DESCRIPTION: Suite Alabama: A Jazz Sonatina III. Yellowhammer Stomp by Melody Bober
The state bird of Alabama is the yellowhammer. Alabama is sometimes called the Yellowhammer State. This name comes from the Civil War when a company of Alabama's troops paraded in uniforms that were trimmed with bright yellow cloth. People were reminded of the yellowhammer bird that has a patch of yellow feathers under its wing. After that, Yellowhammers became the nickname for Alabama soldiers.