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Subject: Beginning Birders
From: V & V Williams <72064.1017(AT)COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 7:43am
Hi,
One of my nephews (Reese, who just turned 7 a week ago) has been very
interested in counting birds since my sister participated in the Great
Backyard Bird Count in February. So for his birthday this year I gave him
Peterson's Field Guide to Feeder Birds of Eastern North America. It is an
extra large (10.7 x 6.6) size book so the drawings of the birds are super
big which makes it really easy to see the field marks.
True, it only has common feeder birds in it but he had a ball with it
yesterday when he went to my parents house after school. They "birded" out
the window looking at all the birds that came to the feeders in the
backyard. In an hour he had 13 birds on his list. My dad says they
wouldn't let him mark a bird off until he could tell them the field marks
of the bird they were looking at.
If you have small children/grandchildren/nieces & nephews around I
highly recommend you have that book "just laying around" for visitors.
Instant gratification as they can quickly find the bird they are looking
for! Which will hopefully hook them and keep them interested for the
future. You never know....
Vicki Williams
Due West (Marietta) Georgia
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Subject: Re: Beginning Birders
From: Jason Baumgardner <jbaum79(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 8:57am
That is fantastic! More parents/immediate family should be like you
and yours. Right on Vicki!
My mom planted the seed in me at a very early age. Some of the first
words I learned to write were the names of the birds in our backyard.
My grandmother still recalls how impressed she was when she saw how I
could name the birds and how I would write them down in a little
journal. Even before that, I would "help" my mom birdwatch. To this
day, she still uses the old Peterson Guide that I used to color in with
crayons! We called it the "bird book." Then, I also have my dad to
thank for taking me out fishing and hunting (dare I mention that) from
the beginning, further cultivating a love and appreciation of the
outdoors.
Jason Baumgardner
Roswell
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From: V & V Williams <72064.1017(AT)COMPUSERVE.COM>
To: GABO-L(AT)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sent: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 7:41 am
Subject: [GABO-L] Beginning Birders
Hi,
One of my nephews (Reese, who just turned 7 a week ago) has been very
interested in counting birds since my sister participated in the Great
Backyard Bird Count in February. So for his birthday this year I gave
him
Peterson's Field Guide to Feeder Birds of Eastern North America. It is
an
extra large (10.7 x 6.6) size book so the drawings of the birds are
super
big which makes it really easy to see the field marks.
True, it only has common feeder birds in it but he had a ball with
it
yesterday when he went to my parents house after school. They "birded"
out
the window looking at all the birds that came to the feeders in the
backyard. In an hour he had 13 birds on his list. My dad says they
wouldn't let him mark a bird off until he could tell them the field
marks
of the bird they were looking at.
If you have small children/grandchildren/nieces & nephews around I
highly recommend you have that book "just laying around" for visitors.
Instant gratification as they can quickly find the bird they are looking
for! Which will hopefully hook them and keep them interested for the
future. You never know....
Vicki Williams
Due West (Marietta) Georgia
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Subject: Release of Injured Barred Owl
From: Adrienne Myles <adriennemyles(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 9:43am
We released the injured barred owl last night in my woods. He made
a recovery and was ready to be released after he was hit by a car off
Hwy 372. He was hit on the side of his head and his eye and ears were
damaged. With the loving care of Monteen McCord at http://
www.hawktalk.org/-She is an incredible lady that rescues all birds of
prey and cares for non-releasable birds too. She is in desperate need
of any small donation to feed her injured birds mice. If anyone is
feeling philanthropic today?
At first I took him to the Cobb Emergency Clinic. I do not recommend
them and would not suggest taking birds there. They are not set up to
care for wild birds at all.
The barred owl was so docile and even when he was feeling better he
let Monteen pet him. HE WAS A CUTIE!-When she released him last night
he flew right to the same spot where we always heard him. It was
awesome!
Thanks also to my 16 year old daughter Danielle for spotting him
along the road.
To see his picture when he had one eye closed in my garage see this link
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Adrienne Myles
North Fulton County
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Subject: Brewster's Warbler - Forsyth County
From: Grant McCreary <jedigrant(AT)excite.com>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 11:47am
There was a Brewster's Warbler (a Blue-winged X Golden-winged Warbler hybrid) at
the Ivey Manor Preserve this morning. It looked like the "Brewster's backcross
adult male" in the big Sibley, except the wingbars were white, and the throat
and breast were yellow. It was singing both the 2 and 3 part Blue-winged song
(it sounded normal to me, but I don't have extensive experience with the song).
