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 2025

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Spring 2025

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Winter 2024-2025

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Fall 2024

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Summer 2024

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Spring 2024

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Winter 2023-2024

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Fall 2023

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

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Winter 2022-2023

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  NorthernSaw-whet Owl 01Dec2022 Shorter Macon Co AL Eric C Soehren
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  Limpkin 10Dec2022 west Mobile Mobile Co AL Patsy Russo
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  Groove-billed Ani 05Dec2022 Gulf SP Baldwin Co AL Dee Scott
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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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  Shiny Cowbird male 27Jan2023 Gulf Shores Baldwin Co AL Janice Neitzel
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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
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  Short-eared Owl 06Feb2023 Eufaula NWR Barbour Co AL John McMahan
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  Rose-breasted Grosbeak female-type 24Feb2023 Fort Morgan Peninsula Baldwin Co AL Joe Thomassen
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  Least Flycatcher 19Jan2023 Fort Morgan Baldwin Co AL Greg D Jackson
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  White-tailed Hawk 18Jan2023 Fort Morgan Baldwin Co AL Franklin Chalk

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Fall 2022

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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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  Cape May Warbler adult male #1 11 Oct 2022 Huntsville Madison Co AL Charles W Boley
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  Olive-sided Flycatcher 15 Aug 2022 Monte Sano SP Madison Co AL Bala Chennupati
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  Harris's Sparrow immature 27 Oct 2022 Fort Morgan Baldwin Co AL Kathy Hicks
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  Bronzed Cowbird male 08 Oct 2022 Bon Secour Baldwin Co AL Grace Simms
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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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  Least Bittern 22 Oct 2022 Wheeler NWR Limestone Co AL William Galloway
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  Lesser Black-backed Gull 3Cx3 18 Sep 2022 Guntersville_Marshall Co AL Bala Chennupati
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  Yellow-green Vireo 30 Sep 2022 Fort Morgan Baldwin Co AL Augusta Herre
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  Roseate Spoonbill juvenile 12 Aug 2022 Dauphin Island Mobile Co AL Andrew Haffenden
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  Groove-billed Ani 13 Oct 2022 Fort Morgan Baldwin Co AL Kathy Hicks
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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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  Henslow's Sparrow 01 Nov 2022 Paint Rock Jackson Co AL Amber Hart
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  Mexican Violetear 03 Oct 2022 East of Abbeville Henry Co AL Fred Bassett
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  Western Kingbird 25 Sep2022 Birmingham Airport Jefferson Co AL Greg J Harber

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Summer 2022

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  Neotropic Cormorant 22Jul2022 Wheeler Dam Lawrence Co  AL Daniel Redwine
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  Greater White-fronted Goose 29Jun22 west Mobile Mobile Co AL Hayley Keevan
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  Red-breasted Merganser fem-type 04Jun2022 Wheeler Dam Lawrence Co AL Grace Simms
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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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  Surf Scoter male 02Jun2022 S of Bayou La Batre Mobile Co AL Marybeth Lima

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Spring 2022

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

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Winter 2021-2022

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Fall 2021

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

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Summer 2021

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

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

 Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Winter 2020-21

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

 Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Fall 2020 

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

 

Alabama Birdlife Photographs, Spring/Summer 2020

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