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* Georgia statewide
* June 25, 2004
* GAGA0406.25
- Birds Reported
Cory's Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Black-capped Petrel
Bridled Tern
Sooty Tern
White Ibis
Blackpoll Warbler
Swallow-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite
-Transcript
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: June 25, 2004
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: June 25, 2004 (8:08 pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Holzman
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Friday evening
telephone report, June 25, 2004. The RBA is a service of the Georgia
Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
A pelagic trip off Tybee Island, on Friday June 25th produced the following
birds. 15 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 2 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS, 1 BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, 2
BRIDLED TERNS and 1 SOOTY TERN. For more information see:
http://skidaway.net/Pelagictrips/GeorgiaPelagicTrips.htm
Immature WHITE IBIS were reported from a few locations in the Piedmont. Patricia
Simms reported one from Snellville near Big Haynes Creek, Tim Keyes reported 9
at the Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center in Jasper County [DeLorme: p. 27, grid
F-9], and Dan Roper had one at Arrowhead (Floyd County, GA) [DeLorme: p. 18,
grid A-5; Birding Georgia: p. 29].
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=15363
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=15259
Surprisingly BLACKPOLL WARBLERS were found in a couple locations, Anne Waters
reported one from a yard in Augusta and David Hedeen heard one in Grant Park in
Atlanta.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=15145
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=12623
Jeff Madsen observed a MISSISSIPPI KITE in Rockdale County on the
20th. Bill Lotz and Dan Vickers reported both SWALLOW-TAILED and
MISSISSIPPI KITES near Doctortown (North of Jesup) [DeLorme: p. 54, grid G-3;
Birding Georgia: p. 164]. 5 SWALLOW-TAILED KITES were seen at Heritage Park off
US HWY 301 and the Altamaha River, and 3 SWALLOW-TAILED KITES were seen at
Griffin Ridge WMA.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=14472
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* Georgia statewide
* June 20, 2004
* GAGA0406.20
- Birds Reported
Brown Creeper
Worm-eating Warbler
Dickcissel
Roseate Spoonbill
Mississippi Kite
Gray Kingbird
Swallow-tailed Kite
Cory's Shearwater
-Transcript
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: June 21, 2004
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: June 20, 2004 (6:40 pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Holzman
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Sunday evening
telephone report, June 20, 2004. The RBA is a service of the Georgia
Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
Jeff Sewell and Bill Lotz reported a possible nesting BROWN CREEPER in Rabun
County, off Burrell's Ford Road (Forest Service Road 646). [DeLorme: p. 16, grid
A/B-5; Birding Georgia: p. 59] For more information and some additional birds
seen go to:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=13853
Eugene Keferl reported 20 ROSEATE SPOONBILLS roosting at the pond along the
causeway to Jekyll Island. He also found a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE over the 4-H
Center and a GRAY KINGBIRD at the little shopping Center. [DeLorme: p. 63, grid
G-8; Birding Georgia: p. 203] He also had 7 additional ROSEATE SPOONBILLS on the
usual roost west of US 17 south of the Jekyll Island causeway entrance.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=14076
On June 17th, Russ Wigh reported a CORY'S SHEARWATER 11 miles off Ossabaw Island
on the Georgia Coast.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=13241
Lydia Thompson reported a MISSISSIPPI KITE from the airport area on St. Simons
Island. [DeLorme: p. 63, grid F-8; Birding Georgia: p. 196] For details see:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=12723
Jim Flynn and Earl Horn reported a WORM-EATING WARBLER in southern Randolph Co.,
and a DICKCISSEL at Elmodel WMA, Baker Co., [DeLorme: p. 57, grid C-7] in SW
Georgia.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=14914
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* Georgia statewide
* June 16, 2004
* GAGA0406.16
- Birds Reported
Limpkin (Not Seen)
Greater Yellowlegs
Northern Pintail
Cape May Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Tree Swallow
Common Ground-Dove
Dickcissel
Cattle Egret
-Transcript
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: June 19, 2004
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: June 16, 2004 (9:40 pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Holzman
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Wednesday
evening telephone report, June 16, 2004. The RBA is a service of the Georgia
Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
The LIMPKIN that Patrick Brisse located at Lake Blalock near E.L. Huie Land
Application Facility in Clayton/Henry Counties Sunday and seen subsequently has
not been located for over a week. [DeLorme: p. 26, grid F-4; Birding Georgia: p.
85] For more info see:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=4450
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=5193
Jeff Sewell reported these birds from the Huie ponds on 6/13/04 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, GREAT EGRET, NORTHERN PINTAIL, RING-NECKED DUCKS, AND LESSER SCAUP.
[DeLorme: p. 26, grid F-3; Birding Georgia: p. 85]
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=11342
On June 14th, Rusty Trump reported a CAPE MAY WARBLER near his home in Suwanee,
GA
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=11555
SCARLET TANAGERS were reported from a few places in the Georgia Piedmont.
