hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: Feb 1st, 2001 (9:07 pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Barlow
Species mentioned:
WESTERN KINGBIRD, TUNDRA SWAN, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, SNOW
GOOSE, VERMILION FLYCATCHER, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW,
"KRIDER'S" RED-TAILED HAWK, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
The WESTERN KINGBIRD continues at Fulton County Airport (Fulton
Industrial Blvd, N of I-20)
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0601&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=19273
The bird is not always present, but around midday seems most reliable time.
29 Jan Jim Flynn and Earl Horn refound the 2 WESTERN KINGBIRDS they
orginally discovered 23 Jan in the Fitzgerald Area of S Central GA.
They also found 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 2 SNOW GEESE and 2
GREATER YELLOWLEGS on their trip but failed to refind Short-eared Owl
at the Cobb "Owl Fields".
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0601&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=19392
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0601&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=25635
The female VERMILION FLYCATCHER continues near the silos at the
Bradley Unit of the Eufaula NWR in SW Stewart Co.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0602&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=588
The Bradley unit is located N of Georgetown close to the Quitman /
Stewart Co. line. From Georgetown take 82 E, turn left on 39/27, fork
left on 39 and continue until you see the refuge sign on the left. If
you reach Florence Marina SP you've gone too far. From the check
station it's about 1 mile walk to the silos.
Joshua Spence reports Feb 1 from Gordon County:
21 WHITE-CROWNED and 3 VESPER SPARROWS at the conrer of Pine Chapel
and Moss Rds
5 WHITE-CROWNED and 6 VESPER SPARROWS and the continuing "KRIDER'S"
RED-TAILED HAWK from Fite Bend Rd.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0602&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=173
Jerry Brunner reports a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (very unusual in winter)
from the Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve (formerly S Peachtree NP) in
Decatur (Dekalb Co)
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0601&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=25348
A TUNDRA SWAN is being reported sporadically from the so-called
Expressway pond at Merry Brothers in Augusta (remember to sign in at
the fish shack), although it was missed on 29 Jan.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0601&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=11570
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0601&L=gabo-l&P=R10040
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0601&L=gabo-l&P=R10616
This concludes the current edition of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert. For
information about the Georgia Ornithological Society, see www.gos.org, or
email us at information AT gos.org. To join GOS, send a check for $20 to
GOS, P.O. Box 181, High Shoals, GA 30645.
--
Dr Stephen Barlow,
Senior Research Scientist
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, GA 30332-0400, USA
Phone: 404-385-6053
Fax: 404-894-5909
Email: stephen.barlow@chemistry.gatech.edu
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: Feb 1st, 2001 (9:07 pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Barlow
Species mentioned:
WESTERN KINGBIRD, TUNDRA SWAN, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, SNOW
GOOSE, VERMILION FLYCATCHER, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW,
"KRIDER'S" RED-TAILED HAWK, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
The WESTERN KINGBIRD continues at Fulton County Airport (Fulton
Industrial Blvd, N of I-20)
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0601&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=19273
The bird is not always present, but around midday seems most reliable time.
29 Jan Jim Flynn and Earl Horn refound the 2 WESTERN KINGBIRDS they
orginally discovered 23 Jan in the Fitzgerald Area of S Central GA.
They also found 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 2 SNOW GEESE and 2
GREATER YELLOWLEGS on their trip but failed to refind Short-eared Owl
at the Cobb "Owl Fields".
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0601&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=19392
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0601&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=25635
The female VERMILION FLYCATCHER continues near the silos at the
Bradley Unit of the Eufaula NWR in SW Stewart Co.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0602&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=588
The Bradley unit is located N of Georgetown close to the Quitman /
Stewart Co. line. From Georgetown take 82 E, turn left on 39/27, fork
left on 39 and continue until you see the refuge sign on the left. If
you reach Florence Marina SP you've gone too far. From the check
station it's about 1 mile walk to the silos.
Joshua Spence reports Feb 1 from Gordon County:
21 WHITE-CROWNED and 3 VESPER SPARROWS at the conrer of Pine Chapel
and Moss Rds
5 WHITE-CROWNED and 6 VESPER SPARROWS and the continuing "KRIDER'S"
RED-TAILED HAWK from Fite Bend Rd.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0602&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=173
Jerry Brunner reports a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (very unusual in winter)
from the Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve (formerly S Peachtree NP) in
Decatur (Dekalb Co)
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0601&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=25348
A TUNDRA SWAN is being reported sporadically from the so-called
Expressway pond at Merry Brothers in Augusta (remember to sign in at
the fish shack), although it was missed on 29 Jan.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0601&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=11570
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0601&L=gabo-l&P=R10040
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0601&L=gabo-l&P=R10616
This concludes the current edition of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert. For
information about the Georgia Ornithological Society, see www.gos.org, or
email us at information AT gos.org. To join GOS, send a check for $20 to
GOS, P.O. Box 181, High Shoals, GA 30645.
--
Dr Stephen Barlow,
Senior Research Scientist
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, GA 30332-0400, USA
Phone: 404-385-6053
Fax: 404-894-5909
Email: stephen.barlow@chemistry.gatech.edu