Summer Field Trips… Kites, Wood Storks and More!

Volume LXV, Number 8 May 2013
Summer Field Trips… Kites, Wood Storks and More!
Saturday, July 27, 2013
(Autaugaville & Prattville)
Saturday, August 3, 2013
(Lakeland Farms & Greensboro area)
Birmingham Audubon is once again offering two summer field
trips in search of kites and storks. If you have never witnessed
the spectacle of Mississippi and swallow-tailed kites feeding
on the wing, you are missing one of the most spectacular
aerial shows on earth. Kites are regular late summer visitors
to the Tombigbee and Alabama River systems in the upper
coastal plain. Their acrobatic maneuvers
while catching insects in flight is truly a sight
to behold. And speaking of eating, another
bonus on these outings is the food, Chef Lee’s
in Autaugaville and the Pie Lab in Greensboro
or perhaps the Faunsdale Bar and Grill in
Faunsdale, will be our destinations for lunch.
likely make a couple stops along the way. The picturesque
“ghost town” at Robinson’s Switch Road will be worth a short
visit as well, so bring your cameras!
We also hope to see wood storks on these
outings. Wood storks, whose numbers fluctuate
from year to year, have to be one of the homeliest creatures you will ever see, but in the air
their striking black and white forms are beautiful
sights indeed. You won’t want to miss these
field trips so mark your calendars now and get
prepared for the summer heat!
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD TRIP: The ever-popular Galleria McDonalds, located at 1731 Montgomery Highway 35244 (US 31) across from the
Galleria, will serve as our departure point for this
trip as well. Plan to leave at 7 a.m. again. We
will caravan west on Interstate 59/20 to exit #97
and head south on Alabama 5 to the Centerville/Brent area where we will take a rest stop
before continuing to Lakeland Farms and the
catfish ponds south of Greensboro. We will have lunch either
at the Faunsdale Bar and Grill in Faunsdale, or at the Pie Lab
in Greensboro, depending on where arrangements can be
made in advance to accommodate a group of our size. A stop
at Perry Lakes Park to watch herons and egrets returning to
their roost at day’s end is a likely bet too.
Here are the details of both trips:
SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2013 TRIP: We will head to the Prattville/Autaugaville area as we have in previous years. These
are wide ranging species, but I feel confident we will observe
them at some point during our trip. Plus, the areas east of
Autaugaville have been good locations to look for painted
buntings and lark sparrows in the past, so we will focus our
birding efforts here in the morning.
Our departure point remains the same: the McDonalds on
US. 31 in Hoover located at 1731 Montgomery Highway
35244 across from the Galleria. Plan to depart at 7 a.m. and
caravan to our destination from there. We will have lunch at
Chef Lee’s in Autaugaville to take a break from the heat which
we will likely experience.
After lunch, for those who wish to continue their summer
adventure, we will drive to the south side of the Alabama
River, to the overlook at Holy Ground Battlefield Park. We are
If the necessary arrangements can be made, we will visit a
heron rookery in Pine Level, south of Montgomery off US Hwy
231, at the end of the day. We will have dinner at Red’s Little
School House Restaurant in Grady at 5:30 p.m.
and then depart for the rookery from there. If
you participate in this optional side trip, please
expect a very long day in the field as we plan to
be at the rookery until sunset. The return trip to
Birmingham from Pine Level is about a two-hour
drive.
Last year, we were able to make arrangements to visit the
State Cattle Ranch after lunch, and the trip leader will attempt
to obtain access again this year. We will know more about
final trip plans closer to the date of the trip, so please check
Birmingham Audubon’s website or our Facebook page for the
latest details. Please consult with the trip leader if you have
any additional questions.
Remember, these trips will be daylong affairs so plan accordingly and bring plenty of drinks and snacks in addition to a
full tank of gas, insect repellent, rain gear, and appropriate
summer attire.
