SUMMER 2020

Volume 72 Issue 04

KEEP CALM AND KEEP BIRDINGStories of how birds can help us during COVID-19Throughout Alabama, our members have found refuge through bird watching and spending time in nature during these unprecedented times.

FLICKER FLASHESThe quarterly guide to Alabama Audubon

GREEN HERON BY GREG HARBER

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Stories of how birds and the natural world can help us during COVID-19In times of trouble, we look to the skies

These are strange and interesting times, indeed. When things began

to quickly escalate in early March with COVID-19, I hated that so many of our spring events we all look forward to had to be canceled due to the state’s mandatory stay-at-home and social distancing orders. But the health and safety of our flock is our number one priority. And through these uncertain times, we’ve managed to find hope through our feathered friends. As Emily Dickinson once wrote, “Hope is the thing with feathers.” I asked some of our members to share their stories of how birds and nature have helped them through these crazy times. Check out what they had to say—I know they definitely brought a smile to my face, and hope they do to yours as well. Stay safe, keep calm, and keep birding!

Timothy Joe Huntsville, AL My heart was set on attending the Coastal Bird Banding and

Black Belt Birding Tour this year with Alabama Audubon, and then COVID-19 shut down everything. Totally heartbroken over the cancellations, I had to salvage something from the ordeal. I bought a bird feeder for my backyard and ordered Roger Tory Peterson’s book Eastern Birds. If I can’t go on birding ventures, then I will bring the birds to me. My kids and I go backyard birding and have seen birds going on with life in spite of the health scare. It was very therapeutic to see these creatures doing what the always did before the pandemic. I know I have to take more measures to stay safe, but

by Sarah Randolph, Outreach & Communications Director

PHOTO: CHIMNEY SWIFT TOWER AT AUM BY SHELLY TALIAFERRO

I don’t have to live in fear. That is my take away lesson from birding.

PHOTO BY TIMOTHY JOE

Shelly Taliaferro Montgomery, AL I’m one of those people—I wake in the quiet, pre-dawn hours and watch

the sun come up, spending a few precious moments serenaded by the dawn chorus. You’ve got to love those Carolina wrens—such a big voice for a little bird! Eastern bluebirds are busy in the backyard nest box. All is well with the world, or so it seems—yet it’s not. We’re in the middle of a global pandemic, people are dying, and lives have been turned upside down. How can we cope? Mr. Rogers once said his mother told him to “look for the helpers” during times of crisis. There are so many helpers on the front lines and behind the scenes to whom we owe a huge debt of gratitude. Thank you to all the health care professionals, maintenance and housekeeping crews that keep hospitals running, truckers, grocery store workers, home-schooling parents, students who’ve adapted to online learning, and all of those that have sheltered in place to protect themselves and others from the spread of disease. It’s been a big change for everyone, and we will get through this. I’d add this: look for nature, look for the signs of life. The inscription on my favorite coffee mug reads, “Nature...it’s cheaper than therapy!” That’s right—it’s all around you, and it will make you feel better, if you take time to notice. During “normal” years, I find great comfort in the fact that, no matter what else occurs in the world, bird migration, like the tide, goes on unhindered. I pray for the world’s people and find even

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more comfort in the cycles of nature. And, though the stay-at-home order has closed most of our favorite bird hot spots, I have enjoyed birding vicariously through photos and reports of migrants on Facebook and bird-related email posts. I have also paid more attention to, and look forward to exploring, the signs of nature at home and work.

I teach biology at Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM). I love biology, teaching, and AUM. I am blessed beyond measure with a job I hold dear. But, the switch to distance-learning has been an adjustment: fourteen-hour days of chair-sitting, computer-staring, creation of online learning material, in a windowless office, has made me crave and deeply appreciate the outdoors and the critters who live there. Nature has definitely been keeping me sane. During the early morning drive to work, a large deer, huge rack of antlers, walks nonchalantly along an empty I-85 highway. This makes me smile. Later, while working in my office, the sounds of trickling streams and singing birds (compliments of YouTube) play in the background. “Focus for two hours, Shelly, get a lot done, then you can take recess,” I tell myself. As a reward for productivity, I surface occasionally from the windowless, basement office, up, towards the light of day. The AUM campus provides numerous opportunities to observe nature, and I’ve treasured these little respites. Through Education MiniGrant funding from Alabama Audubon, our campus chapter, Warhawk Audubon, has created a native plant garden, erected seven bluebird nest boxes, and built a tower for chimney swifts. During “recess,” I pull weeds in the garden, check nest boxes, and bird on campus. Canada geese parade babies, turtles bask in the sun, green herons collect building materials. Nest boxes reveal brown-headed nuthatches, Carolina chickadees, and Eastern bluebirds—this makes me smile. After a long day of work,

recess, work, I head for home, stopping at Pike Road High School as the sun sinks in the sky. Atop the school are two brick chimneys—the roost site for hundreds of chimney swifts. I arrive in time to watch the stream of chattering birds start to rotate—a “swiftnado” in progress. This makes me smile. As the light fades, chimney swifts dive into their nighttime roost, until the last bird descends, then silence. Calm. As we start to re-open the state, I hope that everyone will do so safely. Stay well and look for the signs of life. Now, if you will excuse me, I have a therapy session to schedule at Dauphin Island!

BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH BY SHELLY TALIAFERRO

PHOTO BY MIKE FERNANDEZ / AUDUBON

Drew Haffenden Dauphin Island, AL With COVID-19’s arrival, avoiding crowds, or even other people,

became the wise and in some cases lawful thing to do. For me, my favorite birds live on the beach, and these were closed. Right at the start of migration and the nesting season. What to do once the house, shed, etc. were cleaned and Kondo’d? Some safe birding COVID-style, of course! I am fortunate to live on Dauphin Island, one of the top birding places in Alabama for both migrants and beach birds. I’m also fortunate enough to live within a mile—with little-used back streets all the way—from the Shell Mounds, the top forest birding spot on the island. So armed with a face mask, hand sanitizer, and a whip to keep people back, I took the opportunity to bird along the way and in the mounds. April is the richest month for migrating birds, and the Shell Mounds performed—the best

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EASTERN BLUEBIRD EGGS BY SHELLY TALIAFERRO

PHOTO BY MIKE FERNANDEZ / AUDUBON

EASTERN BLUEBIRD EGGS BY SHELLY TALIAFERRO

BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH BY SHELLY TALIAFERRO

Joel Martin Pelham, AL Birds and time in nature have grounded me and given me hope during this pandemic. They’ve helped provide

evidence that time still progresses, even when so many days in my stuck-at-home life feel interchangeable, as if the same day could be repeating. I’ve seen winter migrants like white-throated sparrows and witnessed their departure for parts up north. I’ve seen or heard summer migrants arrive, such as ruby-throated hummingbirds (though I’ve actually only seen one at my house so far!), chirpy rose-breasted grosbeaks, well-hidden but audible summer tanagers, and a personal favorite: Eastern wood-pewees, with their demure “pee-a-wee” calls sounding out from the woods. So 3 Alabama Audubon’s Flicker Flashes

April birding for many years, with repeated sightings of normally rare birds such as black-billed cuckoo and black-whiskered vireo. One day, there were at least ten blackpoll warblers happily flitting around the treetops in close proximity. Brilliant scarlet and summer tanagers were continuously present, and the colorful warblers were generally abundant most days, with an ever changing cast of characters. A nice 2.5 mile roundtrip walk and cheering birds to see as a reward pushed away the humdrum of weeks of the same walls.

However, I prefer my birds to be mostly small, mostly in a range of grays and browns, and close to water. I also like my birding to be useful for their protection and conservation. So other strategies had to come into play. Two of these are the “wire run” and the “ditch run.” A wire run is cruising the streets, checking for birds on wires, usually in hopes of finding something unusual, like cave swallows. However, in this case, the wire run was more conservation-oriented. Loggerhead

shrikes were once common that have seen a large reduction in numbers over the last many years. There’s a program, the Loggerhead Shrike Working Group, coordinating a country-wide effort to monitor shrikes and determine nesting sites and success with an aim of understanding the reasons for the decline, and trying to reverse it. DI is fortunate to have good shrike habitat, and there are four known pairs that nest here most years. My shrike wire run searches for these birds and notes their location. Recently, they’ve been mostly seen at the same locations, and two I know to have nests. Eric Soehren, well known to many Audubon members, has banded several of them, and these enable me to tell which are local birds and which have come to the island just to nest. DI is also fortunate to have one of just two pairs of nesting gray kingbirds in the state (the other is on Fort Morgan Peninsula), and the wire run serves to establish both the arrival and departure dates of these birds.

Lastly, although the beaches aren’t accessible, my preferred shorebirds can still be found. This is the ditch run. After rain or very high tides and winds, the ditches along the side of the western end of Bienville Boulevard contain shallow water over muddy to sandy bottom, providing good shorebird habitat. The ditch run usually is looking for uncommon birds, such as Baird’s and white-rumped sandpipers, but this year with no beach time, it provided a shorebird fix. And with traffic down to a minimum, it has been easier to stop and use my Jeep as a hide. Willets, short-billed dowitchers, greater yellowlegs, pectoral, least and semipalmated sandpipers, and semipalmated plovers and killdeer have all been entertainingly present so far. So, my local birds, though some just temporarily so, have given me a relief from this fraught time and provided uplift from the rolling drum of gloom and doom. p.s. I don’t really take a whip, though I do use one mentally to keep distance.

LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE BY DREW HAFFENDEN

as my more-limited daily routine makes the days run together, I remember my winter friends now departed and those who are passing through or here for a season, and I feel grounded. Birding sparks hope in me during a troubling time. It provides me with things to look forward to, and gives me an opportunity to help care for their homes. During this shelter-at-home phase, I’ve watched Eastern bluebirds lay eggs in a nestbox and followed along as the parents raised the nestlings up through fledging. I also had Carolina chickadees take me up on my offer of another nestbox, and now I witness the frequent feeding trips by the parents and hear tiny cries of chicks begging for food. During the last few days, a Carolina wren pair has been checking out a porch spot for a potential nest, and I got up on the roof and cleared leaf litter to keep water runoff from their chosen nesting spot. At times when I’m feeling stuck in my own head

with worries and anxiety, my avian neighbors’ investments in the future spark hope and turn my focus outward, away from spiraling negativity. Getting out into nature has also been essential for me to cope with this situation. I find solace in exploring our yard and woods, and enjoy identifying plants and animals I encounter (I rely heavily on Google Lens and iNaturalist to aid me in identification attempts). Once I’ve found interesting plants, I’ll do my part to give them a fighting chance, by cutting back the invasive species that unfortunately dominate the area: non-native honeysuckles, privet, and Nandina being the greatest offenders. I’ve also converted two large portions of my yard into wildflower meadow patches for pollinators and wildlife, and seeing the seedlings pop up and grow while I water them daily has felt like a reassuring sign of normalcy—the natural world is persevering, and I can too.

SCARLET TANAGER BY DREW HAFFENDEN

SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER BY DREW HAFFENDEN

SCARLET TANAGER BY DREW HAFFENDEN

LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE BY DREW HAFFENDEN

SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER BY DREW HAFFENDEN

Saturday, 25 April 2020Fifty-sixth annual Spring Bird Count and Bird-a-thon results

The 2020 Alabama Audubon Spring Bird Count was certainly one for the record books in that it was conducted in the midst of a global pandemic. Party sizes were limited to one person or a couple counting together, and access to several reliable birding sites was limited by closure to the public. Many thanks to the 24 observers in 13 parties (+5 feeder watchers) who spent 79.6 party hours in the field (17.3/62.3 car/foot), with 0 hours/miles spent owling. 177.63 miles were covered by car and 45.25 miles were spent on foot. Temperatures on count day ranged from

60-78 degrees, with partly cloudy to overcast skies and brisk winds (S/SW 20-22) in the afternoon. We recorded a respectable 135 species, including the six count week species. Among the highlights was a female painted bunting observed and photographed by Grace Simms at her feeder in Homewood and a pair of common gallinules observed at Limestone Park by Ken Wills. Regrettably, the seven black-bellied whistling-ducks observed at East Lake Park the day before the count were not there the next day.

Special thanks to Greg Harber for compiling and reporting the count.

Thanks to the following participants (party leaders in boldface): Tony Baker, Trisha Baker, Patti Tichenor, Sallie Brice, Allen Brice, Jonah Cohen, Kristie Mazzoni, Meegan Dale, Jessie Griswold, Greg Harber, Cheryl Horncastle, Matt Hunter, Linda Neighbors, Hans Paul, Lori Oswald, Rick Remy, Susan Remy, Pelham Rowan, Ken Wills. Feeder watchers: Joel Martin, Dan Meyer, Grace Simms.

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COMMUNITY SCIENCE

MEMBERSHIP

Join us welcoming our new and returning local members:Birds of a feather

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SUMMER CALENDAR

The health and well-being of our members and the communities in which they live are of the utmost importance to all of us here at Alabama Audubon. In light of recent developments related to the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S., we have canceled all field trips, classes, and other in-person, public programming until further notice. We are keeping a close eye on the developing situation and will resume our in-person programs when we feel it’s safe to do so. You can see our full statement at alaudubon.org/COVID-19.

The good news is that you can still watch and learn about birds! We have created free, online programs, including weekly courses and Facebook Live videos with staff and special guests.

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Honor those who have made an impact on your life by making a memorial or honorarium gift today at alaudubon.org/give. Your tax-deductible financial contributions play a key role in sustaining the work of Alabama Audubon and protecting the birds you love. You can also leave a legacy for Alabama’s birds by remembering Alabama Audubon in your will. Learn more about planned giving by contacting our Development Director, Chris Oberholster, at 205-719-3678, option 5, or by emailingchris@alaudubon.org.

