RBA
*Alabama
*Statewide
*May 1, 2007
*ALST0705.01
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--- Species added since last report ---
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BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK
Anhinga
Franklin’s Gull
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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--- Species previously reported ---
Great Black-backed Gull
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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: May 1 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 – Tuesday, May 1, 2007.
Two BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were discovered the morning of 5/1 in the grass around Aloe Bay Park on the north side of Dauphin Island. The park is located west of AL 193 on DeSoto which is reached by taking the first right turn as you are arriving on the island from the bridge causeway. The pair was seen throughout the day and at times moved out onto the large sand bar with the gulls and terns. The young GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was still present on the sandbar. [DeAL 64-B3&4][BGtA p. 6-12]
2-3 ANHINGA were found last weekend at Limestone Park swamp in Shelby County just east of I-65. From Birmingham, follow I-65 south to the Alabaster/Saginaw exit (#238). Turn left (south) onto US 31 and go around 3.0 miles to just past the Saginaw Pipe plant (yellow building). Turn right on County 87 and cross the RR track. In a 0.25 mile or so you will see a “preserve” sign and the dead trees in the swamp. [DeAL 37-A8]
A pair of SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS has returned to evidently next again near AL 183 just north of Uniontown in Perry County. The location is between mile markers 2 and 3 just west of the “Johnson Feed” sign. Look on wires near an aluminum silo along the southern edge of the catfish ponds. [DeAL 43-B6]
An alternate plumage FRANKLIN’S GULL was seen 4/29 on the rocks below Wilson Dam in Lauderdale/Colbert Counties. [DeAL 17-C7][BGtA p. 213]
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.
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*Alabama
*Statewide
*May 1, 2007
*ALST0705.01
=====================================
--- Species added since last report ---
=====================================
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK
Anhinga
Franklin’s Gull
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
=====================================
--- Species previously reported ---
Great Black-backed Gull
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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/)
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Hotline: Alabama Ornithological Society Rare Bird Alert
Date: May 1 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 – Tuesday, May 1, 2007.
Two BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were discovered the morning of 5/1 in the grass around Aloe Bay Park on the north side of Dauphin Island. The park is located west of AL 193 on DeSoto which is reached by taking the first right turn as you are arriving on the island from the bridge causeway. The pair was seen throughout the day and at times moved out onto the large sand bar with the gulls and terns. The young GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was still present on the sandbar. [DeAL 64-B3&4][BGtA p. 6-12]
2-3 ANHINGA were found last weekend at Limestone Park swamp in Shelby County just east of I-65. From Birmingham, follow I-65 south to the Alabaster/Saginaw exit (#238). Turn left (south) onto US 31 and go around 3.0 miles to just past the Saginaw Pipe plant (yellow building). Turn right on County 87 and cross the RR track. In a 0.25 mile or so you will see a “preserve” sign and the dead trees in the swamp. [DeAL 37-A8]
A pair of SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS has returned to evidently next again near AL 183 just north of Uniontown in Perry County. The location is between mile markers 2 and 3 just west of the “Johnson Feed” sign. Look on wires near an aluminum silo along the southern edge of the catfish ponds. [DeAL 43-B6]
An alternate plumage FRANKLIN’S GULL was seen 4/29 on the rocks below Wilson Dam in Lauderdale/Colbert Counties. [DeAL 17-C7][BGtA p. 213]
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.
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