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14 Nov 2020 Baldwin co AL seasonal freshwater pond
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14 Nov 2020 Baldwin co AL
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13 Nov 2020 Baldwin co. AL Gleaning tree leaves, mid-storey
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12 Nov 2020 Baldwin co AL. Large patch with cotton field, recently dug peanut field (peanuts still on ground), large manmade pond, a Grady pond, live oaks. Hi, All. I still have trouble birding by silhouette when I can't see colors and features.. As usual, apologies for the poor pic quality--I see many birds on my morning work-out walks, but only take my phone with me. Since they are such poor quality, I am not cropping. 1. ?American White Pelican (middle, bottom of pic) ; slow, graceful flight, close formation, black on wings. I don't think they were Wood Storks, but... 2 & 3. ?Double Crested Cormorant 4 & 5. ?Cooper's Hawk
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06 Nov 2020 Baldwin co AL I thought the eye line was faint, eye-arcs present, and he was definitely yellow on the underside, so I ID'd as OCWA over TEWA. Ayes? Nays?
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31 Oct 2020 Baldwin co. Alabama Unfortunately, no pics. About same size (?maybe slightly larger) as a Carolina chickadee, although tail seemed longer. Was intimidated by the Chickadees at safflower feeder and hung out in low shrubs, then flew to a separate feeder with black oil sunflower seeds and dined alone for a good while on the far side. He was somewhat distorted and obscured by the plastic of the feeder, but appeared warbler/vireo-like. No distinct wing bars, but I couldn't say there were none present. Could not see the bill well. What struck me most was both the upper- and undersides of bird appeared entirely yellow, although not vibrantly so. He did not appear to feed on any possible insects in the brush, just the feeder offering. ID? Differential?
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31 Oct 2020 Baldwin co. AL Flitting through Live Oaks.
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18 Oct 2020 Feeding acrobatically (sometimes hanging upside down) on blooms of goldenrod--I assume getting insects? Not particularly shy or flighty. It did not have a distinct/real contrasty crown. I don't think the beak is hooked--I think that's a piece of something in photo 2?
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03 Oct 2020 Baldwin co AL Feeding on fairly open ground in yard. The tail looked grey in comparison to the back, so ???
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05 Oct 2019 Dauphin Island, Mobile Co. AL Does the darkish edge of the folded wing make it Sanderling?
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18 Sept 2020 Baldwin co., AL Hi, All. We found this poor little thing in our gutter when we were cleaning up after Hurricane Sally. ? I could see no difference in color between the back and tail feathers.
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22 Sept 2020 Baldwin co AL
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22 Sept 2020 Baldwin co AL Bird perched in one particular dead sapling (second photo) over several days. Would fly out to grab insect and return to same perch. I think all 3 are of the same bird?
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Sept 25 2020 Baldwin co AL Hi, All. We are still without internet after Hurricane Sally, so I can't post a decent picture, but there is a what I ID'd as an Eastern Wood Peewee having out in a dead tree by our compost bins. Today he started acting strangely--rapidly flapping his wings and twitching his tail while perched. He seems distressed. I'm wondering if he got into fire ants. Or is this normal flycatcher behavior?
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25 Aug 2020 Baldwin co AL It is our state bird, but... A Northern Flicker visited one of my loose-seed feeders. I see them frequently in my yard & neighborhood, but never partaking of the free buffet. In an effort to deter the $@%! squirrels (who love that particular "squirrel-proof" feeder), I had changed out the seed from black oil sunflower seeds to Nutrasaff. As it is Summer, there is no shortage of natural food sources. Comments?
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26 Aug 2020 Baldwin co Al DOR near expansive horse pastureland Crow/bluejay size black bird but with reddish tail.
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24 Aug 2020 Baldwin co. AL So today I followed the call I have been ascribing to a Common Ground Dove and flushed this little guy from a small pine. He flew a short distance into another pine entangled by vines, which did a great job of hiding him--this is where I had to photograph him. There was obvious reddish-brown flashing on the wing surfaces when he flew. He was tiny--the green leaves are live oak leaves. He looks more grey (particularly for the southeast?) than the CGDO descriptions I have read in various guides, but he was deep in shadow.
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22 Aug 2020 Baldwin co AL This nest was about 3 ft off the ground in the forked branches of a Wax Myrtle (Morella cerifera) at the edge of a longleaf pine savannah near a mixed hardwood forest. The nest was comprised of spider webs, oak leaves, twigs, and grass blades.
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18 Aug 2020 Baldwin co. AL Good morning, All. I found these portions of eggshell in 2 separate locations in my yard. One was lying under a tall hedgerow and the other was found on the other side of a tall fence on a tabletop on our back patio--I assume carried there by a larger animal. They are white, unspeckled, smooth, and appear to be from 2 different eggs. 1. Any ideas what species of bird? 2. Based on the shell-break pattern (pretty neatly linear), can it be determined if predator or hatchling opened the egg?
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15 Aug 2020 Baldwin co AL pine flatwoods in process of restoration/recovery from invasive grasses & broadleafs. Awful pics, I know, but hoping someone can confirm. The bird was tiny & solitary. The spots on the wing coverts were more like smudgey lines and it did have a scaly look to the breast. We also had been hearing its call.
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13 Feb 2020 City of Mobile, Mobile co., AL; Public park & lake
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13 Feb 2020 City of Mobile, Mobile co., AL; public lake/park
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Good morning, All. We had a hummingbird come into the yard this morning that did not act like our usual RTs. It seemed large, had a louder/buzzier sounding flight, and did not twitter at all, even when close to us. It seemed confused by the feeder--like he/she did not know what to do. It did nectar at several flowers. We thought it might just be a young RT, but it seemed larger. We occasionally have other species of hummers here. We could not see features/colors well enough to describe. 27 June 2020 Baldwin co. AL (coastal)
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Baldwin co., AL. 11 April 2020. Song is repeated throughout, at approximately 0, 2, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24. Then the Laughing Gulls take over. 20200411_104839Unk - Copy.wav
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Hi, All. In the past, I have seen all sorts of raptors (BE, Osprey, RTH...) perch in this lonesome pine in a large field. From my perspective, this bird seemed the size for a BE, did not appear to have the small head of a vulture or Osprey, and I saw a a pale flash when he flew off. Wings held predominantly flat, not dihedral, but seemed to have a the slightest upturn at tips. Can anyone ID from this blurry silhouette?
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