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Subject: Re: Mercer Wetlands - AAS Trip Report, 4/6
From: Liz Horsey <lhorsey(AT)mindspring.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 9:31am
Let me just add that we heard a summer tanager hiccuping in the canopy over the
wetlands. Beautiful bird walk! --Liz Horsey, lhorsey(AT)mindspring.com (Fulton
Co.)
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>From: Patty McLean <plm108(AT)COMCAST.NET>
>Sent: Apr 6, 2008 8:31 PM
>To: GABO-L(AT)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: [GABO-L] Mercer Wetlands - AAS Trip Report, 4/6
>
>About 25-30 folks joined us this morning for the first official AAS bird
>walk around Mercer Wetlands in DeKalb County. Ground fog and a light mist
>made IDs a little tough at first but eventually it turned out to be a great
>day for birding with 50 species being spotted - PLUS Bill Boyd reported a
>Wild Turkey on the way into the area (which I didn't count below). The
>highlights were a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, HOODED
>MERGANSERS, WOOD DUCKS and 5 BLUE WINGED TEAL. Thanks to everyone who
>showed up today!! We'll go again soon.
>
>Here's the list from our outing today, which brings the total spp count to
>81 since a few of us started counting last fall.
>
>Great blue heron
>Canada goose
>Wood duck
>Mallard
>Blue-winged teal
>Hooded merganser
>Red-shouldered hawk (a nesting pair)
>Mourning dove
>Chimney swift
>Red-headed woodpecker
>Red-bellied woodpecker
>Downy woodpecker
>Northern flicker
>Pileated woodpecker (heard)
>Eastern phoebe (heard)
>White-eyed vireo
>Blue jay
>American crow
>Fish crow
>Northern rough-winged swallow
>Carolina chickadee
>Tufted titmouse
>White-breasted nuthatch
>Brown-headed nuthatch
>Carolina wren
>Winter wren (heard)
>Ruby-crowned kinglet
>Blue-gray gnatcatcher
>Eastern bluebird
>Hermit thrush
>American robin
>Northern mockingbird
>Brown thrasher
>European starling
>Cedar waxwing
>Pine warbler
>Palm warbler
>Black-and-white warbler
>Prothonotary warbler
>Common yellowthroat
>Eastern towhee
>Song sparrow
>Swamp sparrow
>White-throated sparrow
>Northern cardinal
>Red-winged blackbird
>Common grackle
>Brown-headed cowbird
>House finch
>American goldfinch
>
>Patty McLean
>Tucker GA
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Subject: birds still here and more
From: mocking bird <mockingbird(AT)GARDENER.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 11:19am
Still have a great deal of Purple Finches and Goldfinches and Chipping
Sparrows. One of the chippers is a partial albino. Its cheeks, throat and
almost all the head are white. Very distinctive and easy to pick out of
the crowd. Feed bill is staying high! White throats and Juncos still
here, too.Lynn Schlup, Oconee, Ga., Washington Co.
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Subject: Lamar/Monroe County weekend
From: Charlie <cmmbirds(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 11:27am
Hi folks,
A couple of us travelled the southeastern quadrant of Lamar County
and a portion of Monroe County on the Lamar side of SR 83 this
weekend, in search of Loggerhead Shrikes to band. We were rained out
much of Saturday, but still managed to band one shrike and one female
American Kestrel on Saturday. We saw at least 5 other Shrikes.
Despite the rain, they appeared to be quite active and hunting. If I
wasn't afraid of drowning the poor bait mouse, I may have caught more
of them.
In our travels, we saw lots of other birds, even though we rarely got
out of the car and we were mostly looking for shrikes.
Notables:
1 Merlin
2 Lesser Yellowlegs
many Killdeer, including some apparently on nest
3-4 American Kestrels still about
one likely Vesper Sparrow - seen briefly in flight
hundreds of Savannah Sparrows - I was very surprised, since it
appeared that they had already left. I guess this is another wave.
plenty of Barn, Tree and N. Rough-winged Swallows, and Purple Martins
At home on Saturday we had at least 12 Pine Siskins all day, even in
the rain. 2-3 Purple Finches made a few appearances. We had to
search through dozens and dozens of American Goldfinches to find
them.
Strangely, in the rain, waders seemed to be less apparent - one Great
Egret and two Great Blue Herons.
