This page provides links dedicated to one particular
sighting, one particular species, or a group of species observed in Georgia. If you
are interested in creating a page dedicated to a species of bird found naturally in
Georgia that you feel would be of interest to others, please send an email to webmaster
AT gos.org. Unless
otherwise noted, all of the images appearing on the individual Species
Accounts are of the sightings being described. As many amateur and
professional photographers can attest, birds are rarely cooperative and
thus high-quality photographs of a record are very difficult to
attain. They do, however, provide documented evidence of the occurrence
of many species.
|
| |
|
ducks, geese & swans. . . |
|
|
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
 6 June 1998 E. L. Huie Land Application Facility, Clayton Co.,
GA
23
May 2003 Tifton, Tift Co., GA
28
May 2006 Altamaha SWMA, McIntosh Co., GA
28
May 2007 Altamaha SWMA, McIntosh Co., GA
Snow Goose
Fall 1998 Sightings and Distribution
Ross's Goose
17 Feb 1999 Madison Co., GA
Brant
17
November 2000 Jekyll I., Glynn Co., GA
27
November 2004 Jekyll I., Glynn Co., GA
Cackling Goose
6
January 2007 Oxbow Meadows, Muscogee Co., GA
Cinnamon Teal
28
February - 3 March 2004 Altamaha SWMA, McIntosh Co., GA
Common Eider
17-?
October 2006 Brunswick, Glynn Co., GA
Harlequin Duck
20-28
February 1996 Sweetwater Creek SCP, Douglas Co., GA
Long-tailed Duck
14
January 2004 Merry Brothers Brickyard Ponds, Richmond Co., GA
26
January 2005 E.L. Huie Land Application Facility, Clayton Co., GA
Common Merganser
28
February 2006 Carters Lake, Murray Co., GA
top |
|
|
Ruffed Grouse
6
Jun 2005 Ivy Log Gap Rd., Union & Towns Cos., GA
top |
|
|
Pacific Loon
19
- 23 December 2002 Plant Wansley, Carroll Co., GA
22
October 2006 Lake Juliette, Monroe Co., GA
Yellow-billed Loon
29 December 2003
- ? 2004 Lake Horton, Fayette Co., GA
top |
|
petrels & shearwaters. . . |
|
Greater Shearwater
3
Jul 2006, Jekyll Island, Glynn Co., GA
top |
|
|
American White Pelican
28
March 2003 West Point Dam, Troup Co., GA
12
- 13 November 2003 Garden Lakes, Rome, Floyd Co., GA
28
May 2003 Plant Hammond, Floyd Co., GA
30
May 2004 Lake Walter F. George, Clay Co., GA
top |
|
|
Magnificent Frigatebird
29
- 30 October 2002 Lake Allatoona, Bartow Co., GA
top |
|
herons, bitterns & allies. . . |
|
American
Bittern
15 - 23 April 2000 South
Peachtree Creek Nature Preserve, Dekalb Co., GA
top |
|
|
White-faced Ibis
19
- 25 March 2002 Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge, Stewart Co., GA
Roseate Spoonbill
26
August
- 5 September 2004 Lake Blalock, Henry Co., GA
27
June 2006 Warner Robins AFB, Houston Co., GA
top |
|
kites, eagles, hawks &
allies. . . |
|
|
Swallow-tailed Kite
Georgia DNR Swallow-tailed Kite
Monitoring Project (Thanks to all particpants!!)
