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Subject: Rose-breasted Grosbeaks in Woodstock
From: Sue Aughey <seaughey(AT)HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 12:30am
I had my first Rose-breasted Grosbeak for this year. It was a beautiful
male!
Sue Aughey
Woodstock, GA
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Subject: ORAS Field Trip to Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center -
Newton/Jasper County
From: Ed Maioriello <edm(AT)MAIORIELLO.COM>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 11:15am
The Oconee Rivers Audubon Society had a field trip to Charlie Elliott
Wildlife Center in Newton and Jasper Counties on Saturday. Despite a threat
of rain and thunderstorms the weather was nice with fair skies and low winds
for most of the day. Observers Bill and Karla O'Grady, Vanessa Lane, James
Neves, Jim McMinn and Ed Maioriello birded the center from just after 7AM
until around 1:30 in the afternoon.
Immediately after pulling in to get a map at the Jasper County entrance we
had an American Redstart singing along with the ever-present Blue-gray
Gnatcatchers. Our next stop was the Teal Pond and the fields behind it. As
we were pulling into the Teal Pond we had at least one Grasshopper Sparrow
singing from the field along the drive. Field Sparrows were singing from
all around the pond, and we were delighted to hear a Northern Bobwhite call
out his name. The real prize here was a Yellow-breasted Chat that we heard
singing. We found him on the western end of the first field behind the Teal
Pond. This bird went through his repertoire over and over including
performing his display flight for us a number of times. All observers got
to watch this guy over and over. It was the best look at a chat that I'd
ever had no doubt. On the way out from the Teal Pond we worked the field
with the Grasshopper Sparrows and got good looks at 3 of them, as well as a
number of Savannah Sparrows. While looking at the sparrows we had earlier
had a flock of unidentified yellowish birds fly overhead. We we able to
relocate this flock and realize that it was a flock of female and first
summer male Orchard Orioles. We had one 1 first summer male perch atop a
low tree and sing for us for quite a few minutes.
Down the road from the Teal Pond we listened to a Yellow-throated Vireo
singing from an oak tree and all got a good look at a very cooperative male
Cape May Warbler.
The next highlights occurred down near the dam on Fox Lake. Shortly after
arriving we had a Yellow-billed Cuckoo singing. We were reluctant to
identify an early Cuckoo by song alone with so many chipmonks around, but
this bird was mighty distinctive in its song. Happily, we did see the bird
as it flew from one location to another so we had no doubt as to the id.
The Osprey platform there to the left of the dam had a nesting pair on it.
That's always a delight to see. We also had an adult Orchard Oriole show
off for us here. One humorous note was we had know that Tree Swallows will
nest in bluebird boxes, but we had a pair that was aspiring for more - a
Wood Duck box! Below the dam in the little beaver pond we had both a
Spotted and a Solitary Sandpiper working the shallows.
Bennett Pond was full, and full of fishermen, so we didn't have much luck
with shorebirds there, though we did get a Green Heron and another Spotted
Sandpiper in flight. Just across the dam from Bennett Pond in the parking
area of the Margery Pond facilities we had a pair of Northern Rough-winged
Swallows trying to outdo the Tree Swallows by building their nest in the
exhaust pipe of a Ford pickup truck. Suspecting that this was not going to
be a successful nest, we had our fears by seeing the truck had left about an
hour later.
Walking the Red Trail around the Clubhouse Pond from the Visitor Center we
were treated to Acadian Flycatchers, Eastern Wood-Pewees and Summer Tanagers
singing as well as a great look at male and female Wood Ducks. The
conclusion of our trip was no less visual - while looking at a beautiful
male Scarlet Tanager we located a Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest with the
female on the nest and the male displaying for her. It was a wonderful day
with many great looks at some really nice birds. We had 87 species with
highlights being:
Wood Duck 4
Northern Bobwhite 3
Great Blue Heron 3
Green Heron 3
Osprey 2 nesting pair
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Common Ground-Dove 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 nesting pair
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Acadian Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 10
Eastern Kingbird 12
White-eyed Vireo 20
Yellow-throated Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 11
Tree Swallow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 13
Barn Swallow 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 35
Eastern Bluebird 9
Wood Thrush 3
Gray Catbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 20
Northern Parula 2
Cape May Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 18
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 5
Palm Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 6
American Redstart 2
Kentucky Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 7
Hooded Warbler 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 3
Summer Tanager 8
Scarlet Tanager 3
Eastern Towhee 9
Chipping Sparrow 24
Field Sparrow 4
Savannah Sparrow 7
Grasshopper Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 15
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 23
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Eastern Meadowlark 5
Orchard Oriole 8
Ed Maioriello
Athens, GA
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Subject: Willets at Garden Lakes, Floyd Co.