Now that we have a year of preliminary data, we are starting the
Shrike banding project in earnest. We will focus on this same area,
and also start studying the shrikes in the area of Laurens County.
If you are interested in helping to observe banded shrikes, please
contact me off-list.
Charlie Muise
Lamar County
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Subject: Swallow-tailed Kites and
others---Glennville--Tattnall Co.
From: Gene Wilkinson <glwfishing(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 12:00pm
Hello all,
This morning at 10:00 a.m. I saw (3) Swallow-tail Kites flying over my
backyard. They were faceing a stiff northeast wind in cloudy misty conditions,
and had to flap continuously to make headway for some unknown destination! It
was unusual to see them not soaring as they passed overhead. I also had several
small flocks of Cedar Waxwings in the area. At my feeders, the Painted
Buntings have been joined by a beautiful male Indigo Bunting for the past
several days.
Gene Wilkinson
Glennville, Georgia
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Subject: Cormorants over Atlanta
From: Liz Horsey <lhorsey(AT)mindspring.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 12:15pm
I had a small vee of cormorants fly quite low over my house yesterday while I
was out doing yardwork. New yard bird for me. They were heading in a
northwesterly direction, most likely towards the Chattahoochee River. Unable to
say if they were DC cormorants or not. It was a loose sort of vee, not what I
would describe as militarily precise. --Liz Horsey, lhorsey(AT)mindspring.com, NW
Fulton County, in the City of Atl.
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Subject: Early Migrants - Chicopee Woods April 6, 2008
From: Peter Gordon <peter(AT)ELACHEE.ORG>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 2:26pm
My wife Stephanie and I walked a favorite trail in the Chicopee Woods on
Sunday morning.
A number of FOTY's were there including Black and White Warblers, a
Black throated - Green Warbler, and a yappity Great Crested Flycatcher.
We also had a singing Louisiana Waterthrush
Peter Gordon
Elachee Nature Science Center/Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve
Gainesville,GA 30504
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Subject: grosbeak
From: mocking bird <mockingbird(AT)GARDENER.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 3:08pm
forgot the FOTY female rose breasted grosbeak - it came last Friday. Lynn
Schlup, Oconee, Ga., Washington Co.
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Subject: Re: Lamar/Monroe County weekend oops!
From: Charlie <cmmbirds(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 3:32pm
Hi folks,
I forgot a few good birds!
We had at least 5 Northern Harriers, 4 Red-headed Woodpeckers, and 3
Osprey. There isn't a lot of big water around here, so Osprey are
not as common as in other parts of the state.
Saw single Wild Turkeys in 4 different locations.
Twice I thought I heard the "ReeeeeP!" of a Great-crested Flycatcher,
but in neither case was it confirmed by anyone else.
Charlie Muise
Lamar County
--- Charlie <cmmbirds(AT)YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> A couple of us travelled the southeastern quadrant of Lamar County
> and a portion of Monroe County on the Lamar side of SR 83 this
> weekend, in search of Loggerhead Shrikes to band. We were rained
> out
> much of Saturday, but still managed to band one shrike and one
> female
> American Kestrel on Saturday. We saw at least 5 other Shrikes.
> Despite the rain, they appeared to be quite active and hunting. If
> I
> wasn't afraid of drowning the poor bait mouse, I may have caught
> more
> of them.
>
> In our travels, we saw lots of other birds, even though we rarely
> got
> out of the car and we were mostly looking for shrikes.
>
> Notables:
>
> 1 Merlin
> 2 Lesser Yellowlegs
> many Killdeer, including some apparently on nest
> 3-4 American Kestrels still about
> one likely Vesper Sparrow - seen briefly in flight
> hundreds of Savannah Sparrows - I was very surprised, since it
> appeared that they had already left. I guess this is another wave.
> plenty of Barn, Tree and N. Rough-winged Swallows, and Purple
> Martins
>
> At home on Saturday we had at least 12 Pine Siskins all day, even
> in
> the rain. 2-3 Purple Finches made a few appearances. We had to
> search through dozens and dozens of American Goldfinches to find
> them.
>
> Strangely, in the rain, waders seemed to be less apparent - one
> Great
> Egret and two Great Blue Herons.
