* Alabama
* Statewide
* April 3,1999
* ALST994.3
- Birds mentioned
Eared Grebe
White-winged Scoter
Am. Golden-Plover
"Northern" Oriole
Red Crossbill
Note: Species capitalized above are on the Alabama Bird Records Committee
Review List.
Please send records with appropriate details to: Greg D. Jackson, 2220
Baneberry Drive, Birmingham, AL 35244.
Alabama Ornithological Society website: http://www.bham.net/aos/
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Hotline: Alabama Ornithological Society Rare Bird Alert
Date: April 3, 1999
Number: 205/987-2730
Compiler: Greg D. Jackson
Email: greg-debi.jackson@prodigy.net
Hello, this is the Alabama Rare Bird Report for Saturday, April 3,
1999.
HIGHLIGHTS: Eared Grebe, White-winged Scoter, Am. Golden-Plover,
Short-eared Owl, and Red Crossbill.
An EARED GREBE and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER were discovered
4/2 on the east side of Brown's Creek at Guntersville. The grebe was south
of the AL 69 causeway near the beach area on Sunset Drive, and the scoter
was north of the causeway between the school and the Rotary cabin. A
female "Northern" Oriole, species unknown, has been present at a feeder
in Guntersville for over a month. Call Linda Reynolds at 256/571-5445
or 582-2970 for information.
At the Marthaler Lane ponds near Leighton in eastern Colbert County, an
EARED GREBE and 14 AM. GOLDEN-PLOVERS were seen 3/28. Go
west from Leighton on Co. 22 and turn north in a couple of miles on
Marthaler Lane. Go about a mile to the ponds along the road beyond
the RR track.
A minimum of 237 AM. GOLDEN-PLOVERS was seen 3/21 at the Woerner
Turf Farm in Lowndes County. Take Co. 29 through Lowndesboro from
US 80. At 4.8 miles from US 80 turn right at the sign for the farm.
In 3.0 miles the paved road becomes dirt. In another 1.5 miles you reach
the farm entrance on the left at a 90-degree right turn. Please do
not walk or drive on the grass at this or any sod farm.
Seven AM. GOLDEN-PLOVERS were seen 3/22 at Ft. Morgan near the fort.
An alternate-plumaged EARED GREBE was discovered 3/25 in the bay
beside the Shell Mounds on Dauphin Island.
The LONG-BILLED CURLEW is still at the Battleship, and four
AM. GOLDEN-PLOVERS were seen 3/25. Blakeley Island had
few birds 3/25.
Many shorebirds were seen in the western Bayou La Batre pond 3/25. Just
north of the drawbridge in Bayou La Batre, go west on Little River Road.
Where the road turns sharply left the second time, take the dirt
road straight about a half mile to the diked ponds. Do not drive on the
dikes.
RED CROSSBILLS are nesting in Talladega NF. Call Bill Summerour at
256/435-4730 for details.
The next AOS meeting is 4/16-18 at Dauphin Island.
The following may be called for information: on birding in Alabama, Greg
Jackson at 205/987-2855; about the Alabama Ornithological Society, Charles
Kennedy at 334/382-2680; about the Birmingham Audubon Society, Ann Miller
at 205/879-7709; about the Shoals Audubon Society in n.w. Alabama, Bill
Rogers at 256/766-5738; about the Tennessee Valley Audubon Society in
Huntsville, Ruby Norman at 256/773-4369; about the Coastal Birding
Association, Venetia Friend at 334/928-4437.
Please leave messages about new birds, as well as feedback on reported
species, after the tone. Sighting information, and requests for regular
email transcripts, can be transmitted by e-mail to
<greg-debi.jackson@prodigy.net>. Thank you.
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