Trip Leader for both of these trips: Greg Harber, 251-2133 or gharber@mindspring.com
JUNE FIELD TRIP
June Field Trip
Saturday, June 22, 2013 • Paint Rock River, Larkin Fork and Jackson County, AL
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Back by popular demand, the June field trip will be to scenic
Jackson County in northeast Alabama where we will spend
the morning birding at a couple of sites along the Larkin Fork
of the Paint Rock River. One of the target birds for the trip will
be cerulean warblers, which breed in the area, along with the
usual species common to a forested, riparian zone habitat.
Following a picnic lunch in the field, we will head slightly east
to the Skyline Wildlife Management Area, where we will continue searching for species typical of the habitat found there.
Certainly indigo buntings will be plentiful. There are several
other birding options in Jackson County we can explore, as
time and weather permit. If the day is sunny and warm we
may also enjoy lots of butterfly sightings, so bring butterfly
field guides if you own them.
TRAVEL PLANS: (Note the earlier than usual departure time).
Depart at 6:30 a.m. from the Birmingham Botanical Gardens
parking lot. We’ll carpool and caravan north on Alabama79
(Tallapoosa Street) through Guntersville to the town of Gurley,
located on U.S. 72 east of Huntsville. We then reconvene
about 8:30 a.m. at the Hardee’s Restaurant in Gurley (5975
Highway 72 East Gurley, AL 35748). Those wishing to meet
us directly at the Hardee’s are welcome to do so, but an
SOIL CRITTERS
It’s a Tiny World under the Microscope!
Sunday, May 19, 2013, 2 p.m.
Ellen McLaughlin, Guest Speaker
Oak Mountain Interpretive Center,
Oak Mountain State Park
TRIP LEADER: Greg Harber, 251-2133
or gharber@mindspring.com
advance notice to the trip leader would be appreciated. Once
we’ve had a short rest break, we’ll depart
for our first
birding stop located almost to the
state line
up CR 65.
This trip is one of the more
distant trips Birmingham
Audubon takes so plan
accordingly and bring
plenty of drinks and
snacks in addition to
your picnic lunch, a
full tank of gas, insect
repellent, rain gear,
and appropriate summer attire.
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idden below the leaf litter there is a part of the natural
world that is composed of living things so small that they
cannot be seen with the unaided eye. The beauty of these
organisms will be revealed to you in this program as Ellen
McLaughlin takes us on a guided tour of the underworld!
Microscopes showcasing live specimens will supplement
Ellen’s photographs. Join us for our final seminar in this year’s
Audubon Teaches Nature series and sneak a peak at the
world beneath your feet!
Ellen McLaughlin is retired from the Biology Department at
Samford University and for the past several years has served
as the Vice President for Programs for Birmingham Audubon
and as the chairman of Sessions Sanctuary committee. She
has also served on the faculty at the Audubon Mountain
Workshop.
Come a little early if you wish, as there will almost assuredly
be a good selection of birds at the feeders to help you pass
the time while you wait for the program to start. Refreshments
will be served in the Observation Room at the Alabama Wildlife Center beginning at 1:30 p.m. Then, when it is time for the
program to start we’ll walk to the adjacent Interpretive Center.
Be sure to bring your binoculars for a bird/nature walk after
the program.
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Field Trip to Bibb County May 4th, 2013
Birmingham Audubon will be visiting several sites on the West
Alabama Birding Trail in Bibb County on our May field trip.
These sites include the Kathy Stiles Freeland Bibb County
Glade Preserve, Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge, and
West Blocton Coke Ovens Park.
The Kathy Stiles Freeland Bibb County Glade Preserve is
a 480 acre preserve owned and managed by The Nature
Conservancy, while the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge
was established in 2002 to protect a seven mile stretch of the
Cahaba River. Both locations offer a variety of bird life including warblers, vireos, waders, flycatchers and woodpeckers.
West Blocton Coke Ovens Park, opened in 1996, was created to preserve the 467 beehive block coke ovens built by
the Cahaba Coal Company in the late 1800s. The park is
equipped with an elevated boardwalk that allows visitors a
top view of the ovens and an eye-level look at birds. Warblers,
vireos, woodpeckers and other woodland species may be
found throughout the Park.
