Hotline: Georgia Rare bird Alert
Number: 770-493-8862
To report: 770-493-8862
Coverage: Statewide
Compiled: September 11, 2005 (9:17pm)
Compiler: Jeff Sewell
Transcribed: September 12, 2005 (6:00am)
Transcriber: Lois Stacey
Birds Reported:
Long-tailed Jaeger
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-billed Cuckoo
Wilson's Warbler
Chimney Swifts
Lark Sparrow
The Long-tailed Jaeger that has been at Lake Hartwell for the last week was
seen on Saturday but was not seen on Sunday and may have departed. The bird
was found last Sunday by Jim Flynn and Earl Horn and many birders have tried
to see it, most have seen it and a few didn't. Birders were there most of
the morning on Sunday and did not see the bird so I think it may have gone
south.
>From Kennesaw Mountain Giff Beaton reports a Black-billed Cuckoo was seen,
only the 10th fall record at Kennesaw Mountain. The bird was seen briefly
by a few birders who were there but not seen by others. It was seen with a
female Wilson's Warbler. Also seen were a Blue-winged Warbler, Nashville
Warbler, and other common species of warbler as well as Summer Tanagers,
Scarlet Tanagers and Baltimore Orioles. We are now entering the prime time
for passage of warblers and other neotropical migrangs; the next three
weekends and maybe in to the week of October 1st.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0509&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=8584
Neal Cronic of Columbus reported 7 Blue-winged Warblers on Boat Dock Road on
Ft. Benning. I've never heard of that many at one time. This location is
actually in Chatahootchie County south of Columbus. If you want directions
please call the RBA and leave your name and number. This is actually a good
place for neotropical migrants, especially the bottomland hardwod forests.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0509&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=8919
Sheila Willis reorts a gathering of 1000 Chimney Swifts coming to a large
Chimney in Waycross.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0509&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=8267
Mike Beohm reports a Lark Sparrow in Talbotton in Talbot County in west
central Georgia between Atlanta and Columbus. This continues a string of
Lark Sparrow reports this fall.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0509&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=7594
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.
Number: 770-493-8862
To report: 770-493-8862
Coverage: Statewide
Compiled: September 11, 2005 (9:17pm)
Compiler: Jeff Sewell
Transcribed: September 12, 2005 (6:00am)
Transcriber: Lois Stacey
Birds Reported:
Long-tailed Jaeger
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-billed Cuckoo
Wilson's Warbler
Chimney Swifts
Lark Sparrow
The Long-tailed Jaeger that has been at Lake Hartwell for the last week was
seen on Saturday but was not seen on Sunday and may have departed. The bird
was found last Sunday by Jim Flynn and Earl Horn and many birders have tried
to see it, most have seen it and a few didn't. Birders were there most of
the morning on Sunday and did not see the bird so I think it may have gone
south.
>From Kennesaw Mountain Giff Beaton reports a Black-billed Cuckoo was seen,
only the 10th fall record at Kennesaw Mountain. The bird was seen briefly
by a few birders who were there but not seen by others. It was seen with a
female Wilson's Warbler. Also seen were a Blue-winged Warbler, Nashville
Warbler, and other common species of warbler as well as Summer Tanagers,
Scarlet Tanagers and Baltimore Orioles. We are now entering the prime time
for passage of warblers and other neotropical migrangs; the next three
weekends and maybe in to the week of October 1st.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0509&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=8584
Neal Cronic of Columbus reported 7 Blue-winged Warblers on Boat Dock Road on
Ft. Benning. I've never heard of that many at one time. This location is
actually in Chatahootchie County south of Columbus. If you want directions
please call the RBA and leave your name and number. This is actually a good
place for neotropical migrants, especially the bottomland hardwod forests.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0509&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=8919
Sheila Willis reorts a gathering of 1000 Chimney Swifts coming to a large
Chimney in Waycross.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0509&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=8267
Mike Beohm reports a Lark Sparrow in Talbotton in Talbot County in west
central Georgia between Atlanta and Columbus. This continues a string of
Lark Sparrow reports this fall.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0509&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=7594
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.