It was seen in the area where the second side-trail to the right branches off,
between the side-trail and the main trail.
Until now, there really hasn't been much moving through this location, and even
today I only had this, Magnolia Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Northern Parula,
and Kentucky Warbler. But every trip for the past 3 weeks or so I've heard or
seen Wood Thrush and Kentucky Warbler, and a good many have produced the
resident Barred Owls. So I can't complain too much about that :)
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Subject: Fw: Dr. Geoff Hill to speak in Macon on 5/12/08
From: Steve Holzman <steve_holzman(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 12:59pm
Forwarding this for Bob Sargent:
Ivorybill Hunter and Author to Speak
Ocmulgee Audubon is pleased to announce that Dr. Geoff Hill will be speaking on
his search for the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker in the Florida panhandle. He will be presenting at the monthly
meeting of OAS at 7:30 pm on May 12, 2008,
at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, 4182 Forsyth Rd., in Macon Dr. Hill is
Scharnagel Professor of Biology at Auburn University and author of the recently
published book, Ivorybill Hunters: the Search for Proof in a Flooded
Wilderness.
While on a kayaking trip on the Choctawhatchee River in the Florida panhandle in
2005, Dr. Hill and two of his graduate students found evidence of Ivory-billed
Woodpeckers, which has led to a coordinated search in the same area.
At Auburn, Dr. Hill teaches ornithology, evolution, and graduate special topics
classes. His research at Auburn focuses on the function and evolution of
ornamental traits in birds and on the ecology and conservation of birds in the
southeast.
Ocmulgee Audubon cordially invites you to come out for Dr. Hill’s presentation
and what promises to be a very interesting
evening. For more information, contact Jim Gilreath at 478-923-7151 or by e-mail
at jsgilreath(AT)cox.net
Steve Holzman
North High Shoals, GA
Oconee County,
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Subject: Kennesaw 4/30
From: Giff Beaton <giffbeaton(AT)MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 1:10pm
GABbers- We had a spectacular morning on Kennesaw Mountain this morning,
with 23 species of warblers including 1 Blue-winged, 2 Nashville, 8
Black-throated Blue, 25 Black-throated Green, 23 Blackburnian, 5
Bay-breasted, 20 Blackpoll, 3 Cerulean, and 3 Canadas.
Giff Beaton
Marietta GA, about 5.7 miles from Kennesaw
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Subject: Re: Kennesaw 4/30
From: SPANGLE <SPANGLE(AT)AMERICOMFG.COM>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 1:20pm
And I was getting ready to boast about seeing a Bay Breasted Warbler
here in Acworth at my plant!!! That's "spectacular" to say the least Giff! Those
Canadas and Nasvilles ain't no (double negative) sham either. I'm jealous!
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Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:10 PM
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Subject: [GABO-L] Kennesaw 4/30
GABbers- We had a spectacular morning on Kennesaw Mountain this morning, with 23
species of warblers including 1 Blue-winged, 2 Nashville, 8 Black-throated
Blue, 25 Black-throated Green, 23 Blackburnian, 5 Bay-breasted, 20 Blackpoll, 3
Cerulean, and 3 Canadas.
Giff Beaton
Marietta GA, about 5.7 miles from Kennesaw
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Subject: Swallow-tailed Kite!
From: Ramona Bartos <rmbartos(AT)GMAIL.COM>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 1:36pm
My FOTS Swallow-tailed Kite!
Just went outside to put something in the mailbox at home today about 15
minutes ago (1 pm), and heard a Boat-tailed Grackle calling above. I
looked up, and approaching my house from the south about 75 feet above was
the Grackle harassing / chasing / tailing a Swallow-tailed Kite. I
couldn't believe my eyes. The Kite continued to circle in place, trying
to get the Grackle off of its tail. Finally after about a minute or so
above my house, the Grackle abandoned the chase, and flew west. The Kite
climbed, and went off to the northwest out of sight.
