http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/ for the discussion of wild birds, birdwatching and birding related issues (conservation, field trips, etc...) in Alabama Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:17:44 GMT orm091101 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9898 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9898 Today I was down on the Swan Creek Management area in Limestone County. Two things surprised me. I was swarmed by mosquitos and I saw a group of about 20 white Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:45:16 GMT Lucy and Bob Duncan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9897 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9897 The Green-tailed Towhee at Ft. Pickens was seen by multiple observers today in the same place as described in prior posts. If you are planning to visit Ft. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:19:54 GMT hehorne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9896 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9896 Hi all, The CBA field trip yesterday to Fort Morgan did not yield many birds, but there were still some suprises to be found. Steve McConnell joined us, coming Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:15:02 GMT tsiegwald http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9895 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9895 Howard Horne asked me to report that Chazz Hesselein and several other birders had a female Yellow-headed Blackbird in the field at the northeast corner of the Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:23:33 GMT Lucy and Bob Duncan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9894 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9894 The Green-tailed Towhee was seen again today by multiple observers in the same place at Ft. Pickens. If past experience counts for anything, one needs to Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:27:15 GMT Larry Gardella http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9893 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9893 My walk this morning at Powder Magazine Park in Montgomery brought mainly winter birds and residents. Two Blue-headed Vireos were nice treats, and my failure Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:03:23 GMT RubyThroat@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9892 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9892 Albirders This afternoon, with the permission of my friend Rick Remy, I banded his beautiful young sub-adult male Rufous hummingbird. It is a stunning young Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:57:18 GMT hehorne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9891 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9891 Hi all, Just wanted to let you know about the Coastal Birding Association Field Trip to Fort Morgan on Saturday. Here is the trip info from our web page: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:08:58 GMT David And Carrie Dortch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9890 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9890 The Yellow-headed Blackbird is a female and is associating with a group of Red-winged Blackbirds in and around Eugenia and Don Careys yard on Cadillac Ave on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:01:50 GMT David And Carrie Dortch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9889 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9889 I am on my way to meet carrie and Eugenia who gave a yh bbird on Cadillac ave on DI David Dortch Sent from my iPhone On Nov 5, 2009, at 12:41 PM, "Lucy and Bob Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:21:35 GMT RubyThroat@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9888 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9888 Early Morning Albirders I just closed our nets for the night. Shortly after midnight last night we netted and banded our second Saw-whet owl of this winter Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:41:26 GMT Lucy and Bob Duncan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9887 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9887 The Green-tailed Towhee is still present in the same general area along the bike path at Ft. Pickens as of today, Nov. 5. We observed it four or five times Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:23:13 GMT RubyThroat@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9886 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9886 Albirders All I would like to report that yet another Rufous hummingbird, this time in Remlap, Alabama, has been banded and documented this young winter Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:17:41 GMT Lucy and Bob Duncan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9885 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9885 HI all, There was a good overnight movement of passerine birds, from my brief scan of the skies over our neighborhood, lots of Robins, blackbirds and some Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:59:46 GMT Lucy and Bob Duncan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9884 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/albirds/message/9884 Hi all, Lucy and I are finally getting a breather from almost non-stop birding since mid-October after a very slow September and early October. Migrant