From: Marion Dobbs <catbird500(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 1:18pm
I had an excited message this morning from Gladys Edmondson, who lives in
the Garden Lakes neighborhood and keeps watch on what's going on out there.
She had observed 12 WILLET feeding at the shoreline and wanted me to know. I
could scarcely make it through my dental appt in my haste to check them out,
but they were resting calmly when I arrived. This would be the first record
for the county except that Gladys tells me she had several of them in 2001,
interestingly on 27 Apr.
Garden Lakes is a wonderful spot for waterfowl, but has less to offer
shorebirds. This is only the third species I've recorded there, the others
being the ubiquitous Killdeer, and the good old Spotted Sandpiper who's
likely to show up anywhere.
There was one lonely American Coot at the Lakes a week or so ago, but it
seems to have departed.
Marion Dobbs
Rome (Floyd Co) GA
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Subject: Migrants at Clyde Shepherd this morning
From: stancha(AT)AOL.COM
Date: 28 Apr 2008 2:19pm
I made a quick one-hour stop at Clyde Shepherd Nature Reserve in DeKalb
County this morning. It must be the Cardinal and Catbird Capital of
GA, as the cardinals never stopped singing the whole hour and I must
have seen 15 catbirds or more. There were some interesting migrants,
including ovenbird, black-throated blue warbler and Swainson's thrush.
Other notables included scarlet tanager, great-crested flycatcher,
house wren, and red-shouldered hawk, and several rose-breasted
grosbeaks, indigo buntings, and white-eyed vireos. It also was notable
to find only one yellow-rumped warbler! A great way to spend an hour,
though my boots ended up being caked with mud...
Stan Chapman
DeKalb Co., GA
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Subject: Chat. National Rec. Area, Johnson Ferry Unit
From: Chris Lambrecht <chrisl(AT)INTELLMKT.COM>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 3:06pm
Saturday morning, did a little birding before the rains moved in. Not much
interesting, but the following were seen or heard:
Red-headed Woodpecker (working the tall dead trees near the small boardwalk)
Two Black-throated Green Warblers chasing each other
One Black & White Warbler singing
Only one or two Yellow-Rumped Warblers, they sure did move on quickly, as
there were dozens just down river Friday.
Dozens of Common Yellowthroats and Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers
One Prothonotary Warbler singing
Rusty Blackbirds back in the swamp (first time I've seen them here)
Two Woodducks flying over
A total absence of sparrows
Other common birds unnoteworthy.
Chris Lambrecht
Sandy Springs, GA
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Subject: Birding at Robins AFB
From: "Sargent, Bob A Civ USAF AFMC 78 CEG/CEVP" <bob.sargent(AT)ROBINS.AF.MIL>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 4:18pm
Hi Birders,
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Twelve and a half of us (i.e., including Charlie and Tracey Muise's
four-year-old) birded the swamps, fields, upland forests, and longleaf
pine forest at Robins Air Force Base on Friday, April 25th. We finished
at mid-day with 80 species, including 15 warbler species. We knew we
were in for an entertaining morning when we blundered into a Yellow
Warbler in the parking lot before we got started. Of course, that's an
absurd thing to say about birders, as we all know that we never stop
birding. =20
=20
Highlights included a lone Cattle Egret standing on an island in the
middle of one of the lakes, a hen Wild Turkey accidentally flushed off
her eggs in a roadside nest, two male Indigo Buntings beating the
stuffing out of each other, a male Prothonotary Warbler darting back and
forth just a few feet over the heads of the birders, two Broad-winged
Hawks locking talons and tumbling through the sky, and a cloudy-eyed
Cottonmouth attempting to be invisible on the edge of a roadside creek.
We also found a Banded Watersnake, and heard the calls of Green
Treefrogs and Northern Cricket Frogs. At one stop we found American
Redstart, Kentucky Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Swainson's Warbler,
Prothonotary Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, and Pine Warbler! I
suspect that for most folks, the highlight of that stop, and possibly
the morning, was the long look at the Swainson's Warbler.
=20
We ended the morning at the parking lot near where we had seen the
Yellow Warbler, puzzling over why we had not found a Red-headed
Woodpecker, and, sure enough, found the woodpecker waiting for us a
stone's throw from our cars.
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Bob Sargent
Robins AFB
Houston County=20
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Subject: Huie shorebirds 4/28/08
From: Carol Lambert <CLambert(AT)CCWA1.COM>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 4:20pm
Some shorebirds have turned up on the south pond at Huie this afternoon. I
was there at lunchtime and had 12 LEAST and 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS.
Lloyd Snyder just came from there and had 25 LESSER YELLOWLEGS; 45 LEAST, 3
SEMI-PALMATED, 2 SPOTTED and 3 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. The skies were dark,
windy and threatening early afternoon which may have forced them down,
although it's cleared up now.