7
- 20 Aug 2004 White Co., GA
Swallow-tailed & Mississippi Kites
2
Aug 2006 Bishop, Oconee Co., GA
Mississippi Kite
20
Aug 2004 Newman Wetlands Center, Clayton Co.,
GABald Eagle
29 Sep 1997 Kennesaw Mt. National Battlefield Park, Cobb Co.,
GA Red-tailed Hawk
2
Dec 2001 Sumter Co.,
GA
12
Dec 2005 Gordon Co.,
GA
28
Jan 2006 Bartow Co.,
GA
Rough-legged Hawk
11
Feb 2001 Madison Co., GA
Golden Eagle
27
Dec 2002 Okefenokee NWR, Ware Co., GA
top |
|
|
Merlin
24
Jan 2006 Bartow Co., GA
28
Nov 2007 Rum Creek WMA, Monroe Co., GA
top |
|
|
Limpkin
29
Apr 2001 Harris Neck NWR, McIntosh Co., GA
5
Jun 2006 Reed Bingham SP, Cook/Colquitt Cos., GA
2
Jul 2006 Chickasawhatchee WMA, Dougherty Co., GA
top |
Whooping Crane
2
March 2006 Roswell, Fulton Co., GA
top |
|
|
American Golden-Plover
11
Sep 2005 Cumberland Island, Camden Co., GA
22
Mar 2006 EL Huie Land Application Facility, Clayton Co., GA
top |
|
|
Black-necked Stilt
13
Aug 2003 E. L. Huie Land Application Facility, Clayton Co., GA
American Avocet
27
Sep 2003 E. L. Huie Land Application Facility, Clayton Co., GA
top |
|
sandpipers, phalaropes & allies. . . |
|
|
Curlew
Sandpiper
5 Jul 2000 Little Tybee I., GA
Red-necked
Phalarope
23 Sep 1999 Jekyll Island,
Glynn Co., GA
7 Sep
2004 Cobb Co., GA
29
May 2007 Bartow Co., GA
top |
|
gulls, terns & skimmers. . . |
|
Franklin's Gull
18
Nov 2000 Jekyll I., Glynn Co., GA
Little Gull
9 Feb 1998 West Point Dam, Troup Co., GA
11
Feb 2007 Pelagic waters off of St. Catherines I., GA
Black-headed
Gull
11
Nov 2000 Andrews Island, Glynn Co., GA
Herring Gull (albinistic or leucistic)
January
2001 Tybee I., Chatham Co., GA
Thayer's Gull
12
November
2004 West Point Dam, Troup Co., GA
Iceland Gull
18 January
2004 Tybee I., Chatham Co., GA
Glaucous
Gull
6 Feb 1999 West Point Dam, Troup Co., GA
 24 Jan 2000 Jekyll I., Glynn Co., GA
Sabine's Gull
27
Aug 2006 Pelagic waters off of Sapelo I., McIntosh Co., GA
Black-legged Kittiwake
11
Apr 2001 West Point Dam, Troup Co., GA
22
Oct 2006 Tybee I., Chatham Co., GA
Gull-billed Tern
Dec 2003
- Jan 2004 Altamaha SWMA, McIntosh Co., GA
top |
|
|
|
South Polar Skua
16/18 Oct 1998 Jekyll Island, Glynn Co., GA
Jaeger sp.
27 Sep 1997 Jekyll Island, Glynn Co., GA
Long-tailed
Jaeger
28 Aug 2000 Georgia Pelagic
Trip
top |
|
|
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Distribution
in Georgia
White-winged Dove
8
Mar 2001 Oxbow Meadows, Muscogee Co., GA
White-winged Dove
26
May 2006 Epworth, Fannin Co., GA
top |
|
|
Black-billed Cuckoo
30 Sep
2003 Kennesaw Mt. National Battlefield Park, Cobb Co., GA
18 Sep
2005 Kennesaw Mt. National Battlefield Park, Cobb Co., GA
top |
|
|
Barn Owl
19 Mar
2000 Catoosa Co., GA |
|
|
|
Barred Owl
29 Mar
2004 Fulton Co., GA
Long-eared Owl
28 Mar 1998 Fernbank Elementary School, Dekalb Co., GA
5
Nov 2004 Tybee Island, Chatham Co., GA
Northern Saw-whet Owl
2
Dec 2007, Lamar Co.
