Rare red-footed booby spotted in Alabama

TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) – A once-in-a-lifetime bird sighting was caught on camera near Lake Martin.

Jimmy Lanier, founder of the Cherokee Ridge Alpine Trail Association, said he was walking a trail on March 7 when he stopped at the region’s newest fire tower.

“I saw this strange-looking, erratic sort of flight of a bird that went around the tower and then landed up about, oh, I’d say 80 feet,” Lanier said…

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