I also had 4 EASTERN KINGBIRDS on the ponds, and at least 100 PURPLE
MARTINS, TREE, BARN & N. ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS skimming all the ponds.
Lloyd also reported 4 BONAPARTE'S GULLS up there on 4/21.
On the wetlands trail this morning, I had E. WOOD-PEWEE, ACADIAN
FLYCATCHER, WOOD THRUSH, GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER, INDIGO BUNTING,
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, RED-EYED, BLUE-HEADED & YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS,
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, OVENBIRD, SUMMER TANAGER.
Carol Lambert
Senior Conservationist
Newman Wetlands Center, Clayton County Water Authority
2755 Freeman Road, Hampton, GA 30228
770-603-5603 office
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Subject: Big Day Highs and Lows
From: "Sargent, Bob A Civ USAF AFMC 78 CEG/CEVP" <bob.sargent(AT)ROBINS.AF.MIL>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 5:29pm
Mal Hodges, Jim Ferrari, Dan Vickers, and I hit the road this past
Saturday for our third annual big day. I guess this sloppy adventure is
going to persist, so maybe it's high time we came up with a proper team
name. Maybe the gray-crested warblers? Near-sighted eagles?
Barrel-bellied penguins? Anyway, our goal didn't involve anything so
lofty as an attempt to knock the April big day record (193) off its
pedestal. It's not the 1970s, and we are not prone to hallucinations
anymore (at least not until 19 or so hours after we began that day);
instead, we set out to best our previous record of 167, which was
established last April.
=20
We tried the mountains to the sea theme in 2005, and after getting
bogged down in Atlanta traffic for an hour we swore we wouldn't endure
that joy again. Instead, we started in the Macon area, worked the local
swamps, pine forests, and fields, and then staggered to the coast to hit
the same hot spots everyone else visits. One of the highlights in
middle GA was our visit to the Dublin Airport (see Charlie Muise's
recent post). At that stop we were awed by the vision of a flock of
Bobolinks rolling over each other along the edge of the airfield, Common
Ground-doves feeding on the roadside next to that same field, a Northern
Harrier and a Mississippi Kite soaring over the airfield, and a
Loggerhead Shrike perched on a wire at the end of the airfield fence.
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As usual, the ride down I-16 in the afternoon was excruciating, made
more so for the guys sleeping in the back seat when I saw an Osprey
soaring over the interstate, prompting Malcolm to slam on the brakes,
jamming comatose Dan and Jim against their seatbelts. Our grumpiness
was not improved by the rain squalls we ran into along I-95 north of
Darien, leading us to wonder if the whole thing was going to go bust,
and we would then have to crawl home with 40-50 fewer species than last
year. Instead, the sky cleared by the time we got to Brunswick, there
was a flock of Whimbrels feeding in the marsh on St. Simons Island, two
Peregrine Falcons were cruising over the marsh on Andrews Island
Causeway, the two Gray Kingbirds were sitting on the power lines in
front of the shopping center across from Jekyll's convention center as
though they were expecting us, and a Roseate Spoonbill was roosting at
the amphitheatre pond. Things were looking pretty good, and then we
arrived at south beach to look for the three uncommon/rare plovers and .
. . where in the H-E double hockey stick were they? Nowhere to be
found. Argh. Foiled. Panic. Fuming. Why didn't I take up tortoise
watching as a hobby instead? =20
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We left Jekyll heading for Altamaha WMA with barely 150 species,
convinced we had blown it. But then we arrived at the WMA and the
Black-bellied Whistling Ducks greeted us, along with two Northern
Shovelers, Black-necked Stilts, Marsh and Sedge Wrens, King Rail and
Sora, Common Moorhen, Least Bittern and yes, an American Bittern. And
the huge, gorgeous flocks of Glossy and White Ibis poured into the
willows, and smiles broke out. All was right in the birding world, and
cold beer was just five minutes away. At the end of the day we counted
167 species on our list. Yup, it's crazy and pathetic in a strange way,
but we tied last year's tally. It was at that point that one really
starts bemoaning not finding the three plovers, or the Northern Flicker,
Great Horned Owl, and Grasshopper Sparrow that evaded us all day. Worse
still was the fact that we ended the day with just 14 warbler species.
Ridiculous, but that's birding. Can't wait to do it again next year.
=20
Bob Sargent
Macon
Bibb County =20
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Subject: More Floyd Co. oddities
From: Marion Dobbs <catbird500(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 5:53pm
At GA Highlands college (formerly Floyd College) this afternoon were an
AMERICAN COOT and a LESSER SCAUP. Overhead was a FORSTER'S TERN; the last
time I saw one of these in the county was 27 Apr 2004 at Garden Lakes.