>
> Now that we have a year of preliminary data, we are starting the
> Shrike banding project in earnest. We will focus on this same
> area,
> and also start studying the shrikes in the area of Laurens County.
> If you are interested in helping to observe banded shrikes, please
> contact me off-list.
>
> Charlie Muise
> Lamar County
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Subject: Chuck-will's Widow & stuff
From: Joshua Spence <spencejoshua(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 4:57pm
I had my FOTS Chuck-will's Widow last night in the woods behind the church
(Whitfield County).
Also had my FOTS Summer Tanager in my yard this morning and FOTS Solitary
Sandpiper flew over calling Saturday(Murray County).
On Pine Chapel Rd yesterday I had seven Great Egrets, an Osprey, and the
two Mute Swans continue(Gordon County).
Joshua Spence,
Murray County
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Subject: Cooper Hawk and American Goldfinch
From: Rick & Sandy <ricknsandy(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 5:08pm
Today we have had a large influx of AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. They are rivaling
the PURPLE FINCH in numbers, perhaps 40-50 each species today.
A COOPER HAWK flew through the backyard group, and caught what we're pretty
sure was a female Goldfinch. The hawk has been around quite a bit lately.
He/she was here yesterday, and a birder waiting to see the Calliope saw and
photographed it. Saw it again this morning flying through the front yard;
then this afternoon, through the backyard, catching the Goldfinch and
alighting on a limb in the yard, and eating the bird.
Bittersweet side of attracting and observing birds, but nature at work.
Rick & Sandy Krause
Near Lilburn,
Gwinnett County
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Subject: Talbot County migrants
From: Nathan Klaus <nathanklaus(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 5:58pm
I was out burning with the Nature Conservancy on their newest preserve
today, Blackjack Crossing, a big series of longleaf pine sandhills and
hardwood ravines in Talbot County near Junction City. I had an odd
assortment of FOTY for me:
chimney swift 1
hooded warblers 5
worm eating warbler 2
broad winged hawk 2
common loon (yes, they flew over the sandhill, must've been heading for
Bear Creek) 3
red-eyed vireo 1
I also had purple martins riding the heat from our fire part of the
day. All the past burning we've been doing down there is really paying
off on Fall Line Sandhills Natural Area (State owned). Everything is
fresh and green, lots of bracken fern coming in, baptisia blooming all
over, many ground cover plants showing up that I haven't seen there
before. A
southeastern american kestrel
was also standing guard over one of the nest boxes we've hung on the
powerline there. We had several nesting pairs there last year, looks
like they are back.
Finally, our red breasted nuthatch continues at our peanut feeder.
Nathan Klaus
Culloden, GA
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Subject: Arrowhead (Floyd County) FOTS
From: Dan Roper <ropersfive(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 6:18pm
Ladies and Gents,
Birded Arrowhead today (4/7) and Saturday (4/5), although Saturday's
walk was cut short due to light rain. Previous to Saturday, my most
recent visit to Arrowhead was around 3/20, so I may have missed quite a
few FOTS sightings.
On 4/5, the FOTS sightings were white-eyed vireo and prairie warbler.
Today's were common yellowthroat, yellow-throated warbler (this would
be unusually late for them in this area, so I may well have missed
their real first arrival date by quite some time), and brown-headed
cowbird.
I also had a couple of "mystery" warblers in the tops of some 25-foot
black cherry trees, picking through the new foliage. These were
warblers, mostly gray, with a yellow throat and belly, and prominent
white wingbar. I only got a few quick glances and that was it. They
may have been northern parulas, but there are also a couple of other
possibilities, so I can't make a call there.
Regards,
Dan Roper
Armuchee (Floyd County), GA
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Subject: [GABO-L] Talbot County migrants
I was out burning with the Nature Conservancy on their newest preserve
today, Blackjack Crossing, a big series of longleaf pine sandhills and
hardwood ravines in Talbot County near Junction City. I had an odd
assortment of FOTY for me:
chimney swift 1
hooded warblers 5
worm eating warbler 2
broad winged hawk 2
common loon (yes, they flew over the sandhill, must've been heading for
Bear Creek) 3
red-eyed vireo 1
I also had purple martins riding the heat from our fire part of the
day. All the past burning we've been doing down there is really paying
off on Fall Line Sandhills Natural Area (State owned). Everything is
fresh and green, lots of bracken fern coming in, baptisia blooming all
over, many ground cover plants showing up that I haven't seen there
before. A
southeastern american kestrel
was also standing guard over one of the nest boxes we've hung on the
powerline there. We had several nesting pairs there last year, looks
like they are back.
