Alabama Birdlife

Alabama Birdlife is a periodic journal of the Alabama Ornithological Society which publishes research reports and short communications in the field of ornithology.  Articles relating to bird biology, behavior, habitat, distribution and conservation are published.  Publication in Alabama Birdlife is open to all AOS members. The editor is Eric Soehren, Wehle Land Conservation Center, 4819 Pleasant Hill Road, Midway, AL 36053.  (334) 529-3003;  esoehren@gmail.com

Note: The photos shown below appear in the seasonal sightings columns in Alabama Birdlife. They reflect some of the best images of significant observations during that period. The article gives explanations of significance for each.

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Summer 2024

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  Brown Booby adult 06 Jun 2024 Fort Morgan Peninsula Baldwin Co AL Shawn Marie Rutland
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  Gray Kingbird 07 Jul 2024 SE of Autaugaville Autauga Co AL Gary Warner
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  Inca Dove 28 Jun 2024 W of Marvyn Lee Co AL Geoff E Hill 3
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  Rose-breasted Grosbeak immature male 08 Jul 2024 Bon Secour Baldwin Co AL Stephanie Pluscht
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  Scissor-tailed Flycatcher nest#2 with young 10 Jul 2024 Ford City Colbert Co _AL Harry Dean
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  Whimbrel 01 Jun 2024 Fort Morgan Baldwin Co AL Tom Mullen
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  White-winged Dove 08 June 2024 west Hoover Jefferson Co AL Paul H Franklin

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Winter 2023-2024

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  American Oystercatchers (Photo Andrew Haffenden)
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  After a Black Skimmer chick settles in Least Tern nest, the adult tern defends its nest while the adult skimmer defends its chick. (Photo Andrew Haffenden)
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  Magnificent Frigatebird (Photo Andrew Haffenden)
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  Black Tern (Photo Andrew Haffenden)
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  Least Tern chick and egg (Photo Andrew Haffenden)
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  Piping Plover (Photo Andrew Haffenden)
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  Common Nighthawk (Photo Andrew Haffenden)
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  Red-billed Tropicbird (Photo Andrew Haffenden)
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  A Black Skimmer adult chases another skimmer's chick. (Photo by Andrew Haffenden)
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  Snowy Plover with chick (Photo Andrew Haffenden)

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Summer 2023

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  Bonapartes Gull 10 Jun 2023 west Gulf Shores Baldwin Co AL Douglas Hamm.
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  Chipping Sparrow 14 Jul 2023 west Mobile Mobile Co AL Patsy Russo
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  Limpkin 02 Sep 2023 west Mobile Mobile Co AL Eric Haskell
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  Marbled Godwit 28 Jul 2023 Pelican Pen Dauphin I Mobile Co AL Hayley Keevan
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  Neotropic Cormorant with Double-crested Cormorants 29 Jul 2023 Wheeler Dam Lawrence Co AL Daniel Redwine
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  Roseate Spoonbill 16 Jul 2023 E of Leighton Colbert Co AL Bala hennupati
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  Sandhill Crane 16 Jul 2023 E of Leighton Colbert Co AL Bala Chennupati
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  Scissor-tailedFlycatcher ad young 16 Jul 2023 NofFord City Colbert Co AL Bala Chennupati
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  Tropical-Couchs Kingbird 16 Jun 2023 west Mobile_Mobile Co AL Cynthia Freeman

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Spring 2023 

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  Black-legged Kittiwake first cycle 23 Mar 2023 DauphinIsland Mobile Co AL MikePeczynski E
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  Western Meadowlark 25 Mar 2023 Dauphin Island Mobile Co AL Howard EHorne
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  Wilsons Phalarope alternate female 07 May 2023 Wof Leighton Colbert Co AL Bala Chennupati
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  BlackScoter immature male 04 Mar 2023 DauphinIsland Causeway MobileCo AL Amanda Keevan E
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  Clay-colored Sparrow 29 Apr 2023 Saginaw Shelby Co AL Nishant KC
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  White-winged Dove 02 Mar 2023 Auburn Lee Co AL Richard Beil
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  Pomarine Jaeger adult 12 Mar 2023 Pelican Pen Dauphin Island Mobile Co AL Lawrence F Gardella
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  Vermilion Flycatcher adult male 11 Mar 2023 Dauphin Island Mobile Co AL Cynthia Freeman
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  Willet alternate Western 04 May 2023 White Plains Calhoun Co AL Skip Smith
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  Hooded Oriole adultmale 04 May 2023 Dauphin Island Mobile Co AL Cory Harper
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  Painted Bunting female type 11 May 2023 Monte Sano SP Madison Co AL Bala Chennupati

