Backyard Birds of Sumter County

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Alabama Birds

Checklist of Alabama Birds - Geographical & Seasonal Distribution

Alabama Ornithological Society

Mourning dove

Eurasian collared dove

Rock dove

Chuck-will’s-widow

Common nighthawk

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Ruby-throated hummingbird

Yellow-shafted flicker

Red-bellied woodpecker

Red-headed woodpecker

Blue jay

American crow

Carolina wren

Northern mockingbird

Brown thrasher

American robin

Eastern bluebird

Loggerhead shrike

Red-winged blackbird

Brown-headed cowbird

Northern cardinal

Black-capped chickadee

House finch

American goldfinch

Sparrows

Turkey vulture – Cathartes aura

Turkey vulture in flight

Black vulture – Coragyps atratus

Black vulture in flight

Vultures (two black, one turkey) feeding on carrion.

Where to Look:

Your backyard, especially with some feeders.

Walk the loop in the morning.

Walk the banks of Lake LU

Take a road trip. Watch power lines and trees.

Stay at it, and keep a list.

Rosebreasted grosbreak

Scarlet tanager

Snowy egret

Wood duck

Mississippi kite

Swallow-tailed kite

Barn owl

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