Pictures Dauphin Island birding trip

Jump n Fish · 04-29-2009, 10:00 AM

My little brother came to visit from Omaha, this past week for a little vacation right before he leaves for Sudan for a full year of mission work with little to no contact. We grew up in a birding family and my brother is still very passionate about it, and I still take a serious interest in it. So we made the 2.5 hr drive to Dauphin Island, AL for the spring migration. This is the first place that literally hundreds of species of birds make landfall after crossing the gulf from the yucatan. Weather was not on our side for seeing birds as there was a strong south wind and clear skies, so not that many birds stopped on the island the two days we were there. Nevertheless in our opinions it was some good birding and I think we each saw four new species to our list.

My brother and I

Scarlet Tanager, we saw sometimes 6 of these at a time.

The female Scarlet Tanager

Northern Waterthrush

In this Image: 1 Cardinal, 2 male Indigo Buntings, 2 female Indigo Buntings, 3 male Blue Grosbeaks, 2 female Blue Grosbeaks, 1 Redbellied Woodpecker, and a Mourning Dove.

The four new species we saw on this trip, I was not able to get pictures of. As most birders will know, we saw a few of the most difficult and elusive warblers to find in the Eastern North America.

The four new species were: Black-throated Blue Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, and the Painted Bunting. Bummer the painted bunting was only the female though, still haven't seen the male. We left the spot for a little while to get lunch, and while we were gone the male painted bunting came through as some of the other birders were so eager to tell us when we got back. One guy got a picture of it for proof.

We also saw several Blackpoll Warblers, Black and White Warblers, Northern Parula, Carolina Wren, Eurasion Collared Dove, Green Heron, Common Loon, Summer Tanager, American Redstart, House Finches, Brown Thrasher, and the usual gang of shorebirds, and many other more common species.

Here's a few pics of the local plant and wildlife.

Dad O. · 04-29-2009, 10:11 AM

Great pics.

**CanoeGuru** · 04-29-2009, 10:11 AM

Very, very cool! I love it! Thanks for posting!

fishtrap · 04-29-2009, 11:04 AM

cool pics

jarredbehrendt · 04-29-2009, 11:41 AM

Awesome pics!

**holdemplyer** · 04-29-2009, 11:43 AM

pictures!

bassnbaseball · 04-29-2009, 11:56 AM

Very cool! Thanks for the post.

04-29-2009, 10:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jump n Fish Jump n Fish is dreamin of clear rivers and big spots Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Laurel, MS Posts: 1,331 Thanks: 613 Thanked 463 Times in 216 Posts	Dauphin Island birding trip My little brother came to visit from Omaha, this past week for a little vacation right before he leaves for Sudan for a full year of mission work with little to no contact. We grew up in a birding family and my brother is still very passionate about it, and I still take a serious interest in it. So we made the 2.5 hr drive to Dauphin Island, AL for the spring migration. This is the first place that literally hundreds of species of birds make landfall after crossing the gulf from the yucatan. Weather was not on our side for seeing birds as there was a strong south wind and clear skies, so not that many birds stopped on the island the two days we were there. Nevertheless in our opinions it was some good birding and I think we each saw four new species to our list. My brother and I Scarlet Tanager, we saw sometimes 6 of these at a time. The female Scarlet Tanager Northern Waterthrush In this Image: 1 Cardinal, 2 male Indigo Buntings, 2 female Indigo Buntings, 3 male Blue Grosbeaks, 2 female Blue Grosbeaks, 1 Redbellied Woodpecker, and a Mourning Dove. The four new species we saw on this trip, I was not able to get pictures of. As most birders will know, we saw a few of the most difficult and elusive warblers to find in the Eastern North America. The four new species were: Black-throated Blue Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, and the Painted Bunting. Bummer the painted bunting was only the female though, still haven't seen the male. We left the spot for a little while to get lunch, and while we were gone the male painted bunting came through as some of the other birders were so eager to tell us when we got back. One guy got a picture of it for proof. We also saw several Blackpoll Warblers, Black and White Warblers, Northern Parula, Carolina Wren, Eurasion Collared Dove, Green Heron, Common Loon, Summer Tanager, American Redstart, House Finches, Brown Thrasher, and the usual gang of shorebirds, and many other more common species. Here's a few pics of the local plant and wildlife. __________________ We accidentally replaced your heart with a baked potato. You have about three seconds to live.

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Dad O. Dad O. is Jobless Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lake Havasu City, Az. Posts: 1,205 Thanks: 6 Thanked 142 Times in 98 Posts	Great pics. __________________ Photo Album

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