[Bristol-Birds] Fw: [ALBIRDS] Spring Migration

From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bristol-Birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:07:28 +0000
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From: RubyThroat@xxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:25:37 
To: <albirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ALBIRDS] Spring Migration

Fellow Albirders
Reports from the Fort Morgan peninsula today indicated several sightings of 
 Yellow-throated Warbler, Northern Parula, Louisiana Waterthrush, 
Prothonotary  Warbler and several adult male Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.  Good  
numbers of Hooded Warblers and White-eyed Vireos are just days away.  God  how 
I 
love this time of year!!
 
You are all invited to come visit our PUBLIC banding station at Fort Morgan 
 when we open to the public on March 17th.  We open our nets before dawn  
daily and usually close the nets each afternoon between 3:00 and 5:00 PM  
depending on the flow of inbound migrants.  Families are always welcome if  the 
children are well behaved.  Bring your best camera and insect repellent  
just in case.  If you wish to spend the day with us, please bring a folding  
chair for each in your party.  If you have folks in wheel chairs or that  
have problems walking from the main road into the tent area, we can assist with 
 that as well.  Come see me at the banding tent if you need  assistance.  
Please, please do not block the brick road that  leads to the old gate area 
as you approach the banding tent.   The Hummer/Bird Study Group will once 
again have portable toilets in place for  your comfort and convenience during 
the banding session.
 
North bound hummingbird reports today have been few and far between  away 
from the coast.  The most prominent report today was an adult male at  a 
feeder near Verbena.  I usually get the first reports from the south  
Birmingham 
area about the 15th-17th of March.  At my home north of the  city, our 
first hummer is usually sighted between March  17th-23rd.  
 
I do have a "pair" of Mallard Ducks that are constantly being seen on our  
not-so-tiny pond now, and walking around in the pasture and woods near the  
pond.  I suspect that the female is either nesting or looking for a place  
to build her nest.  A Mallard nest would be a first for little place.   I 
cannot get to my duck box to see if the very secretive Wood Ducks are nesting  
again this year.
 
I would like to thank our friend Steve McConnell for his earlier  posting 
on Albirds regarding our bird banding efforts.
 
See you soon.  Good luck and good birding.
Bob and Martha Sargent
Clay, Alabama


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