Stop Cogongrass Hitchhikers
Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) continues its rapid spread across the Southeast. One way this aggressive weed is spreading so quickly is by hitchhiking around the state. This fact sheet urges loggers, road crews, hunters and other land managers ... [... more]
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Controlling Rats and Mice Around Your Home
Many types of rodents may cause problems in home settings. Squirrels, flying squirrels, and chipmunks may become a nuisance from time to time, but the most troublesome and potentially harmful are rats and mice. Norway rats, roof rats, and house ... [... more]
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Mourning Dove Management In Alabama
The mourning dove is probably the most popular game bird in North America. Hunters harvest more than 50 million doves annually from a continental population estimated at over 500 million. Each year, more than 100,000 Alabama hunters take between ... [... more]
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Attracting Purple Martins
The purple martin is a welcome warm-weather guest of suburban and rural backyards throughout Alabama. Its late winter arrival on the Gulf Coast signals the withdrawal of winter and heralds the return of spring. Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians first ... [... more]
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Green Tree Reservoirs
Beaver ponds provide an attractive habitat for a host of wildlife species including waterfowl. Some of the South's finest wood-duck hunting occurs over beaver ponds. Managed properly, beaver ponds produce excellent duck hunting opportunities at ... [... more]
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Attracting Wildlife To Your Backyard
Your backyard can become a miniature wildlife refuge, attracting many different kinds of wild animals such as songbirds, squirrels, owls, and deer. Your backyard can become a miniature wildlife refuge, attracting many different kinds of wild ... [... more]
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Building Shelter For Wildlife
Adapted from an article entitled "Build your own wildlife shelters" by Ken Olenderski, published in Pennsylvania Wildlife, 1983. Approved for Extension use by H. Lee Stribling, Extension Wildlife Scientist, Associate Professor, Zoology and ... [... more]
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Bird Houses For Songbirds
Bluebirds, robins, chickadees, titmice, wrens, and purple martins adapt easily to using birds houses. They will choose rural or urban yards alike where there is a small patch of suitable habitat. This mat consist of homemade bird houses and berry ... [... more]
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Eastern Bluebirds
Eastern bluebird description, habits, and how to attact them to your yard. The early American settlers called it the "blue robin" because of its rust-colored breast and blue back and tail. Today, we call it the Eastern bluebird. Observing this . [... more]
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Feeding Birds
As interest in wildlife has grown in recent years, the fascination of attracting birds to feeding stations has also grown. More than 62 million Americans feed birds around their homes, and many people maintain natural areas and plantings for ... [... more]
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HUMMINGBIRDS IN ALABAMA
Hummingbird watching can be an exciting and fun-filled activity for the whole family. In this publication, hummingbird biology, feeding, and migration are covered. [... more]
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Controlling Armadillo
Extension Wildlife Specialist, Associate Professor, Zoology and Wildlife Science, Auburn University Take a ride on just about any road in Alabama and you are likely to see an armadillo belly-up on the side of the road. Armadillos were first noted ... [... more]
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