GOS Checklists & Records Committee Activity

The GOS Checklist and Records Committee (GCRC) reviews approximately 20 - 30 rare bird reports of Georgia review species every year. Generally, after 10 -12 reports have accumulated, the Secretary will review and vote on each of the reports, then submit the group of reports to the rest of the Committee for review. Each of the remaining five Committee members reviews the reports and votes independently during the first round.

A report is considered "Accepted" (i.e., becomes an official record) if it receives no more than one "non-accept" vote.

If a report receives two "non-accept" votes, it proceeds to a second round of voting with the comments of each of the Committee members (but no names associated with the comments) included with the report. If the second circulation of a report still results in two "non-accept" votes, the report is discussed among and voted by the Committee members as a group until a final decision is made.

A report is "Rejected" if three or more "non-accept" votes are cast. Reports generally receive "non-accept" votes if details are lacking, if the observer misidentified the bird, if the origin is in question, or if the location is in question (for instance, bodies of waters along state lines).

The table below depicts the recent and future activity of the GCRC and is divided into five sections:

Completed Records: Reports for which the GCRC has reached a final decision
Current Round: Reports that are currently in circulation within the Committee.
Next Round: Reports to circulated after the current round voting process is completed.
Reports Received: Reports to be presented to the Committee during future rounds.
No Reports Received: Review species that have been gleaned from various sources but for which no documentation has been submitted.

COMPLETED RECORDS

2003 (in part)	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
2009	2010	2011

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CURRENT ROUND

GCRC Record No. Species Location County Initial Sighting Date Initial Sighting Obs. Report Author Ph?

2011-22 Pacific Loon Buford Dam Gwinnett 4/27/2011 Jim Flynn Jim Flynn Y

2011-23 Buff-bellied Hummingbird Jekyll Island Glynn 12/17/2011 (Oct 2010) Pam Russell (fide Lydia Thompson) Roy Brown Y

2011-24 Brown Booby Little Egg I. Bar McIntosh 7/14/2011 Andy Day, Tim Keyes Andy Day Y

2011-25 Arctic Tern pelagic N/A 5/28/2010 Nate Dias et. al. Darlene Moore Y

2011-26 Manx Shearwater pelagic N/A 5/28/2010 Nate Dias et. al. Darlene Moore Y

2011-27 Herald Petrel pelagic N/A 6/28/2011 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson Y

2011-28 Herald Petrel pelagic N/A 6/29/2011 Tom Johnson Tom Johnson Y

2011-29 Arctic Tern pelagic N/A 5/30/2010 Bill Lotz, et. al. Dan Vickers Y

2011-30A Curlew Sandpiper Little St. Simons I. Glynn 8/14/2011 Rebecca Kerimbaev et. al. Joel McNeal Y

2011-30B Curlew Sandpiper Little St. Simons I. Glynn 8/14/2011 Rebecca Kerimbaev et. al. Malcolm Hodges Y

2011-30C Curlew Sandpiper Little St. Simons I. Glynn 8/14/2011 Rebecca Kerimbaev et. al. Patty McLean Y

2011-30D Curlew Sandpiper Little St. Simons I. Glynn 8/14/2011 Rebecca Kerimbaev et. al. Rebecca Kerimbaev Y

2011-30E Curlew Sandpiper Little St. Simons I. Glynn 8/14/2011 Rebecca Kerimbaev et. al. Gene Keferl Y

2011-31 Brown Booby pelagic N/A 8/13/2011 Bob Zaremba et. al. Joel McNeal Y

2011-32 Broad-tailed Hummingbird Douglasville Douglas 12/10/2010 unknown Richard Hall Y

2011-33 Common Eider Sea I. Glynn 1/17/2011 Mark McShane et. al. Richard Hall Y

2011-34 Alder Flycatcher Lloyd Creek Access Lincoln 9/10/2011 Jim Flynn Jim Flynn Y

2011-35 Bell's Vireo Dug Gap Mt. Whitfield 9/18/2011 Ken Blankenship Ken Blankenship N

2011-36 Alder Flycatcher Little Lake Herrick Clarke 9/9/2011 Richard Hall, Mirko Basen, Jim Hanna Richard Hall Y

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NEXT ROUND

NEXT ROUND

GCRC Record No. Species Location County Initial Sighting Date Initial Sighting Obs. Report Author Ph?

