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.

Hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
Number: 770-493-8862
To Report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@att.net
Coverage: Statewide
Compiled: 9/18/09 (8:35 pm)
Compiler: Jeff Sewell
Transcriber: Lois Stacey

Birds reported:

Olive-sided Flycatcher
Baird's Sandpiper
Bald Eagle
Sanderling
Wilson's Warbler
Stilt Sandpiper
American Golden-Plover
Connecticut Warbler
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

A Baird's Sandpiper was found at the Bostwick Sod Farm on 9/18.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=22561
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=22889
http://wingsoverga.com/MorganCoBirdingSites.html#BostwickSodFarm

An Olive-sided Flycatcher was seen at Cochran Shoals on 9/18.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=22214
http://wingsoverga.com/CobbCountyBirdingSites.html#CochranShoals

A Wilson's Warbler was seen at Cochran Shoals on 9/14.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=17209

Four Stilt Sandpipers were at E.L. Huie on 9/14.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=17670
http://wingsoverga.com/ClaytonCoBirdingSites.html#ELHuie

An American Golden Plover was seen at the Taylorsville Sod Farm on 9/17. As many as 6 were seen earlier in the week.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=20549
http://wingsoverga.com/BartowCountyBirdingSites.html#BartowCountyLoop

Bald Eagles were seen near Buford Dam on 9/18.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=22692

A Sanderling continues at the American Proteins plant as of 9/17.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=21781
http://wingsoverga.com/ForsythCoBirdingSites.html#AmericanProteins

Migration is still in full swing at Henderson Park. 14 warbler species were seen on the 14th. Yellow-bellied Flycatchers have been seen repeatedly and a Connecticut Warbler was seen 9/14.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=17109

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Hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
Number: 770-493-8862
To Report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@att.net
Coverage: Statewide
Compiled: 9/13/09 (8:23 pm)
Compiler: Jeff Sewell
Transcriber: Lois Stacey

Birds reported:

Warbling Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
American Golden-Plover
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Broad-winged Hawk
Philadelphia Vireo

A Warbling Vireo was reported from Habersham County on 9/13.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=16068

A Buff-breasted Sandpiper was reported from the American Proteins plant in Forsyth County on 9/12.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=14132
http://wingsoverga.com/ForsythCoBirdingSites.html#AmericanProteins

Two Buff-breasted Sandpipers were reported from the Industrial park sod farm in Bartow County on 9/9.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=10712
http://wingsoverga.com/BartowCountyBirdingSites.html#BartowCountyLoop

An American Golden Plover was reported from the Wright Turf Farm in Dougherty County on 9/13.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=16431

Two American Golden Plovers were seen at E. L. Huie on 9/12. The birds were not relocated that afternoon.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=13237
http://wingsoverga.com/ClaytonCoBirdingSites.html#ELHuie

Four American Golden Plovers were seen at Taylorsville Sod Farm and one Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Industrial Sod on 9/13.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=16690

Broad-winged Hawks are moving through Georgia.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=15748
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=14849

A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher was seen at E. L. Huie/Newman Wetlands Center on 9/10.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=11399

Two Yellow-bellied Flycatchers were at Standing Boy WMA on 9/12.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=13341

A Philadelphia Vireo was seen in Ringgold.

On 9/10 eighteen Sandhill Cranes were seen over Savannah.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12510

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Hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
Number: 770-493-8862
To Report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@att.net
Coverage: Statewide
Compiled: 9/8/09(9:20 pm)
Compiler: Jeff Sewell
Transcriber: Lois Stacey

Birds reported:

ARCTIC TERN (not relocated)
RUFF
NORTHERN WHEATEAR

The Arctic Tern reported from Gould's Inlet on 9/6 has not been relocated.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=5869
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=7142
http://wingsoverga.com/GlynnCoBirdingSites.html#StSimonsIsland

A RUFF was located at the Taylorsville Sod Farm in Bartow County today. If you go to try and see this bird DO NOT enter the sod farm. Do not walk out onto the sod and do not drive down the sod farm road. A scope is needed to view this area. Please report to the RBA whether or not you find the bird.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=9166
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=8780
http://wingsoverga.com/BartowCountyBirdingSites.html

A NORTHERN WHEATEAR was seen this morning on Sapelo Island on the north end of Nannygoat Beach.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=9005
http://wingsoverga.com/McIntoshCoBirdingSites.html#SapeloIsland

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Hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
Number: 770-493-8862
To Report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@att.net
Coverage: Statewide
Compiled: 9/2/09(8:54 pm)
Compiler: Jeff Sewell
Transcriber: Lois Stacey

Birds reported:

Olive-sided Flycatcher
Snow Goose
American Golden Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Black-bellied Plover
Dickcissel
Black-billed Cuckoo
Golden-winged Warbler
Cerulean Warbler

An Olive-sided Flycatcher was seen 9/2 at the Mercer Wetlands. The bird was not relocated later in the day.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=811

On 9/2 15 Snow Geese were seen in Oconee County.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=1656

On 9/1 at Wright Turf Farm in Dougherty County an American Golden Plover and an Upland Sandpiper were seen.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0909&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=465

On 8/28 at the Jennings Turf Farm in Emanuel County an American Golden Plover and Black-bellied Plover were seen.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0908&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=36721

A Dickcissel was seen at the American Proteins Plant on 8/31.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0908&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=36606
http://wingsoverga.com/ForsythCoBirdingSites.html#AmericanProteins

A Black-billed Cuckoo was seen on 8/30 in Milledgeville.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0908&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=34107

A Golden-winged Warbler and two Cerulean Warblers were seen on Boatramp Rd.
on 8/28.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0908&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=32072
http://wingsoverga.com/ChattahoocheeCoBirdingSites.html#BoatRampRd

9 Upland Sandpipers were seen at the Marshalville Sod Farms the same day.
http://wingsoverga.com/MaconCoBirdingSites.html#MarshallvilleSuperSod

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