RBA
* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* October 11, 2006
- Birds Reported
Mourning Warblers
Ross's Goose
Whooping Crane
Black-billed Cuckoo
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: October 11, 2006, 10:32 pm
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: October 11, 2006
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Larry Russell
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Wednesday
evening telephone report, October 11, 2006. The RBA is a service of the
Georgia Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
Karen Theodorou reports a MOURNING WARBLER from her yard in Lawrenceville in
Gwinnett Co. on Monday, October 9th. This bird was not relocated.
Betty Belanger reports a MOURNING WARBLER from Miller Gap Rd. in Union Co.
(DeLorme 15:E7) on Tuesday, October 10.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=11116
Marion Dobbs reports that the annual WHOOPING CRANE migration has begun.
These birds are part of a flock that passes through Georgia on their way
from Wisconsin to the panhandle of Florida.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=10774
Melanie Nyk reports a Ross's Goose continues in a pond in her Richland
Community subdivision on Taylor Rd. in Suwanee in Gwinnett Co. If you would
like directions, please call Melanie at 770-682-7683.
Nedra Sekera reports a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO from Fannin Co. on October 8.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=10110
Eugene Kerferl reports from Jekyll Island in two messages to GABO-L on
Wednesday, October 11. He reports 12 Black-crowned Night-herons, 13 Roseate
Spoonbills, 45 Wood Storks, and one Osprey, among others. On Wednesday, he
ran into Jim Danzenbaker, a nationally known birder conducting a raptor
watch. Over four hours they counted 55 American Kestrels, 23 Merlin, 1
Peregrine Falcon, 11 Northern Harriers, 42 Osprey, 2 Bald Eagles, 2 Cooper's
Hawks, and 4 Sharp-shinned Hawks, among others. They also had an immature
Lesser Black-backed Gull on the south beach.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=11573
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
===================================================Good Birding!
Larry Russell
Roswell
Fulton County
Georgia
USA
* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* October 11, 2006
- Birds Reported
Mourning Warblers
Ross's Goose
Whooping Crane
Black-billed Cuckoo
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: October 11, 2006, 10:32 pm
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: October 11, 2006
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Larry Russell
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Wednesday
evening telephone report, October 11, 2006. The RBA is a service of the
Georgia Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
Karen Theodorou reports a MOURNING WARBLER from her yard in Lawrenceville in
Gwinnett Co. on Monday, October 9th. This bird was not relocated.
Betty Belanger reports a MOURNING WARBLER from Miller Gap Rd. in Union Co.
(DeLorme 15:E7) on Tuesday, October 10.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=11116
Marion Dobbs reports that the annual WHOOPING CRANE migration has begun.
These birds are part of a flock that passes through Georgia on their way
from Wisconsin to the panhandle of Florida.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=10774
Melanie Nyk reports a Ross's Goose continues in a pond in her Richland
Community subdivision on Taylor Rd. in Suwanee in Gwinnett Co. If you would
like directions, please call Melanie at 770-682-7683.
Nedra Sekera reports a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO from Fannin Co. on October 8.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=10110
Eugene Kerferl reports from Jekyll Island in two messages to GABO-L on
Wednesday, October 11. He reports 12 Black-crowned Night-herons, 13 Roseate
Spoonbills, 45 Wood Storks, and one Osprey, among others. On Wednesday, he
ran into Jim Danzenbaker, a nationally known birder conducting a raptor
watch. Over four hours they counted 55 American Kestrels, 23 Merlin, 1
Peregrine Falcon, 11 Northern Harriers, 42 Osprey, 2 Bald Eagles, 2 Cooper's
Hawks, and 4 Sharp-shinned Hawks, among others. They also had an immature
Lesser Black-backed Gull on the south beach.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0610&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=11573
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
===================================================Good Birding!
Larry Russell
Roswell
Fulton County
Georgia
USA