top |
|
|
|
Broad-billed Hummingbird
3
Mar 2007 Sheffield Island, Camden Co., GA
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Jan-Feb
2008 Decatur, Dekalb Co., GA
Calliope Hummingbird
9 Nov 1998 Lilburn, Gwinnett Co., GA
Rufous Hummingbird
24
Jan 2005 Lilburn, Gwinnett Co., GA
Allen's Hummingbird
26
Feb 2002 Roswell, Fulton Co., GA
top |
|
|
Vermilion Flycatcher
30
January 2001 Carter's Pond, Lanier Co., GA
Ash-throated Flycatcher
18
January 2001 Brooks Co., GA
18
February 2008 Baker Co., GA
Western Kingbird
18
January 2001 Thomas Co. GA
21
December 2005 Fulton Co. GA
Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher
4
May 2000 McDonough, Henry Co., GA
25
May 2003 Brooks Co., GA
8
May 2005 Robinson Nature Preserve, Cobb Co., GA
30
June 2005 Madison Co.
top |
|
|
Bell's Vireo
26
Apr 2000 Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA
top |
|
|
Cave Swallow
24
Oct 2004 Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Richmond Co., GA
24
Nov 2005 Tybee I., Chatham Co., GA
top |
|
|
Bewick's
Wren
4
Aug 2004 Chickamauga & Chattanooga NMP, Catoosa Co., GA
top |
|
|
|
Northern Wheatear
10 Oct 1998 Jekyll Island, Glynn Co., GA
Swainson's Thrush
13
Dec 2003 St. Catherines Island, Liberty Co., GA
top |
|
mockingbirds & thrashers. . . |
|
Sage Thrasher
19
Dec 2002 Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center, Newton & Jasper Cos., GA
top |
|
|
Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid)
22
May 2004 Dawson Forest WMA, Dawson Co., GA
Golden-winged Warbler
5
Oct 2006 Cochran Shoals, Cobb Co., GA
Cape May
Warbler
14
Jun 2003 Forsyth Co., GA
Black-throated Gray
Warbler
8
Sep 2003 Kennesaw Mt., Cobb Co., GA
20
Oct 2006 Carters Lake, Murray Co., GA
MacGillivray's
Warbler
28-29
Sep 2004 Duluth, Gwinnett Co., GA
top |
|
|
Western Tanager
5 Jan 1999 Bellville, Evans Co., GA
10-15
Dec 2002 Powder Springs, Cobb Co., GA
21
January 2005 Skidaway Island, GA
top |
|
|
|
Harris' Sparrow
12 Feb 1999 Chattahoochee Nature Center, Roswell, Fulton Co.,
GA Lapland Longspur
28
January 2005 Oxbow Meadows, Muscogee Co., GA
Snow Bunting
1 Dec 1996 Ft. Pulaski State Park, Chatham Co., GA
top |
|
|
|
Rusty Blackbird
28
Mar 2004 Cochran Shoals Unit, Cobb Co., GA
Shiny Cowbird
24 Jan 1999 Brunswick, Glynn Co., GA
27
May 2007 Darien, McIntosh Co., GA
Bullock's Oriole
20
Dec 2005 Smyrna, Cobb Co., GA
27
Dec 2005 Bulloch Co., GA
Baltimore Oriole
9 Feb 1998 Carrollton, Carroll Co., GA
11
Jan 2005 Woodbine, Camden Co., GA
7
Jun 2005 Central City Park, Macon, Bibb Co., GA
15
Jan 2006 Douglas Co., GA
18
Feb 2006 Stone Mountain, Dekalb Co., GA
19
Feb 2006 Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA
Scott's
Oriole
3
- 8 Nov 2002 Thomaston, Upson Co., GA
top |
|
|
|
Red Crossbill
8
Feb
2003 Pine Log Mt. WMA, Bartow Co., GA
19
& 27 Mar
2004 Pine Log Mt. WMA, Bartow Co., GA
July
2005 Suches, Union Co., GA
Common Redpoll
12 Mar 1998 Winder, Barrow Co., GA
top |