Finally, our red breasted nuthatch continues at our peanut feeder.
Nathan Klaus
Culloden, GA
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478-994-3380 home
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Subject: Floyd County Hooded Warbler + Arrowhead Landscaping
Note
From: Dan Roper <ropersfive(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 6:24pm
Ladies and Gents,
I meant to note in my Arrowhead post that I also heard my fots hooded
warbler on Armuchee Creek at the post office. I hoped I might see or
hear some at Arrowhead, my next stop for the day, but no luck. Some
land-management and landscaping changes at Arrowhead over the winter
may have seriously affected warbler habitat. There was an area of
brush in the middle of a wildlife opening that seemed to be a favorite
stop for migrating and summering warblers. Last year I had magnolia,
hooded, and Kentucky warblers there. That area of brush was bulldozed
and today there is just a carpet of green grass and clover.
There was also a great deal of work around the Arrowhead ponds over the
past 9 months, mostly done by bulldozer and bushog. Many of the
smaller ponds that had willow trees were bulldozed and the brush left
in piles. Most of those ponds are also now full or half-full of water.
Some of the ponds had their borders cleared of willows and other brush
and small trees by bush-hogging. Major work is going on at the big
lakes on the north side of the property. These lakes were drained
about seven years ago due to structural problems with the old dams.
Contractors are rebuilding those dams. So that area is very muddy.
But eventually the big lakes should be back in operation.
Regards,
Dan Roper
Armuchee (Floyd County), GA
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Subject: Latest BirdwatchRadio Podcast
From: Steve Moore <steve(AT)BIRDWATCHRADIO.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 6:42pm
I just posted a new program today. This edition features Pt.1 of an
interview I did with Douglas Carlson about his biography, "Roger Tory
Peterson".
As a long-time Peterson fan, I loved this book. If you haven't read it
yet, this might make a great beach-read this summer. By the way, Douglas
Carlson is an editor at the Georgia Review in Athens.
Best,
Steve Moore
Gainesville, GA
Steve(AT)BirdwatchRadio.com
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Subject: Ruff in South Carolina (well almost GA)
From: Bobzarem Bellsouth net <bobzarem(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 7:52pm
Gang,
Pierre alerted me to this great bird that Nathan Dias located just across
the state line in South Carolina.
I am pasting Nathan's original report from Carolina birds here. If you ever
wondered if these birds will use saltmarsh/brackish habitats in our state,
I guess this answers the question! Keep your eyes open..
Thanks Nathan!
Bob Zaremba
Marietta, GA
Subject: RUFF - Jasper County, South Carolina - Sunday, April 6
From: Nate Dias <offshorebirder AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 20:46:43 -0700 (PDT)
Late this afternoon, after a long day's birding in Jasper and Hampton
Counties,
SC - I happened upon a female RUFF (Reeve). It was with some Avocets,
Black-necked Stilts and other goodies.
The shorebirds were located in an old ricefield that has reverted to a
brackish
marsh. Don't ask me how, but I had a nagging feeling I should check that
spot
all afternoon.
The spot is just across the river from Savannah, beside US-17, in the public
marsh just north of the northwest corner of the Savannah Spoil Site.
I put a few documentation-quality photos on the web page listed below. The
digiscope shots are only so-so, due to the late hour and lack of light...
Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/offshorebirder/
Map of location: http://tinyurl.com/4qyxna
Perhaps some birders can re-acquire the Ruff by trying this location in the
next day or two.
Nathan Dias - Charleston, SC.
