April 26th, 2007
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| A male red-winged blackbird [agelaius phoeniceus] posing on a cattail on a tributary of Village Creek in Roebuck Springs, Alabama. Perhaps the most abundant bird in North America, the red-winged blackbird population is estimated at 190 million. It is a highly polygynous species, with one male having up to 15 different females making nests in his territory, which it fiercely defends during the breeding season. The male vigorously keeps all other males out of the territory and defends the nests from predators, and will attack much larger animals, including horses and people. |
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April 25th, 2007
The Bush Administration lied us into an unending war - with the help of the media, according to a Bill Moyers special to air Wednesday, April 25, at 8 p.m. CDT on Public Television. Sources say he documents the lies of both the Bush Administration and the media to sell the Iraq war to the American public.
Learn more at Bill Moyers Journal Blog at PBS.Org.
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April 24th, 2007
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| Photo by Glynn Wilson |
| A male rose-breasted grosbeak [pheucticus ludovicianus] makes a backyard appearance as the spring bird migration gets underway in earnest in middle Alabamaland. |
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April 24th, 2007
The 13th annual Hurricane Creek cleanup and chili cookoff will be held Saturday, April 28 at Watson’s Bend where Holt-Peterson Road crosses Hurricane Creek in Holt, Alabama, just outside of Tuscaloosa.
For details and directions, see the HurricaneCreek.Org Website.
Also on Saturday, the annual Five Mile Creek volunteer cleanup will start at 9 a.m. in Fultondale, Alabama.
For more info, go to the Five Mile Creek Greenway Partnership Website.
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