Hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
Number: 770-493-8862
To Report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@mindspring.com
Coverage: Statewide
Compiled: September 24, 2006 (8:50pm)
Compiler: Jeff Sewell
Transcribed: September 25, 2006 (1:00 pm)
Transcriber: Lois Stacey
Birds reported:
Limpkin
Clay-colored Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Broadwinged Hawk
Roseate Spoonbill
Gray Kingbirds
Peregrine Falcon
Anhinga
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pierre Howard reported a Limpkin was recently photographed by James Holland
in Wayne County near the Altalmaha River at the Sansivilla WMA near
Williamsburg Landing.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=21502
Dan Vickers reported a Clay-colored Sparrow at the Altamaha WMA south of
Darien in Macintosh County. The bird was 50 yards from the observation
tower on the east side of Hwy 17. Dan also had a Lark Sparrow on a dirt
road on the west side of Hwy 17.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=22377
4 Roseate Spoonbills were sighted on 9/16 near Brunswick on a hammock on the
right side of Hwy 17 S just past the Jekyll Island Causeway. The hammock is
off the right before you get to the woods.
Steve Wagner reported on 9/21 2 Gray Kingbirds on Fahm St. in Savannah
behind the Thunderbird Inn which is at 611 W. Oglethorpe.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=21301
At Kennesaw Mountain on 9/21 a Bald Eagle and 3 Broadwinged Hawks were
sighted.
Carol Lambert had 15 Broadwinged Hawks at E. L. Huie also on 9/21.
Josh Spence reported on 9/21 from Carter's Lake a Peregrine Falcon, 13-15
Philadelphia Vireos and 4-6 Gray-cheeked Thrushes.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=20843
Gene Wilkinson reported on 9/23 a huge number of birds of different species
feeding in a field on Army Worms.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=22074
Al Mercer reported from the Johnson's Ferry Road section of the
Chatahootchee National Recreation Area a probable Least Flycatcher and
Acadian Flycatcher as well as several warblers.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=21726
Walt Chambers reported Acadian Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and
warblers from Boatramp Road in Chatahootchee County on Ft. Benning.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=22869
John Pagett reports that the Anhinga in Forsythe County at Twin Lakes
remains.
Jack Carusos reported 3 Red-breasted Nuthatches from the Cochran Shoals Unit
of the Chatahootchee National Recreation Area.
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@gos.org. To join GOS, send a check for $20 to GOS,
P.O. Box 181, High Shoals, GA 30645.
Lois Stacey
North Augusta, SC (Aiken Cnty)
croakie@comcast.net
Number: 770-493-8862
To Report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@mindspring.com
Coverage: Statewide
Compiled: September 24, 2006 (8:50pm)
Compiler: Jeff Sewell
Transcribed: September 25, 2006 (1:00 pm)
Transcriber: Lois Stacey
Birds reported:
Limpkin
Clay-colored Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Broadwinged Hawk
Roseate Spoonbill
Gray Kingbirds
Peregrine Falcon
Anhinga
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pierre Howard reported a Limpkin was recently photographed by James Holland
in Wayne County near the Altalmaha River at the Sansivilla WMA near
Williamsburg Landing.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=21502
Dan Vickers reported a Clay-colored Sparrow at the Altamaha WMA south of
Darien in Macintosh County. The bird was 50 yards from the observation
tower on the east side of Hwy 17. Dan also had a Lark Sparrow on a dirt
road on the west side of Hwy 17.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=22377
4 Roseate Spoonbills were sighted on 9/16 near Brunswick on a hammock on the
right side of Hwy 17 S just past the Jekyll Island Causeway. The hammock is
off the right before you get to the woods.
Steve Wagner reported on 9/21 2 Gray Kingbirds on Fahm St. in Savannah
behind the Thunderbird Inn which is at 611 W. Oglethorpe.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=21301
At Kennesaw Mountain on 9/21 a Bald Eagle and 3 Broadwinged Hawks were
sighted.
Carol Lambert had 15 Broadwinged Hawks at E. L. Huie also on 9/21.
Josh Spence reported on 9/21 from Carter's Lake a Peregrine Falcon, 13-15
Philadelphia Vireos and 4-6 Gray-cheeked Thrushes.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=20843
Gene Wilkinson reported on 9/23 a huge number of birds of different species
feeding in a field on Army Worms.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=22074
Al Mercer reported from the Johnson's Ferry Road section of the
Chatahootchee National Recreation Area a probable Least Flycatcher and
Acadian Flycatcher as well as several warblers.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=21726
Walt Chambers reported Acadian Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and
warblers from Boatramp Road in Chatahootchee County on Ft. Benning.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=22869
John Pagett reports that the Anhinga in Forsythe County at Twin Lakes
remains.
Jack Carusos reported 3 Red-breasted Nuthatches from the Cochran Shoals Unit
of the Chatahootchee National Recreation Area.
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@gos.org. To join GOS, send a check for $20 to GOS,
P.O. Box 181, High Shoals, GA 30645.
Lois Stacey
North Augusta, SC (Aiken Cnty)
croakie@comcast.net