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	Yellowhammer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.
		The Yellowhammer is a robust 15.5-17cm long bird, with a thick seed-eater's bill.
		It has been claimed by Karl Czerny, that the Yellowhammer's song was the inspiration for the "fate" motif of the Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yellowhammer (232 words)

	British Garden Birds - Yellowhammer
		The Yellowhammer often sings from the top of a tree or fence post, and its high-pitched song is the well-known "little bit of bread and no cheese".
		Yellowhammers are at home on arable farms and in hedgerows where they feed on seed and grain.
		The cup-shaped nest of the Yellowhammer is built by the female with grass and moss, and lined with hair and grass.
	www.garden-birds.co.uk /birds/yellowhammer.htm (336 words)

	Northern Flicker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The yellowhammer nickname was applied to the Confederate soldiers from Alabama when a company of young cavalry soldiers from Huntsville, under the command of Rev. D.C. Kelly, arrived at Hopkinsville, KY, where Gen.
		The officers and men of the Huntsville company wore fine, new uniforms, whereas the soldiers who had long been on the battlefields were dressed in faded, worn uniforms.
		When the Confederate Veterans in Alabama were organized they took pride in being referred to as the "Yellowhammers" and wore a yellowhammer feather in their caps or lapels during reunions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Flicker (753 words)

	Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella
		Yellowhammers have at least 20 other names including yellow bunting, yellow amber, yellow ring, scribble lark and scribbler, the last two, because of the squiggly marks on their eggs.
		The yellowhammer's nest is constructed by the female.
		The second half of the name yellowhammer is thought to derive from the German for bunting which is 'ammer', yellowhammers being the commonest of the buntings.
	www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /bird-guide/yellowhammer.htm (506 words)

	yellowhammer - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about yellowhammer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The yellowhammer, or yellow bunting, Emberiza citrinella, found in grassland and open shrub country in Europe and Asia, is one of the most familiar buntings.
		The male yellowhammer has a bright yellow head and underparts.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Yellowhammer (154 words)

	1/32 Scale Aircraft Modeling - Decal Review
		It was with great anticipation that I read about the Yellowhammer sheet and I purchased this and their other F-4 sheets when they were first released.
		Yellowhammer shows a clear style of stencil on its instuctions.
		Yellowhammer does not show on the instructions the obvious red stencil applied to the rear of the badly weathered radome.
	www.largescaleplanes.com /reviews/Yellowhammer/PhantomDecals1.html (528 words)

	Yellowhammer
		Adult male Yellowhammers are vibrant birds in the breeding season, their red brown plumage streaked with fl, is supplemented by bright yellow on the head and belly.
		Yellowhammers are birds of open countryside, present across much of Britain, making them one of the most familiar farmland species.
		Yellowhammers are much less common on high ground, an area from which there has been some range contraction in recent decades.
	www.bto.org /gbw/Species/BIRDS_YELHA.htm (316 words)

	Postage Stamps of Helen Keller Camellia Yellowhammer Southern Longleaf Pine Alabama flag
		However on August 26, 1959, the law was amended to read: "The camellia is hereby designated and named as the state flower of Alabama." (Acts 1927, No. 541.) In view of the fact that the act does not specify which camellia, the particular variety cannot be officially designated.
		Also known as the Flicker, the Yellowhammer was named the official State Bird of Alabama on September 6, 1927.
		Alabama has been known as the "Yellowhammer State" since the Civil War when a company of Confederate soldiers from Huntsville, Alabama arrived on a Kentucky battlefield wearing bright new uniforms, joining the battle weary soldiers were dressed in faded, worn uniforms.
	www.postcardsfrom.com /stamp/stamp-al.html (467 words)

	YELLOWHAMMER FARM: The Place (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Yellowhammer wasn't really a farm, and who knew what a "yellowhammer" was?
		The portion of "Yellowhammer Road" that bisected our property was rough and rocky, due in part to its being sloped and consequently scoured out by rain and snow.
		At one end of the property, the farthest removed from Yellowhammer Road, the ground dropped steeply to a broad shelf of ground beside one of the three large streams.
	blogs.salon.com /0001107/stories/2002/08/28/yellowhammerFarmThePlace.html (2071 words)

	Between the Icebox and the Stairs by DeEds & Reveal: Chapter 8. Yellowhammer
		Of course Sandy had no idea of what this Yellowhammer trek was about either, but she enjoyed riding, and she was cute enough, even for Jerrit.
		Yellowhammer: a venerable cow camp/hunting camp at the back of beyond, under lifetime lease to Fred Leighton who had been instrumental in the establishment of check dams by Fish and Game throughout the Basin.
		Liz never doubted that Yellowhammer would meet her expectations, even now when those expectations were gone.
	www.life.umd.edu /emeritus/reveal/pbio/icebox/yell.html (1399 words)