This sighting took place above my home in the Lost Plantation subdivision,
Rincon, Georgia, approximately 1/2 mile south of Fort Howard Road on the
east side of Rincon. I am ringed by wetlands / golf fairways, and the old
Sweigoffer creek swamp is to my south about 1 mile as the crow (or Kite)
flies. Coordinates are approximately lat=32.285935 lon=-81.207526.
Perhaps this Kite was part of the crew reported to be nesting in Ebenezer
Creek's swamps (about 4-5 miles north of me).
Also saw a small flock (20-25) of plain old Ibises heading north along
Highway 21 in Rincon last week.
The Kites are definitely back, and hope to see more this weekend at the
Savannah NWR.
Cheers!
Ramona Bartos
Rincon, GA
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Subject: Chat, sparrows, others
From: Vicki DeLoach <VLDELOACH(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 3:32pm
Our White-throated Sparrows are long-gone but others keep passing through.
There were two under a feeder this morning.
While looking for damselflies a Yellow-breasted Chat entertained me,
sounding for all the world like a drunken Catbird on steroids.
This morning's birds:
House Wren - looks like they're here to stay
Indigo Bunting, male - have yet to see a female
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Wood Thrush
White-throated Sparrows
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Subject: miss. kites
From: mocking bird <mockingbird(AT)GARDENER.COM>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 3:55pm
Greetings! While driving down a country road in Washington Co., I saw a
farmer cutting hay and lo and behold, there was a flock of beautiful
Mississippi Kites flying about in the area. I estimated about 40 or so.
Neat! Lynn Schlup, Oconee, Ga., Wash. Co.
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Subject: Siskins Continue - Fannin County
From: Tom Striker <tastriker(AT)TDS.NET>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 4:06pm
GABO - Despite the arrival of spring, my daily playing of "God Save The
Queen" and the Ontario travel posters I've posted on my deck, about 25 Pine
Siskins linger in Fannin County. I always wait eagerly for their arrival in
the fall, but geez I wish they'd go home!
Tom Striker
Blue Ridge / Cherrylog
Fannin County, GA
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Subject: Apologies for GABO-L faux-pas
From: DeeAnne Meliopoulos <deeanne.mel(AT)GMAIL.COM>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 5:11pm
Sorry for sending out an email meant for one person to the entire list-serv!
Unfortunately, not much birding news to report... well, except for the
arrival of Gray Catbirds in my yard a couple of days ago.
-DeeAnne Meliopoulos
Athens, GA
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Subject: Don Cohrs passing
From: Sheila Willis <swillis(AT)WAYXCABLE.COM>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 5:18pm
Hey folks,
Hope you are fine.
I was saddened yesterday to learn of the passing of Don Cohrs on Sunday,
4/27. He was a wonderful, kind man who had done so many great things over
the years on behalf of birds and the environment in Georgia. In all the
places he lived, he chose to make a difference.
I first met him and his wife Doris close to 30 years ago when our Okefenokee
Bird Club went to the banding station which they had originated on the south
end of Jekyll Island, Glynn Co. called JIBS or Jekyll Island Banding
Station. It was a project that was near & dear to his heart and he was a
faithful guardian of that conservation cause, eager to present the data they
had uncovered. Every fall it was a highlight of our birding year to go there
and watch the fall migration spectacle. Don would patiently and carefully
talk to all who were there about the birds and what can be learned through
the banding process. You could feel how much he loved the birds and how he
took great pleasure in sharing. Every question, even if it was probably the
umpteenth time he had heard it, was answered with care and respect for the
individual who wanted to know more about what they were seeing. The number
of people he touched in this arena will never be known.
He and his wife also helped us for many years on the Okefenokee National
Wildlife Refuge Christmas Bird Count. It was a great having such qualified
birders helping to gather winter data. They added so much to the knowledge
of that area's bird life by conscientiously seeking out the birds and
recording their notes carefully. They knew how to find those birds!! You
couldn't wait to get to the countdown & learn what they had turned up.
Don was also a person that would answer my questions on different species
whenever I called. We had many interesting conversations over the years
about birds and the challenges facing the coast. And it was always enjoyable
to visit in person near Darien too. I wish there could have been much more
of that.
I know that G.O.S., the Coastal Georgia Audubon Society, Friends of Sapelo
Island, the Okefenokee Bird Club, and many more groups have lost a great
friend and supporter. It was a privilege to know someone of his caliber.
