Birding Haines Island Park, Monroe County
by Judy and Don Self For a variety of habitats in a compact area, it’s hard to beat the US Corps of Engineers Haines Island Park. Whether you’re inclined to drive, hike, canoe or kayak, Haines Island offers a fantastic opportunity to observe nature in …
learn moreGive the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) a try!
OFF THE PORCH with Judy and Don Self Chipping Sparrows, American Goldfinches, and a lone Pine Warbler cover feeders in our backyard. Don Self Okay, so February is here. Deer and duck season have come and gone; neither of our football teams won the nat …
learn moreWinter in Alabama’s Black Belt
OFF THE PORCH with Judy and Don Self Winter kinda sneaks-up on you in west central Alabama. Sometime in the last couple of months the riot of colors that was fall has been replaced with the subtler browns and grays of winter. Even the green of the pine …
learn moreBirding the Wetlands Around Jackson
by Judy and Don Self Alabama birders have long enjoyed birding the Jackson Water Treatment Ponds (see page 65 of A Birder’s Guide to Alabama, Porter editor, 2001). But we only recently stumbled upon two additional gems located just 3.5 miles to the wes …
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