A Red-Shouldered Hawk in East Lake Park

January 26th, 2007
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It was a gray, winter day, but some birds were out by the lake in East Lake Park lake in East Birmingham. This is a red-shouldered hawk (buteo lineatus) fishing on Jan. 24. We were able to get pretty close and watch it dive, catch and eat a small fish. We also saw a kingfisher, a yellow-crowed night heron, a bunch of ducks and geese, and one major goose fight…

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  1. greg love Says:

    I am a birder from hueytown, and would love to know more about what you are doing. I used to live in Locust Fork. Saw alot of birds there: a scarlet tangier, way up top of a pine. Beautiful…

  2. fast2write Says:

    Funny, I have a cousin named Greg Love somewhere. Some family from St. Clair County, where the Love’s were part Cherokee.

    To keep up with what we’re doing over here, just add the Locust Fork News and Journal links to your favorite places in your Web browser. We stay busy…

    http://www.locustfork.net/blog/
    http://www.locustfork.net/news/

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