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Subject: Yard Birds (Harris Co.)
From: Ted Theus <VTT(AT)PSSTF.COM>
Date: 24 Apr 2008 8:10am
4/23/08 yard birds:
=20
Bald Eagle (flyover)
Osprey (flyover)
Rose-Breasted Grosebeak, 2 male, 1 female (been present several days---
they can't resist safflower seeds on platform feeder) =20
Indigo Buntings (3 males) eating millet based feed on ground
Wood Thrush (been present several weeks)
Catbird
Red-eyed Verio
=20
Ted Theus (Harris & Muscogee Counties)
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Subject: They're here...
From: Chris Showalter <crs7586(AT)FC.DEKALB.K12.GA.US>
Date: 24 Apr 2008 9:02am
As most of you know the migrants have been trickling into the region since
March. However, now is really the peak of the migration season. Waves of
migrants are starting to filter into the Atlanta metro area and bird
watching for the last couple of days has been a lot of fun. Fernank Forest
is especially active right now. In a one hour walk this morning (7:30-
8:30) I observed the following species:
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
C. Chickadee
T. Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
**Gray-cheecked Thrush** (I did not get a real good look, but...)
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Hooded Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Song Sparrow
N. Cardinal
House Finch
A fun morning indeed. The next bird walk at Fernbank will be this Saturday
4/26/08. Trecia Neal will be leading.
Chris Showalter
Fernbank Science Center
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Subject: Cowbird behavior
From: Tim Rose <feralman(AT)MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 24 Apr 2008 12:00pm
Last Sunday I was clearing some honeysuckle off of a large azalea and
I found an abandoned nest with four eggs and no sign of parents (I'm
not sure what species but pending more research the prime suspect is
Eastern Towhee). When I took it down and got a better look there
were two pairs of eggs of different sizes. Then I remembered seeing
a female Brown-Headed Cowbird hanging around that Azalea for the last
couple of days. I very rarely see Cowbirds in my yard (I'd say prior
to this incident it's been years) so I think it's safe to say it was
the same bird each time. I'm guessing the owners of the nest
abandoned it after Ms. Cowbird did her deed.
The odd thing is, over the next three days I saw the female Cowbird
twice and a male Cowbird once, both hanging around in the very shrub
the nest had been in. It was almost as if they were checking up on
their little project. I had always imagined Cowbirds would lay their
eggs, split up and never look back. Has anyone witnessed anything
like this apparent double-checking behavior in Cowbirds? Or any
documented cases of Cowbirds actually caring for their young if the
foster parents leave? They must have had some reason to come back to
the nest site for several days after laying.
Tim Rose
Lilburn, Gwinnett County
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Subject: Important: Change in ORAS field trip this weekend!
From: Ed Maioriello <edm(AT)MAIORIELLO.COM>
Date: 24 Apr 2008 3:34pm
I'm disappointed to announce that due to a March of Dimes Walkathon at
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Saturday morning which will be
closing roads and crowding that area, the Oconee Rivers Audubon Society is
going to have to change the destination of its field trip this Saturday,
April 26th. Nonetheless, anyone who wants to go to Kennesaw Mountain for
the Walkathon would be working toward a good cause.
The good news is the new destination will be the Charlie Elliott Wildlife
Center located near Mansfield, GA. Charlie Elliott is one of Georgia's
Important Bird Areas with over 190 species on the Center's Checklist and
very diverse habitat. More information about Charlie Elliott Wildlife
Center can be found at:
http://www.georgiawildlife.org/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=315
As usual you should dress for the weather, wear practical walking shoes that
can get dirty, and bring your binoculars. In addition, I suggest bringing
insect repellent as I've managed to pick up a few unwelcome passengers
already this spring. Finally, there are limited dining facilities near
Mansfield so you might want to bring water and a snack or lunch.
We will still be meeting at 6:00AM below the Waffle House in the Shops of
South Athens Parking lot. This is the shopping center located where South
Milledge Avenue and the Athens bypass meet. We will arrange to car pool to
take the fewest vehicles possible.
Because of this last minute change I'm asking you to please let anyone know
who might be planning to go, but is not on one of the lists to which we
post.
Please feel free to contact me at fieldtrip(AT)oconeeriversaudubon.org or on my
cell phone, 706-296-5275.
My apologies for the last minute change and for any inconvenience it may
cause.