Marion Dobbs
Rome (Floyd Co) GA
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Subject: link to photos from warner robbins
From: Darlene Moore <djmoore67(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 7:41pm
GABOers,
Thanks to Bob Sargent. It was a great trip to warner robbins. Here are a
few images from the day.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/djmoore1657/
Darlene Moore
Decatur, GA
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Subject: Orchard Oriole at the Blue Hole
From: MARY MEYER <cheshy(AT)PRODIGY.NET>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 8:09pm
Was up to the Shirley Miller Wildflower Trail this weekend and paused at the
Blue Hole off Rt 136. What a lovely surprise awaited me on the way into the
hole....a male orchard oriole singing his little head off. What a lovely
surprise.
Mary Meyer
Cherokee county
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Subject: Bank Swallow - Gordon County - 4/28/08
From: Joshua Spence <spencejoshua(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 9:29pm
I stopped at the Pine Chapel Rd ponds in northern Gordon County this
evening. I also drove out adjacent Moss Rd. The best bird was a Bank
Swallow over the ponds. This is one of the the most reliable places for
them in the mountain region, that I know of anyway. I birded here about 45
minutes. Highlights:
Great Blue Heron - rookery in full swing, but can't be seen well due to
foilage on trees
Mute Swan - one still present, the other has fallen victim to a predator. I
found it's feathers scattered in the field near the pond.
Wood Duck - hen with five ducklings
Blue-winged Teal - 2
Lesser Yellowlegs - 8
Solitary Sandpiper - 2
Spotted Sandpiper - 2, maybe 3
Least Sandpiper - 3
Wilson's Snipe
Loggerhead Shrike
Tree Swallow - several, one occupied bird box on Moss Rd. Probably the same
that nested here last year that Jim Flynn found.
BANK SWALLOW - FOTS
Scarlet Tanager - heard
Grasshopper Sparrow - 2 singing, FOTS
Orchard Oriole - 4
No Dickcissels or Bobolinks.
Take care,
Joshua Spence,
Murray County
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Subject: Interesting Barred Owl behavior
From: Jennifer Nealy <jennifernealy(AT)GMAIL.COM>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 9:41pm
We have a resident barred owl that my husband and I have had the pleasure of
seeing in our yard almost every day for the past few weeks. I've seen a
couple of interesting behaviors that I was fortunate enough to get some
photos of.
On April 17, which was one of our first beautiful spring days, I saw the owl
spread out on the ground. For a moment I feared he was injured, but I
quickly realized he was just enjoying the spring weather and was sunning
himself.
Yesterday when we drove up in the driveway I saw the owl land in a tree.
When I got out of the car to take a closer look I realized there were
actually two owls! They posed side by side for me, and then flew to another
tree where they appeared to be grooming each other. It was fascinating to
watch and I couldn't believe they actually stayed within camera range. This
would also account for all of the owl calling I heard during the previous
night! Now I'm hoping for some owlet sightings as well this spring!
I've attached a link to the pictures of the owl, in case anyone wants to
take a look.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jnealy/sets/72157600775709854/detail/
Jennifer Nealy
Big Canoe GA
Dawson County
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Subject: Youth Birding Competition
From: John Mark Simmons <kwsimmons(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 10:01pm
Me and my team, the Thunderbirders, are getting ready for the 3rd Annual
Youth Birding Competition this weekend. We wanted to let you know that we
are raising money for the Jekyll Island Banding Station this year. You can
give a fixed amount or a per species amount. We identified 123 species last
year and ,of course, hope to beat that this year. If anyone would like to
make a pledge please email me at thunderbirder1(AT)bellsouth.net.
Also, we had our first of the year Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Indigo Bunting
yesterday at our house in Watkinsville.
Thank you for helping us out!
Sincerely,
John Mark Simmons
The Thunderbirders
Watkinsville, GA
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Subject: Youth birding competition advice/ Arrowhead Update
From: Owen Kinney <OKinney(AT)DARLINGTONSCHOOL.ORG>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 10:36pm
GABO-
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I am bringing my YBC teams rapidly through Atlanta early afternoon on
Saturday. I am looking for a good shorebird stop btw Rome and Mansfield
(Charlie Elliott). I am considering EL Huie but thought someone may have
a few other ideas. In addition, a fairly reliable spot for grasshopper
sparrow, dickcissel, bobolink, etc would be nice.=20
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Also, any other roadside goldmines on the way to Charlie Elliott that
you want to suggest would be appreciated.=20
=20
And finally, our group did spot the American Bittern and the Hooded
Merganser family at Arrowhead EEC this past Saturday. A lone Northern
Waterthrush was present as well. No other boreal-type warblers were
seen/heard. Many Blackpoll Warblers were heard the following day in the
Rome area.
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Have a great evening!
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Owen Kinney
Rome, Floyd Co
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