Tern Island Birds

This year is the first year that the Alabama Coastal Birdfest is sponsored by Alabama Audubon. The Tern Island trip … More

Birding Trip to Tern Island

The Alabama Coastal Birdfest offers opportunities to visit places you would never have the ability to visit without owning a … More

Veterans Memorial Park in Pensacola has a nice size pond where I spotted this Mallard taking a dip. It is … More

These Mallard Ducks were in the yard with the Black-bellied Whistling Ducks. Mallard Ducks can be found almost everywhere and … More

On one of the Coastal Birdfest trips, I met some birders who added me to their birding phone group. They … More

Male Mallards have a dark, iridescent-green head and bright yellow bill. Not sure if it is the lighting or if the … More

The majority of lesser scaup migrate through the Central and Mississippi Flyways to wintering areas along the Gulf of Mexico … More

Mergansers are our only ducks that specialize in eating fish.

The whistling-ducks were formerly known as tree-ducks, but only a few, such as the Black-bellied Whistling-Duck actually perch or nest … More