Ed Maioriello
Athens, GA
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Subject: Bot Garden migrants 4/24
From: DeeAnne Meliopoulos <deeanne.mel(AT)GMAIL.COM>
Date: 24 Apr 2008 4:06pm
Hi everyone,
I went to the State Botanical Gardens around 2:30 pm today with a class
field trip. I wasn't expecting to see much because it was late in the day
and had gotten very hot, but I brought my binoculars anyway, and as we were
walking along the stream on the Orange Trail I saw a Waterthrush. I am 99%
sure that it was a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH because I was watching it for a
while and after I went away I heard part of the song, but the
underparts looked more streaky and yellow than I was used to (plus I just
haven't seen a waterthrush in a while). It also seemed like the habitat for
a Louisiana since it was in a small flowing creek. Does anyone know if there
are Northerns at the Bot Gardens right now?
Then I heard a SUMMER TANAGER calling right above my head and looked up to
see a neon red male preening and sallying around for insects.
I also saw a WHITE-EYED VIREO and heard a NORTHERN PARULA and RED-EYED
VIREOS.
DeeAnne Meliopoulos
Athens, GA
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Subject: Bartow County Bobolinks, etc.
From: Mark Davis <MSDavisMD(AT)aol.com>
Date: 24 Apr 2008 4:44pm
Hello GABO - ers,
April 24, 2008
After a nice morning at Kennesaw Mountain featuring 21 warbler sp.
(combined sightings, multiple observers) and a wonderful botany lesson
from Max Medley, I birded the Stilesboro Rd. (113) - Brandon Farm Rd.
- Taff Rd. Loop in Bartow County to see what grass-loving birds had
come in. Between noon and 1:45 PM, I had 20 to 30 BOBOLINKS on Brandon
Farm Rd., 1 DICKCISSEL and 3 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS on Taff Rd. (all 3
sp. singing on fence posts and flying around the fields). There were
numerous singing EASTERN MEADOWLARKS and FIELD SPARROWS, 1 EASTERN
KINGBIRD, 1 BLUE GROSBEAK, 1 EASTERN BLUEBIRD, 4 BARN SWALLOWS and
several NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS.
I stopped for an awesome bowl of chicken soup at Las Palmas, the
Mexican restaurant off the Wade Green exit of I-75.
As I pulled into my driveway in NW Atlanta, a BROAD WINGED HAWK was
circling and calling overhead.
Life is good.
Good birding,
Mark Davis
Atlanta
Fulton County
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Directions to the Bartow Co. site, modified from Ken Blankenship's
excellent web site wingsoverga.com:
Begin at Exit 283 (Emerson - Allatoona Rd.) on I-75. Go WEST for 0.9
miles coming from points south, 0.7 miles from points north and turn
left onto Old Alabama Rd (just after you go under the overpass of Hwy
41- the first LEFT after going under the overpass is Old Alabama Rd.;
a large brown sign for Indian Mounds points to this road, and there is
a "No Thru Trucks" sign on the street sign). Continue west for 1.8
miles (OBEY THE 4-WAY STOP SIGNS!), where it dead-ends into GA Hwy 61.
Turn RIGHT onto Hwy 61, continue past the airport on your right, and
turn LEFT onto GA Hwy 113 at a gas station down the road where Old
Alabama Rd. dead ends into GA Hwy 113 after 1.2 miles.Turn LEFT (be
careful at this intersection because the road is very steep). Continue
1.8 miles and turn LEFT onto Brandon Farm Rd. at the crest of a hill -
watch for oncoming trucks!!! [DeLorme: p. 19, grid E-8] Bird with
windows down, listening. When you get to Taff Rd. TURN RIGHT to
continue birding. TURN RIGHT on Hwy 113 to complete the loop at
Brandon Farm Rd. TURN LEFT here onto Beasley Road and bird to the end
and back to 113.
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Subject: Fannin County Grasshopper Sparrow
From: Nedra Sekera <njs1500(AT)TDS.NET>
Date: 24 Apr 2008 5:27pm
Today while on a wildflower expedition we saw an
Ammodramus species that turned out to be a=20
Grasshopper Sparrow. It flushed from a pasture on
Cashes Valley Road. It's the first Grasshopper
Sparrow I've seen in Fannin County and the county
species account does not list one for Fannin either.
It was a nice surprise.
We also had the FOTS Scarlet Tanager in our yard
this morning, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak at a feeder
on Cashes Valley Road and FOTS Red-eyed Vireos.