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Subject: Ruff just across the line in SC
From: Russ Wigh <rdwigh(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 8:12pm
Nathan Dias , a South Carolina birder, yesterday 4/6/08 reported Ruff at =
a small tidal pond just past the spoils site on miserably busy U.S. 17. =
It took me over an hour to locate the bird, first seen in the company of =
about 12 Lesser Yellowlegs. It is unmistakable, and significantly =
larger than the yellowlegs. Tim Miller and Steve Wagner arrived as I =
was leaving and were able to relocate the bird. =20
The pond is well known locally. It is on your right coming from =
Savannah, about 1 mile past the Talmadge bridge. I posted a shot, such =
as it is, on GABirdPix. It was a considerable distance on an overcast =
day.=20
Here is the URL. Scroll down to the last of the new shots.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/GaBirdPix/spnew
Keep in mind this pool is tidal, and when dry there is nothing there. =
In spite of the traffic you are probably better off looking in the =
afternoon. I have never had good light for photography out there.
Russ Wigh
Skidaway Island, GA
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Subject: Dawson Forest on Sunday
From: Theresa Hartz <Jthartz(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 8:15pm
Sorry for this late posting.
Yvonne Bombardier and I birded Dawson Forest on Sunday morning, 4/6. The
weather was cold and cloudy and birding was slow at first, but finally had
some
good birds after 10 a.m. Total species was 52.
Highlights:
Northern Parula Warbler - 1
Prairie Warbler - 1
Yellow-throated Warbler - many
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5
Pine Warbler - many
Palm Warbler - 1
Common Yellow-throats - many
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
Swamp Sparrows singing
Hairy Woodpecker
Purple Finch - nice flock of males and females, 12
Blue-winged Teals - 5 males and 1 female
At home I had a Black-throated Green Warbler singing and a Broad-winged Hawk
calling.
Theresa Hartz
Big Canoe
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Subject: belated All Women's Birding Bust 2007 results &
wildfire birding
From: Sheila Willis <swillis(AT)WAYXCABLE.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 8:17pm
Hey folks,
Hope you are fine.
Georgann Schmalz was reminding me today of the upcoming All Women's Birding
Bust in May. As most of you know, she started this annual event years ago
and posts the results on her web page. I can testify to its being a very fun
thing to do!! Chasing all the birds you can in whatever area (s) you wish
for one day during spring migration gets the adrenaline going, and you get
to see some neat behaviors too.
I usually send in my results after they are done to her & GABO, but I had
lots of problems last year with my computer out at that time for several
months and other concerns. So I never got my part of the 2007 event sent.
Thus, with GS's recent reminder, I thought I might as well pass along "for
the record" and fellow archives-searchers the tally which I had for Ware
County at that time. Sorry that it's so late, and bypass it if you wish, but
maybe there's some good stuff tucked away in it for somebody sometime, if
nothing more than giving a few locations to find certain species at this
time of year, as well as a note or two relating to birds & birding during
the great wildfire season of 2007. I expect to encounter many of the same
species in 2008. The two best areas were at Laura S. Walker State Park and
Dixon Memorial State Forest which are about 7-9 miles southeast of Waycross.
The date I had for my contribution to the AWBB was May 13, 2007.
WILDFIRE BIRDING: Some of you may recall that in the spring & summer of 2007
our area had massive, long-term wildfires that burned a good bit of the area
around Waycross and throughout the Okefenokee Swamp. It was interesting
trying to bird during that period. Often the roads & nature sites were
closed for extended periods & the fire-fighting traffic had the sandy roads
all torn up. Lots of equipment often lined the roads & pulloffs that I
normally used. During the AWBB I saw helicopters make multiple trips to the
golf course ponds at Laura S. Walker State Park to get water to put out the
fires. The region had many new firebreaks being continually being created in
the woods, and I'm sure they thought I must be some kook with all this going
on & there I was looking at birds!!
Unfortunately, the active wading bird rookery at Laura S. Walker State Park
that I visited on 5/13 during the AWBB was later destroyed by the Georgia
Forestry bulldozers as they dug one firebreak right through the middle of
it. They thus took out many of the shrubs being used at the time by the
birds (the ground was dry)!! Ironically, all they had to do was just dig
their line a few yards over and all would have been fine for them & the
birds. The park manager said he didn't know they were going to do that and
only learned about it when I took a church group there, discovered what had
happened, & then relayed the information to him. It is still at least a
roost, but now the waders go more to the back where it's harder to see them.
Can't see any nests yet for this year. See my upcoming post later for the
current situation.