	Shell in the US - SEPCo - Mobile Yellowhammer Plant
		The Yellowhammer Plant, named for the Alabama State Bird, is located approximately 20 miles south of Mobile, Alabama, and was constructed in 1991 at a cost of approximately $90 million.
		Yellowhammer processes sour gas, which provides the source for three commercialized products: gas to fuel homes and industry; natural gas liquids, and sulfur.
		Shell operates the Yellowhammer Plant, as well as the Fairway and MO821 offshore fields with 32 Shell employees and contractors.
	www.shell.com /home/Framework?siteId=us-en&FC2=/us-en/html/iwgen/leftnavs/zzz_lhn4_4_1.html&FC3=/us-en/html/iwgen/shell_for_businesses/exploration_production_shared/onshore/operations/alabama_0308.html (411 words)

	Yellowhammer - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Yellowhammer - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Males are unmistakeable with a bright yellow head and underparts, brown back streaked with fl, and chestnut rump.
		Yellowhammers have at least 20 other names, including yellow bunting, yellow amber, yellow ring, scribbler, goldie, yellow yoit and guler.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/y/yellowhammer/index.asp (201 words)

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		Employee Participation Active employee participation and involvement in the development and implementation of the Yellowhammer Plant's PSM program is an important step toward achieving the objective to prevent or minimize the consequences of catastrophic releases of toxic, reactive, flammable, or explosive chemicals.
		The Yellowhammer Plant has around-the-clock communications capability with the Mobile County Emergency Management Agency, which has the ability to communicate to all state, federal and county agencies as to needed equipment (i.e., firefighting equipment, manpower, ambulances, hospitals, law enforcement, and HAZMAT operations).
		The Yellowhammer Plant is developing an ongoing relationship with the Mobile County Emergency Management Agency and shall develop initiatives to best manage training as needed and agreed between parties for emergency response procedures.
	www.rtk.net /rmp/sum7/AL/fac100000007182 (2496 words)

	* Yellowhammer - (Animals): Definition
		The commonest British species are the yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella, the reed bunting E. schoeniclus, and the corn bunting E. calandra.
		Other In the Civil War (1860-1865), Confederate soldiers from Alabama were called "Yellowhammers" because of the yellow cloth on their uniforms.
		European buntings include the corn, snow, and cirl buntings, the yellowhammer, and the ortolan (Emberiza hortulana), which is caught and fattened as a table delicacy.
	en.mimi.hu /animals/yellowhammer.html (107 words)

	Alabama State Bird
		The yellowhammer nickname was applied to the Confederate soldiers from Alabama when a company of young cavalry soldiers from Huntsville, under the command of Rev. D.C. Kelly, arrived at Hopkinsville, KY, where Gen. Forrest's troops were stationed.
		On the sleeves, collars and coattails of the new calvary troop were bits of brilliant yellow cloth.
		A bill introduced in the 1927 legislature by Representative Thomas E. Martin, Montgomery County, was passed and approved by Governor Bibb Graves on September 6, 1927.
	www.archives.state.al.us /emblems/st_bird.html (870 words)

	yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The yellowhammer is probably more abundant here in New Zealand now than in Europe where it is in serious decline and is categorised as a Red List species.
		I have noticed that visiting birders often mistake the yellowhammer for our own endemic yellowhead which is confined to forest, mainly beech, of the South Island and is a very rare bird indeed.
		The yellowhammer is confined to the open country and is rarely, if ever seen in the New Zealand forest or bush.
	www.nzbirds.com /birds/yellowhammer.html (440 words)

	Yellowhammer Gap Trail, Graham County North Carolina Hiking Trails
		Yellowhammer Gap Trail is highly recommended for novices or experienced hikers who are in good condition.
		A head stone reads: The Dotson' lived in the area of Yellowhammer Gap and took care of people's livestock that ran on free range land.
		Yellowhammer Gap Trail is located about 15 miles north of Robbinsville on U.S. 129 North.
	www.mountaintravelguide.com /Hiking%20Trails/North%20Carolina/graham/YellowhammerGapTrail.htm (524 words)

	Yellowhammer Creek Trail
		Proceed north on Nichols Cove to the junction with Yellowhammer Gap Trail.
		Use Guide: The Yellowhammer Gap Trail is highly recommended for novices or experienced hikers who are in good condition.
		The Dotson' lived in the area of Yellowhammer Gap and took care of people's livestock that ran on free range land.
	www.main.nc.us /graham/hiking/yellowhammer.html (491 words)

	Story of the Yellowhammer Nickname (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Alabama is known as the "Yellowhammer State", and the Yellowhammer is the official state bird.
		When the Alabama recruits rode into camp, one of Forrest's men named Will Arnett called out in jest, "Yellowhammer, yellowhammer, flicker, flicker, flicker." Arnett had never seen such pretty uniforms and knew that they would soon be stained with mud and blood.
		After the War, Alabama veterans often wore the feather of a yellowhammer in the lapel of their coat.
	www.19thalabama.org /yellhamr.html (198 words)

