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Green Violet-ear
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Veery
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Anhinga
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Winging it by Water: Cruising for Birds
Wood-Warblers
American Redstart
Bachman's Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Canada Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Connecticut Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Kirtland's Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
MacGillivray's Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Northern Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Ovenbird
Painted Redstart
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
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Downy Woodpecker
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Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
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Alligator Hunting Season
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Black "Speckled" Kingsnake
Black Kingsnake
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Black Racer
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Queensnake
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Southern Hognose Snake
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Tri-colored Bat
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Hispid Cotton Rat
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Leave It to Beaver
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Southern Flying Squirrel
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Woodland Vole
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The Alabama Elk Experiment
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White-tailed Deer
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American Bullfrog
American Toad
Barking Treefrog
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Bronze Frog/Green Frog
Cope's Gray Treefrog
Crawfish Frog
Cricket Frog
Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad
Eastern Spadefoot
Fowler's Toad
Gopher Frog
Green Treefrog
Greenhouse Frog
Little Grass Frog
Mountain Chorus Frog
Northern Cricket Frog
Northern Spring Peeper
Oak Toad
Ornate Chorus Frog
Pickerel Frog
Pig Frog
Pine Barrens Treefrog
Pine Woods Treefrog
River Frog
Southern Chorus Frog
Southern Leopard Frog
Southern Toad
Squirrel Treefrog
Upland Chorus Frog
Wood Frog
Salamanders
Apalachicola Dusky Salamander
Black Warrior Waterdog
Brownback Salamander
Cave Salamander
Chamberlain's Dwarf Salamander
Dwarf Salamander
Eastern Newt
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Four-toed Salamander
Greater Siren
Green Salamander
Gulf Coast Mud Salamander
Gulf Coast Waterdog
Hellbender
Lesser Siren
Long-tailed Salamander
Marbled Salamander
Mississippi Slimy Salamander
Mole Salamander
Mudpuppy
Northern Red Salamander
Northern Slimy Salamander
Ocoee Salamander
One-toed Amphiuma
Red Hills Salamander
Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander
Seal Salamander
Seepage Salamander
Small-mouthed Salamander
Southeastern Slimy Salamander
Southern Dusky Salamander
Southern Red Salamander
Southern Redbacked Salamander
Southern Two-lined Salamander
Southern Zigzag Salamander
Spotted Dusky Salamander
Spotted Salamander
Spring Salamander
Tennessee Cave Salamander
Three-lined Salamander
Three-toed Amphiuma
Two-toed Amphiuma
Undescribed Siren
Unnamed Waterdog
Webster's Salamander
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Shark ID
Atlantic Sharpnose Shark
Blacktip Shark
Bull Shark
Finetooth Shark
Sand Tiger
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Aquatic Snails
Apple Snails - Family Ampullariidae
Florida Apple Snail
Island Apple Snail - Exotic
Family Viviparidae
Freshwater Limpets - Family Ancylidae
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Elimia
Gyrotoma
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Valvatas - Family Valvatidae
Bryozoan
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Alabama Freshwater Mussel List
Actinonaias
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Anodonta
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Alabama Lampmussel
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Cumberland Bean
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