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Winter, 2022-2023

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  Least Flycatcher 19Jan2023 Fort Morgan Baldwin Co AL Greg D Jackson
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  Groove-billed Ani 05Dec2022 Gulf SP Baldwin Co AL Dee Scott
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  NorthernSaw-whet Owl 01Dec2022 Shorter Macon Co AL Eric C Soehren
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  White-tailed Hawk 18Jan2023 Fort Morgan Baldwin Co AL Franklin Chalk
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  Black-and-white Warbler male 13Feb2023 Hope Hull Montgomery Co AL Steven Brooks
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  Baltimore Oriole adult male 12Feb2023 Madison Madison Co AL Bala Chennupati
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  Limpkin 10Dec2022 west Mobile Mobile Co AL Patsy Russo
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  Shiny Cowbird male 27Jan2023 Gulf Shores Baldwin Co AL Janice Neitzel
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  Rose-breasted Grosbeak female-type 24Feb2023 Fort Morgan Peninsula Baldwin Co AL Joe Thomassen
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  Short-eared Owl 06Feb2023 Eufaula NWR Barbour Co AL John McMahan
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  Yellow-headed Blackbird 12Feb2023 Bon Secour Baldwin Co AL Grace Simms
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  Bullocks Oriole adult male continued from fall 24Feb2023 Foley Baldwin Co AL Kathy Hicks

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Fall, 2022

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  Black-bellied Whistinig Duck pair with downy young 06 Aug 2022 Hacoma Geneva Co AL Odis H Johnson
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  Cape May Warbler adult male #1 11 Oct 2022 Huntsville Madison Co AL Charles W Boley
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  Mexican Violetear 03 Oct 2022 East of Abbeville Henry Co AL Fred Bassett
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  Flammulated Owl 30 Oct 2022 Orange Beach Baldwin Co AL JulieL esznar
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  Great Blue Heron_ white morph 19 Sep 2022 Gulf SP Baldwin Co AL Kim Miller
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  Bronzed Cowbird male 08 Oct 2022 Bon Secour Baldwin Co AL Grace Simms
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  Lesser Black-backed Gull 3Cx3 18 Sep 2022 Guntersville_Marshall Co AL Bala Chennupati
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  Painted Bunting female-type 11 Nov 2022 Wood Duck Heritage Preserve Opelika Lee Co AL Jared Schiller
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  Roseate Spoonbill juvenile 12 Aug 2022 Dauphin Island Mobile Co AL Andrew Haffenden
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  Western Kingbird 25 Sep2022 Birmingham Airport Jefferson Co AL Greg J Harber
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  Henslow's Sparrow 01 Nov 2022 Paint Rock Jackson Co AL Amber Hart
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  Least Bittern 22 Oct 2022 Wheeler NWR Limestone Co AL William Galloway
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  Groove-billed Ani 13 Oct 2022 Fort Morgan Baldwin Co AL Kathy Hicks
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  Harris's Sparrow immature 27 Oct 2022 Fort Morgan Baldwin Co AL Kathy Hicks
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  Olive-sided Flycatcher 15 Aug 2022 Monte Sano SP Madison Co AL Bala Chennupati
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  Yellow-green Vireo 30 Sep 2022 Fort Morgan Baldwin Co AL Augusta Herre

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Summer, 2022

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  Neotropic Cormorant 22Jul2022 Wheeler Dam Lawrence Co  AL Daniel Redwine
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  Sciscor-tailed Flycatcher male 09Jun2022 Dancy Quad Pickens Co AL Greg D Jackson
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  Roseate Spoonbill juv 31Jul2022 Choccolocco Park Oxford  Calhoun Co AL Doug Norwood 
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  Greater White-fronted Goose 29Jun22 west Mobile Mobile Co AL Hayley Keevan
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  Surf Scoter male 02Jun2022 S of Bayou La Batre Mobile Co AL Marybeth Lima
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  Red-breasted Merganser fem-type 04Jun2022 Wheeler Dam Lawrence Co AL Grace Simms

