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Redline Darter
The Redline Darter is another beautiful fish that can be found in the waters of Cypress Creek in North Alabama. This darter, like most darters, is very small; about 1" - 3.9" in length. The included ...
Banded Sculpin
The fish displayed in the attached photo- literally made me jump away from it. I was video taping in the shallows of a fast flowing creek, when I noticed on the camera screen the broad head and copper...
Warpaint Shiner
Click on the photos for a larger view The Warpaint Shiner is another beautiful fish that can be found in the Cypress Creek and Shoals Creek area of North Alabama. As with the Northern Studfish, this i...
Northern Studfish
I have been intriuged by this fish ever since seeing its picture in my prized Fishes of Alabama book. The author described this fish, a Northern Studfish, as being "one of the most beautiful topminno...
Longeared Sunfish
My son Sebastian and I were kayaking and fishing along Cypress Creek, a very nice creek that flows into the Tennessee River at Florence, AL. The first fish that we caught was a bright orange fish with...
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
The Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher is one of my favorite birds. Why? They are extremely small and dainty. They eat mosquitos. What?! They're cute and they eat mosquitos- cool! I love this bird! The Blue-Gray ...
Eastern Garter Snake
Recently, on a cool April afternoon, as I was walking through some woods near my house, I happened to notice this Garter Snake warming itself in a small patch of sunlight. This Garter Snake is known a...