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Morning on Weeks Bay

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I felt especially thankful for the cooler air while boarding a touring boat at the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserv e along the coast of Alabama. The water popped with rising menhaden, and giant Brown Pelicans dove with watery crashes after them. View of Weeks Bay. Laughing Gulls rested on the water like buoys.

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Catching the End of Migration on the Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail

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Since I live so close to the state line, it’s only natural that I do some of my birding along the Alabama coastline. I did a little research, and came across good birding reports on Gulf Park, so to Gulf Park I went. Turns out, Gulf Park is huge. To bird, my husband and I focused on walking the Hugh S. Red-headed Woodpecker.

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