hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: Aug 3rd, 2006 (9:21 pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Barlow
Species mentioned:
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, MISSISSIPPI KITE, REDDISH EGRET, CERULEAN
WARBLER, TRICOLORED HERON, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
SWALLOW-TAILED and MISSISSIPPI KITES have been reported from a number
of locations round the state, typically feeding on insects over
recently mown hay fields. A particularly good location is in Oconee
Co on Delorme p28, A3. Go E from Hwy 431 in Bishop (A2) on Astondale
Rd. Up to 30-40 Mississippi Kite and 2 Swallow-tailed Kites have been
seen arond the intersections with Colham Ferry and Old Farmington Rds.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=440
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=767
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=1296
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=1598
8 Swallow-tailed Kites have been seen near Waulka Mtn, White Co, NW of Clermont
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=645
Candice Lowther reports a REDDISH EGRET from Savannah airport ponds,
Chatham Co, an atypical location for this species, which is usually
on beaches, on Aug 2.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=888
Fall migrant numbers are increasing at Kennesaw Mtn in Cobb Co. Giff
Beaton reports 7 species of Warbler on Aug 2 including 3 CERULEAN
WARBLERS.
A TRICOLORED HERON (unusual in the Piedmont) was reported again from
Lake Horton (Fayette County, $10 fee for non-Fayette Co residents)
Jul 27, along with White Ibis and Little Blue Herons, by Dan and Mary
Gimcoe.
Liz Horsey reports a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO from an unusually urban
Atlanta location on July 31.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=552
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: Aug 3rd, 2006 (9:21 pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Barlow
Species mentioned:
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, MISSISSIPPI KITE, REDDISH EGRET, CERULEAN
WARBLER, TRICOLORED HERON, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
SWALLOW-TAILED and MISSISSIPPI KITES have been reported from a number
of locations round the state, typically feeding on insects over
recently mown hay fields. A particularly good location is in Oconee
Co on Delorme p28, A3. Go E from Hwy 431 in Bishop (A2) on Astondale
Rd. Up to 30-40 Mississippi Kite and 2 Swallow-tailed Kites have been
seen arond the intersections with Colham Ferry and Old Farmington Rds.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=440
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=767
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=1296
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=1598
8 Swallow-tailed Kites have been seen near Waulka Mtn, White Co, NW of Clermont
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=645
Candice Lowther reports a REDDISH EGRET from Savannah airport ponds,
Chatham Co, an atypical location for this species, which is usually
on beaches, on Aug 2.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=888
Fall migrant numbers are increasing at Kennesaw Mtn in Cobb Co. Giff
Beaton reports 7 species of Warbler on Aug 2 including 3 CERULEAN
WARBLERS.
A TRICOLORED HERON (unusual in the Piedmont) was reported again from
Lake Horton (Fayette County, $10 fee for non-Fayette Co residents)
Jul 27, along with White Ibis and Little Blue Herons, by Dan and Mary
Gimcoe.
Liz Horsey reports a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO from an unusually urban
Atlanta location on July 31.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=552
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