We will depart at 7 a.m. from the McDonald's Restaurant on
U.S. 31 (across from the Galleria). Address: 1731 Montgomery Hwy, Hoover, AL 35244. Please park in the lot across
from McDonald's and consider car pooling. Bring along your
binoculars, camera, water and snacks.
For additional information on our destinations, please
visit the following websites:
Kathy Stiles Freeland Bibb County Glades Preserve: www.
nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/
alabama/placesweprotect/kathy-stiles-freeland-bibb-countyglades-preserve.xml
www.alabamabirdingtrails.com/sites/bibb-glades/
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge: www.fws.gov/
cahabariver/
www.alabamabirdingtrails.com/sites/cahaba-river-national-wildlife-refuge/
West Blocton Coke Ovens: www.cokeovenspark.com
www.alabamabirdingtrails.com/sites/west-blocton-coke-ovens-park/
For further information and questions, please contact
Susan Barrow 205-942-8667 (home) or 205-253-8667 (cell)
or Maureen Shaffer 205-822-8728 (home) or
205-222-2662 (cell).
M
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“Song on May Morning”
the perfect month!
Hail, bounteous May! that dost inspire
Mirth, and youth, and warm desire;
Woods and groves are of thy dressing;
That perfect month! No more freezes. No more cold
weather. The trees are leafed out in full, flowers blooming
everywhere, and birds are singing all around us. What
more could one ask for?
Our year-round birds are finishing up with their first brood.
You may still hear the begging, insistent calls from the
young mockingbirds, brown thrashers, and towhees, Cardinals are probably beginning a second nesting. Our cavity nesters, chickadees, tufted titmice, white-breasted and
brown-headed nuthatches usually raise only one brood,
but may try a second time if the first is unsuccessful. The
Carolina wren may nest in a bird box, in a hanging fern
basket, in a wreath on the door or a shelf in the garage.
They have been known to raise three broods! That mama
looks pretty bedraggled when you see her in August at
the feeder. The Eastern bluebird is another that may raise
three broods during a season. We feel lucky to have any
of these "home town" birds nesting in our yards.
All those winter sojourners are back for nesting time.
Having them singing near by does make for excitement.
We will frequent their habitats to hear and see them. What
a precarious time it is for birds. When migrants return,
they must establish a territory and sing the hours away to
stake their claim. Their songs also advertise for a mate.
You wonder how they find each other. Nature's ways are
unfathomable to our finite minds. May the mystery remain!
Hill and dale dost boast thy blessing.
Thus we salute thee with our early song,
And welcome thee and wish thee long.
–John Milton (1608-1674)
The early migrants which include the blue-gray gnatcatcher, Louisiana water thrush, the three vireos (yellow-throated, white-eyed and red-eyed), wood thrush,
indigo bunting and some of the warblers (yellow-throated,
black and white, Kentucky, hooded, and common yellow
throat) have likely found a mate and are enjoying courtship period prior to nest building.
May brings us the chance to listen to so many new bird
songs. The rollicking notes of an orchid oriole will get your
attention. How about that clown, the great crested flycatcher? His "wheeps” and "querks" make you laugh, but
those same notes will gain him a mate! We will settle for
the bright red Summer tanager singing his pleasing song
to his golden mate. Or may you be privileged to live near
some woods and hear the flute-like notes of the wood
thrush whose song is balm for any soul.
May is the perfect month. Enjoy these 31 days. They
come only once a year. Shall we ask for more?
Harriett Wright 4 / 18 / 01
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Have you ever just watched a bird? What did that bird do?
Did it hop, walk, scratch the ground, or climb a tree? Did
you record your observations? One of the best ways to learn
about and understand birds is to keep a bird journal. As you
watch the bird, write notes and draw pictures of your observations.
When you begin writing in your bird journal, it may feel awkward. You may even question if you are doing it correctly.
