Hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
Number: 770-493-8862
To Report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@mindspring.com
Coverage: Statewide
Compiled: September 29, 2006 (9:04 pm)
Compiler: Jeff Sewell
Transcribed: September 30, 2006 (9:00 am)
Transcriber: Lois Stacey
Birds reported:
Roseate Spoonbill
Eared Grebe
Wood Stork
Philadelphia Vireo
Bald Eagle
Lynn Schlup reported 2 Roseate Spoonbills on 9/26 near Harrison in
Washington County along Harrison Pringle Rd. (Delorme pg 36:grid G5).
These birds were relocated on 9/29.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=23677
Wayne Schaffner reported 2 Bald Eagles and 20 Wood Storks in Newton County.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=26379
Carol Lambert reports from the Wetlands Center of the Clayton County Water
Authority in Jonesboro 3 Philadelphia Vireos and that the Eared Grebe is
back. Also 6 Lesser Yellowlegs, 5 Pectoral Sandpipers, 8 Least Sandpipers
and 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers.
>From Kennesaw Mountain Deb Zaremba reports 1 Gray-cheeked Thrush, 1
Nashville Warbler, 11 other warblers and both Tanagers.
Josh Spence reported from Gordon County along Pine Chaple Road 1 Osprey, 2
Kestrels and lots of Barn, Tree and Cliff Swallows.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=26153
Carol Lambert reported watching a Bald Eagle chase a Common Shelduck
(presumably an escaped bird) and eventually catching it.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=25592
Josh Spence reported on 9/26 from the Reregulation dam at Carter's Lake in
Murry County 2 Philadelphia Vireos, 5-10 Gray-cheeked Thrushes and 300-400
Tree Swallows. These birds were seen below the dam and along Hidden Pond
Trail.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=24011
On 9/25 Michael Beohm reported 1 Wood Stork on Rock Quarry Road along the
Monroe/Lamar County line.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=23471
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 29, 2006 (9:04 pm)
Compiler: Jeff Sewell
Transcribed: September 30, 2006 (9:00 am)
Transcriber: Lois Stacey
Birds reported:
Roseate Spoonbill
Eared Grebe
Wood Stork
Philadelphia Vireo
Bald Eagle
Lynn Schlup reported 2 Roseate Spoonbills on 9/26 near Harrison in
Washington County along Harrison Pringle Rd. (Delorme pg 36:grid G5).
These birds were relocated on 9/29.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=23677
Wayne Schaffner reported 2 Bald Eagles and 20 Wood Storks in Newton County.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=26379
Carol Lambert reports from the Wetlands Center of the Clayton County Water
Authority in Jonesboro 3 Philadelphia Vireos and that the Eared Grebe is
back. Also 6 Lesser Yellowlegs, 5 Pectoral Sandpipers, 8 Least Sandpipers
and 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers.
>From Kennesaw Mountain Deb Zaremba reports 1 Gray-cheeked Thrush, 1
Nashville Warbler, 11 other warblers and both Tanagers.
Josh Spence reported from Gordon County along Pine Chaple Road 1 Osprey, 2
Kestrels and lots of Barn, Tree and Cliff Swallows.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=26153
Carol Lambert reported watching a Bald Eagle chase a Common Shelduck
(presumably an escaped bird) and eventually catching it.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=25592
Josh Spence reported on 9/26 from the Reregulation dam at Carter's Lake in
Murry County 2 Philadelphia Vireos, 5-10 Gray-cheeked Thrushes and 300-400
Tree Swallows. These birds were seen below the dam and along Hidden Pond
Trail.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=24011
On 9/25 Michael Beohm reported 1 Wood Stork on Rock Quarry Road along the
Monroe/Lamar County line.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=23471
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