I wish his wife Doris all the best for the future. It has been a real
pleasure to have people such as her and Don in our lives.
Take care.
Sincerely,
Sheila Willis
Native American-Naturalist Talks & Tours
Waycross, Ware Co., GA
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Subject: Another ride request- Kennesaw?
From: DeeAnne Meliopoulos <deeanne.mel(AT)GMAIL.COM>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 5:22pm
Hi everyone,
Please excuse me for my excessiveness of posts today- I promise this is the
last one. After seeing that last post about Kennesaw today, I just HAVE to
ask- is anyone from Athens going to Kennesaw tomorrow? Again, I'll help with
gas. And I still don't bite.
Thanks,
DeeAnne Meliopoulos
GOS secretary
Athens, GA
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Subject: Re: Kennesaw 4/30
From: DeeAnne Meliopoulos <deeanne.mel(AT)GMAIL.COM>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 5:08pm
Thanks a lot, I am wrestling with the green-eyed monster now!
Will you be there Sunday?
-DeeAnne
2008/4/30 Giff Beaton <giffbeaton(AT)mindspring.com>:
> GABbers- We had a spectacular morning on Kennesaw Mountain this morning,
> with 23 species of warblers including 1 Blue-winged, 2 Nashville, 8
> Black-throated Blue, 25 Black-throated Green, 23 Blackburnian, 5
> Bay-breasted, 20 Blackpoll, 3 Cerulean, and 3 Canadas.
>
>
>
> Giff Beaton
>
> Marietta GA, about 5.7 miles from Kennesaw
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Subject: RBG
From: Paul Cartwright <paul(AT)pcartwright.com>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 8:02pm
I had a beautiful Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak at my feeder today. I still
haven't seen many Ruby Throated hummers yet, is it me, or am I just
impatient.
Paul Cartwright
Madison County ( Athens)
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Subject: Dead birds
From: Beckey Stonecipher <bcatholic(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 5:08pm
We just returned from vacation and I spent time walking the poperty
checking the feeders and bird baths. I found 4 dead birds - 3 male
Cardinals and 1 Indigo Bunting. None appeared to have been damaged in any
way. I have a young hawk that has been know to feed on birds at the
feeder, and there are some cats in the area - but this does not seem to be
the case. 2 were in open field areas, 1 on the front porch and 1 up
against the wall. Any guess as to what is going on.
At feeder today -
2 Male Rose Breasted Grosbeak
3 Male Indio Bunting
Several Goldfinch
Bluebirds up on the hill feeding their young
Beckey Stonecipher
Henry County
Stockbridge, Ga (Ellenwood side)
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Subject: State Botanical Garden records on ebird
From: Joel McNeal <j.mcneal(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 9:11pm
Dear GA birders,
I've been hitting the State Botanical Garden in
Athens, designated as an Important Bird Area, for a
couple hours many mornings before work over the past 3
weeks. It's great to have someplace excellent to bird
almost on the way to work to limit bird-related extra
fossil fuel consumption. I've also been entering the
sightings I'm confident of into ebird, where a
significant database for the botanical garden already
exists. For 2008, 121 species have been reported from
the botanical garden on ebird (
http://tinyurl.com/5neptg ), with 114 of those having
been reported in April. That's a pretty good month
for one spot in Athens. On top of that, 101 species
have been reported there in the past week alone! 29
warbler species were reported from the botanical
garden for the month of April, with 27 in just the
past week. Unlike Kennesaw, we have yet to pass 20
warblers in a single day (combining a couple folk's
species lists today, we hit 20, and 15+ has been the
norm lately), and we haven't yet had Canada,
Bay-breasted, or Golden-winged this year (there's
actually never been a spring report of Golden-winged
Warbler from the botanical garden according to ebird,
but they're almost expected in fall; Blue-wings show
the exact opposite pattern, oddly enough). You can't
expect Blackburnian and Black-throated Green counts in
the 20's here like at Kennesaw, but the botanical
garden is better for Waterthrushes and a few other
species. Like at Kennesaw, it really helps to know
songs and call notes, as some days you hear much more
than you see.