When I was checking the Dixon Memorial State Forest, many areas were still
smoldering & burning in patches. Smoke was drifting about in places & across
the roads. Many acres had clearcuts or were burned over. Off the Double
Branches Road during the AWBB I found a Bachman's Sparrow singing atop a 4'
partly-burnt shrub in a cutover for all he was worth. All around him were
burnt trees. Some formerly-burnt areas did have new green grass coming in.
Along GA Hwy #177 (which leads to the Okefenokee Swamp Park), at a small
pond by the S-curve, I found a Little Blue Heron, Great Egret, and Spotted
Sandpiper calmly going about the business of feeding as smoke filled the
air. Most of the usual areas were dry, yet they found some water here.
Fires, past & current, were evident all around these birds too. Of course,
many new dead trees for the woodpeckers had been created. Since then, much
of this area has been clearcut and has grown back in broomsedge with some
replanting. It's strange to drive this route & have so much open space now.
AWBB 5/13/2007 Ware Co. (northeastern sections)
"Swamp Woman" (aka Sheila Willis, Waycross, Ware Co.)
Total: 70 sp.
Locations: Waycross, Laura S. Walker State Park (LWSP), Dixon Memorial State
Forest (DMSF) including GA Hwy #177; Pebble Hill
Breakdown w/ LWSP, DMSF featured; other locations as needed
CANADA GOOSE (15)...some fly into pastures along Satilla River; one Pebble
Hill location had 3 fat, cute goslings
WOOD DUCK (30)...27 LWSP (many as pairs, beautiful!! feeding & flying)
NORTHERN BOBWHITE (1)... LWSP (doing covey call near Lion's Camp for the
Blind)
PIED-BILLED GREBE (1)... LWSP (in breeding colors)
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (1)... LWSP (adult, in golf course pond)
ANHINGA (12)... LWSP (perching about in rookery, 2 males chased each other)
GREAT BLUE HERON (2)... LWSP & DMSF
GREAT EGRET (5)... 3 LWSP, 1 DMSF
LITTLE BLUE HERON (5)... 4 LWSP (some nesting), 1 DMSF
CATTLE EGRET (17)...16 LWSP (some nesting)
GREEN HERON (2)
WHITE IBIS (1)... LWSP (nesting)
BLACK VULTURE (2)
TURKEY VULTURE (7)...4 LWSP, 1 DMSF
MISSISSIPPI KITE (2)... adults, 2 different locations near the Satilla River
around Waycross
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (3)... 1 LWSP
RED-TAILED HAWK (1)
KILLDEER (11)... 4 LWSP (including 1 doing a tail-fan at the golf course)
SOLITARY SANDPIPER (1)... LWSP (boat launch shores)
SPOTTED SANDPIPER (5)... 4 LWSP (boat launch shores & golf course ponds, 1
in breeding plumage)
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (3)
MOURNING DOVE (38)... 9 LWSP, 1 DMSF
COMMON GROUND-DOVE (3)... LWSP (golf course together, were also calling)
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (3)... LWSP
GREAT HORNED OWL (1)... LWSP
CHIMNEY SWIFT (14)... 1 LWSP
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (1)... male at feeder/pine perch of Robert Willis,
Waycross
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (5)... 2 LWSP, 3 DMSF
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER (11)... 6 LWSP, 2 DMSF
NORTHERN FLICKER (2)... 1 LWSP
PILEATED WOODPECKER (6)... 5 LWSP
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (2)... LWSP (Big Creek Nature Trail, Main Campground)
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER (1)... LWSP (Big Creek Nature Trail boardwalk)
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER (35)... 8 LWSP, 11 DMSF
EASTERN KINGBIRD (9)... 7 LWSP (pair chases crow), 1 DMSF
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (7)...Waycross (pair Oakland Cemetery, 1 fairgrounds);
Pebble Hill (3 separate); 1 other
WHITE-EYED VIREO (3)... DMSF
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO (1)
BLUE JAY (14)... 1 LWSP
AMERICAN CROW (1)
FISH CROW (11)... 8 LWSP
PURPLE MARTIN (2)
BARN SWALLOW (6)... LWSP (bridges)
TUFTED TITMOUSE (4)... 2 LWSP, 1 DMSF
BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH (3)... LWSP
CAROLINA WREN (31)... 8 LWSP, 8 DMSF
EASTERN BLUEBIRD (4)
WOOD THRUSH (1)... singing at my home in Waycross at Pineview Dr.; lovely
GRAY CATBIRD (2)... 1 LWSP
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD (56)... 11 LWSP
BROWN THRASHER (10)... 2 LWSP