Nedra Sekera
Epworth GA
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Subject: Black-chinned Hummingbird
From: Patty McLean <plm108(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 24 Apr 2008 8:43pm
Ruth Marley called this evening to report that she saw a hummer at Clyde
Shepherd (around 7:30p) that looked very much like a Black-chinned
hummingbird. It had a dark head and its gorget appeared purple in the
evening sunlight. If anyone relocates it, please post. She found it at the
far end of the boardwalk on the left in/near a willow tree at the edge of
the woods/water. (Since I wasn't there, I can only hope my directions are
helpful.)
Patty McLean
Tucker GA
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Subject: Bartow County Loop & KMT PM Birding !!!
From: Mark McShane <eagleeyed(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 24 Apr 2008 9:00pm
Hi All,
After birding Kennesaw Mountain (KMT) this morning Max Medley and I also
decided to try the Bartow County Loop primarily for shorebirds in the
afternoon! Please see Mark Davis' post from today or Ken Blankenship's
Wings Over Georgia for more information on this great area:
http://www.wingsoverga.com/BartowCountyBirdingSites.html#BartowCountyLoop
At the first cattle pond (from GA 113) on Brandon Farm Road:
1 - Killdeer
1 - Lesser Yellowlegs
2 - Solitary Sandpiper (Yes, they were each by themselves at opposite
ends of the pond!)
8 - Least Sandpiper
2 - Grasshopper Sparrow
At the Taff Road cattle pond ("mud hole"):
3 - Lesser Yellowlegs
14 - Least Sandpiper
At the other loop sites we saw only Killdeer.
When I brought Max back to his car at KMT we decided to bird the lower
mountain again to try for Cerulean, Golden-winged, and Nashville warblers,
we started again at 5:15pm and finished at about 6:40pm. We had 10
warbler species, both tanagers, and grosbeaks:
Blue-winged Warbler 1 (maintenance area)
Cape May Warbler 2 (a pair at the maintenance area)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6+
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 2
Hooded Warbler 1
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Summer Tanager 1
Scarlet Tanager 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 10+
We detected these birds by watching for movement as everywhere as
possible, as there was not a lot of singing going on! It was really cool
getting these birds after 5:15pm!
Who knows, if we had birding the whole mountain (again!) in the evening
maybe we would have found the Cerulean, Golden-winged, and Nashville
warblers (and who knows what else) as well!!!
Good Birding All!
Mark
Mark McShane
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia
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Subject: Fw: Whooping Crane Observation Web Site
From: Jeff Catlin <shieffcat(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 24 Apr 2008 9:41pm
Forwarded Message
Jeff Catlin
Marietta, SC
----- Original Message -----
From: Jennifer_Koches(AT)fws.gov
To: carolinabirds(AT)duke.edu
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:02 AM
Subject: Whooping Crane Observation Web Site
The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP) has developed a web site to
receive whooping crane sightings from the general public. It is now ready
for use. This site prompts the observer to enter the most critical
information on a sighting, which will hopefully diminish the need for
follow-up calls to that person for additional information. When an observer
submits the report, it will automatically generate an e-mail to WCEP
partners. Here is that website:
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/whoopingcrane/sightings/sightingform.cfm
Most all of the whooping cranes from the Eastern Migratory flock have made
their way back to Necedah National Wildlife Refuge, as of this writing.
However, we have had past occurrences of wandering Kissimmee Prairie birds
in South Carolina. Five birds from the Kissimmee Prairie population were
documented in the ACE Basin in May of 2005. So, keep your eyes to the skies
and visit the website to report any whooping crane observations. Many
thanks!!
Jennifer M. Koches
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Charleston, South Carolina
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Subject: Eastern wood pewee
From: Trey McCuen <barredowl(AT)COX.NET>
Date: 24 Apr 2008 9:44pm
This morning I had an eastern wood pewee calling in the yard.
Trey Mccuen
Macon, GA
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Subject: 04/24/2008: Henry County: Some species still here
From: James Brooks <jrbamc(AT)JUNO.COM>
Date: 24 Apr 2008 9:55pm
I was surprised to see a tan-striped White-throated Sparrow doing the two-leg
hop and scratch feeding behavior out back this evening, and later a flock
of about 15 Cedar Waxwings was moving synchronously from tree to tree. They
seem to like the newly-flowering Tulip Poplars the most.
Incoming migrants include my now semi-resident Blue Grosbeak, and a male
Ruby-throated Hummingbird that made a very short stop at an empty feeder.
Chastened, I immediately filled it back up again.
