Hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
Number: 770-493-8862
To Report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@mindspring.com
Coverage: Statewide
Compiled: October 5, 2006 (8:21 pm)
Compiler: Jeff Sewell
Transcribed: October 5, 2006 (9:00 pm)
Transcriber: Lois Stacey
Birds reported:
Wilson's Warbler
Eared Grebe
Ruddy Duck
Ross's Goose
Black-billed Cuckoo
Philadelphia Vireo
American Golden Plover
White-crowned Sparrow
American Bittern
Josh Spence reported from Carter's Lake in Murray County 2 Nashville
Warblers, Rusty Blackbirds, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, American Kestrels,
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Wood Thrush, Swainson's Thrush and Gray-cheeked
Thrush.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=5484
Melanie Nick reported a Ross's Goose in her subdivision at Taylor Lake on
Taylor Rd. in Suwanee. Her email address is available by contacting Jeff
Sewell.
Gene Keferl of Brunswick reported from the Glennville Wastewater Treatment
Plant - Virginia Rail, Sora, King Rail and Wood Storks. Russ Wigh reported
from the same spot today the same birds plus Merlin and American Bittern.
The plant is just south of Glennville and is open only during the week.
Please be careful at the site, birders currently have free run of the place
but the roads are rough and probably not passable by passenger car. If
problems occurred it's possible that access would be limited.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=5732
The Eared Grebe continues in the South Pond at E. L. Huie.
Pete Followill reported from the Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve in Decatur
in Dekalb County a Wilson's Warbler.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=4196
On 10/3 Josh Spence reported a Black-billed Cuckoo in Murray County at the
marsh on Foxbridge Rd. (Delorme: pg 13:E8). From Atlanta go north on I75 to
exit 317, Ga 225. Go northeast for 12 miles to Holly. Turn onto Foxbridge
RD and go until you cross Holly Creek. Continue 1 1/2 miles to the marsh.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=1829
Pierre Howard reported a Nashville Warbler from Cochran Shoals in Cobb
County.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=666
On 10/1 Bob and Deb Zaremba reported 2 White-crowned Sparrows from the
Bradley Unit of the Eufala NWR in Stewart County. They also had Kestrels
and Baltimore Orioles.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=560
Bob Sargeant on 9/30 reported 2 Clay-colored Sparrows from the Altamaha NWR
near Darien in MacIntosh County.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=452
Jim Flynn relocated 3 Roseate Spoonbills near Harrison in Washington County.
He also had an American Golden Plover at Jennings Turf Farm. He also had a
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at Little Ohoopee Rd. He also had 2 Ring-necked
Ducks in SW Burke County.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=937
At Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve Lisa Hurt had a Golden-winged Warbler and
a Philadelphia Vireo on 9/30.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=27074
Kennesaw Mountain has been slow, the last report was 9 Warbler species and
63 birds seen.
Grant McCreary reported on 9/30 from Cochran Shoals an Osprey, Philadelphia
Vireo, Marsh Wren and Sedge Wren.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=27181
Julius Arail reported from Long Pond near Valdosta (Delorme pg6:9D) a Ruddy
Duck.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=27297
Stacey Zarpentine reported from the Chattahootchee Nature Center in Cobb
County Bald Eagles, Broad-winged Hawks, a Merlin and a possible King Rail.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=359
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: October 5, 2006 (8:21 pm)
Compiler: Jeff Sewell
Transcribed: October 5, 2006 (9:00 pm)
Transcriber: Lois Stacey
Birds reported:
Wilson's Warbler
Eared Grebe
Ruddy Duck
Ross's Goose
Black-billed Cuckoo
Philadelphia Vireo
American Golden Plover
White-crowned Sparrow
American Bittern
Josh Spence reported from Carter's Lake in Murray County 2 Nashville
Warblers, Rusty Blackbirds, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, American Kestrels,
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Wood Thrush, Swainson's Thrush and Gray-cheeked
Thrush.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=5484
Melanie Nick reported a Ross's Goose in her subdivision at Taylor Lake on
Taylor Rd. in Suwanee. Her email address is available by contacting Jeff
Sewell.
Gene Keferl of Brunswick reported from the Glennville Wastewater Treatment
Plant - Virginia Rail, Sora, King Rail and Wood Storks. Russ Wigh reported
from the same spot today the same birds plus Merlin and American Bittern.
The plant is just south of Glennville and is open only during the week.
Please be careful at the site, birders currently have free run of the place
but the roads are rough and probably not passable by passenger car. If
problems occurred it's possible that access would be limited.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=5732
The Eared Grebe continues in the South Pond at E. L. Huie.
Pete Followill reported from the Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve in Decatur
in Dekalb County a Wilson's Warbler.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=4196
On 10/3 Josh Spence reported a Black-billed Cuckoo in Murray County at the
marsh on Foxbridge Rd. (Delorme: pg 13:E8). From Atlanta go north on I75 to
exit 317, Ga 225. Go northeast for 12 miles to Holly. Turn onto Foxbridge
RD and go until you cross Holly Creek. Continue 1 1/2 miles to the marsh.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=1829
Pierre Howard reported a Nashville Warbler from Cochran Shoals in Cobb
County.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=666
On 10/1 Bob and Deb Zaremba reported 2 White-crowned Sparrows from the
Bradley Unit of the Eufala NWR in Stewart County. They also had Kestrels
and Baltimore Orioles.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=560
Bob Sargeant on 9/30 reported 2 Clay-colored Sparrows from the Altamaha NWR
near Darien in MacIntosh County.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=452
Jim Flynn relocated 3 Roseate Spoonbills near Harrison in Washington County.
He also had an American Golden Plover at Jennings Turf Farm. He also had a
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at Little Ohoopee Rd. He also had 2 Ring-necked
Ducks in SW Burke County.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=937
At Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve Lisa Hurt had a Golden-winged Warbler and
a Philadelphia Vireo on 9/30.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=27074
Kennesaw Mountain has been slow, the last report was 9 Warbler species and
63 birds seen.
Grant McCreary reported on 9/30 from Cochran Shoals an Osprey, Philadelphia
Vireo, Marsh Wren and Sedge Wren.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=27181
Julius Arail reported from Long Pond near Valdosta (Delorme pg6:9D) a Ruddy
Duck.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=27297
Stacey Zarpentine reported from the Chattahootchee Nature Center in Cobb
County Bald Eagles, Broad-winged Hawks, a Merlin and a possible King Rail.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=359
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