Michael Beohm reported one from Sprewell Bluff State Park [DeLorme: p. 33, grid
F-7], and another one at a yard in western Monroe County. He also had TREE
SWALLOWS at Big Lazar WMA in Talbot County [DeLorme: p. 33, grid G-7], and a
pair of COMMON GROUND-DOVES in Lamar County near Barnesville Friday, and a few
at his feeders in Thomaston.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=11673
Betty Belanger reported a late PINE SISKIN at her feeder in Suches, GA
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=11865
Russ Wigh reported that Tim Miller had a COMMON LOON on one of the settlement
ponds on the Georgia Pacific property in Effingham County, along with
RING-NECKED DUCK and PIED-BILLED GREBE.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=12187
Steve Barlow reported EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES at the Georgia Tech
campus in Atlanta.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=12282
Anne Waters reported that on Sunday June 13th Fletcher Bingham and his wife saw
a male BLACKPOLL WARBLER in breeding plumage in his Augusta neighborhood.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=12623
Jim Flynn reported the continuing presence of DICKCISSELS along
Taff and Brandon Farms Rd. He also observed an adult CATTLE EGRET feeding
along side of some horses near a pond on Taff Rd. [DeLorme: p. 19, grid E-8]
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=9394
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* Georgia statewide
* June 9, 2004
* GAGA0406.09
- Birds Reported
Limpkin (Not Seen)
American White Pelicans (Not Seen)
White-winged Dove (Not Seen)
-Transcript
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: June 10, 2004
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: June 9, 2004 (7:40 pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Holzman
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Wednesday
evening telephone report, June 9, 2004. The RBA is a service of the Georgia
Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
The LIMPKIN that Patrick Brisse located at Lake Blalock near E.L.
Huie Land Application Facility in Clayton/Henry Counties Sunday and seen
subsequently was NOT relocated on Wednesday. For more info
see:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=4450
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=5193
The AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS reported by Victor Williams on Monday, on Lake
Carroll (on the East side of Carrollton) were not relocated on Wednesday. For
more info see:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=6495
The WHITE-WINGED DOVE reported by Paul Sykes on Monday has not been reported
since. The bird had been found in Watkinsville, Oconee County. For more
information see:
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=5331
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* Georgia statewide
* June 6, 2004
* GAGA0406.06
- Birds Reported
Limpkin
Wilson's Phalarope (Not Seen)
-Transcript
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: June 6, 2004
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: June 6, 2004 (8:36 pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Holzman
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Sunday evening
telephone report, June 6, 2004. The RBA is a service of the Georgia
Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
Patrick Brisse located a Limpkin at Lake Blalock near E.L. Huie Land Application
Facility in Clayton/Henry Counties Sunday morning at 11:30AM. The bird was seen
throughout the day. Patrick saw the bird near the little footbridge at the end
of the Blalock parking lot by the powerline. Blalock is at the end of Shamrock
Rd., off of Freeman Rd., near the Wetlands Center. There is a parking fee of
$5.00 per car for anyone staying longer than 1 hr. The lakes are open 7am-8pm.
[DeLorme: p. 26, grid F-4; Birding Georgia: p. 85]
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=4450
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=5193
The WILSON'S PHALAROPE was not seen on Sunday. On Saturday the bird was found in
Bartow County, at Brandon Farm Rd, S off 113 just E of Stilesboro (Delorme p19,
E8). It was found in the pond in the angle of Brandon Frm and Taff Rds to the W
of Brandon Fm Rd. Dickcissels and Grasshopper Sparrows were also found along
this road. The Phalarope was resighted throughout the day.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=3331
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* Georgia statewide
* June 5, 2004
* GAGA0406.05
- Birds Reported
Wilson's Phalarope
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Common Loon
Roseate Spoonbill
Reddish Egret
American White Pelicans
-Transcript
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: June 5, 2004
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: June 5, 2004 (9:10 pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Holzman
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Monday evening
telephone report, June 5, 2004. The RBA is a service of the Georgia
Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
Steve Barlow reported a WILSON'S PHALAROPE on Saturday. The bird was found in
Bartow County, at Brandon Farm Rd, S off 113 just E of Stilesboro. It was found
in the pond in the angle of Brandon Farm and Taff Rds to the W of Brandon Fm Rd.
Dickcissels and Grasshopper Sparrows were also found along this road. The
phalarope was resighted throughout the day. [DeLorme: p. 19, grid E-8]
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=3331
Marion Dobbs reported a LEAST BITTERN from Bartow County, found south along
Hardin Bridge Rd. Directions to this site (the old Brandon Farm section of the
old Sod Atlanta) are in Birding Georgia, p. 36.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=3554
Also on Saturday, Clarence Belger and Anne Waters saw a COMMON LOON in
non-breeding plumage on the expressway pond in Merry Ponds. June 8 or 10th is
the record late date for this species in the piedmont/coastal plain.
[DeLorme: p. 31, grid F-7; Birding Georgia: p. 122]
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=3766
Brandon L. Noel reported a ROSEATE SPOONBILL, and REDDISH EGRETS along with
other good birds on Little St. Simons Island. [DeLorme: p. 63, grid D-9]
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=3436
Pierre Howard reported on June 4, 2004, three AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS near the
dam of Walter F. George Lake in Clay, County, Georgia just north of Fort Gaines.
[DeLorme: p. 48, grid G-1; Birding Georgia: p. 131]
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=3098
Sandy Pangle observed 6 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS on Highway
293 about 2 miles south of Cartersville on Friday June 4th. These birds were in
a swampy area just south of the river on the west side of the road.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0406&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=2983
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