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Subject: Tybee Island/Savannah NWR
From: "nuthatch3(AT)aol.com" <nuthatch3@AOL.COM>
Date: 3 Apr 2008 8:45am
I have been in Savannah the last couple of days and have had some time in
the late afternoon to do a little bird watching. I started at the Savannah
NWR Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday afternoon went to Tybee Island.
Birds seen at Savannah NWR on 4/1/08:
American Coots - many
Ring-necked Duck - 1
Pied-billed Grebe - 5
Common Moorhens - many
Blue-winged Teal - 10
Northern Harrier - 1
Merlin - 1
Osprey - 2
Bald Eagle - 1 to 2
Turkey and Balck Vultures
Wilson Snipe - 3-4
Black-necked Stilts - 5
Greater Yellowlegs - 5
White Ibis - 10
Glossy Ibis - 30 plus
Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Herons, Tri-colored Herons, Green Heron
Great Egret and Snowy Egret
Tree and Barn Swallows
Yellow-rumped Warblers - many
Palm Warbler - a few
Northern Parula - 1
Birds seen on North end of Tybee (near the lighthouse) 4/2/08:
Northern Gannets - 20 plus....life bird for me. Took me about 15 minutes
to figure out what they were. Very cool to watch them dive in to the
ocean to catch fish then pop up and float around.
American Oystercatchers - 25
Black Skimmers - 50 plus
Sanderlings - 30-40 this is guess.....
Many Terns.....did ID the Sandwich Terns. There was one that had
orange/pink colored feathers. Not sure if this is due to diet but
interesting to look at.
South end of Tybee 4/2/08:
Several rafts of Scaup floating around. Can't say if they were greater
or lesser. I do not have my spotting scope with me!
American Oystercatchers - 3 fly by
Osprey - 1
Bald Eagle - 1 perched in a tree
Brown Pelicans - several
Have a great day! Questions on my post email me at
Stacy.Zarpentine(AT)wachovia.com. I do not have access to my
nuthatch3(AT)aol.com till I get home Friday.
Stacy Zarpentine
Roswell, GA in Savannah, GA
N. Fulton Cty
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Subject: Phinizy Swamp
From: Tfshead <tfshead(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 3 Apr 2008 9:11am
On 4/1 I visited Phinizy Swamp for the first time. What a great place. Thanks
to Ed M. for his great tips on where to walk, what to see. Here's my list of 42
species seen. Several of these were FOTY.
Mallard 2
Blue-winged Teal 8
Northern Shoveler 4
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Anhinga 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Little Blue Heron 2
Cattle Egret 3
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Common Moorhen 2
American Coot (many)
Wilson's Snipe 2
Gull (have photo but not ID'd yet)
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Fish Crow 5
Purple Martin 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Eastern Bluebird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 5+
White-throated Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 5+
Connie Head
Commerce, Jackson County, GA
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Subject: Pig trails 4/3/08
From: Trey McCuen <barredowl(AT)COX.NET>
Date: 3 Apr 2008 2:36pm
Jeff Buescher and I birded the Pig trails located on Mumford road in Macon
this morning. We ended up with 47 species. Here is the list.
Northern cardinal
Blue jay
Fish crow
Pine warbler
Chipping sparrow
Ruby crowned kinglet
Northern flicker
American goldfinch
Mourning dove
Red bellied woodpecker
Brown thrasher
Brown headed nuthatch
House finch
Carolina wren
Tufted titmouse
Great blue heron
Eastern towhee
Cedar waxwing
White eyed vireo
Northern parula
Carolina chickadee
American crow
Hairy woodpecker
White throated sparrow
Blue gray gnatcatcher
Canada goose
Yellow throated vireo
Pileated woodpecker
Red headed woodpecker
Great crested flycatcher- FOTY
Yellow bellied sapsucker
Eastern bluebird
European starling
Downy woodpecker
Brown headed cowbird
Trey Mccuen
Macon, GA
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Subject: Jekyll Island good news
From: Dan Corrie <DanLCorrie(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 3 Apr 2008 12:36pm
Fellow birders,
Below is a report from the Savannah Morning News website about a positive
turn of events with the threat to Jekyll Island. We can all feel good that
our
calls, e-mails and letters have made a difference. Though continued
vigilance will certainly be needed, I think we should all take a moment to feel
very
happy. Article follows.
Dan Corrie, Atlanta/Tifton
_ATLANTA_ (http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Atlanta) - Facing
mounting public outrage over plans to place hotels and condominiums along a
half-mile stretch of _Jekyll Island_
(http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Jekyll+Island) 's coastline, the
state agency and private developer
working to revitalize the island abruptly changed course Wednesday.
Lawmakers, island residents and visitors, who for weeks had waged a
legislative battle to protect the stretch of open public beach, cautiously
declared
victory, saying the new plan appeared to be in line with citizens' wishes for
the swath of sand.
"They own it today," said _Sen. Jeff Chapman, R-Brunswick_
(http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Jeff+Chapman) . "With this
announcement, they own
it tomorrow."
But they stressed that the _Jekyll Island Authority_
(http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Jekyll+Island+Authority) and
developer Linger Longer
Communities must still live up to the bargain and declined to fully endorse
the new plan while its exact outlines were still unavailable.
"It looks good, and we congratulate the people of _Georgia_
(http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Georgia) for holding onto their
beach," said
_Dory Ingram_ (http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Dory+Ingram) , a
volunteer lobbyist for the Initiative to Protect _Jekyll Island_
(http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Jekyll+Island) .