2011-37 Long-eared Owl Polk 2/12/2010 fide Kim Kilgore Kim Kilgore Y

2011-38 Calliope Hummingbird Blairsville Union 11/5/2011 Rusty Trump Y

2011-39 Lapland Longsur Pyne Road Park Troup 11/5/2011 Mark McShane, Patty McLean, Hans Bucht Patty McLean Y

2011-40 Great Cormorant Walter F George Dam Clay 11/20/2011 Nathan Farnau/Joel McNeal Joel McNeal Y

2011-41 Harris's Sparrow Glennville Tattnall 11/18/2011 Gene Wilkinson Gene Wilkinson Y

2011-42A Green-tailed Towhee Greene 12/20/2011 Rachel Cass/Joel McNeal/Steve Holzman Lois Stacey Y

2011-43 Bell's Vireo Kennesaw Mt. Cobb 9/13/2011 Bob Zaremba Bob Zaremba N

2011-44 Virginia's Warbler Valdosta Lowndes 12/14/2011 John & Kate Swiderski John Swiderski N

2012-01 Common Merganser Bartow 12/16/2011 Joshua Spence Joshua Spence N

2012-02 American Tree Sparrow Carters Lake Murray 1/15/2011 Max Medley Joshua Spence Y

2012-03 American Tree Sparrow Eufaula NWR Quitman 1/29/2012 Don Ware Don Ware N

2012-04 Ross's Goose Mashburn Rd. Pond Gordon 1/29/2012 Joel McNeal Joel McNeal Y

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REPORTS RECEIVED

REPORTS RECEIVED

GCRC Record No. Species Location County Initial Sighting Date Initial Sighting Obs. Report Author Ph?

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NO REPORTS RECEIVED

REPORTS REQUESTED

GCRC Record No. Species Location County Initial Sighting Date Initial Sighting Obs. Report Author Ph?

Snowy Plover Jekyll I. Glynn 12/2/2010 Lydia Thompson Y

Saw-whet Owl Lamar 12/2/2010 Charlie Muise ?

Common Eider Sapelo I. McIntosh 12/3/2010 Tim Keyes ?

Common Eider St. Simons I. Glynn 12/4/2010 Patty McLean, Kathy Miller Y

Cave Swallow Skidaway I. Chatham 12/6/2010 Dot Bambach Y

Ross's Goose Cochran Shoals Cobb 1/9/2010 Charlie Bostwick Y

Pacific Loon Lake Hartwell Hart 12/10/2010 Eric & Michael Beohm Y

Iceland Gull Cumberland I. Camden 12/18/2010 Brad Bergstrom Y

Ross's Goose Braswell Church Rd. Walton 1/5/2011 Bobby Cox fide Jeff Sewell ?

Yellow Rail Lake Tobesofkee Duck Ponds Bibb 1/6/2011 Trey McCuen N

Cackling Goose Whitfield 1/9/2011 David DesRochers ?

Western Grebe Little Tybee I. Chatham 1/24/2011 Rene Heidt, Todd Schneider ?

Ross's Goose Lake Varner Newton 1/30/2011 Stan Chapman/Patty McLean et. al. Y

Ross's Goose Floyd Creek Church Rd. Bartow 2/3/2011 Max Medley/George Parsley ?

Ross's Goose Lake Lucerne Gwinnett 2/4/2011 David Moore Y

Ross's Goose Bell Lake Oconee 2/9/2011 Mark Freeman ?

Razorbill pelagic N/A 2/13/2011 Trey McCuen et. al. ?

Ross's Goose Davenport Farms Rd. Fannin 3/1/2011 Tom Striker ?

Limpkin Okefenokee NWR Charlton 4/6/2011 (?) Calvin Zippler & George Reeves Y

Alder Flycatcher Dillard Rabun 5/14/2011 Patty McLean N

Common Eider Wolf Island Bar McIntosh 5/23/2011 Tim Keyes, Pat & Doric Leary ?

Alder Flycatcher Mill Creek Park Bulloch 9/13/2011 Cameron Cox ?

Saw-whet Owl Lamar 11/17/2011 Charlie Muise Y

Pacific Loon Lake Hartwell Dam Hart 11/20/2011 Eric Beohm Y

Saw-whet Owl Lamar 11/30/2011 Charlie Muise ?

Black-legged Kittiwake Hooper Reservoir Henry 12/2/2011 fide Carol Lambert (specimen)

Saw-whet Owl Lamar 12/2/2011 Charlie Muise Y

Saw-whet Owl Lamar 12/3/2011 Charlie Muise ?

Common Eider Tybee I. Chatham 12/4/2011 Cameron Cox Y

Cinnamon Teal Clayton Co. Water Authority Clayton 12/12/2011 Carol Lambert/Jeff Sewell Y

Common Merganser Bartow 12/6/2011 Joshua Spence N

Common Eider Tybee I. Chatham 12/25/2011 James Neves ?

Manx Shearwater pelagic N/A 1/4/2012 Tim Keyes ?

Razorbill pelagic N/A 1/4/2012 Tim Keyes ?

