Transcripts are listed in reverse chronological order; Georgia Ornithological Society Checklist and Records Committee's Reportable Species are shown in boldface, and as such are subject to scrutiny by the Committee. Appearance of a species on this page does not imply acceptance of these records. For a complete list of reportable species, follow this link: The Reportables.

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DECEMBER 1998

31 December 1998 - GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, ROSS'S GOOSE, Snow Goose, Le Conte's Sparrow, Rufous Hummingbird, EURASIAN WIGEON
27 December 1998 - GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (not found), ROSS'S GOOSE (not found), Snow Goose (not found), American Wigeon, EURASIAN WIGEON
26 December 1998 - GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, ROSS'S GOOSE, Snow Goose, Canada Goose, EURASIAN WIGEON, Common Goldeneye, COMMON MERGANSER
25 December 1998 - Common Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser, Bonaparte's Gull
21 December 1998 - Bonaparte's Gull, Great Egret, Common Goldeneye, HARRIS'S SPARROW (no details), Red Crossbill, Le Conte's Sparrow, Black-and-white Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Short-billed Dowitcher
19 December 1998 - Le Conte's Sparrow, Northern Pintail, King Rail, Virginia Rail, Gadwall, American Widgeon, Bonaparte's Gull, Common Loon, Purple Finch, Common Goldeneye, Black-and-White Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Short-billed Dowitcher
14 December 1998 part 2 -
Common Goldeneye, Horned Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser, Bald Eagle, Common Loon, Red-throated Loon, Bonaparte's Gull, Osprey, Rusty Blackbird, Oldsquaw, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Buff-bellied Hummingbird (AL)
14 December 1998 -
KING EIDER (not seen), Oldsquaw, White-winged Scoter, Red-throated Loon, Surf Scoter, Lesser Scaup, Black Scoter, Jaeger (sp.), Wilson's Plover, Piping Plover, Rusty Blackbird, Bald Eagle, Bonaparte's Gull, Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Buff-bellied Hummingbird (AL), Evening Grosbeak
12 December 1998 -
KING EIDER, Oldsquaw, White-winged Scoter, Evening Grosbeak
11 December 1998 -
LITTLE GULL, Myiarchus flycatcher sp., Parasitic Jaeger, Purple Sandpiper, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Lesser Scaup, Redhead, Red-breasted Merganser, Greater Scaup, Henslow's Sparrow, Short-eared Owl
01 December 1998 -
Cory's Shearwater, BRIDLED TERN, RED PHALAROPE, Red-necked Phalarope (prob.), POMARINE JAEGER, Red-throated Loon, Purple Sandpiper, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Snow Goose, Short-eared Owl, Oldsquaw, Black Scoter, Lesser Scaup, White-winged Scoter, Surf Scoter, Henslow's Sparrow, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, Eared Grebe, Greater Scaup

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NOVEMBER 1998

29 November 1998 - ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD, Black Scoter, Lesser Scaup, Northern Gannet, Oldsquaw, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Henslow's Sparrow, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, Snow Goose, Eared Grebe, Greater Scaup, Sandhill Crane
26 November 1998 -
White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Surf Scoter, Lesser Scaup, Oldsquaw, Snow Goose, Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Northern Shoveler, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
24 November 1998 -
Surf Scoter, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, Purple Finch, Sandhill Crane, Canvasback, Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Snow Goose
22 November 1998 -
Surf Scoter, Redhead, Dunlin, Purple Finch, American Avocet, Black Scoter, Lesser Scaup, Snow Goose, Sandhill Crane, GOLDEN EAGLE, White-crowned Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow
21 November 1998 -
Snow Goose, Brewer's Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, Common Grackle, White-crowned Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, American Pipit, GOLDEN EAGLE, Common Loon, Horned Grebe
18 November 1998 -
Eared Grebe, Horned Grebe, Redhead, Canvasback, American White Pelican, FRANKLIN'S GULL, Laughing Gull, Redhead, Snow Goose
15 November 1998 -
Tricolored Heron, Canvasback, Snow Goose, Great Egret, Eared Grebe, Horned Grebe, Common Loon, Redhead, Forster's Tern
13 November 1998 - CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD (not seen)
, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, American Widgeon, Snow Goose, Great Egret, Redhead, Green-winged Teal, Red-breasted Merganser, Horned Grebe, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
10 November 1998 - CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD
, Western Kingbird, Red-throated Loon, Henslow's Sparrow, Black Scoter, Northern Pintail, Horned Grebe, Common Loon
08 November 1998 - CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD
, Sandhill Crane, Black Scoter, Northern Pintail, Horned Grebe, Common Loon
07 November 1998 -
Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Northern Gannet, Northern Pintail, Black Scoter, Turkey Vulture, SOUTH POLAR SKUA (not seen), CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD (possible)
06 November 1998 - CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD
, SOUTH POLAR SKUA, Turkey Vulture, Tree Swallow
02 November 1998 - SOUTH POLAR SKUA
, FRANKLIN'S GULL (not seen), Short-eared Owl, Purple Sandpiper, Lincoln's Sparrow, Henslow's Sparrow, Eared Grebe, Surf Scoter, Black Scoter, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Redhead, Rusty Blackbird, Bald Eagle, LARK SPARROW (possible-not seen)
01 November 1998 - SOUTH POLAR SKUA
, FRANKLIN'S GULL (not seen), Short-eared Owl, Grasshopper Sparrow, LARK SPARROW (possible)