With ebird, you can also see when each species arrived
at the botanical garden this year
(http://tinyurl.com/5m8jxq ) and compare it to
previous years (e.g. 2007= http://tinyurl.com/5cofxo
). Shouldn't we already have Yellow-billed Cuckoos
there by now? Previous botgarden arrival dates
according to ebird have been April 29th in 2007, April
17th in 2006, May 9th in 2005, and April 24th in 2004.
So they do seem to be running a little late this
year, but arrival in May isn't unprecedented. How
about Swainson's Warblers? The past few years the
arrival dates have been Apr 8 ('07), Apr 21 ('06), Apr
17 ('05), and Apr 24 ('04). You can tell when the
last time a certain bird was reported at the botanical
garden by searching for the all-time 'departure date'
( http://tinyurl.com/6anjtp ). The last Swainson's
Warbler there was reported by Bill and Karla O'Grady
on April 29, 2007. So they didn't stick around to
nest last summer, and they haven't been seen yet this
year well past their normal arrival date. It's not
looking like the reliable spot it used to be for that
uncommon species since I came to town (boo).
Another thing you can search in ebird is the all time
high count for any species. James Neves and I had a
dozen Blackpoll Warblers this morning. Is that the
highest count there ever? ( http://tinyurl.com/3pq62z
) Nope, foiled by those darned O'Gradys, who had 13
Blackpolls on April 29th last year (note; if you want
to get lots of Blackpoll Warblers, the last 2 days of
April at the botanical garden appear to be a good
bet...). Now that practically all the dead snags have
fallen at the beaverpond, is the Red-headed Woodpecker
colony there dwindling? High count this year has been
2, last year's high was 5, 2006 was 10, and 2005 was
10. I think the beavers need to get to work, flood
some more forest, and make some fresh standing dead
snags! I've only lived here and entered data for about
a year, so my data alone wouldn't be much help in
investigating the scenarios above; heck, as far as my
data shows, there's NEVER been a Swainson's Warbler at
the botgarden!
If all the good birders in Georgia entered data in
ebird for their favorite hotspots, you can see what a
valuable tool it could be (it's already pretty cool
for the botgarden with less than 4 years of pretty
decent coverage). If you already keep electronic
records in software such as AviSys or even in just an
excel spreadsheet, you can use ebird's import tool to
upload your data with relative ease
(http://tinyurl.com/48eqsw ). As long as your
sightings are accurate, I'd urge you to think about
helping to increase public knowledge of any place you
bird regularly (or even irregularly) by sharing your
records on ebird. And even if you don't report your
sightings, get out there and bird this week. Downy
baby Barred Owls are venturing from their nests, and
migration is peaking RIGHT NOW!
Good birding,
Joel McNeal
Winterville (Athens-Clarke Co.), GA
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Subject: Wood Ducks & other nests
From: "ajsophie(AT)netzero.net" <ajsophie@NETZERO.NET>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 9:42pm
Hatch Off Day! Today my second of the season Wood Ducks hatched. This ti=
me I had 12 of 14 eggs hatched. I knew it was going to be very cool this=
morning so I decided not to set up my blind and watch from "pond side".=
Instead I watched periodically from the window and mid morning I saw th=
e Mother and ducklings in the water. Just like always she stayed a short=
time and lead the babies to the woods and the creek. I alway wonder wha=
t the survival rate is - small I am sure. Well so far this season I have=
had only 23 hatch. I still have one female setting on 12 eggs. Maybe I'=
ll have another nesting later on.
In addition to the Wood Duck nests I have several other birds nesting on=
my property - Bluebird, Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, Great Crested Flyc=
atcher, Blue Gray Gnatcher; Robin and I am sure many more that I don't =
know about. =
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Ann Stewart
Rome, Ga.
Floyd County
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Subject: Cochran Shoals Report 4/20/08
From: Ken Blankenship <kenhblankenship(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 10:02pm
After a hiatus of 5 days, The Shoals was a mix of surprises and arrivals.
The best bird of the day was a KING RAIL, located along the swamp/marsh
trail (gravel trail just south of the old restroom building). Though it
actually came so close as to move the reeds around, I never got a visual
but he was constantly making his classic, deep, percussive "TIK-TIK-TIK-
TIK" call so loud that many a jogger stopped to ask me what in the world
it was - they said it sounded like someone was pounding nails out there!