EUROPEAN STARLING (30)... 3 LWSP
NORTHERN PARULA (2)... LWSP
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (4)... LWSP
PINE WARBLER (10)... 7 LWSP, 3 DMSF
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (4)... LWSP (one scratched himself, quite funny)
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT (2)... DMSF
HOODED WARBLER (1)... LWSP (near Lion's Camp for the Blind)
EASTERN TOWHEE (24)... 6 LWSP, 15 DMSF
BACHMAN'S SPARROW (1)... DMSF (Double Branches Rd, seen & heard)
NORTHERN CARDINAL (33)... 5 LWSP, 6 DMSF
INDIGO BUNTING (6)... 2 at Pineview, 4 at Sunnyside Dr. (both Waycross)
BOBOLINK (33)... LWSP (7 male, 26 female) in rookery area eating Maidencane
seeds
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (11)... 8 LWSP
COMMON GRACKLE (35)... 13 LWSP
BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE (1)... 1 LWSP (at golf course)
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD (1)
ORCHARD ORIOLE (1)... LWSP (immature male)
HOUSE FINCH (2)... pair at Robert Willis feeders, Waycross
HOUSE SPARROW (5)
Take care.
Sincerely,
Sheila Willis
Native American-Naturalist Talks & Tours
Waycross, Ware Co., GA
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Subject: Piedmont NWR and Cochran Shoals reports
From: Nathan Farnau <natwan(AT)HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 8:30pm
A morning trip to Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge turned up the following:
Hooded merganser
Canada goose
Mallard
Wild Turkey
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Osprey
Red-headed woodpecker
Red-bellied woodpecker
Red-cockaded woodpecker
Pileated woodpecker
Cliff Swallow (2 individuals at bridge over the Ocmulgee River)
American Crow
Blue Jay
Tufted titmouse
Carolina chickadee
Brown-headed nuthatch
Carolina wren
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Brown thrasher
Northern mockingbird
American robin
Red-eyed vireo (FOTS)
White-eyed vireo
Yellow-throated vireo
Nothern Parula
Yellow-rumped warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Yellow-throated warbler
Hooded Warbler (FOTS)
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common yellothroat
Brown-headed cowbird
Common grackle
Northern cardinal
American goldfinch
Eastern Towhee
Chipping sparrow
Bachman's sparrow
White-throated sparrow
Swamp sparrow
And notables at Cochran Shoals:
The swallow numbers and diversity took a dive today. Only northern rough-winged
were present
in the afternoon (~10). Cliffs, trees, martins, and barns have been here
everyday for two weeks,
but none were seen today.
Also, I found a lone Eastern meadowlark in the sparrow fields. The vesper and
savannah sparrows
seen this week were not found.
Nathan Farnau
East Atlanta (DeKalb County)
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Subject: All Women's Birding Bust
From: Georgann Schmalz <georgannschmalz(AT)ALLTEL.NET>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 10:05pm
Thanks, Sheila, for the AWBB reminder. Indeed, we have a record number of
19 teams and 51 women registered for this year's Bust to be held on 3 May.
There is plenty of time to find some friends, ladies, and spend the day in
the field learning and watching birds or honing your identification and
listening skills.
However, tomorrow, Tuesday 8 April, will be the last chance to order a
t-shirt. The shirts are designed by artist and Atlanta Audubon Master
Birder Mary Jane Stone, are displayed on my webpage
http://www.birdingadventuresinc.com <http://www.birdingadventuresinc.com/>
and cost only $15.
If you have not ordered a t-shirt and want one, let me know by 2 PM
tomorrow. You can register a team (minus t-shirts) up to the day before the
AWBB.
Later,
Georgann
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Ornithologist, Birding Adventures, Inc.
Dawsonville, GA Dawson County
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Subject: American Icon (of dubious character) Scores Big!
From: Mark McShane <eagleeyed(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 10:09pm
Hi All,
I was able to stop by Bear Creek Reservoir today at lunch, I was hoping to
see the Bald Eagle recently reported as I have never seen one there before!
