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Subject: East Beach and South End of Jekyll
From: "Eugene P. Keferl" <epkeferl(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 18 Apr 2008 12:19am
Dear GABbers,
I made two birding stops today, East Beach from the Coast Guard Station north
and the very south end of Jekyll Island (I made a spot check and did not have
time to walk the beach).
Brown Pelican both areas
DC Cormorant Jekyll
Black-bellied Plover Both
Semipalmated Plover East Beach
Piping Plover East Beach (two banded)
American Oystercatcher Jekyll
Willet Both
Marbled Godwit East Beach
Ruddy Turnstone Both
Sanderling Both
Western Sandpiper East Beach
Least Sandpiper East Beach
Dunlin Both
Ring-billed Gull Both
Herring Gull Both
Lesser Black-backed Gull Jekyll
Laughing Gull Both Incidently these birds are looking good, many have red
legs and bills. Now is the time to photograph these birds
Lydia's funny gull
Royal Tern There are several Royal Terns that have very red orange bills.
These birds are catching fish and courting and they are looking good as well
Both
(Caspian Tern) ??? I thought I saw one and when I walk
around to get a better angle I lost it somewhere, so I have my doubts. I
definitely did not hear any. Jekyll
Sandwich Tern both
Least Tern East Beach
Black Skimmer Jekyll
Painted Bunting Singing at the beach entrance walk on East Beach
East beach was done around 3 pm with an incoming tide and Jekyll was done around
5:30 which was nearing high tide.
Most of the summer nesters are back in the Brunswick area. I still have
Chipping Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows, American Goldfinches at my feeders
along with Painted Buntings, Indigo Buntings and Blue Grosbeaks. I have seen
and heard a good number of Summer Tanagers in the area.
If some of you have not been out birding this spring yet, get going. We are
only given a limited number of springs in our lifetime and to miss one is a
tragedy.
Today on East Beach I noticed that a couple were walking slowly down the beach
and the woman was walking slowly and carefully up to some of the birds and
leaning forward as if she was trying to see them better. After they passed me
going one way I went on birding and on my way back they came by me again and she
was doing the same thing. I asked her if she was looking at the birds and she
said yes. She said she was trying to get a better look at the little birds
along the shore (she did not have binoculars). She pointed to the Piping
Plovers and said that she did not think she had ever seen those birds before. I
told her what they were and got them in my scope. I pointed out several fo
birds on the flats and she was thrilled. I let her use my scope for a little
while to view the birds. I was very happy that she even noticed that the
Piping Plovers were different.
Gene
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Eugene P. Keferl
5280 East Glynn Ave
Brunswick, GA 31523
Glynn County
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Subject: Field Trip to Paulk's Pasture
From: Mike Chapman <mikelchap(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 18 Apr 2008 8:36am
I'll be leading a Coastal Georgia Audubon Society field trip to Paulk's Pasture
on Saturday, April 19. The trip is open to everyone. We'll meet at the Winn
Dixie shopping center on US341, just north of I-95 at 7:30am to carpool. If
it's
more convenient, we'll stop first at the check station just off 341 to bird and
will probably be there until at least 8:30am and you can join us there.
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Mike Chapman
Brunswick, GA
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Subject: ADMIN: problems with posting?
From: Steve Holzman <steve_holzman(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 18 Apr 2008 9:24am
Just a heads up.
If your messages are being rejected because of an 'attachment' but you didn't
attach anything it may be that you are sending your message in HTML format and
not PLAIN TEXT.
This has happened recently to a couple of subscribers. Remember, all GABO
messages need to be in PLAIN TEXT. All mailers have a setting somewhere that
allows the user to switch to plain text.
You can always check your message here:
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to see if it came through fine. Give it a couple minutes though.
That is all...carry on...
Steve Holzman
North High Shoals, GA
Oconee County,
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Subject: Indigo and Painted Buntings
From: Shawn Heifert <shawnheifert(AT)HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 18 Apr 2008 9:34am
For three days now I have had consistent visits to my millet feeder by a
single male painted and single male indigo bunting. I am also up to two
pairs of blue grosbeaks. I have also have had two fleeting glances at
orchard orioles (I believe). I will need more evidence before
confirming. I may throw up an oriole feeder to see what happens.
Shawn Heifert
Richmond Hill, GA
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Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - East Cobb Park (Marietta) ,
4/18/08
From: Johnnie Greene <johnniegreene(AT)ADELPHIA.NET>
Date: 18 Apr 2008 1:17pm
This is not the complete list.
Location: East Cobb Park (Marietta)
Observation date: 4/18/08
Notes: Walked around the upper parking lot down to the trail to the right of
the bridge that crosses the creek. I took that into the woods and then back out
along the creek down to Roswell Road. Partly cloudy, 72 degrees, SSW winds
10-13 gust up to 18 MPH.
Number of species: 20
> Red-shouldered Hawk 2
> Red-headed Woodpecker 2
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Yellow-throated Vireo 1
> Red-eyed Vireo 1
> White-breasted Nuthatch 1
> Brown-headed Nuthatch 3
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
> Pine Warbler 3
> Prairie Warbler 1
> Chipping Sparrow 1
> American Goldfinch 3
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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Johnnie Greene
Canton, Cherokee County, GA
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Subject: Yellow-billed Cuckoo
From: Donna Seckinger <dodaseck(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 18 Apr 2008 1:59pm
Hello birders, I was very surprised to day to sight two cuckoos in an oak tree
above my house about 12:00 p.m. Last year I didn't even hear a cuckoo here. I
enjoy they're call so much. I hear them but do sight them very often. There is a
lot of house-building and tree clearing all around. I assumed they weren't
interested in being in the area.