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Spring, 2022

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  American Golden-Plover  27 Mar 2022 West of Leighton Colbert Co AL Bala Chennupati
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  Black-headed Grosbeak male 03 April 2022 Dothan Houston Co AL David Plunkett
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  Black-headed Grosbeak male 13 Apr 2022 Southeast of Huntsville Madison Co AL Bala Chennupati
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  Burrowing Owl 02 Mar 2022 Gulf SP Baldwin Co AL Olivia Morpeth
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  Black-necked Stilt 07 May 2022 east Muscle Shoals Colbert Co AL Bala Chennupati
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  Horned Grebe 16 Mar 2022 North of Northport Tuscaloosa Co AL Pamela Green
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  Black-legged Kittiwake first-cycle 19 Mar 2022 Magnolia Springs Baldwin Co AL Bala Chennupati
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  Limpkin 25May 2022 Hatchechubbee Creek Park Russell Co AL Geoff E Hill
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  Tennessee Warbler male 14 Mar 2022 Hoover Jefferson Co AL Sandy & Bob Sipe
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  Long-billed Curlew 31 Mar 2022 Pelican Pen Dauphin Island Mobile Co AL Patsy Russo
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  Olive-sided Flycatcher 08 May 2022 Madison Madison Co AL Bala Chennupati
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  American Bittern 25 Apr 2022 Eufaula NWR Barbour Co AL Alan Van Norman

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Fall, 2021

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

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Summer, 2021

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  PineSiskin_06Jun2021_Homewood_JeffersonCo_AL_GraceSimms.jpg
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  AmericanAvocet_alt_16Jul2021_Maplesville_ChiltonCo_AL_JoeWujcik
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  RoseateSpoonbill_ juv_15Jul2021_EofPiedmont_CalhounCo_AL_SkipSmith
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  BlackbelliedWhistlingDuck_29Jun2021_WofLeighton_ColbertCo_AL_GraceSimms
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  Redhead_male_16Jul2021_Maplesville_ChiltonCo_AL_JoeWujcik
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  SootyTern_juv_19Jun2021_PelicanPeninsula_DauphinIsland_MobileCo_AL_MarybethLima
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  YellowheadedBlackbird_15Jul2021DauphinIsland_MobileCo_AL_Sabrina Cobb (2)
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  LaughingGull_2C_07Jun2021_Oxford_CalhounCo_AL_SkipSmith
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  MarbledGodwit_alt_07Jun2021_PelicanPeninsula_DauphinIsland_MobileCo_AL_ElieTabet
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  Limpkin_29Jun2021_MeaherSP_BaldwinCo_AL_JoeThomassen
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  Whimbrel_07Jun2021_PelicanPeninsula_DauphinIsland_MobileCo_AL_DavidChernack
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  LarkSparrow_ad_04Jul2021_FortMorgan_BaldwinCo_AL_FranklinChalk
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  ReddishEgret_whitemorphx2_24Jul2021_PelicanPeninsula_DauphinIsland_ MobileCo_AL_GraceSimms2

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Spring, 2021

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  Yellow-headed Blackbird imm male 050321 Ft Morgan Baldwin Co AL JaniceNeitzel (4)
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  Clay-colored Sparrow 032021 Auburn Lee Co AL AlexMerchlinsky Cr SH.jpg
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  Black-necked Stilt 051521 Swan Creek WMA Limestone Co AL BalaChennupati.jpg
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  Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 050721 W of Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Co AL PamelaRGreen Cr SH.jpg
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  Shiny Cowbird male 050121 Dauphin Island Mobile Co AL HowardEHorne_0055.JPG
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  Red-necked Phalarope 052221 Pelican Peninsula Dauphin Island Mobile Co AL AndrewHaffenden Cr.jpg
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  White-winged Scoter fem 031621 Tennessee River Madison Co AL BrianBohannon Cr SH.jpg
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  Red-necked Phalarope alt fem 15 May 2021 Swan Creek WMA Limestone Co AL BalaChennupati (3) Cr SH.jpg
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  White-crowned Pigeon ad 032721 Barnwell Baldwin Co AL GregDJackson-4435.jpg
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  Willet 042521 Maplesville Chilton Co AL JoeWujcik.jpg
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  Painted Bunting male 051721 Swan Creek WMA Limestone Co AL HerbertLewis Cr.jpg
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  Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 050321 Cypress Cr W of Florence Lauderdale Co AL BobButler.jpg
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  Inca Dove 030421 Washington Co AL JeanKSParnell.jpg
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  American Avocet 042121 Auburn Lee Co AL AmandaCarpenter.jpg