Snow Bunting Tybee I. Chatham 1/11/2012 Diana Churchill Y

Manx Shearwater pelagic N/A 1/15/2012 GOS pelagic trip Y

Razorbill pelagic N/A 1/15/2012 GOS pelagic trip Y

Pacific Loon Lake Seminole Decatur 1/18/2012 James Fleullan/Trey McCuen Y

Ross's Goose Braswell Church Rd. Walton 1/22/2012 Jim Hanna Y

Manx Shearwater pelagic N/A 1/25/2012 Tim Keyes ?

Razorbill pelagic N/A 1/25/2012 Tim Keyes ?

GCRC Record No.	Species	Location	County	Initial Sighting Date	Initial Sighting Obs.	Report Author	Ph?
2011-22	Pacific Loon	Buford Dam	Gwinnett	4/27/2011	Jim Flynn	Jim Flynn	Y
2011-23	Buff-bellied Hummingbird	Jekyll Island	Glynn	12/17/2011 (Oct 2010)	Pam Russell (fide Lydia Thompson)	Roy Brown	Y
2011-24	Brown Booby	Little Egg I. Bar	McIntosh	7/14/2011	Andy Day, Tim Keyes	Andy Day	Y
2011-25	Arctic Tern	pelagic	N/A	5/28/2010	Nate Dias et. al.	Darlene Moore	Y
2011-26	Manx Shearwater	pelagic	N/A	5/28/2010	Nate Dias et. al.	Darlene Moore	Y
2011-27	Herald Petrel	pelagic	N/A	6/28/2011	Tom Johnson	Tom Johnson	Y
2011-28	Herald Petrel	pelagic	N/A	6/29/2011	Tom Johnson	Tom Johnson	Y
2011-29	Arctic Tern	pelagic	N/A	5/30/2010	Bill Lotz, et. al.	Dan Vickers	Y
2011-30A	Curlew Sandpiper	Little St. Simons I.	Glynn	8/14/2011	Rebecca Kerimbaev et. al.	Joel McNeal	Y
2011-30B	Curlew Sandpiper	Little St. Simons I.	Glynn	8/14/2011	Rebecca Kerimbaev et. al.	Malcolm Hodges	Y
2011-30C	Curlew Sandpiper	Little St. Simons I.	Glynn	8/14/2011	Rebecca Kerimbaev et. al.	Patty McLean	Y
2011-30D	Curlew Sandpiper	Little St. Simons I.	Glynn	8/14/2011	Rebecca Kerimbaev et. al.	Rebecca Kerimbaev	Y
2011-30E	Curlew Sandpiper	Little St. Simons I.	Glynn	8/14/2011	Rebecca Kerimbaev et. al.	Gene Keferl	Y
2011-31	Brown Booby	pelagic	N/A	8/13/2011	Bob Zaremba et. al.	Joel McNeal	Y
2011-32	Broad-tailed Hummingbird	Douglasville	Douglas	12/10/2010	unknown	Richard Hall	Y
2011-33	Common Eider	Sea I.	Glynn	1/17/2011	Mark McShane et. al.	Richard Hall	Y
2011-34	Alder Flycatcher	Lloyd Creek Access	Lincoln	9/10/2011	Jim Flynn	Jim Flynn	Y
2011-35	Bell's Vireo	Dug Gap Mt.	Whitfield	9/18/2011	Ken Blankenship	Ken Blankenship	N
2011-36	Alder Flycatcher	Little Lake Herrick	Clarke	9/9/2011	Richard Hall, Mirko Basen, Jim Hanna	Richard Hall	Y

NEXT ROUND
GCRC Record No.	Species	Location	County	Initial Sighting Date	Initial Sighting Obs.	Report Author	Ph?
2011-37	Long-eared Owl		Polk	2/12/2010	fide Kim Kilgore	Kim Kilgore	Y
2011-38	Calliope Hummingbird	Blairsville	Union	11/5/2011		Rusty Trump	Y
2011-39	Lapland Longsur	Pyne Road Park	Troup	11/5/2011	Mark McShane, Patty McLean, Hans Bucht	Patty McLean	Y
2011-40	Great Cormorant	Walter F George Dam	Clay	11/20/2011	Nathan Farnau/Joel McNeal	Joel McNeal	Y
2011-41	Harris's Sparrow	Glennville	Tattnall	11/18/2011	Gene Wilkinson	Gene Wilkinson	Y
2011-42A	Green-tailed Towhee		Greene	12/20/2011	Rachel Cass/Joel McNeal/Steve Holzman	Lois Stacey	Y
2011-43	Bell's Vireo	Kennesaw Mt.	Cobb	9/13/2011	Bob Zaremba	Bob Zaremba	N
2011-44	Virginia's Warbler	Valdosta	Lowndes	12/14/2011	John & Kate Swiderski	John Swiderski	N
2012-01	Common Merganser		Bartow	12/16/2011	Joshua Spence	Joshua Spence	N
2012-02	American Tree Sparrow	Carters Lake	Murray	1/15/2011	Max Medley	Joshua Spence	Y
2012-03	American Tree Sparrow	Eufaula NWR	Quitman	1/29/2012	Don Ware	Don Ware	N
2012-04	Ross's Goose	Mashburn Rd. Pond	Gordon	1/29/2012	Joel McNeal	Joel McNeal	Y

REPORTS RECEIVED
GCRC Record No.	Species	Location	County	Initial Sighting Date	Initial Sighting Obs.	Report Author	Ph?