The contested stretch of shoreline will now include a public park and a
planned _Environmental Conservation Center_
(http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Environmental+Conservation+Center)
, authority _Chairman Ben Porter_
(http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Ben+Porter) wrote in a letter
to House Majority Leader Jerry Keen, R-_St. Simons Island_
(http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=St.+Simons+Island) .
"After conferring with our revitalization partner, Linger Longer Communities,
we have made the decision to limit use of this area to those public purposes
and not development of accommodations, such as hotels or condominiums,"
Porter wrote.
_Porter_ (http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Ben+Porter) added
that the change made it unnecessary for the General Assembly to pass a law that
would have severely restricted development in the area and could actually
hurt the new proposal.
Keen, who chairs a committee charged with keeping an eye on the development,
praised the move.
"I'm excited that Linger Longer and the _JIA_
(http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Jekyll+Island+Authority) are
moving in that direction," he
said. "That was the intent of the oversight committee, and I think that's good
news."
It comes after weeks of legislative wrangling over the future of the beach,
the latest flashpoint in a fight over the redevelopment of the island that has
now raged through two legislative sessions.
But _Jim Langford_
(http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Jim+Langford) , the Linger Longer
executive overseeing the project, said changes were in
keeping with a promise to consider public input the developer began
gathering even before this year's session began.
"That's what we said all along," _Langford_
(http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Jim+Langford) said.
There is little disagreement over whether Jekyll's sagging tourist
infrastructure needs to be revamped, but critics worry that Linger Longer's
$352
million plan could compromise the island's tradition as an affordable getaway
for
average Georgians.
Citizen backing
Despite several defeats this session, the Initiative to Protect _Jekyll
Island_ (http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Jekyll+Island) continued
to
rally public support for proposals by Chapman and Rep. Debbie Buckner,
D-_Junction City_ (http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Junction+City)
,
that would have limited development in the area. Lawmakers' offices were
flooded with calls and e-mails pleading for the protections to be adopted.
"The people were determined and they worked hard on holding onto their public
beach, and I'm proud for them," Chapman said.
He and Buckner had aggressively pushed protections and still had a couple of
parliamentary maneuvers left to try to force a vote on the restrictions.
Chapman said legislation about the beach now looked unlikely to pass before
the
session's final day Friday, though Buckner said legal protections would
further remove any doubts about the area's future.
"My distrustful nature would feel extremely comfortable if it were carved in
stone that this will always be a beach," Buckner said.
Misgivings
_David Egan_ (http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=David+Egan) , who
directs the Initiative to Protect _Jekyll Island_
(http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Jekyll+Island) , said there were
still concerns that
Linger Longer would not scale back the project but instead merely rearrange
it.
Moreover, he said, his group was still uneasy with any building, including
the _Environmental Conservation Center_
(http://savannahnow.com/content/related?topic=Environmental+Conservation+Center)
, being placed on the shoreline.
"Unfortunately," he said, "we're not going to be able to see what the new
proposal is going to look like until the General Assembly's session is over."
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Subject: Swan at Stone Mountain Park, DeKalb County, 4/2/08
From: Jeff Sewell <jsewell(AT)OANDSLAW.NET>
Date: 3 Apr 2008 3:49pm
I have received a report of a Tundra Swan seen yesterday at Stone =
Mountain Park, DeKalb County, 4/2/08.
The person reporting this is not a birder but said she found the bird in =
her bird book, so I=92m just passing this along and not vouching for the =
accuracy of the report.
It could be a Mute Swan or who knows what. I don=92t have an exact =
location but suggest that the area by the dam on the main lake be =
checked first. Let me know if you find the bird
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Jeff Sewell
Rare Bird Alert for GOS
770-493-8862
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No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG.=20
Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.5/1357 - Release Date: =
4/3/2008 10:48 AM
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Subject: Dark eyed junco
From: Trey McCuen <barredowl(AT)COX.NET>
Date: 3 Apr 2008 3:56pm
I just saw a Dark eyed junco in my backyard.
Trey Mccuen
Macon, GA
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Subject: Pine Siskin, Clayton Co. 4/3/08
From: Carol Lambert <CLambert(AT)CCWA1.COM>
Date: 3 Apr 2008 4:12pm
Since Pine Siskins have been scarce this winter, I was glad to see one on
the Wetlands Center thistle feeder with the Goldfinches this afternoon. It
was hanging upside-down, just like the goldfinches. I still have
Red-breasted Nuthatch on the trail and a female Purple Finch around the
feeders. Unfortunately, she's probably still here because she appears to
have an eye problem, which looks like the conjunctivitis of the House
Finches.
Carol Lambert
Senior Conservationist
Newman Wetlands Center, Clayton County Water Authority
2755 Freeman Road, Hampton, GA 30228
770-603-5603 office
clambert(AT)ccwa1.com
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Subject: White breasted nuthatch
From: Trey McCuen <barredowl(AT)COX.NET>
Date: 3 Apr 2008 4:48pm
I just had a White breasted nuthatch singing at my house. Yard bird #86.
Trey Mccuen
Macon, GA
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Subject: Black-necked Stilts in McIntosh Co.
From: John Galvani <jgalvani(AT)CAPE.COM>
Date: 3 Apr 2008 9:22pm
At the Altamaha WMA (Mcintosh Co.) today at least 3 dozen Black-necked=20
Stilts were in various areas of the North 1 and 2 impoundments (see the=20
new diagram posted at the observation tower) on the east side of Butler=20
Island. There were also large numbers of Glossy Ibis. Five Cattle Egret=20
were roosting in the trees with the Anhingas in the large pond on the=20
west side of Butler.
John Galvani
St. Simons Island
Glynn Co.
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