	Yellowhammer 48-19 for Blue Angel A-4F
		This is the second Blue Angel sheet I have bought from Yellowhammer (the first being the F-4 sheet).
		Several notes to modelers are on the sheet, including the modifications made to the team’s a/c to bring them up to the "Super Fox" standards, along with the teams own particular modifications.
		Given the popularity of the Hasegawa A-4 kit, and the Blue Angels, Yellowhammer is sure to please a lot of modelers, myself included.
	modelingmadness.com /others/decals/ishmaelyh4819.htm (361 words)

	Between the Icebox and the Stairs by DeEds & Reveal: Chapter 8. Yellowhammer
		Beyond the yard and catch corral lay the meadow, abundant grass, a pond, trees beyond, and at the lower end the beginning of the narrow granite V of Yellowhammer Lake.
		Yellowhammer was a nest, a place to come home to.
		"A yellowhammer is a bird something like a finch or sparrow, only it has bright yellow feathers on the sides of its head and neck and breast.
	www.life.umd.edu /emeritus/reveal/PBIO/icebox/yell3.html (2143 words)

	BTO - Breeding Birds of the Wider Countryside: Yellowhammer
		BTO - Breeding Birds of the Wider Countryside: Yellowhammer
		Yellowhammer abundance began to decline on farmland in the mid 1980s and the decline has continued ever since.
		While there is some evidence that survival rates have decreased during the period of decline, Yellowhammer breeding performance has tended to improve (Siriwardena et al.
	www.bto.org /birdtrends2005/wcryelha.htm (232 words)

	Alabama State Bird: Yellowhammer - SHG Resources
		This member of the woodpecker family, also called a flicker (Colaptes Aratus), got its name from the way it hammers trees with its beak and the flash of yellow it displays on the underside of its wings.
		The bird's colors of gray and yellow were said to resemble the uniform of a Confederate cavalryman, and an Alabama regiment of the Confederate Army wore yellowhammer feathers in their hats.
		These stories and the widespread abundance of the species led to the yellowhammer's selection as the state bird.
	www.shgresources.com /al/symbols/bird (1141 words)

	yellowhammer - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		But likewise the yellowhammer, an indigenous bird in a state of decline, also needs to be protected.
		Commission had objected to any Crow- Yellowhammer management contract because Yellowhammer had been operating "in a gray...
		Montana announced it is also severing the Yellowhammer link to its new casino at the Little...
	www.highbeam.com /ref/doc0.asp?docid=1E1:X-yellowha (275 words)

	Alexa Web Search - Results for yellowhammer
		yellowhammer is a division of DigiDyne, Inc., a technology-based firm located in Mobile, Alabama, which recognizes the need for an inexpensive, nationwide, dialup...
		The yellowhammer is probably more abundant here in New Zealand now than in Europe where it is...
		Yellowhammer Marketing LLC the wholesale source for Collegia...
	www.alexa.com /search?amzn_id=dragoncon&q=yellowhammer (199 words)

	BirdForum - Yellowhammer in SE UK
		There are plenty of yellowhammers at the Hucking estate (Woodland trust) near Detling/Stockbury in Kent.
		If you do come down, keep an eye out for the little owl that is more often than not in the trees by the car park.
		There were (I haven't been there for a couple of weeks) several Yellowhammers on Riddlesdown Common which is about 5 miles south of Croydon.
	www.birdforum.net /printthread.php?t=19411 (335 words)

	Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Yellowhammer is a bunting found throughout most of Europe and extends eastwards into Siberia.
		It is a bird of farmland and the countryside and has suffered declining numbers in recent years.
		This may be due to a combination of factors such as early autumn ploughing and less use of bruised barley in animal feed.
	www.arthurgrosset.com /europebirds/yellowhammer.html (155 words)

	Yellowhammer : Emberiza citrinella-16.5cm...
		The bright yellow plumage of the adult male Yellowhammer along with his reddish-brown upperparts and white outer tail feathers easily distinguish him from all other buntings and finches that he may be compared with.
		The female is more sombre being duller on the back and buffish with brown flecking on the breast.The Yellowhammer has suffered badly from changes in farming practice and where once it could be found breeding in open country and around arable farmland it is now rarely seen.
		The stubble fields on which it depended during the winter are now seldom found, the crop-planting regime being changed to autumn sowing leaving no fallen seed or weeds and no habitat for any insects to survive in.
	www.haiths.com /category.asp?lookup=1&brand=1&cat_id=WBWYELL&customer_id=PAA1955075904882NTYORIJRWLGNDNUP (253 words)

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