I parked below the taxidermy shop on Savage Road, just south of the dam,
and scanned the sky looking for the bird but did not see it, so I started
scanning trees on the shores of the lake. I started on the left side and
immediately had the bird about midway up a large tree close to the shore!
The eagle soon took off and flew straight across to the north side of the
lake and then gained a bunch of altitude and cruised around a bit north of
Highway 330 and then suddenly headed back south over the center of the
lake.
The bird looked more serious and deliberate (is that even possible?), and
was over the water at this point, and was moving a little faster.
Suddenly an Osprey entered the scope field from the left, and... he was
carrying a good sized fish! The eagle zoomed in on his tail and a one-
sided chase and aerial dogfight ensued! The unburdened eagle kept turning
tighter than the osprey and kept closing the distance between them. Like
any good dogfighter when he gained a little altitude he would use that
height to gain some speed in a short shallow dive after his prey!
Several times the eagle got very close to the osprey and flashed talons
out. The osprey, carrying his fish, could not outspeed or outmaneuver the
eagle, and finally during one of the close encounters (and I am sure in
fear and loathing), he dropped his fish to the lake 500 feet below!
Knowing what would happen next, I followed what looked like a large talon-
pierced crappie (with those little x's over his eyes) in the scope down,
down, down, for 500 feet to where it made a big splash in the water. In
no time our eagle entered the field and snatched up the fish from the
water! Mr. Yo Ho Ho then swaggered back to his semi-concealed lurkem
halfway up the tree on the southeast corner of the lake and proceeded to
leisurely devour his ill-gotten gain! For a second I almost thought I saw
Jack Sparrow's Black Pearl (and that fogbank it always travels in) sail
past at the rear of the reservoir!
No wonder in an excerpt from one of his letters, to his daughter, Benjamin
Franklin wrote:
"For my own part I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen the
Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral Character. He
does not get his Living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some
dead Tree near the River, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches
the Labour of the Fishing Hawk; and when that diligent Bird has at length
taken a Fish, and is bearing it to his Nest for the Support of his Mate
and young Ones, the Bald Eagle pursues him and takes it from him.
"With all this Injustice, he is never in good Case but like those among
Men who live by Sharping & Robbing he is generally poor and often very
lousy. Besides he is a rank Coward: The little King Bird not bigger than a
Sparrow attacks him boldly and drives him out of the District. He is
therefore by no means a proper Emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati
of America who have driven all the King birds from our Country . . .
"I am on this account not displeased that the Figure is not known as a
Bald Eagle, but looks more like a Turkey. For the Truth the Turkey is in
Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native
of America . . . He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of
Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British
Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on."
!!!
The Common Loon congregation at Bear Creek was numbering 40 birds while I
was there today.
Also, Max Medley reports 5 Caspian Tern and 2 Forster's Tern at Carter's
Lake today!
Also also, stopped by The State Botanical Gardens after work and met up
with Jim Hanna. We briefly birded the powerline cut down to the Middle
Oconee River having a pretty good spring warbler evening:
American Redstart
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Parula
Orange-crowned Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Good Birding All!
Mark
Mark McShane
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia
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Subject: Dawson Forest, 4/7/2008
From: "James F. Flynn Jr." <jim.flynn(AT)MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 11:26pm
Hi, folks, I birded North Gate/Sweetwater Church Rds. in Dawson Forest WMA
this morning (Sweetwater Church Rd. entrance is off of GA 53; this is the
same area of Dawson Forest where Georgann Schmalz found a flock of
crossbills last December). Here are some of the highlights for the day:
Barred Owl- 1
Yellow-throated Vireo - 2
Blue-headed Vireo - 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Warblers:
Northern Parula- 5
Yellow-rumped - 7
Black-throated Green - 4
Yellow-throated - 16
Pine - 15
Prairie - 3
Palm - 1 (Eastern)
Black-and-white - 10
Ovenbird - 1
Louisiana Waterthrush - 4
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Hooded - 3
Purple Finch - 1
On the way home, a Merlin was perched at the top of a dead tree in a pasture
along Cowart Rd. just north of the Kelly Bridge Rd. intersection in
southwestern Dawson Co.
This morning's alarm was Whip-poor-will calling behind the house this
morning in north central Forsyth Co.
Take care,
Jim Flynn
Forsyth Co., GA
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