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OCTOBER 1998

31 October 1998 - Eared Grebe, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Redhead, Ruddy Duck, Dunlin, Common Snipe, SOUTH POLAR SKUA, FRANKLIN'S GULL, American Pipit, LeConte's Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird
25 October 1998 - SOUTH POLAR SKUA, REDDISH EGRET, Northern Pintail, Long-billed Dowitcher, Song Sparrow
19 October 1998 - SOUTH POLAR SKUA
17 October 1998
- SOUTH POLAR SKUA
11 October 1998
- NORTHERN WHEATEAR (not relocated), Lark Sparrow, GOLDEN EAGLE, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal, Gadwall, Short-eared Owl
10 October 1998 - NORTHERN WHEATEAR
05 October 1998
- American Bittern, Nashville Warbler, Sedge Wren, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, White-crowned Sparrow, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Peregrine Falcon, Merlin, REDDISH EGRET, Clay-colored Sparrow

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SEPTEMBER 1998

28 September 1998 - MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, LITTLE GULL, Parasitic Jaeger
26 September 1998 - Wood Stork, Northern Pintail, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, Philadelphia Vireo, American Avocet, Lesser Black-backed Gull, GLAUCOUS GULL, Broad-winged Hawk
22 September 1998 - Rufous Hummingbird, Wood Stork, Wilson's Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Baltimore Oriole, WARBLING VIREO, GLAUCOUS GULL, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Least Tern
20 September 1998 - Wood Stork, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, Wilson's Warbler, REDDISH EGRET, Lesser Black-backed Gull, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
15 September 1998 - Philadelphia Vireo, Osprey, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, American Golden-Plover, Bank Swallow, Golden-winged Warbler, Sora, Wilson's Warbler, Lesser Black-backed Gull, REDDISH EGRET, Marbled Godwit
12 September 1998 - Hudsonian Godwit (South Carolina), Olive-sided Flycatcher, REDDISH EGRET
09 September 1998 - MOURNING WARBLER (not relocated), Roseate Spoonbill, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Olive-sided Flycatcher 
07 September 1998 - American Golden-Plover, Upland Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, MOURNING WARBLER (not relocated)
06 September 1998 - American Golden-Plover, Upland Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, MOURNING WARBLER (relocated)
05 September 1998, Part II - American Golden-Plover, Upland Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, MOURNING WARBLER (not relocated)
05 September 1998 - MOURNING WARBLER
01 September 1998 - Common Nighthawk, Baird's Sandpiper, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Black Tern, Cory's Shearwater, BRIDLED TERN, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, American Golden Plover, Upland Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Western Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Killdeer, Horned Lark

