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Significant Sightings of Fall, 2021, from Alabama Birdlife

Brown Booby juv 25 Sep 2021, Dauphin Island Mobile Co AL, photo by Marybeth Lima
Clay-colored Sparrow 26 Sep 2021 Birmingham Jefferson Co AL, photo by Greg J Harber
Long-billed Curlew 20 Oct 2021, Bayou La Batre Mobile Co AL, photo by Patsy Russo
Black-legged Kittiwake 18 Nov 2021 Pelican Peninsula, Dauphin Island, Mobile Co AL Photo by Cynthia Freeman
Wilson's Plover 17 Aug 2021, W of Florence Lauderdale Co AL, photo by Bala Chennupati
Western Meadowlark 17 Oct 2021, Dauphin Island Mobile Co AL, photo by Patsy Russo
Long-tailed Jaeger juv 01 Sep 2021 Guntersville Marshall Co AL, photo by Bala Chennupati
Yellow-green Vireo 21 Sep 2021, Orange Beach Baldwin Co AL, photo by Kyle Shepard
Pomarine Jaeger imm 01 Sep 2021, Guntersville Marshall Co AL, photo by Bala Chennupati
Sooty Tern juv 04 Sep 2021, Wheeler Dam Lawrence-Lauderdale Cos AL, photo by Bala Chennupati
Black-headed Grosbeak imm male 30 Oct 2021, Fort Morgan Peninsula Baldwin Co AL, photo by Janice Neitzel
Ash-throated Flycatcher 18 November, 2021 EofSummerdale Baldwin Co, AL Photo by Rick L. Kittinger
Bronzed Cowbird 02 Nov 2021, Bon Secour Baldwin Co, AL photo by Patsy Russo
Brown Noddy 30 Aug 2021, Dauphin Island MobileCo AL, photo by Andrew Haffenden
Red-necked Phalarope ad 01 Sep 2021, Fort Morgan Baldwin Co AL, photo by Janice Neitzel

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