There is no right or wrong way to write a journal. You just need
to pick up a pencil and start.
The more you observe the birds, the more
details you will observe in the birds.
What bird observations will you make this summer? Send your favorite journal pages to Kids
Corner.
Birmingham Audubon Society
Attn: Kids Corner
P.O. Box 314
Birmingham, AL 35201
1.You need a journal. You can use any notebook or download
a bird journal template at http://www.birminghamaudubon.
org/images/Other_Uploded_Files/Bird_Journal.pdf.
2.Find a place to sit where you can watch the birds. This can
be at a window in your house, on the porch or patio, or sitting
under a tree. The closer you are to the birds and their environments the more details you can observe.
3.Sketch pictures of the birds you observe. You can sketch
the whole bird or just parts of the bird. Maybe the head was
turned in an unusual way, or a tail was fanned, wings raised,
tongue sticking out.
4.Add notes about the birds:
a.Where is the bird in the habitat? Is it on the ground, in a
shrub or in a tree?
b.What is the bird doing? Is it searching for food, building a
nest, chasing intruders, or courting a mate?
c.What behaviors does the bird demonstrate? Is it spreading
its wings as it walks, hopping and scratching, fanning the tail,
or flying and landing in the same spot?
d.What species is the bird?
e.Can you tell the bird’s age (mature, immature, or fledgling)
or its sex?
5.Don’t forget to add the date and location of your observation.
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Rescue by Carolyn Roberson
On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, one of my neighbors
knocked on my door. "Don't you have connections with Audubon?”"
she asked. She told me that she had a baby hawk cornered in her
yard. It had been hopping through her neighbor's yard, and some
kids were throwing rocks at it. She quickly scolded the children and
herded the bird between two houses and a large chain-link fence.
"Baby hawk," I thought,
"I can handle that." I
got my heavy gloves,
a long sleeved sweatshirt, and a box that
was 12 1/2” inches deep and followed her back to her house.
When I saw the bird, I realized it was no baby. At about 14
inches, it stood taller than the depth of my box, and its feathers were puffed up to make it look more threatening. When I
approached, it flared its wings. When I saw the talons and the
beak of this fully-grown large hawk, I knew this rescue was
way beyond my ability.
After a few phone calls, I reached Greg Harber. He graciously
agreed to come and help capture the bird for transport to the
Alabama Wildlife Center. While we waited for Greg to arrive, I
just stood and watched this beautiful hawk. It must have been
exhausted because it let us stand about six to eight feet away
from it. We kept a flashlight on the hawk, which somehow
seemed to calm it, but if it heard a noise in the bushes or if
we moved toward it, the hawk would flare those wings to look
large and threatening. Its beak was yellow with a black tip. Its
chest had lots of white and the undersides of its wings were
mostly white. Its eyes were a beautiful golden--I was mesmerized by those beautiful eyes. Its face was mostly white; and
brown feathers covered its head. It had a band on its right
leg.
Greg arrived and identified our hawk as a red-tailed, probably a female due to its size. Greg went right to work as he
took a blanket and approached the hawk, which, of course
did not want to have anything to do with him. Our job was
to try to keep the flashlight beams on the bird, as trying to
blanket a hawk in the dark is very hard. Greg did a great job;
he moved slowly and precisely and got the blanket over the
bird. She, however, did not want to go quietly. At one point,
the hawk's right foot came out from under the blanket, and
its talons grabbed the chain link fence behind her. Greg very
carefully took his gloved hand and began to pry the talons off
the fence one by one. The next thing I saw was the bird on its
back with talons extended toward Greg and beak open as if
to say, "You don't want to mess with me." With patient effort,
Greg was able to get the bird in an appropriate-sized box
which was provided by my neighbor.
Greg took her to the wildlife center on Thursday. On Friday, I
received an update. She, as it was confirmed that she was a
female, was patient number R-245. She had a broken bone,
the ulna, in her wing. She was given fluids on Thursday, and
on Friday she ate a mouse by herself. She was scheduled to
see the vet on Monday.