James Brooks
east of McDonough, (Henry Cty) GA
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Subject: Floyd Co- Arrowhead Lakes & my property
From: "ajsophie(AT)netzero.net" <ajsophie@NETZERO.NET>
Date: 24 Apr 2008 10:04pm
Stephen and I went to Arrowhead lakes late Wednesday afternoon. Highligh=
ts were the AMERICAN BITTERN previously reported by Dan Roper - a YELLOW=
WARBLER and a BLUE WINGED TEAL, GREEN HERON and many many WOOD DUCKS.
Today at my property i checked the "about to hatch" wood duck box and no=
thing yet - but I did identify the visitor to the pond as a SPOTTED SAND=
PIPER. Late this afternoon we had a lovely song by our WOOD THRUSH and a=
CHUCK WILLS-WIDOW.
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Ann Stewart
Rome, Ga.
Floyd County
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Subject: Little Mulberry Park 21 & 24 April
From: Brandon Best <sandfalcon(AT)GMAIL.COM>
Date: 24 Apr 2008 10:32pm
Greetings all,
I've made it out to Little Mulberry Park (Gwinnett Co) a couple times this
week, on April 21 and again on the 24th. Both mornings were absolutely
gorgeous and I continue to add species to the park list (now up to 121
species). I found 70 species on Monday and 55 species on Thursday. For
whatever reason, Thursday seemed very quiet and sedate. All the same, the
two days combined for 77 species including 16 species of warbler along with
a host of other neotropicals. Highlights are noted below, new species for
the park are in caps, the first number is from the 21st, second number is
from the 24th:
Spotted Sandpiper 2/1
SOLITARY SANDPIPER 2/0 My fourth species of shorebird in a park that has
almost no habitat!
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2/1 Getting late, waiting to see if they make it past
May 1 in this park...
Hermit Thrush 1/0
Cedar Waxwing 10/0 The first I've seen here since Feb 7.
Orange-crowned Warbler 3/0
Northern Parula 1/2
YELLOW WARBLER 1/0
CAPE MAY WARBLER 0/5 stunning males singing away
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20/15 numbers have been dropping quickly the last
couple weeks.
Pine Warbler 2/1
Palm Warbler 30/1
BLACKPOLL WARBLER 2/3
Black-and-white Warbler 2/3
Worm-eating Warbler 1/1
Ovenbird 10/2
Northern Waterthrush 1/0
Louisiana Waterthrush 0/2
Common Yellowthroat 4/1
Hooded Warbler 2/2
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT 0/1
Summer Tanager 2/1
Scarlet Tanager 3/2
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK 3/1
INDIGO BUNTING 2/3
Orchard Oriole 4/0
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Subject: Cochran Shoals Report 4/24/08
From: Ken Blankenship <kenhblankenship(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 24 Apr 2008 10:56pm
17:15-19:30
Mostly cloudy; 76F
Observers: K Blankenship, N Farnau
After a hiatus of 16 days, the YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen flying
over the swamp/marsh today. I think he is always there, but out in the
dense cover foraging where he cannot be seen. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK chick
is now visible most of the time at the nest, momma feeding him today.
SWAMP SPARROW numbers diminishing greatly, WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS
starting to thin out but still plentiful. CEDAR WAXWINGS were a surprise,
gorging on some unseen berries or seeds.
WODU Wood Duck 2
GBHE Great Blue Heron 16
YCNH Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1
OSPR Osprey 2
COHA Cooper's Hawk 1
RSHA Red-shouldered Hawk 2
RTHA Red-tailed Hawk 2
CHSW Chimney Swift 7
RTHU Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
RHWO Red-headed Woodpecker 4
HAWO Hairy Woodpecker 1
GCFL Great Crested Flycatcher 1
WEVI White-eyed Vireo 2
YTVI Yellow-throated Vireo 2
REVI Red-eyed Vireo 4
FICR Fish Crow 1
NRWS Northern Rough-winged Swallow 26
BARS Barn Swallow 1
HOWR House Wren 1
BGGN Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 22
EABL Eastern Bluebird 4
WOTH Wood Thrush 1
CEDW Cedar Waxwing 14
YRWA Yellow-rumped Warbler 21
PIWA Pine Warbler 1
PAWA Palm Warbler 5
COYE Common Yellowthroat 3
SWSP Swamp Sparrow 1
WTSP White-throated Sparrow 19
INBU Indigo Bunting 1
RWBL Red-winged Blackbird 7
HOFI House Finch (fots) 2
AMGO American Goldfinch 25
Ken Blankenship
Marietta, GA (Cobb County)
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