hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: Aug 21th, 2005 (8:42 pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Barlow
Species mentioned:
BLACK-HEADED GULL
GRAY KINGBIRD
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
RING-NECKED DUCK
NORTHERN HARRIER
BANK SWALLOW
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
MISSISSIPPI KITE
SNOWY EGRET / LITTLE BLUE HERON (correction(
The BLACK-HEADED GULL on Tybee Is was seen by several observers
Saturday, but no reports were received by the RBA or by Georgia
Birders Online from Sunday (which of course does not mean it's gone!).
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12926
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=13710
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=11776
Jim Flynn and Earl Horn report that 2 GRAY KINGBIRDS continue just N
of downtown Savannah. They had the birds nr the interscetion of W.
Boundary St. and Louisville Rd.. Take care to lock your car and park
legally in this area.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=1292
The BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (1st reported this season) was seen again
Fri and Sat at the Legacy Sod Farm adjacent to the Etowah Indian
mounds, but was not found on Sun. Do not trespass onto the private
sod farm; bird from the road.
However, another BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was reported by Jim Flynn
and Earl Horn from the intersection of GA 56 @ Rosier Rd in Burke Co
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12926
and another 5 were seen by Walt Chambers at Oxbow Meadows, nr Columbus
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12277
Liz Horsey reports another BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER and an UPLAND
SANDPIPER from the Marshallville Super Sod Fm:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12754
This is one of the best sites for the latter sp in GA.
Jim Flynn and Earl Horn also report 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS (unusual in
summer; incidentally a m RING-NECKED DUCK and a f HOODED MERGANSER
also continue at E.L. Huie Facility in Clayton Co), 1 NORTHERN
HARRIER, 3 BANK SWALLOWS and 1 GRASSHOPPER SPARROW from various E GA
locations:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12926
Two single LARK SPARROWS were reported Sat, 1 by Michael and Eric
Beohm in Eric's yard in Griffen, Spalding Co
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12657
and another, by Jeff Sewell, Carol Lambert et al. on private land in
Clayton Co.
A late report of MISSISSIPPI KITES: 11 were seen Aug 17 on Juliette
Rd, E of I75 near Forsyth.
Jim Eager has corrected his report of a SNOWY EGRET
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12113
from Chickamauga water treatment plant to an imm LITTLE BLUE HERON
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12848
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.
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: Aug 21th, 2005 (8:42 pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Barlow
Species mentioned:
BLACK-HEADED GULL
GRAY KINGBIRD
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
RING-NECKED DUCK
NORTHERN HARRIER
BANK SWALLOW
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
MISSISSIPPI KITE
SNOWY EGRET / LITTLE BLUE HERON (correction(
The BLACK-HEADED GULL on Tybee Is was seen by several observers
Saturday, but no reports were received by the RBA or by Georgia
Birders Online from Sunday (which of course does not mean it's gone!).
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12926
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=13710
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=11776
Jim Flynn and Earl Horn report that 2 GRAY KINGBIRDS continue just N
of downtown Savannah. They had the birds nr the interscetion of W.
Boundary St. and Louisville Rd.. Take care to lock your car and park
legally in this area.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=1292
The BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (1st reported this season) was seen again
Fri and Sat at the Legacy Sod Farm adjacent to the Etowah Indian
mounds, but was not found on Sun. Do not trespass onto the private
sod farm; bird from the road.
However, another BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was reported by Jim Flynn
and Earl Horn from the intersection of GA 56 @ Rosier Rd in Burke Co
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12926
and another 5 were seen by Walt Chambers at Oxbow Meadows, nr Columbus
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12277
Liz Horsey reports another BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER and an UPLAND
SANDPIPER from the Marshallville Super Sod Fm:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12754
This is one of the best sites for the latter sp in GA.
Jim Flynn and Earl Horn also report 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS (unusual in
summer; incidentally a m RING-NECKED DUCK and a f HOODED MERGANSER
also continue at E.L. Huie Facility in Clayton Co), 1 NORTHERN
HARRIER, 3 BANK SWALLOWS and 1 GRASSHOPPER SPARROW from various E GA
locations:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12926
Two single LARK SPARROWS were reported Sat, 1 by Michael and Eric
Beohm in Eric's yard in Griffen, Spalding Co
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12657
and another, by Jeff Sewell, Carol Lambert et al. on private land in
Clayton Co.
A late report of MISSISSIPPI KITES: 11 were seen Aug 17 on Juliette
Rd, E of I75 near Forsyth.
Jim Eager has corrected his report of a SNOWY EGRET
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12113
from Chickamauga water treatment plant to an imm LITTLE BLUE HERON
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12848
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.