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Note:
Giff Beaton’s book
Birding Georgia and
Ken Blankenship’s web site
Wings Over Georgia
contain directions to some of these sites and many other great birding locations
in Georgia.
* Georgia statewide
* April 25, 2008
* GAGA0804.25
- Birds Reported
Painted Bunting
Nashville Warbler
Bobolink
Dickcissel
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Swallow-tailed Kite
American Bittern
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: April 25, 2008, 9:52 pm
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: April 25, 2008
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Larry Russell
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Friday evening
telephone report, April 25, 2008. The RBA is a service of the Georgia
Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
A male PAINTED BUNTING was sighted at 10:15am this morning in Fayette Co. in
Peachtree City behind the Church of Christ on Peachtree City Parkway in a swampy
pond area. This church is located on Peachtree City Parkway east of the
intersection with GA54. This is most unusual this far north in the state. It was
not relocated.
NASHVILLE WARBLERs, a rare but regular migrant, have been seen in several areas
in the state, including the State Botanical Gardens in Athens and at Kennesaw
Mountain National Battlefield Park. Twenty species of warblers have been seen at
Kennesaw recently.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=38707
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=41608
A possible BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD was seen at the Clyde Shepherd Nature
Preserve on April 24th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=40399
BOBOLINKs and DICKCISSELs have been seen in the Taff Rd./ Brandon Farm Rd.
area in Bartow Co. on April 24th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=40195
An AMERICAN BITTERN has been seen at the Arrowhead Environmental Learning Center
in Floyd Co. This may be the same bird seen last year at this location.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=40943
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHs continue to be seen throughout the north Georgia area.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=41289
SWALLOW-TAILED KITEs are being seen in south Georgia.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=39018
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* Georgia statewide
* April 19, 2008
* GAGA0804.19
- Birds Reported
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Caspian Tern
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Pelican
Lincoln's Sparrow
Laughing Gull
Nashville Warbler
Snowy Plover
Least Tern
Cerulean Warbler
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: April 19, 2008, 8:15 pm
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: April 19, 2008
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Larry Russell
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Saturday evening
telephone report, April 19, 2008. The RBA is a service of the Georgia
Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
The YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDs first reported on the RBA on April 11th are still
present as of April 17th at the farm of Ruth Weaver, 338 Miller Rd., in
Montezuma in Macon Co. This might be the largest flock of Yellow-headed
Blackbirds ever seen in Georgia. Three adult males, two adult females, and one
possible immature bird have been seen at this location. HORNED LARKs have also
been seen here. This location can be found at DeLorme 42-F2.
Directions can be found in the GABO archives, as well as in a link in the last
GA RBA transcription.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=31138
A SNOWY PLOVER was relocated on the south end of Jekyll Island on April 17th, in
the company of several Piping Plovers. This bird has been seen in this location
since January. This is only the 2nd record of this species in Georgia. Also seen
were 3 WILSON'S PLOVERs, an AMERICAN AVOCET, and an AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER,
among others.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=32984
A LAUGHING GULL was seen in a Kroger parking lot in Macon in Bibb Co. on April
19th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=32566
A NASHVILLE WARBLER was seen among other birds at the Clyde Shepherd Nature
Preserve in Dekalb Co. on April 19th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=32658
From the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Marietta, in Cobb Co.,
one our state's hot-spots for neotropical songbirds, comes a report of 16
species of warblers, including CERULEAN WARBLERs, seen on April 19th.
[Transcriber's opinion only: This report is from the daily e-mail "KMT Report",
which is not normally posted to GABO. It should be. There is no reason not to.
Band codes? Learn them. Post a link on the GOS site to the codes, as an
educational resource, and include the link in the text of the daily report. I've
never understood why this great resource is limited to a mailing list. Same with
Ken Blankenship's new Cochran Shoals Report. I'm sorry if I'm out of line here,
but it's positively silly. Rant mode OFF.]