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AUGUST 1998

30 August 1998 Buff-breasted Sandpiper, American Golden Plover, Baird's Sandpiper, Upland Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Western Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Killdeer, Horned Lark, Olive-sided Flycatcher, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, Sora
28 August 1998 FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER (unconfirmed), Olive-sided Flycatcher
26 August 1998 Cory's Shearwater, Audubon's Shearwater, BRIDLED TERN, SOOTY TERN, Black Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Common Tern, Least Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpipe, Cerulean Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Canada Warbler
21 August 1998 Tricolored Heron, American Golden Plover, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Upland Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Baird's Sandpiper
18 August 1998 American Golden Plover, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Upland Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Baird's Sandpiper, Willow Flycatcher, Black Tern, Caspian Tern, Tricolored Heron, Short-billed Dowitcher
16 August 1998 American Golden Plover, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Merlin, Black Tern, Caspian Tern, Tricolored Heron, Short-billed Dowitcher, REDDISH EGRET, MOTTLED DUCK, Roseate Spoonbill
14 August 1998 Short-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Snowy Egret, Cerulean Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, American Redstart, Prairie Warbler, REDDISH EGRET, Purple Gallinule, Least Bittern, MOTTLED DUCK, Roseate Spoonbill
08 August 1998 Tricolored Heron, White Ibis, Snowy Egret, Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, REDDISH EGRET, Purple Gallinule, Least Bittern, MOTTLED DUCK, Roseate Spoonbill
29 July 1998, 04 August 1998 Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Upland Sandpiper, Tricolored Heron, REDDISH EGRET, Purple Gallinule, Least Bittern, MOTTLED DUCK, Roseate Spoonbill, Piping Plover, Sandwich Tern, Gray Kingbird

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JULY 1998

25 July 1998 Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, REDDISH EGRET, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Semipalmated Plover, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Cerulean Warbler
19 July 1998 Western Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Wood Stork, White Ibis, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Little Blue Heron, Black-throated Green Warbler, Northern Parula, Black-and-white Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Cerulean Warbler
10 July 1998 American Kestrel, Tree Swallow, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron, MOTTLED DUCK, Common Loon, Swallow-tailed Kite, Least Flycatcher, Canada Warbler, Common Raven
07 July 1998 Swallow-tailed Kite, Mississippi Kite, Broad-winged Hawk, Gray Kingbird, Whimbrel, Wilson's Plover, Gull-billed Tern

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JUNE 1998

27 June 1998 - Dickcissel, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (escapee?), Purple Gallinule, American Coot
16 June 1998 - WESTERN KINGBIRD, Black-bellied Whistling Duck (escapee?), Willow Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Eurasian Collared-Dove
15 June 1998 - Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (escapee?), Least Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher
07 June 1998 - Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (escapee?), Least Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Dickcissel
06 June 1998 - Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (escapee?), American Black Duck, Ring-necked Duck, White-rumped Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Dickcissel

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MAY 1998

31 May 1998 - Least Flycatcher
29 May 1998 - YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, Least Flycatcher
24 May 1998 - White-rumped Sandpiper, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Blackburnian Warbler, Dickcissel
23 May 1998 - Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper [not seen], Pectoral Sandpiper, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Connecticut Warbler, Dickcissel
17 May 1998 - YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, Least Flycatcher, Swainson's Warbler, Connecticut Warbler, Whimbrel, Black-billed Cuckoo, Warbling Vireo, White-rumped Sandpiper
12 May 1998 - YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, Swallow-tailed Kite, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Whimbrel
10 May 1998 - YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, Purple Gallinule, Sora, White-rumped Sandpiper
08 May 1998 - Purple Gallinule, Sora, White-rumped Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Evening Grosbeak, Laughing Gull, Glossy Ibis, SHINY COWBIRD
06 May 1998 - BRONZED COWBIRD (unconfirmed) , Laughing Gull, Glossy Ibis, Long-billed Dowitcher (not seen), White-rumped Sandpiper
02 May 1998 - Blue-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Ruddy Duck, Purple Gallinule (no report), Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Willet, Spotted Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Blue-winged Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler

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APRIL 1998

26 April 1998 - American Coot, Sora, Nashville Warbler, Tree Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Purple Gallinule (no report), Upland Sandpiper, Chipping Sparrow (albino), White-crowned Sparrow
24 April 1998 - Purple Gallinule, Upland Sandpiper, Evening Grosbeak, Horned Grebe, Lesser Scaup, Nashville Warbler
19 April 1998 - COMMON EIDER, WHITE WAGTAIL (SC), Upland Sandpiper
18 April 1998 - COMMON EIDER, WHITE WAGTAIL (SC), Tennessee Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler
12 April 1998 - WESTERN KINGBIRD, Lincoln's Sparrow, YELLOW-RUMPED (AUDUBON'S) WARBLER, Red-breasted Nuthatch
06 April 1998 - Brown Thrasher, Tree Swallow, Least Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal, Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, Lesser Scaup, Yellow-throated Vireo, Louisiana Waterthrush, Osprey, Chimney Swift, Broad-winged Hawk, Hooded Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Black-and-White Warbler, Common Loon
01 April 1998 - LONG-EARED OWL (not), Barred Owl, Eared Grebe, Common Tern, Marbled Godwit, Whip-poor-will, Chimney Swift, Tree Swallow, Red-eyed Vireo

