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Birds of AlabamaBirds of Alabama
By By Brandi Cain & Natesha Brandi Cain & Natesha
Fomby Fomby
The Yellow HammerThe Yellow Hammer The Yellow Hammer is The Yellow Hammer is
the State bird.the State bird. It can climb up the It can climb up the
trunks of trees and trunks of trees and hammer on wood like hammer on wood like other woodpeckers.other woodpeckers.
The flicker prefers to The flicker prefers to find food on the find food on the ground. ground.
Ants are its favorite Ants are its favorite food, and the flicker food, and the flicker digs in the dirt to find digs in the dirt to find them. It uses its long them. It uses its long barbed tongue to lap barbed tongue to lap up the ants. up the ants.
Ruby Throated Humming Ruby Throated Humming BirdBird
Common in spring, summer, and fall, and rare in winter in Gulf Coast regions.
Found in woodlands, gardens, along forest edges, and at feeders.
Low conservation concern.
Purple FinchPurple Finch
Purple finches Purple finches prefer open mixed prefer open mixed and pine forests and pine forests with abundant with abundant openings.openings.
The Purple Finch feeds on flowers and it often feeds on the seeds of fruit.
Scarlet TanagerScarlet Tanager
The scarlet tanager is one of the most brilliantly colored North American songbirds.
The male plumage is a brilliant scarlet color with black wings and tail.
The female is an overall olive green color.
Summer TanagerSummer Tanager A relative of the cardinal
Habitat is open, wooded areas
Adult males are rose red.
Females are orangish on the underparts and olive on top Eat insects, especially bees and wasps.
White Breasted Nut-White Breasted Nut-hatchhatch
Lives in mixed forests, suburbs, farm woodlots, towns, oak and pine
Common and widespread
Usually seen moving down tree trunk head first
Relatively tame
Eastern Wild TurkeyEastern Wild Turkey
Toms weigh 18-24 lbs.Toms weigh 18-24 lbs.
Hens weigh about 10 Hens weigh about 10 lbs.lbs.
Feathers are iridescent Feathers are iridescent
bronze, dark in males bronze, dark in males
Feather tips are rusty or Feather tips are rusty or light brown in femaleslight brown in females
Common in all Common in all seasons and seasons and regionsregions
Found in forests, Found in forests, open woodlands, open woodlands, wooded residential wooded residential areas, and parksareas, and parks
Low conservation Low conservation concernconcern
Blue Jay
Barn SwallowBarn Swallow
Found in many Found in many habitats with open habitats with open areas for foraging areas for foraging and structures for and structures for nestingnesting
Catches and eats Catches and eats flying insects often flying insects often low to groundlow to ground
Northern CardinalNorthern Cardinal Population and range of the Cardinal has increased over the last 200 years as a response to changes made by people
Cardinals like city park settings with bird feeders
The top picture is a female cardinal and the bottom is a male
Northern BobwhiteNorthern Bobwhite The bobwhite quail gets The bobwhite quail gets
its name from a its name from a "bobwhite" call "bobwhite" call
A small, but plump bird A small, but plump bird that measures 8-11 that measures 8-11 inches in length and inches in length and weighs around 6-7 weighs around 6-7 ouncesounces
Has a short, stout beak Has a short, stout beak and powerful feet and and powerful feet and clawsclaws
Eastern MeadowlarkEastern Meadowlark
Lives in pastures, Lives in pastures, meadows, grassy meadows, grassy fields, open country, fields, open country, country roadsides country roadsides
Prefers moist habitat Prefers moist habitat
Often seen singing Often seen singing from fence posts or from fence posts or utility wires. utility wires.
House SparrowHouse Sparrow
Lives in towns, Lives in towns, cities, suburbs, cities, suburbs, farms & ranchesfarms & ranches
One of the most One of the most abundant birds in abundant birds in North America.North America.
Brown Headed CowbirdBrown Headed Cowbird
Breeds in areas Breeds in areas with grassland with grassland and low or and low or scattered treesscattered trees
The Brown-The Brown-headed Cowbird headed Cowbird lays eggs in the lays eggs in the nests of many nests of many different species different species of birdsof birds
Belted King FisherBelted King Fisher One of the few One of the few
bird species in bird species in which the which the female is more female is more brightly colored brightly colored than the malethan the male
Road building Road building and digging and digging gravel pits, has gravel pits, has created banks created banks where where kingfishers can kingfishers can nest nest
ResourcesResources
Google.comGoogle.com OutdoorAlabama.comOutdoorAlabama.com Birdsinalabama.comBirdsinalabama.com