Tennessee is diverse in physiography, vegetation, and habitat type. For bird monitoring and reporting purposes the state is divided into four regions. Within these regions there are other divisions representing distinct features important to understanding bird life. Within the Western Coastal Plain is included the Mississippi Alluvial Plain — a narrow strip of low-lying, swampy, […]
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No matter where you are in Alabama, you will be treated to fabulous bird watching. Although there are several distinct geophysical areas in Alabama, for birding purposes, we can divide the state into four regions, each with its own collection of birds. Before we look at those regions, let’s look at one other feature that
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Geologically, Louisiana is quite a young place, with the majority of the state’s surfaces having been sculpted by late Pleistocene sediments (approximately 1.8 million to 11,000 years ago) and glacial melt-water. Only the northwestern quarter of the Louisiana exhibits older surface sediments, predominately in the form of Tertiary deposits (around 26 to 66 million years
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Ecoregions are geographically distinct areas of land, characterized by distinctive climates, ecological features, and plant and animal communities. Ohio is covered by three broad ecoregions and two of these are further subdivided. Each has its own distinctive characteristics, which are most obvious in regards to the plant communities. As birds are heavily dependent upon plants,
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