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Alabama Power Biologists Doing Their Part to Protect, Nurture Rare Bird

| April 8, 2020 @ 2:00 pm

By Michael Sznajderman

The red-cockaded woodpecker is making a slow but steady comeback at a site near Lake Mitchell.

On a remote hill along the shore of Lake Mitchell, a spring ritual is under way once again.

It’s nesting time for the federally endangered red-cockaded woodpecker. And this spot, dotted with longleaf pines, is one of a few privately held sites in central Alabama with a small but growing population of the rare birds.

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