RBA
*Alabama
*Statewide
*INTERNET ONLY
*January 16, 2008
*ALST0801.16
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--- Species added since last report ---
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White-fronted Goose
Ross’s Goose
Black Scoter
Glaucous Gull (probable)
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--- Species previously reported ---
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Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
WESTERN GREBE
THAYER’S GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (not refound)
Rufous Hummingbird (new location)
Calliope Hummingbird (new location)
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Please note: Species CAPITALIZED above are on the Alabama Bird Records Committee
review list. Check the AOS website (address below - look in ABRC section) for
forms and suggestions on how to submit your sightings of these species to the
state database.
Written details, photos, recordings, etc. are highly desired for ABRC Review
List species and should be sent to:
Greg D. Jackson
2220 Baneberry Drive, Birmingham, AL 35244
g_d_jackson@
Fax: 205/987-5167
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Alabama Ornithological Society website:
http://www.bham.
Alabama RBA archives:
http://www.tvas.
DeAL = DeLorme Alabama Atlas
BGtA = Birder’s Guide to Alabama (John F. Porter editor, University of Alabama
Press, 2001)
NABT = North Alabama Birding Trail (http://www.northala
ACBT = Alabama Coastal Birding Trail (http://www.alabamac
- Transcript
Hotline: Alabama Ornithological Society Rare Bird Alert
Date: January 16, 2008
Phone number to leave messages about rare birds: 256/773-8560
Compiler: Steve W. McConnell
Email: swmavocet@aol.
Alabama Rare Bird Report – Wednesday, January 16, 2008.
The Guntersville WESTERN GREBE was seen again 1/13 in Browns Creek south of AL
69. Also still present were both the RED-THROATED and PACIFIC LOON in the same
general location. A probable GLAUCOUS GULL was seen in this area 1/16. The
adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL continues to be regular on or near the pilings at
the south end of the US 431 bridge just north of town. A probable 1st winter
LESSER BLACK-BACKED was seen on the pilings 1/16. A 1st winter THAYER’S GULL
was studied and photographed 1/13 at the US 431 pilings and then later coming to
bread chum near the Kiwanis pier just to the west. [DeAL 26-A1][BGtA p.
259][NABT #35]
A female BLACK SCOTER was found 1/12 during a car trip behind the Wheeler NWR
gates on the Tennessee River near the I-65 bridge. This area is accessible by
foot behind the refuge gates. [DeAL 18-F4]
A female CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD was banded 1/11 in Jefferson County. The same
yard is also hosting a female RUFOUS. To try for these birds you must call the
Musgroves first (205-991-3009)
A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen 1/6 with Canadas at Lake Point marina north of Eufaula.
A flock of 37 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE was also seen that day at nearby
Eufaula NWR. [DeAL 54-B4&5][BGtA p. 80-88]
The probable Glaucous-winged Gull has not been seen again at the Magnolia
Springs landfill in Baldwin County. The landfill hours are 7 am – 3 pm,
Mon-Sat. To visit, park out of the way near the scale house (not on the scale!)
and go inside to ask permission to bird. DO NOT approach the workers or
equipment and if they approach you, move and DO NOT block the way. [DeAL
63-G7][BGtA p. 37][ACBT #19]
The following may be called for information:
Alabama Ornithological Society: Linda Reynolds (256/582-2970)
Alabama Wildlife Rehabilitation Center hotline: (205/621-3333)
Sighting information, and requests for regular email transcripts, can be
submitted by email to:
swmavocet@aol.
Thank you.
-End Transcript