[TN-Bird] Invitation-Alabama Bird Banding
- From: RubyThroat@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:05:24 EDT
Good Morning Fellow TN-Birders
I want to take this opportunity to invite you all to visit our spring
banding session at Fort Morgan State Historical Park. We open the site to the
public on March 31st and close the session mid-morning of April 13th. We open
our nets well before dawn and usually close them between 3-5PM daily,
depending
on the activity of the migrant birds we are attempting to net and band.
The birding can be excellent at Fort Morgan, which is located just a ferry
ride from Dauphin Island. When you come, please feel free to spend the day
with us. If you drive down, you may wish to come to Gulf Shores and then come
westward on Highway #180 to the end of the peninsula to the Fort.
Bring a chair for each in your party. We will have porta-potty facilities
at our site, compliments of our members. Bring you lunch if you wish. There
is a restaurant only 3 miles east of the site. Insect repellent is always a
good item to have in your back pack when you are on the Gulf Coast. Don't
forget to bring your best camera and lots of memory or film. Take home
in-hand
shots of some migrant birds in breeding plumage, things such as Painted
Buntings, Scarlet Tanagers, warblers out the wazoo are common as house
sparrows.
We do catch some neat stuff in spring, with lots of Indigo Buntings, five or
six species of Vireos, lots of Grosbeaks and occasional nightjars if you
are there early. Morning net rounds generally produces the most birds and the
most variety of species.
We can have slow days, but even then it is fun to hold major league Q & A
session with our hosts of Master Banders. This session we will have some
guest
banders from "up north". Folks like Scott Weidensaul (I am told that he
writes books), Anthony Hill of MA, Nick Pulcinella of PA and others will be in
attendance as well.
Call me at 205-681-2888 if Martha and I can assist in any way.
Bob and Martha Gail Sargent
The Hummer/Bird Study Group, Inc.
Clay, Alabama
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