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09 Dec 2020 Baldwin co. AL; bayside ?Franklin's Gull 2nd from L. The eye arcs seem thick for Laughing Gull 2. ?Gull-Billed Terns vs. Sandwich Tern vs. Are they even terns??? They look fat for terns, short for gulls. Tails not right for gulls. Wings really pointy like terns. I'm lost on this one. 3. ?Laughing Gull (the relatively tiny one in the water toward the lower L corner)--but he seems so small
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09 Dec 2020 Baldwin co., AL; public pier & park 1. ?Lesser Scaup (head peaked enough to call?) 2. ?Ring-Billed Gull--bill doesn't look heavy but the leg color seems odd 3. Royal Tern
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I hope this one is of better quality. On my original recording, I can hear a clear, sweet, simple whistle with an "upswing" & repeated every 3-4 seconds. Please advise if audio quality is again too poor to interpret. 27 Oct 2020 Baldwin co. AL 20201027_104304 - Copyed.wav
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29 Nov 2020 Baldwin co. AL suburban yard 20201129_091257 - Copy.wav
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02 Dec 2020 Baldwin co. AL Public Park & pier His head looks rounded to me, but never having personally ID'd either scaup species, I don't have a good point of reference, other than field guide photos.
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01 Dec 2020 Baldwin co. AL; Mobile Bay; public pier & park On walk with daughter, so no camera today. Saw what I thought at first were 3 red & white crab trap floats, but ultimately decided they were birds. They were fairly close to shore, but not close enough to see any detail. My daughter (who is 30 years younger and with better eyesight) confirmed they were birds. With my bins, I could see red heads and light bodies, but couldn't see a lot of detail. They weren't very active, just floating. The birds looked rather compacted A-P. I ID'd as Redhead. Cornell site also suggests Canvasback, but the birds I saw didn't have that stretched-out head look that the pics have. Thoughts? Anything else I should consider? Camera & spotting scope are taking a trip to the pier tomorrow.
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30 Nov 2020 Baldwin co. AL Actively foraging in a mini thicket (<1' high) of Georgia asters.
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30 Nov 2020 Baldwin co AL Also--we had our first cold front come through last night with a light freeze/frost predicted tonight. There were 4 individual woodpeckers (at least 3 different species--Red Bellied, Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, Downy/Hairy, and this guy) working the same Live Oak tree simultaneously in close proximity to one another. Although I've seen each species before, I don't recall it being a come-one-come-all dining experience. Could it be weather-related or just a coincidence?
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Spring 2018 I have no idea what this is. Is the white behind the eye real or an artifact?
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28 April 2018 Baldwin co. AL I thought I could tell them apart, but I'm not certain that I can, if Mrs. is without Mister. Tips?
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23 Nov Baldwin co. AL Apologies for quality. It's private land & I have to photograph from the road. Mixed habitats Marshy seasonal freshwater pond 1. ?Palm Warbler 2. ? (L) & ?Palm Warbler (R--behind vegetation) 3. ?Waterthush sp. (L) & ? (R) Recently harvested/plowed peanut field 4. Red-Tailed Hawk 5. ?Savannah Sparrow 6. ?The Grey Ghost (male Northern Harrier) 7. Red-Tailed Hawk (Krider's) vs. ??? Fish pond 8. & 9. ?Forster's Tern 10. &11. ?Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher--I don't see white outer tail feathers
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24 Apr 2017 Baldwin co AL seasonal freshwater pond Hi, All. Can someone ID these birds? Can you share how to go about it when one is observing them from the front with no size reference and the birds are in non-breeding plumage? Thanks in advance!
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14 Nov 2020 Baldwin co al Old Field pine near wetlands No pic. Long tail. Pointed wings. Favor accipiter/falcon. Had striking white tail viewed from underneath. Wasn't a harrier. Took off from thick growth of pines/understorey thicket.
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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 From a great distance, I saw a large raptor fly into the midstorey of a fairly leafless tree. The bird's coloring was a mix of splotchy brown & light. My first thought was immature Bald Eagle, but it could easily have been a Buteo sp., as It was hard to ascertain its size. He was definitely a large & sturdy fellow. The thing that struck me most was that the tree top was loaded with EUST & they did not even budge. So I'm fairly certain it was not Mr. (or Mrs.) Cooper.
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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. AL Flitting through Live Oaks.
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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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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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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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26 Aug 2020 Baldwin co Al DOR near expansive horse pastureland Crow/bluejay size black bird but with reddish tail.
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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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