Decatur Alabama Roost

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Entrances By Sandy</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>    </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Entrances By Sandy"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id183.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Premigratory Purple Martin Roosts: Poss"><U>Premigratory Purple Martin Roosts:  Possible Reasons For Them</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id177.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="William B. Umstead Bridge Roost"><U>William B. 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Go to</B> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://www.whnt19.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.whnt19.com"><U><B>http://</B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.whnt19.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.whnt19.com"><U><B>www.whnt19.com</B></U></A><B>   </B></FONT><B>Look for, or do a search</B> <B>for,</B> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Birds Spotted on StormCenter </B><B>19 Pinpoint Doppler Radar</B></FONT> <B>to look for the news story done by WHNT Channel 19.  There</B> <B>is also a slide show of pictures that Fred Ashmore took</B>.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Here is a short video taken by Fred Ashmore</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://entrancesbysandy.com/Decatur%20Roost%201.avi" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://entrancesbysandy.com/Decatur%20Ro"><U><B>Decatur Roost 1.avi</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Here is a longer video taken by Fred Ashmore</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://entrancesbysandy.com/river%20roost%208%2011%2004%20009.avi" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://entrancesbysandy.com/river%20roos"><U><B>river roost 8 11 04 009.avi</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Two new videos by Fred Ashmore</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://entrancesbysandy.com/DecaturRoost82204.avi" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://entrancesbysandy.com/DecaturRoost"><U><B>DecaturRoost82204.avi</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://entrancesbysandy.com/Decatur%20Roost%202.avi" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://entrancesbysandy.com/Decatur%20Ro"><U><B>Decatur Roost 2.avi</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The following picture was taken by Brad Biddle.  It shows the small island of Alligator Weeds in the Tennessee River at Decatur, Alabama where the Purple Martins are roosting.  The small patch of Alligator Weed  between the concrete bridge in the foreground and the island of trees in the middle of picture is where the birds are roosting.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="78e84a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The following photos were all taken by Fred Ashmore at the Decatur, Al roost over the past few weeks.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="75284a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="75484a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="75684a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="75884a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="75a84a20.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="674" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="75c84a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="75f84a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="76184a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="76384a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="76884a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="77e84a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="78084a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The following picture was provided by Lou Strout.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="77c84a30.jpg" border=0 width="900" height="675" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id177.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="William B. 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