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Winter 2020-21

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  Glaucous Gull 1C 121820 Guntersville Marshall Co AL CharlesHGrisham
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  Clay-colored Sparrow 010221 SE of Foley Baldwin Co AL KarenChiasson
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  Black-headed Grosbeak imm male 021421 Montrose Baldwin Co AL BillSummerour 1 Cr SH N-
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  Black-and-white Warbler 121820 Eufaula NWR Barbour Co AL GeoffEHill
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  Bronzed Cowbird ad fem 021321 Foley Baldwin Co AL EmmaRhodes
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  Lesser Goldfinch imm male Mobile Mobile Co AL MarilynSteelman_D851030 SH Sh N- Cr3
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  Anhinga 010121 Wheeler NWR Limestone Co AL MatthewLNiemiller D56A0441-Edit.jpg
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  Buff-bellied Hummingbird 120320 Daphne Baldwin Co AL KarenChiasson
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  Summer Tanager fem-type 021321 w Mobile Mobile Co AL PatsyRusso
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  Ross's Goose 022621 Alabaster Shelby Co AL JoeWujcik
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  Painted Bunting ad male 021921 Slocomb Geneva Co AL JacobLynn_R6_3772 Cr N-
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  Broad-tailed Hummingbird imm male 041621 Daphne Baldwin Co AL DuaneAMiller
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  Say's Phoebe 011321 N of Eufaula Barbour Co AL JoeWujcik (3)
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  Ash-throated Flycatcher 013021 Belforest Baldwin Co AL KarenChiasson
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  Western Tanager 021821 Montrose Baldwin Co AL BillSummerour
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  Bullock's Oriole imm male # 2 020421 Foley Baldwin Co AL KathyHicks

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Fall, 2020 

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  American Avocet, 22 Oct 2020, Oak Mtn SP, Shelby Co., AL, Kelly Ezell
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  Vermilion Flycatcher (male)25 Nov 2020, E of Summerdale, Baldwin Co, AL, Kathy Hicks
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  Horned Lark Nov 2020 SW of Foley, Baldwin Co, AL, Karen Chiasson
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  Black-throated Grey Warbler (ad male) 13 Oct 2020, Ft Morgan, Baldwin Co, AL, Julie Shieldcastle
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  Inca Dove 02 Sept 2020, Ft Morgan Pen., Baldwin Co, AL, Janice Neitzel
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  Warbling Vireo 16 Sept 2020, Monte Sano SP, Madison Co, AL,02 Oc Bala Chennupati
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  Bell's Vireo 30 Sept 2020, Ft Morgan Pen., Baldwin Co, AL, Franklin Chalk
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  Red-necked Grebe 01 Dec 2020, Wheeler NWR, Limestone Co, AL,16 Sept Bala Chennupati
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  White-faced Ibis 02 Oct 2020, Ft Morgan, Baldwin Co, AL, Karen Chiasson
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  Bullock's Oriole (imm. male) 23 Nov 2020, Foley, Baldwin Co, Lawrence F. Gardella
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  Ross's Goose 25 Nov 2020, Montgomery, Montgomery Co, AL, James White
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  Clay-colored Sparrow 25 Sept 2020, Bon Secour, Baldwin Co, Stephanie Pluscht
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  Blackpoll Warbler 11 Oct 2020, Wheeler Dam, Lawrence Co., AL, Bala Chennupati
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  Say's Phoebe 15 Oct 2020, Dauphin I, Mobile Co, Andrew Haffenden
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  Black-whiskered Vireo 26 Aug 2020, Ft Morgan, Baldwin Co, T.J. Zenzal
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  Vermilion Flycatcher (female)11 Nov 2020, E of Summerdale, Baldwin Co, AL, Karen Chiasson
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  Buff-bellied Hummingbird 23 Nov 2020, Foley, Baldwin Co., AL, Karen Chiasson
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  Couch's Kingbird 27 Oct 2020, Fairhope, Baldwin Co, Karen Chiasson
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  Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 18 Aug 2020, E of Muscle Shoals, Colbert Co., AL, Bala Chennupati
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  Swainson's Hawk (imm.) 02 Nov 2020, E of Grand Bay, Mobile Co, AL, Brent Eanes
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  Olive-sided Flycatcher 30 Sept 2020, Monte Sano SP, Madison Co, AL, Bala Chennupati
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  Red-billed Tropicbird 29 Oct 2020, Opelika, Lee Co, AL, Jeananne Allgood
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  Wood Stork 22 Sept 2020, Saginaw, Shelby Co, AL, Joe Wujcik
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  White-winged Scoter 31 Oct 2020, W of Florence, Lauderdale Co, AL, Bala Chennupati
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  Yellow Warbler 26 Nov 2020, Saginaw, Shelby Co, AL, Sandy and Bob Sipe
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  Brown Booby (imm.) 01 Nov 2020, Pelican Pen., Dauphin I, Mobile Co, AL, Eric Haskell

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Spring/Summer 2020

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