hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: Aug 25th, 2005 (9:53 pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Barlow
Species mentioned:
BLACK-HEADED GULL
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
ROSEATE SPOONBILL
REDDISH EGRET
LARK SPARROW
MISSISSIPPI KITE
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
BANK SWALLOW
There have been no reports, either positive or negative, on the
BLACK-HEADED GULL on Tybee Is since Tuesday. Hopefully an update will
be forthcoming over the w/e. Please call the rba with any updates. To
review previous sightings of the bird, see
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind0508&L=gabo-l
A late report of a WESTERN KINGBIRD from the S end of Jekyll Is on
Aug 18 comes from Lydia Thompson. The bird was seen to fly off.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=13144
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=13264
Several more BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS have been reported including 4
seen (along with 8 Horned Larks) by Marion Dobbs on 22 Aug at the
Turfgrass America sod farm (only open during the week and on Sat am)
in W Floyd Co
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=13605
and another 21 Aug seen by Bob and Deb Zaremba in Burke Co
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=12926
Bob and Deb also report 50 BANK SWALLOWS from Burke Co
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=12926
MaryRuth and Ed Weir report 5 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS and a ROSEATE
SPOONBILL from the Andrews Is causeway on 23 Aug, and also report
seeing REDDISH EGRET at Gould's Inlet on St Simon's Is recently.
These are some of the best sites in GA for seeing these respective
spp.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=14437
After recent LARK SPARROWS in Spalding and Clayon Counties, another
was seen 23 Aug by Leon Galis in his yard in Clarke Co.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=14358
6 + 2 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen Aug 21 by Mark Davis and Sterling
Blanchard near Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center in Newton Co.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=13810
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 25th, 2005 (9:53 pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Barlow
Species mentioned:
BLACK-HEADED GULL
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
ROSEATE SPOONBILL
REDDISH EGRET
LARK SPARROW
MISSISSIPPI KITE
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
BANK SWALLOW
There have been no reports, either positive or negative, on the
BLACK-HEADED GULL on Tybee Is since Tuesday. Hopefully an update will
be forthcoming over the w/e. Please call the rba with any updates. To
review previous sightings of the bird, see
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind0508&L=gabo-l
A late report of a WESTERN KINGBIRD from the S end of Jekyll Is on
Aug 18 comes from Lydia Thompson. The bird was seen to fly off.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=13144
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=13264
Several more BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS have been reported including 4
seen (along with 8 Horned Larks) by Marion Dobbs on 22 Aug at the
Turfgrass America sod farm (only open during the week and on Sat am)
in W Floyd Co
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=13605
and another 21 Aug seen by Bob and Deb Zaremba in Burke Co
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=12926
Bob and Deb also report 50 BANK SWALLOWS from Burke Co
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=12926
MaryRuth and Ed Weir report 5 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS and a ROSEATE
SPOONBILL from the Andrews Is causeway on 23 Aug, and also report
seeing REDDISH EGRET at Gould's Inlet on St Simon's Is recently.
These are some of the best sites in GA for seeing these respective
spp.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=14437
After recent LARK SPARROWS in Spalding and Clayon Counties, another
was seen 23 Aug by Leon Galis in his yard in Clarke Co.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=14358
6 + 2 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen Aug 21 by Mark Davis and Sterling
Blanchard near Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center in Newton Co.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=13810
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.