by simpleDesigns | Apr 19, 2011 | Birding
While we were checking email in town, this little lady came out of the bushes and sauntered past us. The local librarian tells me that she stops by all the time and doesn’t seem to bothered by human folk.
by simpleDesigns | Apr 18, 2011 | Birding
Unlike most herons, the Cattle Egret hunts mostly in open fields, dining on grasshoppers and other large insects. Originally from Africa, this Egret reached North America in the 1950’s by way of South America.The Buff Feathers show breeding plumage.
by simpleDesigns | Apr 18, 2011 | Birding
After chasing birds all week, we finally got a male Painted Bunting today just as the sun set. A new friend & photographer Jeff Johnston, gave us a lead about a Mulberry Tree near Shell Mound. Grosbeaks, Tanagers and a lone Bunting were stuffing themselves...
by simpleDesigns | Apr 17, 2011 | Birding
Yesterday, several hundred birders were treated to a rare sighting. What looks like either the first or 2nd state record in Alabama, a Painted Redstart got caught up in the massive weather front that rolled across the country and was dropped on Dauphin Island...
by simpleDesigns | Apr 14, 2011 | Birding, Vacation
A BIG Hello from Dauphin Island, Alabama. Tina and I spent our first full day on the island and saw 46 species of birds…. and its really slow with Warblers. DI is one of the top birding spots in the southeast with a record of 347 species of birds having been reported....
by simpleDesigns | Apr 6, 2011 | Birding
Saw this little guy in Crepeau Park this morning on our walk. Went back with a camera and he was still playing around a small creek. Hermit Thrush are the earliest spring thrush and the latest in the fall and the only member of its genus to spend the winter in...
