- RBA
* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* August 26, 2006
* GAGA0608.26
- Birds Reported
Northern Shoveler
American Black Duck
Gadwall
Cattle Egret
Blue-winged Teal
Least Sandpiper
Loggerhead Shrike
Black Tern
Black-capped Petrel
Pomarine Jaeger
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Audubon's Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
Mississippi Kite
Savannah Sparrow
Common Nighthawk
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Swallow-tailed Kite
-Transcript
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: June 26, 2006
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: August 26, 2006 (8:47 AM)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: James F. Flynn, Jr.
Steve Barlow reported the following species at EL Huie Land Application
Facility, located south of Jonesboro, Clayton Co., this morning: NORTHERN
SHOVELER (also reported yesterday by Carol Lambert), AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, a
GADWALL and two CATTLE EGRETS. BLUE-WINGED TEAL have also been reported
there recently. Steve did not report any shorebirds (not even Killdeer!),
but yesterday Carol Lambert reported 3 LEAST SANDPIPERS and a probable
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was seen there yesterday as
well. [DeLorme: p. 26, grid F-3; Birding Georgia: p. 85]
The results of the pelagic trip out of Tybee Island yesterday are as
follows: about 1000 BLACK TERNS, 1 BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, 1 POMARINE JAEGER,
12 SOOTY TERNS, 12 BRIDLED TERNS, 3 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS, and 185 CORY'S
SHEARWATERS.
Sharon Allsup reported a MISSISSIPPI KITE near Winston, Douglas Co.,
yesterday.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=22815
Joshua Spence reported a SAVANNAH SPARROW along Moss Rd., Gordon Co.,
yesterday.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=22399
There have been many reports of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS moving through the area
this past week.
Tim Keyes observed an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in the Amicalola SP, Dawson
Co., parking lot on Thursday morning. [DeLorme: p. 14, grid G-4]
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=21513
Jackie Heyda, Leslie Curran and Pat Sully reported seeing a SWALLOW-TAILED
KITES and 5 MISSISSIPPI KITES at the Bostwick sod farm in northern Morgan
Co. yesterday. [DeLorme: p.28, grid B-1]
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=22111
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.
-End transcript
Take care,
Jim Flynn
Forsyth Co., GA
http://www.gos.org
http://www.atlantaaudubon.org/
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* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* August 26, 2006
* GAGA0608.26
- Birds Reported
Northern Shoveler
American Black Duck
Gadwall
Cattle Egret
Blue-winged Teal
Least Sandpiper
Loggerhead Shrike
Black Tern
Black-capped Petrel
Pomarine Jaeger
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Audubon's Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
Mississippi Kite
Savannah Sparrow
Common Nighthawk
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Swallow-tailed Kite
-Transcript
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: June 26, 2006
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: August 26, 2006 (8:47 AM)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: James F. Flynn, Jr.
Steve Barlow reported the following species at EL Huie Land Application
Facility, located south of Jonesboro, Clayton Co., this morning: NORTHERN
SHOVELER (also reported yesterday by Carol Lambert), AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, a
GADWALL and two CATTLE EGRETS. BLUE-WINGED TEAL have also been reported
there recently. Steve did not report any shorebirds (not even Killdeer!),
but yesterday Carol Lambert reported 3 LEAST SANDPIPERS and a probable
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was seen there yesterday as
well. [DeLorme: p. 26, grid F-3; Birding Georgia: p. 85]
The results of the pelagic trip out of Tybee Island yesterday are as
follows: about 1000 BLACK TERNS, 1 BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, 1 POMARINE JAEGER,
12 SOOTY TERNS, 12 BRIDLED TERNS, 3 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS, and 185 CORY'S
SHEARWATERS.
Sharon Allsup reported a MISSISSIPPI KITE near Winston, Douglas Co.,
yesterday.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=22815
Joshua Spence reported a SAVANNAH SPARROW along Moss Rd., Gordon Co.,
yesterday.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=22399
There have been many reports of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS moving through the area
this past week.
Tim Keyes observed an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in the Amicalola SP, Dawson
Co., parking lot on Thursday morning. [DeLorme: p. 14, grid G-4]
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=21513
Jackie Heyda, Leslie Curran and Pat Sully reported seeing a SWALLOW-TAILED
KITES and 5 MISSISSIPPI KITES at the Bostwick sod farm in northern Morgan
Co. yesterday. [DeLorme: p.28, grid B-1]
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0608&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=22111
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.
-End transcript
Take care,
Jim Flynn
Forsyth Co., GA
http://www.gos.org
http://www.atlantaaudubon.org/
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