hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: Aug 30th, 2005 (9:51 pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Barlow
Species mentioned:
BLACK-NECKED STILT - inland
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD - inland
SOOTY TERN - inland
AMERICAN AVOCET - inland
BLACK TERN - inland
COMMON TERN - inland
LAUGHING GULL - inland
RING-BILLED GULL - inland
FORSTER'S TERN - inland
dark IBIS sp. - inland
ROYAL TERN - inland
LIMPKIN
BLACK-HEADED GULL
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
SWALLOW spp.
WILLET - inland
STILT SANDPIPER
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
GRAY KINGBIRD
SWALLLOW-TAILED KITE
WILSON'S WARBLER
CERULEAN WARBLER
A number of species presumably blown in by the fringes of Hurricane
Katrina were reported including a BLACK-NECKED STILT Aug 30 (Chris
Loudermilk, seen again by Dan Vickers later) from the Legacy Sod Farm
opposite the Etowah Indian Mounds site near Cartersville:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=19496
Most or all of the following birds seen Aug 30 by Michael Beohm at
Lake Walter F George (aka Lake Eufaula) would also have been
hurricane-related:
1 juv MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, 2 SOOTY TERN, 2 flocks of AMERICAN
AVOCET. 50 BLACK TERN, 1 COMMON TERN, 9 LAUGHING GULL, 2 RING-BILLED
GULL, 12 FORSTER'S TERN, 1 dark IBIS sp. (presumably Glossy, but
White-faced is a possibility in W GA). Hurricane related seabirds do
not usually stay long and the Frigatebird was observed to fly down
the river.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=19163
Eric and Michael Beohm saw 4 SOOTY TERN, 1 ROYAL TERN, 70 BLACK TERNS
at West Point Dam on the eve of Aug 29
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=18948
Jim Wilson passed ona report from Charles Erwin of a LIMPKIN from the
Chickasawhatchee WMA W of Albany.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=18860
The BLACK-HEADED GULL (only GA's 3rd) continues at the S end of Tybee
Is where it has been for around 2 weeks and was reported again on
Monday by Gene Keferl. Go to the end of US80 on Tybee Is and continue
(Butler Ave) to parking lot at end; turn left, park, feed the meter,
and walk over boardwalk to beach. The bird like the pools at the top
of the beach and has been seen at various times of day and states of
the tide.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=17746
Marion Dobbs reports 16 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 1 UPLAND SANDPIPER
and 1 LAUGHING GULL from Turfgrass America W of Rome (only accessible
weekdays and Sat am; ask for permission at the office) on Aug 30.
Also present were groups of BARN, BANK, CLIFF and TREE SWALLOWS.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=19398
Jim Flynn and Earl Horn reported a WILLET, UPLAND SANDPIPERS,
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, a STILT SANDPIPER and a leucistic BARN
SWALLOW, from various sod farms in central GA, Aug 28.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind0508&L=gabo-l#44
Russ Wigh reported a LARK SPARROW from Skidaway Is, Chatham Co, on Aug 27.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=17066
Al Mercer reported an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER from the Cochran Shoals
section of the Chatahoochee NRA on Aug 29:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=17840
2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were also seen at the Bostwick sod farm S of Athens.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=15095
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=16832
When birding sod farms, do not drive or walk out onto the sod itself!
Mark Freeman reportes that the GRAY KINGBIRDS continue in Savannah;
he saw a bird near W Boundary St and Oglethorpe Ave 27 Aug. He also
saw a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE in Greene Co. See:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=17162
Bob and Deb Zaremba report a WILSON'S WARBLER, along with 12 other
warbler spp (including CERULEAN; largest # wabler spp so far this
fall), from Kennesaw Mtn 29 Aug.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=18218
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 30th, 2005 (9:51 pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Barlow
Species mentioned:
BLACK-NECKED STILT - inland
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD - inland
SOOTY TERN - inland
AMERICAN AVOCET - inland
BLACK TERN - inland
COMMON TERN - inland
LAUGHING GULL - inland
RING-BILLED GULL - inland
FORSTER'S TERN - inland
dark IBIS sp. - inland
ROYAL TERN - inland
LIMPKIN
BLACK-HEADED GULL
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
UPLAND SANDPIPER
SWALLOW spp.
WILLET - inland
STILT SANDPIPER
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
GRAY KINGBIRD
SWALLLOW-TAILED KITE
WILSON'S WARBLER
CERULEAN WARBLER
A number of species presumably blown in by the fringes of Hurricane
Katrina were reported including a BLACK-NECKED STILT Aug 30 (Chris
Loudermilk, seen again by Dan Vickers later) from the Legacy Sod Farm
opposite the Etowah Indian Mounds site near Cartersville:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=19496
Most or all of the following birds seen Aug 30 by Michael Beohm at
Lake Walter F George (aka Lake Eufaula) would also have been
hurricane-related:
1 juv MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, 2 SOOTY TERN, 2 flocks of AMERICAN
AVOCET. 50 BLACK TERN, 1 COMMON TERN, 9 LAUGHING GULL, 2 RING-BILLED
GULL, 12 FORSTER'S TERN, 1 dark IBIS sp. (presumably Glossy, but
White-faced is a possibility in W GA). Hurricane related seabirds do
not usually stay long and the Frigatebird was observed to fly down
the river.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=19163
Eric and Michael Beohm saw 4 SOOTY TERN, 1 ROYAL TERN, 70 BLACK TERNS
at West Point Dam on the eve of Aug 29
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=18948
Jim Wilson passed ona report from Charles Erwin of a LIMPKIN from the
Chickasawhatchee WMA W of Albany.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=18860
The BLACK-HEADED GULL (only GA's 3rd) continues at the S end of Tybee
Is where it has been for around 2 weeks and was reported again on
Monday by Gene Keferl. Go to the end of US80 on Tybee Is and continue
(Butler Ave) to parking lot at end; turn left, park, feed the meter,
and walk over boardwalk to beach. The bird like the pools at the top
of the beach and has been seen at various times of day and states of
the tide.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=17746
Marion Dobbs reports 16 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 1 UPLAND SANDPIPER
and 1 LAUGHING GULL from Turfgrass America W of Rome (only accessible
weekdays and Sat am; ask for permission at the office) on Aug 30.
Also present were groups of BARN, BANK, CLIFF and TREE SWALLOWS.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=19398
Jim Flynn and Earl Horn reported a WILLET, UPLAND SANDPIPERS,
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, a STILT SANDPIPER and a leucistic BARN
SWALLOW, from various sod farms in central GA, Aug 28.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind0508&L=gabo-l#44
Russ Wigh reported a LARK SPARROW from Skidaway Is, Chatham Co, on Aug 27.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=17066
Al Mercer reported an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER from the Cochran Shoals
section of the Chatahoochee NRA on Aug 29:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=17840
2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were also seen at the Bostwick sod farm S of Athens.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=15095
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=16832
When birding sod farms, do not drive or walk out onto the sod itself!
Mark Freeman reportes that the GRAY KINGBIRDS continue in Savannah;
he saw a bird near W Boundary St and Oglethorpe Ave 27 Aug. He also
saw a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE in Greene Co. See:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=17162
Bob and Deb Zaremba report a WILSON'S WARBLER, along with 12 other
warbler spp (including CERULEAN; largest # wabler spp so far this
fall), from Kennesaw Mtn 29 Aug.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=18218
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.