**ALABAMA**

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Fig. 1. Bird monitoring regions in Alabama

**Bird monitoring region 158: Alabama-Appalachian Mountains**

This region covers BCR 28, Appalachian Mountains, of Alabama.
Approximately 55 aquatic species occur at least commonly, at some time
of year, in the region (Table 1); 12 designated sites and *x* matrix
strata have been identified (Fig. 2, Table 2).

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Fig. 2*.* Designated sites and matrix strata in bird monitoring region
158.

> Table 1. Aquatic species that occur commonly in bird monitoring region
> 158 (M=migration, B=breeding season, W=winter).

+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| ##  Species             | **S  | **Species**               | **Sea  |
|                         | easo |                           | sons** |
|                         | ns** |                           |        |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Common Loon             | MW   | Red-breasted Merganser    | M      |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Horned Grebe            | MW   | Hooded Merganser          | MW     |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Pied-billed Grebe       | MW   | Ruddy Duck                | MW     |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Double-crested          | MW   | Northern Harrier          | MW     |
| Cormorant               |      |                           |        |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Black-crowned           | M    | American Coot             | MW     |
| Night-Heron             |      |                           |        |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Yellow-crowned          | MB   | American Golden-Plover    | M      |
| Night-Heron             |      |                           |        |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Green Heron             | MB   | Semipalmated Plover       | M      |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Little Blue Heron       | MB   | Killdeer                  | MBW    |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Cattle Egret            | MB   | Greater Yellowlegs        | MW     |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Great Egret             | M    | Lesser Yellowlegs         | M      |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Great Blue Heron        | MW   | Solitary Sandpiper        | M      |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Snow Goose              | MW   | Spotted Sandpiper         | M      |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Canada Goose            | MW   | Dunlin                    | M      |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Wood Duck               | MBW  | Semipalmated Sandpiper    | M      |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Mallard                 | MBW  | Western Sandpiper         | M      |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Am. Black Duck          | MW   | Least Sandpiper           | MW     |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Gadwall                 | MW   | Pectoral Sandpiper        | M      |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Green-winged Teal       | MW   | Short-billed Dowitcher    | M      |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| American Wigeon         | MW   | Common Snipe              | MW     |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Northern Pintail        | MW   | Bonaparte\'s Gull         | MW     |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Northern Shoveler       | MW   | Ring-billed Gull          | MW     |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Blue-winged Teal        | M    | Herring Gull              | MW     |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Canvasback              | MW   | Forster\'s Tern           | M      |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Redhead                 | M    | Black Tern                | M      |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Ring-necked Duck        | MW   | Tree Swallow              | M      |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Lesser Scaup            | MW   | Swamp Sparrow             | MW     |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Common Goldeneye        | MW   | Red-winged Blackbird      | MBW    |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+
| Bufflehead              | MW   |                           |        |
+-------------------------+------+---------------------------+--------+

# Stratum 1: Designated Sites

Table 2*.* Designated sites in bird monitoring region 158.

  -------- -------------------------- ---------- ----------- -------------- -------------- --------------
  **Site   **Site Name**              **Lat.**   **Long.**   **Importance   **Importance   **Comments**
  ID**                                                       to secretive   to migrating   
                                                             marshbirds**   shorebirds**   

  1        Blackwell Swamp            34.59      -86.78                                     

  2        Blowing Wind Cave (Sauta   34.61      -86.13      Not            Not             
           Cave) NWR                                                                       

  3        Desoto Woods (TNC          34.55      -85.59                                     
           Preserve)                                                                       

  4        Fern Cave NWR              34.68      -86.31      Not            Not             

  5        Guntersville               34.38      -86.29                                     

  6        Horseshoe Bend National    32.98      -85.74                                     
           Military Park                                                                   

  7        Key Cave NWR               34.75      -87.78                                     

  8        Little River Canyon        34.42      -85.61                                     
           National Preserve                                                               

  9        Pratts Ferry (TNC          33.06      -86.95      Not            Not             
           Preserve)                                                                       

  10       Russell Cave National      34.98      -85.81                                     
           Monument                                                                        

  11       Watercress Darter NWR      33.38      -86.97      Low            Not             

  12       Wheeler NWR                34.61      -86.93                                     
  -------- -------------------------- ---------- ----------- -------------- -------------- --------------

*Stratum 2: name (matrix stratum)*

*Stratum x: name (matrix stratum)*

Matrix strata have yet to be identified. Any help you can provide would
be greatly appreciated.