It's a good day!!
Donna Seckinger
Fairfield Plantation
Villa Rica, Ga.
Carroll County
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Subject: Yellow-billed Cuckoo
From: Donna Seckinger <dodaseck(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 18 Apr 2008 3:03pm
Birders, a correction to my posting on the cuckoos. I don't sight them often. I
hear them calling when they are around so it's great to sight them.
Donna Seckinger
Fairfield Plantation
Villa Rica, Ga.
Carroll County
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Subject: Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks in Ellijay
From: bill schmid <kwsjr(AT)ELLIJAY.COM>
Date: 18 Apr 2008 6:59pm
Hello:
My FOTS Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks arrived at my feeders this afternoon in
Ellijay.
They looked very healthy and brightly colored.
Two Barred owls were calling last night and early this morning.
Still have scores of Goldfinches, dozens of Pine Siskins and the usual
variety of others:
RT Hummers
Purple Finches
Mourning Doves
Pileated Woodpeckers
Red Bellied Woodpeckers
Downey Woodpeckers
Blue Jays
Cardinals
Chickadees
Titmice
White-breasted Nuthatches
Wild Turkey
Carolina Wrens
Crows
What I am really missing so far have been the Bluebirds.
My house is empty for the first time on 14 years.
Could it be that all three nesting times the birds hatched and were ready to
fledge last year, the house was torn apart and they were eaten by a black
bear?
Bill Schmid
Walnut Mountain
Ellijay, GA
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Subject: early migrants in Forsyth County
From: Grant McCreary <jedigrant(AT)excite.com>
Date: 18 Apr 2008 7:51pm
Thought I'd get in on the FOTS posts. Today we had our FOTS Indigo Buntings (a
1st year male and 2 stunning full adult males) and male Rose-breasted Grosbeak
on our feeders. A female Purple Finch is also still around.
At the neighborhood preserve this week we've had:
Barred Owl (our 2 resident birds)
Yellow-throated Vireo
Wood Thrush (one is definitely on territory, and I've heard up to 3)
Orange-crowned Warbler (twice this week, and singing his heart out today)
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
American Redstart
Hooded Warbler
Kentucky Warbler (not sure if this one is going to stick around, but I've heard
one the last two days)
Blue Grosbeak
Not too many warblers yet. But it should pick up soon.
Grant McCreary
Cumming (Forsyth county), GA
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Subject: Little Mulberry Park, Northern Waterthrush, etc
From: Brandon Best <sandfalcon(AT)GMAIL.COM>
Date: 18 Apr 2008 10:00pm
Greetings all,
I spent 5 hours this morning (18 April) at Little Mulberry Park (Gwinnett
Co) on what turned out to be a simply beautiful day on the Piedmont. I
managed to find 67 species, my best effort yet in this park, including 12
species of warblers. Best find of the day was a FOS NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at
the edge of Miller Lake. I added 10 additional species to my park list,
bringing the total to 110. As a side note, I've only been birding this park
since last October, so the list is growing in leaps and bounds right now,
this will change after this baseline year.
I had a fellow stop me today and describe a bird he saw at this park- tiny
and the most beautiful turquoise blue you ever saw. My first thought was
Cerulean Warbler, which I would love to confirm for the park's list. Could
there be any other candidates? Could a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ever be
described as turquoise? I tend to think not, but want to solicit feedback
on this.
Notable birds included:
Blue-winged Teal 4
Northern Shoveler 19
Green Heron 2
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 1 new for the park
Broad-winged Hawk 1 new for the park
Spotted Sandpiper 1 new for the park, 3rd species of shorebird for the park
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 new for the park
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 new for the park
Hermit Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 4 park FOS
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 30+
Pine Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 6
Ovenbird 6
Northern Waterthrush 1 new for the park
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Kentucky Warbler 2 FOS, new for the park
Common Yellowthroat 3
Hooded Warbler 1
Summer Tanager 2 FOS, new for the park
Scarlet Tanager 1 new for the park
Orchard Oriole 3 FOS, new for the park
For info on Little Mulberry Park, go here:
http://www.wingsoverga.com/GwinnettCoBirdingSites.html
Brandon Best
Lawrenceville, GA
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Subject: Pig Trails 4/18/08
From: Trey McCuen <barredowl(AT)COX.NET>
Date: 18 Apr 2008 10:05pm
I went to the Pig Trails this evening hoping to add some more birds to my
list. It worked out pretty good. I got about 30 species. Here is the full
list.
Fish crow
Carolina wren
Yellow rumped warbler
Eastern towhee
Pine warbler
Eastern bluebird
Northern cardinal
American robin
Chipping sparrow
Great crested flycatcher
American crow
Chimney swift
Blue jay
Carolina chickadee
Palm warbler- new for my list
Swainson's warbler
Gray catbird- new for my list
Red bellied woodpecker
Northern flicker
Red shouldered hawk
White throated sparrow
Northern rough winged swallow- new for my list
Louisiana waterthrush- new for my list
Tufted titmouse
Downy woodpecker
Blue gray gnatcatcher
Barred owl- new for my list
Mourning dove
Belted kingfisher- new for my list
Canada goose
Northern mockingbird
...... At our house we have Carolina wrens nesting in the basket of
flowers on the fron door. I wasn't thinking, so I opened the front door
and a wren flew in the house. I didn't realize it until about 20 minutes
later. I got the little bugger in my hands a couple of times but he kept
escaping. We finally got him out by shooing him out the door.
Trey Mccuen
Macon, GA
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