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Second Inland Red Phalarope in Alabama

Published in 1969

On October 20, 1968 a first year Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) was observed by Hel en Kittinger and Jack Carusos at Rutherford Lake, 12 miles south of Birmingham on Alabama 21. It was se en in good light and up to a distance of 30 feet.


Author: Helen Kittinger and Jack N. Carusos
Volume Number: 17 Year Published: 1969
Issue Number: 2
Page Number: 50

Link to article: http://birdlife.aosbirds.org/1969/Vol 17 No. 2_1969_p50-51.pdf
Link to the full issue of BirdLife: http://birdlife.aosbirds.org/1969/Vol 17 No. 2_1969.pdf
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Published on:
January 19, 2018

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