***Source***: The species list was based on checklists from 2 sites with
revisions by x.

**Bird monitoring region 159: Alabama-Southeastern Coastal Plain**

This region covers BCR 27, Southeastern Coastal Plan, of Alabama.
Approximately 67 aquatic species occur at least commonly, at some time
of year, in the region (Table 3); 10 designated sites and *x* matrix
strata have been identified (Fig. 3, Table 4).

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Fig. 3*.* Designated sites and matrix strata in bird monitoring region
159.

> Table 3. Aquatic species that occur commonly in bird monitoring region
> 159 (M=migration, B=breeding season, W=winter).

  ------------------------- ------------- ---------------------------- -------------
  **Species**               **Seasons**   **Species**                  **Seasons**

  Common Loon               W             Clapper Rail                 MBW

  Horned Grebe              W             Sora                         MW

  Pied-billed Grebe         MW            Common Moorhen               MB

  Northern Gannet           W             American Coot                MW

  Brown Pelican             MBW           Black-bellied Plover         MW

  Double-crested Cormorant  MBW           Semipalmated Plover          MW

  Least Bittern             MB            Killdeer                     MBW

  Black-crowned Night-Heron MW            Willet                       MBW

  Yellow-crowned            MB            Greater Yellowlegs           M
  Night-Heron                                                          

  Green Heron               MB            Lesser Yellowlegs            M

  Tricolored Heron          MBW           Spotted Sandpiper            M

  Little Blue Heron         MB            Sanderling                   MW

  Cattle Egret              MB            Dunlin                       MW

  Snowy Egret               MBW           Least Sandpiper              MW

  Great Egret               MBW           Pectoral Sandpiper           M

  Great Blue Heron          MBW           Upland Sandpiper             M

  Snow Goose                W             Short-billed Dowitcher       MW

  Canada Goose              MBW           Common Snipe                 MW

  Wood Duck                 MBW           Laughing Gull                MBW

  Mallard                   MBW           Bonaparte\'s Gull            W

  Gadwall                   MW            Ring-billed Gull             MW

  Green-winged Teal         MW            Herring Gull                 W

  American Wigeon           MW            Sandwich Tern                M

  Northern Pintail          MW            Royal Tern                   MW

  Northern Shoveler         MW            Forster\'s Tern              MW

  Blue-winged Teal          MW            Common Tern                  M

  Ring-necked Duck          MW            Least Tern                   M

  Lesser Scaup              MW            Black Tern                   MB

  Bufflehead                W             Black Skimmer                MW

  Red-breasted Merganser    MW            Tree Swallow                 MW

  Hooded Merganser          W             Marsh Wren                   MW

  Ruddy Duck                W             Swamp Sparrow                MW

  Osprey                    MB            Red-winged Blackbird         MBW

  Northern Harrier          MW                                         
  ------------------------- ------------- ---------------------------- -------------

# Stratum 1: Designated Sites

Table 4*.* Designated sites in bird monitoring region 159.

  -------- --------------------------- ---------- ----------- -------------- -------------- --------------
  **Site   **Site Name**               **Lat.**   **Long.**   **Importance   **Importance   **Comments**
  ID**                                                        to secretive   to migrating   
                                                              marshbirds**   shorebirds**   

  1        Blakeley Island and Alcoa   30.70      -88.04                                     
           Pond                                                                             

  2        Bon Secour NWR              30.24      -87.82                                     

  3        Chocktaw NWR                31.80      -88.19      Medium                         

  4        Eufaula NWR                 31.98      -85.08      Medium                         

  5        Gaillard Island             30.53      -88.14                                     

  6        Grand Bay Savannah (TNC     30.40      -88.31      High                           
           Preserve)                                                                        

  7        Gulf Islands National       30.28      -87.55                     High            
           Seashore                                                                         

  8        Mobile-Tensaw Delta         30.81      -87.94      High                           

  9        Rabbit Island (TNC          30.30      -87.46                                     
           Preserve)                                                                        

  10       Weeks Bay Estuarine Reserve 30.40      -87.83      High                           
  -------- --------------------------- ---------- ----------- -------------- -------------- --------------

*Stratum 2: name (matrix stratum)*

*Stratum x: name (matrix stratum)*

Matrix strata have yet to be identified. Any help you can provide would
be greatly appreciated.

***Source***: The species list was based on checklists from 2 sites with
revisions by x.