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Report
of the Alabama Bird Records Committee
1996-97
This is the report
of the Alabama Ornithological Society Bird Records Committee for the years
1996 and 1997.
With this report
the AOS recognized state bird list stands at 413 species. Of these, three
are considered extinct (Passenger Pigeon, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and
Carolina Parakeet) and two extirpated from Alabama (Common Raven and Bachman’s
Warbler). Also twelve species are listed in the hypothetical category
due to the absence of a photograph or specimen, or written documentation
of visual observations by at least three experienced observers.
During this evaluation
period, four species were added to the Alabama state list: Band-rumped
Storm-Petrel, California Gull, Green Violet-ear, and Blue-throated Hummingbird.
Steve McConnell,
137 Longleaf Lane, Trussville, AL 35173
Submitted: May 6,
2000
____________________________________________________________
1996 EVALUATIONS
(49 records reviewed
from 19 different observers; 42 accepted; 7 not accepted)
|
Record
No.
|
Species
|
Date
|
County
|
Decision1
|
AL
Status
|
|
95-24
|
Allen’s
Hummingbird
|
1/31/95
|
Mobile
|
NI
|
---
|
|
95-40
|
Ruff
|
5/14/95
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
4
|
|
95-45
|
Blue-throated
Hummingbird
|
7/21/95
|
Jefferson
|
A
|
1
- H
|
|
96-1
|
Red-necked
Grebe
|
2/20/96
|
Marshall
|
A
|
8
|
|
96-2
|
Western
Grebe
|
12/13/95
|
Marshall
|
A
|
2
|
|
96-3
|
White-faced
Ibis
|
10/10/95
|
Mobile
|
A
|
9
|
|
96-4
|
duplicate
record (deleted)
|
|
|
|
|
|
96-5
|
Ross’s
Goose
|
11/12/95
|
Limestone
|
A
|
14
|
|
96-6
|
Ross’s
Goose
|
2/24/96
|
Colbert
|
A
|
15
|
|
96-7
|
Harlequin
Duck
|
10/15/95
|
Mobile
|
NI
|
---
|
|
96-8
|
White-tailed
Kite
|
10/22/95
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
9
|
|
96-9
|
Swainson’s
Hawk
|
10/13/95
|
Mobile
|
A
|
20+
|
|
96-10
|
Swainson’s
Hawk
|
10/21/95
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
20+
|
|
96-11
|
Swainson’s
Hawk
|
10/24/95
|
Baldwin
|
RC
|
|
|
96-12
|
Ferruginous
Hawk
|
11/2/95
|
Mobile
|
NI
|
---
|
|
96-13
|
Hudsonian
Godwit
|
11/8/95
|
Mobile
|
A
|
14
|
|
96-14
|
Red Phalarope
|
10/26/95
|
Marshall
|
A
|
17
|
|
96-15
|
duplicate
record (deleted)
|
|
|
|
|
|
96-16
|
Lesser
Black-backed Gull
|
11/24/95
|
Marshall
|
A
|
8
|
|
96-17
|
Black-legged
Kittiwake
|
12/1/95
|
Henry
|
A
|
10
|
|
96-18
|
Brown Noddy
|
9/10/95
|
pelagic
|
A
|
4
|
|
96-19
|
Green Violet-ear
|
11/1/95
|
Mobile
|
A
|
1
|
|
96-20
|
Buff-bellied
Hummingbird
|
11/14/95
|
Mobile
|
A
|
2
|
|
96-21
|
Buff-bellied
Hummingbird
|
12/29/95
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
3
|
|
96-22
|
Anna’s
Hummingbird
|
11/10/95
|
Montgomery
|
A
|
2
|
|
96-23
|
Calliope
Hummingbird
|
10/18/95
|
Baldwin
|
NI
|
---
|
|
96-24
|
Allen’s
Hummingbird
|
12/8/95
|
Shelby
|
A
|
5
|
|
96-25
|
Allen’s
Hummingbird
|
10/31/95
|
Montgomery
|
A
|
6
|
|
96-26
|
Allen’s
Hummingbird
|
12/29/95
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
7
|
|
96-27
|
Ash-throated
Flycatcher
|
10/29/95
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
18
|
|
96-28
|
Bell’s
Vireo
|
9/10/95
