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American Redstart

Alabama Birding by Season: Summer

Summer Birds of Alabama (June, July, August) Summers are hot in Alabama, but the breeding season continues, particularly for species such as northern cardinal and Carolina wren that have multiple broods. American goldfinches time their breeding to coincide with ripening thistle, which occurs in late June or early July. Summer in Alabama is much about

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Northern parula on red twig. Photo by Dan Fein.

Louisiana Birding by Season: Summer

Summer Birds of Louisiana (June, July, August) Surely one of the high points of Louisiana bird watching involves the nesting of bottomland hardwood forest birds within any of the larger tracts across the state, such as Bayou D’arbonne  and Tensas National Wildlife Refuges in northeastern Louisiana, to the Atchafalaya Basin in the south-central portion of

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