RBA
* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* April 21, 2007
- Birds Reported
Purple Gallinule
Kentucky Warbler
American Bittern
Pectoral Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: April 21, 2007 (2117)
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: April 21, 2007 (2117)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Larry Russell
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Saturday
evening telephone report, April 21, 2007. The RBA is a service of the
Georgia Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
A first county-record PURPLE GALLINULE for Muscogee Co. was reported from
the Oxbow Meadows Environmental Center on April 20th. Also reported were
7-8 SORA and 2 MISSISSIPPI KITES. The Purple Gallinule was seen at the
south end of the borrow pit. Access directions can be found in the link.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0704&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=21204
Nineteen species of Warblers, including 18 KENTUCKY WARBLERS, were reported
from the Standing Boy Wildlife Management Area in Muscogee Co. on April
21st. Also seen were AMERICAN BITTERN, both GROSBEAKS, both TANAGERS, a
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, and a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. Directions: Delorme 40:B-1.
Traveling north from Columbus on GA219 (River Rd.), turn left on Old River
Rd. (this is the road bisected by the 'd' in the words 'Standing Boy Creek'
in Delorme. The WMA will be on the left.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0704&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=21573
An AMERICAN BITTERN has been seen for a few days at 'Lullwater', The
President's Estate on the campus of Emory University in Dekalb Co. It was
first seen on April 19th and was relocated on April 21st. Directions:
(NOTE: These are old directions.) Driving south from the Toco Hills area on
Clairmont Rd., the VA Hospital will be on the right, and the University
Apartments will be on the left. Turn into the University Apartments and
drive to the end. There is a path there through the woods to the ponds.
(This area might also be accessible from the Emory campus/Clifton Rd. side,
but parking in that area is problematic.) The Bittern was seen hanging out
on a mud flat out in the open.
A field trip to the E.L. Huie Land Application Facility in Clayton Co. on
April 21st produced 4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 12 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 14 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, and 5 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. One of the
ponds has been drained and is providing good shorebird habitat. The same
field trip group also visited the Newman Wetlands Center, with only a few
migrants noted.
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.
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Good Birding!
Larry Russell, Roswell GA, USA
* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* April 21, 2007
- Birds Reported
Purple Gallinule
Kentucky Warbler
American Bittern
Pectoral Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: April 21, 2007 (2117)
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: April 21, 2007 (2117)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Larry Russell
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Saturday
evening telephone report, April 21, 2007. The RBA is a service of the
Georgia Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
A first county-record PURPLE GALLINULE for Muscogee Co. was reported from
the Oxbow Meadows Environmental Center on April 20th. Also reported were
7-8 SORA and 2 MISSISSIPPI KITES. The Purple Gallinule was seen at the
south end of the borrow pit. Access directions can be found in the link.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0704&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=21204
Nineteen species of Warblers, including 18 KENTUCKY WARBLERS, were reported
from the Standing Boy Wildlife Management Area in Muscogee Co. on April
21st. Also seen were AMERICAN BITTERN, both GROSBEAKS, both TANAGERS, a
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, and a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. Directions: Delorme 40:B-1.
Traveling north from Columbus on GA219 (River Rd.), turn left on Old River
Rd. (this is the road bisected by the 'd' in the words 'Standing Boy Creek'
in Delorme. The WMA will be on the left.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0704&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=21573
An AMERICAN BITTERN has been seen for a few days at 'Lullwater', The
President's Estate on the campus of Emory University in Dekalb Co. It was
first seen on April 19th and was relocated on April 21st. Directions:
(NOTE: These are old directions.) Driving south from the Toco Hills area on
Clairmont Rd., the VA Hospital will be on the right, and the University
Apartments will be on the left. Turn into the University Apartments and
drive to the end. There is a path there through the woods to the ponds.
(This area might also be accessible from the Emory campus/Clifton Rd. side,
but parking in that area is problematic.) The Bittern was seen hanging out
on a mud flat out in the open.
A field trip to the E.L. Huie Land Application Facility in Clayton Co. on
April 21st produced 4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 12 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 14 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, and 5 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. One of the
ponds has been drained and is providing good shorebird habitat. The same
field trip group also visited the Newman Wetlands Center, with only a few
migrants noted.
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.
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Good Birding!
Larry Russell, Roswell GA, USA