Seventeen species of warblers were among the 75 species reported from the Dawson
Forest WMA on April 19th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=32752
From the State Botanical Gardens in Athens, CERULEAN WARBLERs were seen on the
White Trail on April 15th and April 17th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=25854
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=27359
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=30607
On April 17th, 4 CASPIAN TERNs and a LEAST SANDPIPER were seen at the E.L.
Huie Land Application Facility in Clayton Co. This is a particularly large flock
of Caspian Terns seen inland.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=30175
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHs continue to be seen throughout the north Georgia area.
This year might be the biggest Red-breasted Nuthatch irruption ever in GA. On
April 17th, 3 were seen at Kennesaw Mountain in Cobb Co., and one was seen in
Dekalb Co.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=30842
A BROWN PELICAN was seen inland on April 17th in Talbot Co.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=29640
LINCOLN'S SPARROWs were seen on April 15th at Little Mulberry Park in Gwinnett
Co., and on April 16th at Oxbow Meadows near Columbus GA.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12931
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=29150
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* Georgia statewide
* April 13, 2008
* GAGA0804.13
- Birds Reported
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Cerulean Warbler
Hooded Merganser
Eastern Phoebe
Swallow-tailed Kite
(Audubon's) Yellow-rumped Warbler
Upland Sandpiper
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: April 13, 2008, 9:24 pm
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: April 13, 2008
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Larry Russell
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Sunday evening
telephone report, April 13, 2008. The RBA is a service of the Georgia
Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
The YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDs first reported on the RBA on April 11th are still
present at the farm of Ruth Weaver, 338 Miller Rd., in Montezuma in Macon Co.
This might be the largest flock of Yellow-headed Blackbirds ever seen in
Georgia. Three adult males, two adult females, and one possible immature bird
have been seen at this location. HORNED LARKs have also been seen here.
Directions are included in the first link below.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=19837
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=15421
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=25064
[Transcriber Note: This report is not technically included in the RBA
transcription since it is beyond the date range for the report, but I feel that
it should be included since it indicates a more recent time-sensitive report
than the RBA recording indicates, especially for such an important sighting. My
apologies for protocol violations, but transcription delays on my part should
not delay more recent reports.]
From the Marshallville Sod Farms just north of Montezuma comes a report of 8
UPLAND SANDPIPERS seen on April 10th.
An AUDUBON'S YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen at the Johnson Ferry Unit of the
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area on April. This is the 2nd or 3rd
report of the Audubon's version of the Yellow-rumped Warbler reported since the
first of the year.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=18233
From the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Marietta, in Cobb Co.,
one our state's hot-spots for neotropical songbirds, comes a report of the
first-of-the season (FOTS) Cerulean Warblers, along with 11 other warbler
species. Check out the park maintenance areas just off of the main parking lot
as they can be very good this time of year, and indeed, many of this year's
birds have been seen there.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=19550
From the Arrowhead Environmental Center in Floyd Co. comes a report of breeding
HOODED MERGANSERs. A female on one pond was seen with 8 chicks and another
female on another pond was seen with 7 chicks. This is unusual because Hooded
Mergansers usually breed much further north.
From the State Botanical Gardens in Athens, 14 species of warblers were reported
on April 12th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=20562
EASTERN PHOEBEs are breeding at the Phinizy Swamp in Augusta in Richmond Co.
Standing Boy Wildlife Management Area in NW Muscogee Co. north of Columbus is a
great area for migrants, with 14 species of warblers being reported from there
on April 12th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=20313
A SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was seen at Jekyll Island on April 10th. This bird is not
often seen here.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=19233
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* Georgia statewide
* April 10, 2008
* GAGA0804.10
- Birds Reported
RUFF (not seen)
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
UPLAND SANDPIPER
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE
Le Conte's Sparrow
Broad-winged Hawk
Purple Finch
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: April 10, 2008, 8:28 pm
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: April 10, 2008
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Larry Russell
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Saturday evening
telephone report, April 10, 2008. The RBA is a service of the Georgia
Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
The RUFF seen just across the border in South Carolina off of US17 has not been
re-located since the day after it was sighted on April 6th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=11624
A flock, a =flock=, of YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDs were seen at a farm in
Montezuma, in Macon Co., just south of the Marshallville Sod Farms that many of
us are familiar with. They were reported to the RBA on April 9th, and today
three adult males, 2 adult females, and one possible immature male were seen.