REPORTS REQUESTED
GCRC Record No.	Species	Location	County	Initial Sighting Date	Initial Sighting Obs.	Report Author	Ph?
	Snowy Plover	Jekyll I.	Glynn	12/2/2010	Lydia Thompson		Y
	Saw-whet Owl		Lamar	12/2/2010	Charlie Muise		?
	Common Eider	Sapelo I.	McIntosh	12/3/2010	Tim Keyes		?
	Common Eider	St. Simons I.	Glynn	12/4/2010	Patty McLean, Kathy Miller		Y
	Cave Swallow	Skidaway I.	Chatham	12/6/2010	Dot Bambach		Y
	Ross's Goose	Cochran Shoals	Cobb	1/9/2010	Charlie Bostwick		Y
	Pacific Loon	Lake Hartwell	Hart	12/10/2010	Eric & Michael Beohm		Y
	Iceland Gull	Cumberland I.	Camden	12/18/2010	Brad Bergstrom		Y
	Ross's Goose	Braswell Church Rd.	Walton	1/5/2011	Bobby Cox fide Jeff Sewell		?
	Yellow Rail	Lake Tobesofkee Duck Ponds	Bibb	1/6/2011	Trey McCuen		N
	Cackling Goose		Whitfield	1/9/2011	David DesRochers		?
	Western Grebe	Little Tybee I.	Chatham	1/24/2011	Rene Heidt, Todd Schneider		?
	Ross's Goose	Lake Varner	Newton	1/30/2011	Stan Chapman/Patty McLean et. al.		Y
	Ross's Goose	Floyd Creek Church Rd.	Bartow	2/3/2011	Max Medley/George Parsley		?
	Ross's Goose	Lake Lucerne	Gwinnett	2/4/2011	David Moore		Y
	Ross's Goose	Bell Lake	Oconee	2/9/2011	Mark Freeman		?
	Razorbill	pelagic	N/A	2/13/2011	Trey McCuen et. al.		?
	Ross's Goose	Davenport Farms Rd.	Fannin	3/1/2011	Tom Striker		?
	Limpkin	Okefenokee NWR	Charlton	4/6/2011 (?)	Calvin Zippler & George Reeves		Y
	Alder Flycatcher	Dillard	Rabun	5/14/2011	Patty McLean		N
	Common Eider	Wolf Island Bar	McIntosh	5/23/2011	Tim Keyes, Pat & Doric Leary		?
	Alder Flycatcher	Mill Creek Park	Bulloch	9/13/2011	Cameron Cox		?
	Saw-whet Owl		Lamar	11/17/2011	Charlie Muise		Y
	Pacific Loon	Lake Hartwell Dam	Hart	11/20/2011	Eric Beohm		Y
	Saw-whet Owl		Lamar	11/30/2011	Charlie Muise		?
	Black-legged Kittiwake	Hooper Reservoir	Henry	12/2/2011	fide Carol Lambert (specimen)
	Saw-whet Owl		Lamar	12/2/2011	Charlie Muise		Y
	Saw-whet Owl		Lamar	12/3/2011	Charlie Muise		?
	Common Eider	Tybee I.	Chatham	12/4/2011	Cameron Cox		Y
	Cinnamon Teal	Clayton Co. Water Authority	Clayton	12/12/2011	Carol Lambert/Jeff Sewell		Y
	Common Merganser		Bartow	12/6/2011	Joshua Spence		N
	Common Eider	Tybee I.	Chatham	12/25/2011	James Neves		?
	Manx Shearwater	pelagic	N/A	1/4/2012	Tim Keyes		?
	Razorbill	pelagic	N/A	1/4/2012	Tim Keyes		?
	Snow Bunting	Tybee I.	Chatham	1/11/2012	Diana Churchill		Y
	Manx Shearwater	pelagic	N/A	1/15/2012	GOS pelagic trip		Y
	Razorbill	pelagic	N/A	1/15/2012	GOS pelagic trip		Y
	Pacific Loon	Lake Seminole	Decatur	1/18/2012	James Fleullan/Trey McCuen		Y
	Ross's Goose	Braswell Church Rd.	Walton	1/22/2012	Jim Hanna		Y
	Manx Shearwater	pelagic	N/A	1/25/2012	Tim Keyes		?
	Razorbill	pelagic	N/A	1/25/2012	Tim Keyes		?