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
18
|
|
96-29
|
Bell’s
Vireo
|
9/17/95
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
19
|
|
96-30
|
Bell’s
Vireo
|
9/25/95
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
20
|
|
96-31
|
Bell’s
Vireo
|
10/7/95
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
20+
|
|
96-32
|
Smith’s
Longspur
|
1/29/96
|
Limestone
|
NI
|
---
|
|
96-33
|
Red-necked
Grebe
|
12/3/95
|
Marshall
|
A
|
9
|
|
96-34
|
Western
Grebe
|
3/31/96
|
Marshall
|
A
|
3
|
|
96-35
|
Cory’s
Shearwater
|
6/15/96
|
pelagic
|
A
|
3
|
|
96-36
|
Wilson’s
Storm-Petrel
|
6/15/96
|
pelagic
|
A
|
15
|
|
96-37
|
Leach’s
Storm-Petrel
|
6/15/96
|
pelagic
|
A
|
2
|
|
96-38
|
Band-rumped
Storm-Petrel
|
6/15/96
|
pelagic
|
A
|
1
|
|
96-39
|
Roseate
Spoonbill
|
7/14/96
|
Colbert
|
A
|
12
|
|
96-40
|
Black-bellied
Whistling-Duck
|
5/12/96
|
Colbert
|
A
|
2
|
|
96-41
|
Pomarine
Jaeger
|
6/15/96
|
pelagic
|
A
|
16
|
|
96-42
|
California
Gull
|
4/15/96
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
1
- H
|
|
96-43
|
Thayer’s
Gull
|
2/23/96
|
Marshall
|
A
|
2
|
|
96-44
|
Lesser
Black-backed Gull
|
4/20/96
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
9
|
|
96-45
|
Bridled
Tern
|
6/15/96
|
pelagic
|
A
|
9
|
|
96-46
|
Cave Swallow
|
4/5/96
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
10
|
|
96-47
|
Shiny Cowbird
|
5/8/96
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
14
|
|
96-48
|
Western
Grebe
|
2/1/96
|
Baldwin
|
NI
|
---
|
|
96-49
|
Clark’s
Grebe
|
2/1/96
|
Baldwin
|
NI
|
---
|
_______________________________________________________
1997 EVALUATIONS
(32 records reviewed
from 15 different observers; 23 accepted; 9 not accepted)
|
Record
No.
|
Species
|
Date
|
County
|
Decision1
|
AL
Status
|
|
97-1
|
Greater
Shearwater
|
9/14/96
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
19
|
|
97-2
|
Neotropic
Cormorant
|
10/5/96
|
Baldwin
|
NI
|
---
|
|
97-3
|
Ross’s
Goose
|
11/14/96
|
Limestone
|
A
|
16
|
|
97-4
|
Brant
|
11/22/96
|
Lawrence
|
A
|
6
|
|
97-5
|
White-tailed
Kite
|
9/22/96
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
10
|
|
97-6
|
Black-headed
Gull
|
11/29/96
|
Lauderdale
|
NI
|
---
|
|
97-7
|
Lesser
Black-backed Gull
|
10/26/96
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
10
|
|
97-8
|
Black-legged
Kittiwake
|
11/28/96
|
Colbert
|
A
|
11
|
|
97-9
|
Willow
Flycatcher
|
5/12/96
|
Morgan
|
A
|
9
|
|
97-10
|
Townsend’s
Solitaire
|
10/7/96
|
Baldwin
|
NI
|
---
|
|
97-11
|
American
Tree Sparrow
|
1/8/96
|
Lauderdale
|
A
|
14
|
|
97-12
|
Saltmarsh
Sharp-tailed Sparrow
|
11/11/96
|
Mobile
|
NI
|
---
|
|
97-13
|
Red-necked
Grebe
|
11/26/95
|
Colbert
|
A
|
10
|
|
97-14
|
Western
Grebe
|
12/14/96
|
Marshall
|
A
|
4
|
|
97-15
|
Wilson’s
Storm-Petrel
|
5/24/97
|
pelagic
|
A
|
15
|
|
97-16
|
Leach’s
Storm-Petrel
|
5/24/97
|
pelagic
|
A
|
3
|
|
97-17
|
Band-rumped
Storm-Petrel
|
5/24/97
|
pelagic
|
A
|
2
|
|
97-18
|
Great Cormorant
|
4/2/97
|
Baldwin
|
A
|
13
|
|
97-19
|
Ross’s
Goose
|
1/4/97
|
Lauderdale
|
A
|
17
|
|
97-20
|
Eurasian
Wigeon
|
12/8/97
|
Morgan
|
A
|
6
|
|
97-21
|
Northern
Goshawk
|
3/2/87
|
Lauderdale
|
NI
|
---
|
|
97-22
|
Northern
Goshawk
| |
