Album Alabama (Part 2) from Ceropegia

Leaping Dolphins

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 19:04:15 +0000

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Orange Beach, Alabama

Keeping My Eye on You

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 01:08:58 +0000

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Brown Pelican, Orange Beach, Alabama, On the Gulf of Mexico (IMG_1068)

Eastern Rat Snake

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 22:44:23 +0000

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In my garden, Etowah County, Alabama It was about five feet long. Didn't move until I prodded it with a twig. Then it vibrated its tail, coiled up and struck at me. When I backed off, it turned and slithered rapidly away. (IMG_4972)

Eastern Rat Snake

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 22:46:04 +0000

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At my patio door, Etowah County, Alabama

A Deceptively Peaceful Setting

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 08:20:48 +0000

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This photo was taken immediately upstream from a low head dam constructed for a Gulf States Steel pumping station that was abandoned in 2000 when the steel plant closed. These types of dams have been called “drowning machines.” As water goes over the dam, it creates a strong recirculating current, called a backroller or boil, at the base of the dam. The force of the backroller can trap boats against the dam and capsize them. People in the water can be trapped, pulled, and held under, even if they are wearing a life vest or personal flotation device. Since 2015 four people have drowned at this dam. Funds were voted to remove it in 2017, but it has yet to be removed. It is located in Attalla, Alabama on Big Wills Creek. Update, finally, in October 2022, the dam was removed.

White Pelican Flock

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 21:00:53 +0000

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Part of a migrating flock of a couple hundred birds massed together to drive fish close to shore to catch and eat them on the Coosa River near Godfrey's Marina, off Wharton Bend Road, on the Coosa River, Rainbow City, Alabama. I count at least 94 birds in this photo. (IMG_9965)

White Pelican Flock

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 21:00:47 +0000

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Part of a migrating flock of a couple hundred birds massing together to drive fish close to shore to catch and eat them on the Coosa River on a cold rainy day near Godfrey's Marina, off Wharton Bend Road, Rainbow City, Alabama. I count at least 44 birds in this photo. (IMG_0046)

Eastern Phoebe Babies

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:57:34 +0000

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This is the second brood on this nest this year. It is located under my deck on the intake/output pipe of my instant hot water heater. They fledged the next day. The first brood had 5 babies. Etowah County, Alabama (IMG_0901)

Eastern Phoebe Nest

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 15:02:58 +0000

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Under my deck on the intake/output pipe of my instant hot water heater. This is the second brood in this nest this year. Etowah County, Alabama (IMG_0856)

Bobcat

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 01:05:52 +0000

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Finally one of my trail cameras caught a bobcat in the daytime. About 4 other times they have caught one at night, but they were not very good catches. Etowah County, Alabama (WGI_0399)

Whooping Cranes

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 21:57:33 +0000

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Flying away from a field near Priceville High School, a couple of miles from Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, Alabama (IMG_4741)

Whooping Cranes

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 21:57:37 +0000

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Part of a group of seven that were foraging in a field adjacent to Priceville High School. They are taking off because some students came out to practice at the athletic field near where they were. The location is a couple of miles from Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge where they are wintering in Decatur, Alabama (IMG_4749)

Whooping Cranes

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 21:57:40 +0000

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These seven whooping cranes are in a field beside Priceville High School in Decatur, Alabama, a couple of miles from Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge where they are wintering. The brown-headed young bird, #69-16, called Zion, named after the National Park in celebration of the National Park Service’s centennial, was hatched and raised by foster parent whooping cranes at the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin in 2016. In the fall, she was released into the wild in Wisconsin near an adult pair, the goal being that she would associate with them and follow them when they migrated. She never really bonded with them, instead migrating to Wheeler for the winter with a group of sandhill cranes. At Wheeler, she has begun associating with other whooping cranes. (IMG_4733)

Whooping Cranes

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 21:57:43 +0000

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These four whooping cranes are in a field beside Priceville High School in Decatur Alabama, a few miles from Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge where they are wintering. The brown-headed young bird, #69-16, called Zion, named after the National Park in celebration of the National Park Service’s centennial, was hatched and raised by foster parent whooping cranes at the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin in 2016. In the fall, she was released into the wild in Wisconsin near an adult pair, the goal being that she would associate with them and follow them when they migrated. She never really bonded with them, instead migrating to Wheeler for the winter with a group of sandhill cranes. At Wheeler, she has begun associating with other whooping cranes. (IMG_4736)

Whooping Cranes

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 21:57:45 +0000

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These two along with five others are in a field adjacent to Priceville High School, a couple of miles from Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. They can be identified by their leg bands. The bird in front is 11-15. He is a male, hatched on May 11, 2015 at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, captive raised, transferred to Wisconsin in September, and later migrated south to Florida by following an ultralight aircraft, occasionally being crated and trucked to the next stop when he fell behind or the weather was bad. He successfully returned to Wisconsin in the spring of 2016 with several other cranes. In the fall, however, he did not return to Florida, but instead found his way to Wheeler, where he is wintering. His story is at (https://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/crane/15/BandingCodes_1511.html). The other crane is 65-15, a female, named Leola. She was hatched on June 8, 2015, captive raised ,and moved to Wisconsin in the fall. However, instead of being taught to follow an ultralight for migration, she was released near other cranes and followed them when they migrated. She spent her first winter near Goose Pond in Southern Illinois and returned to Wisconsin the next spring. In the fall, she migrated to Wheeler where she is currently wintering. Her story is at (https://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/crane/15/BandingCodes_65D.html). (IMG_4737)

Whooping Cranes

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 21:57:47 +0000

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Bill Clappering

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 02:45:42 +0000

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A mating behavior being performed by a great blue heron pair on their nest at a rookery in James D. Martin Wildlife Park ,a city park that is a wetland backwater formed at the mouth of Black Creek by Alabama Power Company's Neeley Henry Dam impoundment of the Coosa River, Gadsden, Alabama (IMG_5126)

Bill Clappering

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 02:44:35 +0000

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Two Toads

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 15:02:01 +0000

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These toads were hanging around in the rain just outside my garage door. They tried to hop away when I opened the door, but I manged to corral them. I kept trying to keep them together long enough for a shot, but they weren't of a mind to cooperate. One or the other would hop off just as I was ready to shoot. Persistence finally paid off and I managed to get one of them together. Etowah County, Alabama (IMG_4768)

Great Egret

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceropegia) — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 17:44:38 +0000

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In breeding plummage at a rookery in the James D. Martin Wildlife Park, a city park that is a wetland backwater formed at the mouth of Black Creek by Alabama Power Company's Neeley Henry Dam impoundment of the Coosa River, Gadsden, Alabama (IMG_5002)