Snow Covers Alabamaland ‘08

January 19th, 2008

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.

An Immature Red-Shouldered Hawk Learning to Fly

June 11th, 2007
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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.