They were seen around the barn on the property of Ruth Weaver, at 338 Miller Rd.
in Montezuma. She has give us permission to observe these birds on her property,
so please tell her how grateful you are that she is allowing us access to her
property.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=14721
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=11499
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=15421
Eight UPLAND SANDPIPERS were sighted at the Marshallville Sod Farms on April
10th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=15421
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS are moving through the Atlanta area.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=13349
Three SWALLOW-TAILED KITEs were sighted in Tattnall Co. on April 7th and in
Effingham Co. on April 9th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=10311
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=14624
A LE CONTE'S SPARROW was spotted at Carter's Lake in Murray Co. on April 8th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12503
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=13128
A SURF SCOTER and 4 HORNED GREBEs were spotted at the Smith Reservoir in Clayton
Co. on April 8th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12601
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* Georgia statewide
* April 5, 2008
* GAGA0804.05
- Birds Reported
Surf Scoter
Calliope Hummingbird
Green-breasted Mango
Purple Sandpiper
Sandwich Tern
Vesper Sparrow
Sora
Black-necked Stilt
Glossy Ibis
Greater Scaup
Common Loon
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Snowy Plover (not seen)
Say's Phoebe
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: April 5, 2008, 9:02 pm
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: April 5, 2008
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Larry Russell
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Saturday evening
telephone report, April 5, 2008. The RBA is a service of the Georgia
Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
Five SURF SCOTERS were seen Friday, April 4th, north of Rome in Floyd Co. on
private property belonging to the S.I. Storey Lumber Co. Check in at the office
and you can obtain permission to bird the lake the ducks were seen on.
Directions to this site are included in the link.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=4832
Four GREATER SCAUP, 50 COMMON LOON, 10 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 5 BLUE-WINGED
TEAL, and an OSPREY, among others, were reported today from the Bear Creek
Reservoir in Jackson Co.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=6773
PURPLE FINCH reports continue, sometimes in large numbers.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=5843
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=7426
A VESPER SPARROW continues to be seen at the Cochran Shoals Unit of the
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in Cobb Co.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=5744
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=3985
A CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD continues to be seen at the home of Rick and Sandy Krause
in Gwinnett Co. for the second year. If you would like to see this bird, you can
call Rick and Sandy at 770-921-7294.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=4216
A SNOWY PLOVER was seen on April 2nd in the company of PIPING PLOVERs at the
south end of Tybee Island in Chatham Co. This is a 2nd state record for this
bird.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=1860
Also from Tybee Island this week: From the north end, 6 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were
seen, while at the south end, some pinkish SANDWICH TERNs, a WILSON'S PLOVER,
BLACK SKIMMERs, and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLs were seen.
A possible TUNDRA SWAN was seen on April 2nd at Stone Mountain Park in Gwinnett
Co. This bird was identified by a non-birder. [Transcriber's Note:
This bird has since been identified as a Mute Swan.]
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=3474
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=8366
From the Altamaha Waterfowl Management Area in McIntosh Co. just south of Darien
comes a report on April 2nd of 36 or more BLACK-NECKED STILTs, as well as large
numbers of GLOSSY IBIS.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=3879
Also at the Cochran Shoals Unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation
Area in Cobb Co. this week: large numbers of SWALLOWs, including CLIFF SWALLOWs,
1 TREE SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOWs, PURPLE MARTINs, and lots of NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED
SWALLOWs. This affords a great opportunity to compare and contrast swallows. Two
SORA were seen there as well in the marsh on April 2nd.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=2974
The famed GREEN-BREASTED MANGO is still camping out in Dublin at 224/226
Brookwood Drive as of April 4th. This location is on the NW side of Dublin in
Laurens Co. Directions can be found in the GABO archives.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=855
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=1055
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