp Road and scan the fields along the road about 2-3 miles in. On 4/18 the largest groups were about three miles down on the left. One AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was also seen. [DeAL 62-G1]
A 1st year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen 4/22 on Mobile Point south of Ft. Morgan. [DeAL 64-B4][BGtA p. 23]
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
*April 25, 2007
*ALST0704.25
=====================================
--- Species added since last report ---
=====================================
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Red Knot
Baird’s Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
=====================================
--- Species previously reported ---
none
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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: April 25 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 – Wednesday, April 25, 2007.
The spring AOS meeting on Dauphin Island last weekend was very successful. Around 217 total species were reported at compilation with 203 of these within the city limits! This is several dozen more than last year’s winning “Birdiest Small Coastal City” contest total.
Noteworthy finds were: YELLOW RAIL (airport marsh); BLACK RAIL (location unknown);
and four MARBLED GODWITS, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, and RED KNOTS (tidal pool at the West End near Varga and Pelican Island off the D.I. fishing pier).
A young GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen 4/24 on a sandbar in Aloe Bay from AL193.
[DeAL 64-B3&4][BGtA p. 6-12]
Up to 200+ WHIMBREL have been seen in recent days in farm fields south of Grand Bay in Mobile County. From AL 188 in town, turn south on Henderson Camp Road and scan the fields along the road about 2-3 miles in. On 4/18 the largest groups were about three miles down on the left. One AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was also seen. [DeAL 62-G1]
A 1st year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen 4/22 on Mobile Point south of Ft. Morgan. [DeAL 64-B4][BGtA p. 23]
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