That Saturday, Greg told me that he had discovered via the
Internet that our hawk had been banded as a nestling on May
23, 2011 in Elk Grove, Wisconsin. Our bird was only a year
and a half old, but had traveled quite some distance.
On February 17, 2013, I was at the wildlife center attending
the Audubon Teaches Nature lecture, and I asked about
patient R-245. The staff told me that she was in the flight
cage, and they allowed me go and see her. Her wing had
healed satisfactorily, and she was on her way to recovery. It
was determined that she had been shot with a pellet gun. The
plans were to release her back into the wild once she was
flying well.
Saturday, April 6, 2013 was that special day. Our hawk was
ready to return to the wild, and Limestone Park in Alabaster
was selected as the ideal habitat for her release. Greg and
I met at the Wildlife Center. In the treatment area, we were
allowed to feel where her bone had healed. The bone on the
uninjured left wing was smooth; while the bone that had been
broken had a small bump on it which would not affect her
flight. It was a thrill to be able to touch a wild hawk! They got
her into a box and we proceeded to the release site, accompanied by several students who were in a birding class Greg
had taught earlier that day.
At the release site, Greg took the hawk by the feet and cradled her against his body, enabling him to show her to the
class and point out typical red-tailed hawk features including
the nictitating membrane and her rusty-red tail feathers. She
was patient being held, but I noted that she was quite aware
of her new surroundings. I imagined her thinking, "I'm out in
the open again and I can fly!" When she felt she had been
polite long enough, she kind of pushed against Greg's hand,
and as he released his grip she took flight. She soared across
the field to a stand of trees-- her first open air flight in over
four months! She was now free - a young hawk at home in the
wild. We watched her for a while as she flew from tree to tree.
We then noted that another red-tailed hawk came by to say
"hello" and investigate the newcomer. The two sat in the same
tree for a while, and then the resident hawk flew off.
It is such a wonderful experience to see a bird you helped
rescue get well and return to the wild. I will always have in
my mind the picture of those powerful wings lifting her out of
Greg's hands, and taking her aloft to the open sky where she
belongs. Thanks to my caring neighbors, Greg's expertise in
bird rescue technique and to the medical efforts of the Alabama Wildlife Center, this beautiful young hawk has a good
chance at a long happy life in the wild.
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Birmingham Audubon’s
Mini Grant Program
Birmingham Audubon’s mini-grant program provides schools
in the Greater Birmingham Area opportunities to enhance the
experiences of their students through projects, programs and
trips that focus on birds. Ms. Angela Shorter and Ms. Marcia
Segers, kindergarten teachers from Paine Primary School in
Trussville, Alabama, have applied for and been given several
grants to do just that and have been nationally recognized for
their efforts. These two teachers joined forces and created a
bird sanctuary for their students. Over the past three years,
they have added bird feeders, native trees and a native bird
and butterfly garden to the sanctuary. The love and passion
for birds displayed by Ms. Shorter and Ms. Segers is contagious, and it shows in their students as they enthusiastically
present their bird reports to class.
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit these two classes and
see what all the excitement was about. The children each
picked a bird on which to present a report. These reports
included a drawing of the subject bird with detailed field
marks, as well as information about what kind of nest their
bird made, how many eggs were laid and the egg color. The
students also told one or two fun facts about their bird such
as its favorite food, where it lived or what sound it made. The
presentations of these reports were delivered in front of the
class with the presenting student wearing a microphone. The
teacher recorded a video of each student’s presentation. The
classmates then had an opportunity to ask questions about
the discussed bird and review the information that was given.
The students are responsible for keeping the feeders filled,
and every student in these two classes gets to participate.
They keep journals of the birds seen, and they note some of
the bird behaviors which they observe. All of this was made
possible by two teachers’ desire to share the wonderful world
of birds with their students. What is even more exhilarating is
that these teachers believed that learning about birds was not
restricted by the age of their students. Enthusiasm to learn
about birds was contagious even in the kindergarten setting.
