As predicted, a blanket of snow covered middle Alabamaland on Saturday. The birds seemed to be having as much fun as the kids in the hood. This male house finch (carpodacus mexicanus) was not so shy as I shot from the indoor bird blind into the dogwood tree.
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| Photo by Glynn Wilson |
| Unless I am mistaken, this is a juvenile red-shouldered hawk [buteo lineatus] learning to fly over a backyard swimming pool right down the street from Jefferson State Community College. There were two young hawks being taught to fly by their parents, which we’ve identified before as red-shouldered hawks. |
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| Photo by Glynn Wilson |
| It’s really too hot to fish here now in this Alabama summer, but the yellow-crested night herons [nyctanassa violacea] in Roebuck Springs don’t seem to have a problem with it… |
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| Photo by Glynn Wilson |
| A rose-breasted grosbeak taking a spring bath… |
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| Photo by Glynn Wilson |
| The spring bird migration continued at its peak on Saturday and Sunday, with all kinds of warblers passing through middle Alabamaland. The rose-breasted grosbeaks visited the yard today, along with a shy blue grosbeak, a couple of ruby-throated hummingbirds and a couple of brown thrashers [toxostoma rufum] like this one. |
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