GIVING

Check out our upcoming online courses at alaudubon.org/courses, and tune into our Facebook page for info on when you can go birding with us virtually!

PAINTED BUNTING BY GRACE SIMMS

ROBERT MOORETERESA MOOREJANINE MOSESMARY NASHSUE NUBYSTEVE PARKERMAUREEN PEZZEMENTISTEPHANIE PLUSCHTKARIN ROCKSARAH RUTLANDKAREN SERIANAJENNIE SHEWMAKEGRACE SIMMSBOB SIPESANDY SIPECAROLYN SLOSSANNE SOCKWELLLYN STAFFORDLYNN STALLINGSCHRISTINE TOMBERLINROSA TRAINHAMDONNA TURBYFILLCARRIE TURNERSHANNON WHITEJILL WICKNICKDAVID WILLIAMSONDEBORAH YOUNGSAMUEL ZMOLEK

VOLUNTEER

Two community-science opportunities for this summerThis one’s for the birds

Finding yourself with more free time? Or just a desire to help the birds you love? Join our corps of community science volunteers! We’ve got some opportunities for you to take action from your own backyard or while social distancing.

Alabama SwiftWatch Our Science & Conservation Director is seeking volunteers for our SwiftWatch project monitoring chimney swift roost sites throughout Alabama from late July through October. Email Lianne@alaudubon.org for more information on joining the SwiftWatch team!

*NEW* Green TeamWe’ve begun a project monitoring green herons in Alabama. By monitoring individuals and nests in urban and natural areas, we hope to get a better understanding of how development and disturbance pressures influence habitat use and reproductive success. We also plan to band adults and young to learn more about individual habitat use, movements, and site fidelity. The results of the study can be used to inform urban planners and develop conservation plans for green herons in Alabama. We’re looking for some dedicated volunteers to help us find, monitor, and record data on green herons throughout the state. Visit alaudubon.org/greenherons for more.

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EDUCATION

Don’t stress—there’s now more time to submit an applicationDeadline extended for Education MiniGrants

We realize COVID-19 has thrown a curveball at a lot of our educators, with school closings, online transitions, event cancelations, and more. With so much uncertainty around projects that could potentially be funded by our Education MiniGrants, we’ve decided to push back our deadlines for this year’s applications as well as last year’s recipients’ reports as a courtesy to our educators and educational nonprofits. We’ll now be accepting new applications beginning 1 August 2020, with applications and last year’s reports due by 30 October 2020. Stay tuned for more details at alaudubon.org/minigrants. PHOTO BY MIKE FERNANDEZ / AUDUBON

Sabrina Cobb recently relocated to Alabama from South Carolina to engage and continue her ongoing passion for coastal ecosystems. She graduated from Coastal Carolina University in 2011 with a B.S. in Marine Science and minor in Coastal Geology. Upon graduation, Sabrina worked eight years as a National Marine Fisheries and Endangered Species Monitor. Her work has allowed her to observe and document several species interactions in the commercial fishing and dredging industry. In 2019, Sabrina collected data for Oregon State University through Sea Grant on sea bird interactions with trawl gear. It has always been her long term goal to monitor and protect nesting shore and sea birds with Alabama Audubon.

Welcome aboard, Sabrina!

Welcome our newest team member down on the coast!

Our flock is growingSTAFF NEWS

CHIMNEY SWIFTS BY GREG HARBER

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Officers Directors-at-largeLori Oswald, President Douglas P. BaulosMelanie Seibold, President-elect Mary Foster Lois Woodward, Secretary Hans Paul John Breckenridge, Treasurer Ann SweeneyKen Marion, Vice President: Conservation Liz Rozelle, Vice President: EducationGreg Harber, Vice President: Field TripsJoe Watts, Vice President: ProgramsMaggie Amsler, Vice President: Science

StaffAnsel Payne, PhD, Executive DirectorSabrina Cobb, Coastal BiologistAlliemarie Humphries, MPA, Office ManagerLianne Koczur, PhD, Science & Conservation DirectorNicole Love, Coastal CoordinatorOlivia Morpeth, Coastal BiologistChris Oberholster, Development DirectorSarah Randolph, Outreach & Communications Director

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Alabama Audubon publishes Flicker Flashes four times a year. Editor: Sarah RandolphContact: sarah@alaudubon.org

Flicker Flashes

While Alabama Audubon is a chapter of the National Audubon Society, we are also an independent 501(c)(3) organization that relies on your support to carry out our outreach and conservation work. By giving directly to Alabama Audubon, you ensure that every dollar stays in Alabama for the benefit of our state’s birds and bird lovers.