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MARCH 1998

29 March 1998 - LONG-EARED OWL (not), Upland Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Barred Owl
28 March 1998 - LONG-EARED OWL
22 March 1998 - Baltimore Oriole, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Black-and-White Warbler, Purple Martin
19 March 1998 - COMMON REDPOLL (not), Evening Grosbeak, Pine Siskin, Redhead, Canvasback
13 March 1998 - COMMON REDPOLL
11 March 1998 - COMMON REDPOLL, RED-NECKED GREBE (possible), GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, Canada Goose, Redhead, Common Goldeneye, Canvasback, Swallow-tailed Kite, Purple Sandpiper, Lesser Black-backed Gull
08 March 1998 - RED-NECKED GREBE (possible), GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, Canada Goose, Redhead, Common Goldeneye, Canvasback, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Purple Sandpiper
07 March 1998 - Redhead, Common Goldeneye, Canvasback, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Purple Sandpiper
02 March 1998 - GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, American Pipit, [Green-winged Teal], Sandhill Crane, Common Raven, Evening Grosbeak

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FEBRUARY 1998

21 February 1998 - Short-eared Owl, Pine Siskin, Common Raven
12 February 1998 - LITTLE GULL
09 February 1998 - LITTLE GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Purple Sandpiper, Red-throated Loon, Baltimore Oriole
08 February 1998 - GLAUCOUS GULL, Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Purple Sandpiper, Red-throated Loon, Baltimore Oriole
06 February 1998 - Red Crossbill, Tundra Swan (SC), White-crowned Sparrow, Say's Phoebe (FL), Ring-billed Gull

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JANUARY 1998

31 January 1998 - Evening Grosbeak, Pine Siskin, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Snow Goose, Ross's Goose (AL), Greater White-fronted Goose (AL), Canvasback (AL), Purple Martin, Rufous Hummingbird
26 January 1998 - ICELAND GULL (not seen), Calliope Hummingbird (AL - no new report), GOLDEN EAGLE (repeated from previous report), Sandhill Crane (repeated from previous report)
24 January 1998 - ICELAND GULL,  Calliope Hummingbird (AL), GOLDEN EAGLE, Sandhill Crane
21 January 1998 - Calliope Hummingbird (AL), Fulvous Whistling-Duck (SC), Common Goldeneye, American Black Duck, American Avocet, Long-billed Curlew, Sandhill Crane
18 January 1998 - Fulvous Whistling-Duck (SC), Lesser Scaup, Red Crossbill, Red-throated Loon, COMMON EIDER (no report)
17 January 1998 - Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Bonaparte's Gull, Horned Lark, Rusty Blackbird, Greater Scaup, Green-winged Teal, Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, Bufflehead, Dunlin, Canvasback, COMMON EIDER (no report)
11 January 1998 - COMMON EIDER, Lesser Scaup, Black Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Surf Scoter, Evening Grosbeak, Red Crossbill, Sandhill Crane, Snow Goose
04 January 1998 - COMMON EIDER, Lesser Scaup, Black Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Surf Scoter, Snow Goose, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, Evening Grosbeak, Eared Grebe, Horned Grebe, Common Loon, GLAUCOUS GULL (NOT)
03 January 1998, Part II - Oldsquaw, COMMON EIDER, GOLDEN EAGLE, GLAUCOUS GULL,
Evening Grosbeak
03 January 1998 - Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Eared Grebe, Oldsquaw, Common Goldeneye (NOT), GOLDEN EAGLE, Bonaparte's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Sandhill Crane, Evening Grosbeak
02 January 1998 - American Black Duck, Mallard, Oldsquaw, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Sandhill Crane, Evening Grosbeak

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Birding Highlights of 1998

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Little Gull 9 Feb 1998 West Point Dam, Troup Co. (photo by James F. Flynn, Jr.)
Greater White-fronted Geese 1 March 1998 Dawson Co. (photo by Jim Flynn 50mm through a Kowa scope)
Yellow-headed Blackbird 26 May 1998 Marietta, Cobb Co., GA (photo by James F. Flynn, Jr.)
South Polar Skua 18 Oct 1998 Jekyll I., GA (photo by James F. Flynn, Jr.)

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Reviewed 18 Oct 2000