RBA
* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* April 29, 2006
- Birds Reported
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Purple Gallinule
Glossy Ibis
Limpkin
Mississippi Kite
White-winged Dove
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: April 29, 2006 (2340)
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: April 29, 2006 (2340)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Larry Russell
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Saturday evening
telephone report, April 29, 2006. The RBA is a service of the Georgia Ornithological
Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
Steve Slayton reported a possible LIMPKIN from the Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center
yesterday. He found it at the Campbell Aquatic Activity Center across from the
Discovery Pond area.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0604&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=35040
The SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER near Cornelia reported by Joan Thompson on April 25th
has not been seen again.
However, Larry Russell reported on 4/27 two SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS from the
powerline cut off of King Mill Rd. in McDonough in Henry Co. This is the fifth or
sixth year that these nesting birds have been reported from this location.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0604&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=32860
Dan Vickers reported a GLOSSY IBIS from the Floyd Creek Church Rd. marshy farm pond
on Friday, 4/28. It was not relocated on Saturday, however.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0604&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=33385
Seventeen species of warblers were reported on a somewhat slow day at Kennesaw
Mountain National Battlefield Park on Saturday, 4/29. A large group of GOS members
were part of a field trip to that location.
John McMahan reported 32 MISSISSIPPI KITES from the South Columbus Water Resource
Facility on Friday, 4/28.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0604&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=33495
Tom Striker reported a WHITE-WINGED DOVE from his store feeder in downtown Blue
Ridge, Fannin County on Thursday, 4/27.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0604&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=33086
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.
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* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* April 29, 2006
- Birds Reported
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Purple Gallinule
Glossy Ibis
Limpkin
Mississippi Kite
White-winged Dove
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: April 29, 2006 (2340)
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: April 29, 2006 (2340)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Larry Russell
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Saturday evening
telephone report, April 29, 2006. The RBA is a service of the Georgia Ornithological
Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
Steve Slayton reported a possible LIMPKIN from the Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center
yesterday. He found it at the Campbell Aquatic Activity Center across from the
Discovery Pond area.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0604&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=35040
The SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER near Cornelia reported by Joan Thompson on April 25th
has not been seen again.
However, Larry Russell reported on 4/27 two SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS from the
powerline cut off of King Mill Rd. in McDonough in Henry Co. This is the fifth or
sixth year that these nesting birds have been reported from this location.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0604&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=32860
Dan Vickers reported a GLOSSY IBIS from the Floyd Creek Church Rd. marshy farm pond
on Friday, 4/28. It was not relocated on Saturday, however.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0604&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=33385
Seventeen species of warblers were reported on a somewhat slow day at Kennesaw
Mountain National Battlefield Park on Saturday, 4/29. A large group of GOS members
were part of a field trip to that location.
John McMahan reported 32 MISSISSIPPI KITES from the South Columbus Water Resource
Facility on Friday, 4/28.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0604&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=33495
Tom Striker reported a WHITE-WINGED DOVE from his store feeder in downtown Blue
Ridge, Fannin County on Thursday, 4/27.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0604&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=33086
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.
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