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American Kestrel (Photo by USFWS)

Tennessee Birding by Season: Fall

Fall Birds of Tennessee (September, October, November) By the “dog days of August,” even though it feels like summer in Tennessee, birders are thinking “fall.” Fall for birders includes the months of August through November and there is no better time to be bird watching. The nesting season is drawing to a close, and some […]

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Photo: Creative Commons)

Alabama Birding by Season: Fall

Fall Birds of Alabama (September, October, November) Fall migration is a protracted affair in Alabama, beginning in summer and lasting into winter. Shorebird migration really picks up steam as summer turns into fall. Sod farms and every bit of shallow water become magnets for these birds. A spotting scope is useful during fall. Warblers tend

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Alder Flycatcher, photo by Bill Thompson, III

Louisiana Birding by Season: Fall

Fall birds of Louisiana (September, October, November) The migration of the flycatcher species of eastern North America peaks in Louisiana during the month of September, when additional species including alder flycatcher, Acadian flycatcher, great-crested flycatcher, and eastern wood-pewee join the least flycatchers already present in the large patches of prickly ash and rough-leaved dogwood. By

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