The story doesn’t end there. The mini-grants that were
awarded to these two teachers, Ms. Shorter ad Ms. Segers,
opened up other opportunities. The local Big Lots store
wanted to support their efforts, so they donated all the seed
for the bird sanctuary needed for the entire school year! Their
program is so successful that the National Science Teacher
Association (NSTA) selected these two educators to give
a presentation highlighting their bird curriculum at a recent
conference in San Antonio, Texas. There they will share their
experience with others and tell about the impact that this
project has had on their students. These two teachers did not
let opportunity pass by them. They had a vision, applied for a
mini-grant from Birmingham Audubon and spent time nurturing the love of birds in their classrooms.
Don’t think this spirit is contagious? Look at the examples of
the parents who took their children’s homework assignment
and helped them come up with 3-D bird models and paper
sculptures that are now proudly displayed in their classrooms.
The students and parents did more than just draw pictures of
birds; they took the art aspect of the report to a higher level.
Birmingham Audubon has grants available for the 2013-2014
school year. To learn more about the mini-grant program and
to download an application, please visit us at www.birminghamaudubon.org/grantscholar/minigrantprog . The opportunities are endless.
Sightings:
February 2 through March 28 2013
This has been an outstanding year for yellow-rumped warblers. They appear to be particularly fond of Martha Sargent’s
“Suet for the Birds.” In fact, I have had as many as fifteen at a
time at my suet feeders as has Harriett Wright.
Ken Wills and Don Sizemore have installed a barn owl nesting
box at Limestone Park in Alabaster. It will be interesting to see
how soon it has some occupants.
OTHER SIGHTINGS WERE:
2/4 Ring-billed Gull (300), European Starlings and blackbirds (5000!):
Logan Martin Lake (RC).
3/2 American White Pelican (200), Gadwall (19):
Logan Martin Lake (RC).
3/3 Bald Eagle (immature), Bonaparte’s Gull ( 10):
Logan Martin Lake (RC).
3/3 Redhead (male and female),
Limestone Park, Alabaster
Great Horned Owl
perched on a Great Blue Heron nest among a heron
rookery: Tupelo swamp near Limestone Park;
(Birmingham Audubon field trip).
3/5 Barred Owl, Northern Flicker (3):
Aldridge Gardens, Hoover (T DeV).
3/10 Osprey:
Paradise Lake, near Hoover.
This bird has been sighted
at this location consistently since October 2012. (PF).
3/11 Wood Duck (male and female):
Near a creek, Hwy 78 (DS,MS).
3/16 A nesting pair of Black-crowned Night Herons,
Fish Crow:
East Lake Park (MS,KF).
3/27 Greater Yellowlegs (6):
Sunbelt Sod Farm, Shelby Co. (AC,HW).
3/28 Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Red-winged Blackbird, Swamp Sparrow:
Railroad Park (GH).
CONTRIBUTORS:
Alice Christenson, Ross Cohen, Todd DeVore, Paul Franklin,
Kathy Freeland, Greg Harber, Ann Miller, Martha Sargent,
Maureen Shaffer, Donna Shook, Meagan Shook, Don Sizemore, Ken Wills, Harriett Wright
Please submit sightings for September Flicker Flashes at least five days
before the August 1, 2013 deadline to:
Ann Miller: 520 Yorkshire Drive, Birmingham, AL 35209
annmiller520@aol.coms
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Upcoming Events & Happenings
MAY 2013
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4 Half
Field Trip, South Cahaba National
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Wildlife Refuge
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9-12Audubon
Mountain Workshop, Mentone
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World under the Microscope!” Oak Mountain
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Center, 2 p.m.
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June 22 Paint Rock River Field Trip 6:30 a.m. departure
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Aug. 3 Greensboro/Lakeland Farms Field
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Trip 7 a.m. departure
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of Flicker Flashes can be viewed and downloaded from the BAS website: www.birminghamaudubon.org