He never did belt out the "call" sequence, but there was no doubt of this
bird's ID. The YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON made another visual appearance,
after calling several times; it seems he flies off to roost at some point
around 7:15pm or so.
A singing ORCHARD ORIOLE was another highlight, along with a couple PURPLE
MARTINS on the river, a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH that was seen well along with
two unknown Waterthrush spp. that called but never showed themselves for
100% ID in other areas, and a gorgeous male BLUE-WINGED WARBLER who
happily perched to consume a fat caterpillar in full view! Also, a good
count of SPOTTED SANDPIPER on the river rocks today.
Nesting Updates: RED-SHOULDERED HAWK nest officially has two young birds,
photographed well by Chris Willis yesterday 4/29 and can be viewed here
(www.pbase.com/cwillis/raptors ); I give Johnnie Greene full credit for
finding this nest in the first place. One of the BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
nests was destroyed by a predator recently; one of the GREAT BLUE HERON
nests has fallen down on the river, but interestingly a pair has rekindled
their efforts to build a nest in the lone swamp/marsh pine, which was
abandoned weeks ago.
WODU Wood Duck 6
PBGR Pied-billed Grebe 1
DCCO Double-crested Cormorant 4
GBHE Great Blue Heron 26
YCNH Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1
RSHA Red-shouldered Hawk 4
RTHA Red-tailed Hawk 3
KIRA King Rail (fots) 1
SPSA Spotted Sandpiper 6
CHSW Chimney Swift 6
EAKI Eastern Kingbird 4
WEVI White-eyed Vireo 3
REVI Red-eyed Vireo 3
PUMA Purple Martin 2
NRWS Northern Rough-winged Swallow 28
BARS Barn Swallow 7
HOWR House Wren 1
BGGN Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 11
EABL Eastern Bluebird 2
WOTH Wood Thrush 1
CEDW Cedar Waxwing 56
BWWA Blue-winged Warbler (fots) 1
YRWA Yellow-rumped Warbler 11
PIWA Pine Warbler 2
NOWA Northern Waterthrush 1
COYE Common Yellowthroat 3
SWSP Swamp Sparrow 4
WTSP White-throated Sparrow 9
INBU Indigo Bunting 1
RWBL Red-winged Blackbird 9
OROR Orchard Oriole 1
AMGO American Goldfinch 16
Ken Blankenship
Marietta, GA (Cobb County)
http://www.wingsoverga.com
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Subject: Spring Migration Vacation 24-29 April Follow-Up
From: Mark McShane <eagleeyed(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 30 Apr 2008 10:11pm
Hi All,
Well, phase one of "Spring Migration Vacation" is over, and I found
myself, today back at work, indulging in reminiscing very over-fondly
about walking under the forest canopy at Kennesaw Mountain (KMT), taking
in all of the spring highlights (such as Scarlet Tanager main movement),
listening to round after beautiful round of bird song, getting copious and
multitudinous spotting scope views of 31 warbler species (so far), feeling
the crisp and refreshing wind and breezes while searching the sunlight
dappled emerald golden-green boughs of the forest trees, as well as the
cool dark forest floors, for our great spring birds! How relaxing,
unwinding, and birdy is that?
I finished up yesterday afternoon and evening stopping by Sweetwater Creek
State Park, then looking again for the previously posted Olive-sided
Flycatcher on Enon Road (again a no show), stopping by the E.L. Huie ponds
(Semipalmated Plover, cute Killdeer chicks close by the road, Spotted and
Least Sandpiper), and the Newman Wetlands Center (Solitary Sandpiper,
Northern Waterthrush, and Cape May Warbler), searching the vast clover
fields down on Bucksnort Road in Butts County (groups of Palm Warbler
along the treelines, too late in the day for grassland species but very
beautiful and expansive clover fields), and finally checking for Scissor-
tailed Flycatcher (not yet) at the site in Henry County (another group of
Palm Warbler close by, thought I glimpsed a Nashville Warbler in with
them, but not a good enough look to be sure)!
I suppose phase two will have to be held in reserve for "just in case"
or "as needed"! I can't wait to get back out on KMT this weekend (and the
weekend after) as it is still "Peak Week"!!! If you haven't been yet come
on out!
Good Birding All!
Mark
Mark McShane
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia
eagleeyed AT bellsouth.net
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