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Subject: White-crowned Sparrows
From: Connie Head <Tfshead(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 1 May 2008 7:50am
While working in the parks inventorying trees in Cartersville this week I
have seen:
Horned Larks
White-crowned Sparrows
Vesper Sparrows
Chipping Sparrows
Red-headed Woodpecker
Pine Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Palm Warblers
American Robins
Indigo Buntings
Great-crested Flycatchers
Eastern Kingbirds
Canada Geese
Green Herons
Brown Thrashers
Bluebirds
Northern Rough-winged Swallows
Summer Tanagers
The parks here are extensive with great walking trails and there are A LOT
of birds. I've been in Dellinger Park and Sam Smith Park. The parks are
adjacent to Etowah Indian Mounds and the Etowah River.
Connie Head
Commerce, Jackson County, GA
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Subject: Unusual Yard Birds
From: Adrienne Myles <adriennemyles(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 1 May 2008 10:50am
I have had several unusual yard birds the past few days. My yard
is wooded so I was surprised to see a Northern Oriole last night. I
just got a few of his underside and side but what a gorgeous shade of
orange. The sun was hitting him just right and the color was
electric!! I also had a Chat the other night and a Red-eyed Vireo was
dive bombing him? Other birds of note are Kentucky Warbler (I usually
have one nesting every year) and I am also hearing a Scarlet Tanager.
My bird selection has plummeted this year, I am thinking because of
the nesting Coopers hawks.
Adrienne Myles
Half Moon Studio Inc.
895 Onagh Ct.
Milton, Ga., 30004
770-265-1120
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Subject: Re: Don Cohrs passing
From: Steve Holzman <steve_holzman(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 1 May 2008 12:56pm
To follow-up on Sheila's post:
In his later years, Don was very active with the McIntosh County Branch of
Habitat for Humanity. Before his death he asked that any memorial contributions
be directed to this group.
The local address is:
McIntosh County Habitat for Humanity
PO Box 2058
Darien, GA 31305
Doris sent me a direct quote from something he wrote to his children about 3
years ago:
"I really don't want a funeral service performed anywhere but if some sort of
memorial service would make you, the family, feel better, I guess it's okay.
Rather than a memorial service, I would really prefer that you take a long walk
in the woods, keeping your eyes and ears open. The wonders of nature are
awesome."
Awesome indeed Don. Thank you Don & Doris, for sharing those wonders with
birders, non-birders and the many schoolchildren that visited the banding
station over the years.
Steve Holzman
North High Shoals, GA
Oconee County,
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Subject: Don Cohrs
From: Malcolm Hodges <mhodges(AT)TNC.ORG>
Date: 1 May 2008 2:56pm
Dear Birders,
Just a few more words on Don Cohrs. He was a remarkable man who I
admired greatly. His generosity and patience were noteworthy,
especially when educating others on the simple wonder and joy of birds.
He and Doris created and staffed the Jekyll Island Banding Station for
many years, and despite the hard work that they and their many
volunteers did, Don was always ready to stop and explain things to a
friendly visitor. His love of birds was infectious, and I know there
are ornithologists in the world today, and many bird enthusiasts, that
owe their avocation to Don and Doris. Don's courage, good humor and
soft-spoken wisdom were always an inspiration to me, and I will miss
him.
Don wanted no fuss made over his passing, but if you want to make a
memorial contribution in Don's name, Doris asked for donations to go to
the following:
McIntosh County Habitat for Humanity
PO Box 2058
Darien, GA 31305
Yours,
Mal Hodges
Riverdale, GA
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Subject: Elusive Grosbeaks
From: Richard Bondi <rjbondi(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 1 May 2008 3:13pm
Just a short lesson that birds fly where they will: I spent the
weekend at our cabin in Cherry Log keeping platform feeders filled,
waiting with bated breath (maybe should have been baited breath) to
see rose-breasted grosbeaks and maybe get some photos. Nothing, though
we still are getting lots of pine siskins, and I saw one of the red-
breasted nuthatches that have been around for a while. This week, home
working in Atlanta, I have four male and three female grosbeaks camped
out at my feeders. The camera, of course, is at the cabin. In any
case, the birds are beautiful.
Richard Bondi
posting from Atlanta, GA about a mile from downtown Decatur
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Subject: Birder volunteer opportunities
From: Tim Keyes <Tim_Keyes(AT)DNR.STATE.GA.US>
Date: 1 May 2008 5:04pm
GABO -
Birders’ skills have been critical in a number of bird research and
monitoring projects Nationally for well over a century. The best-known
projects are of course the Christmas Bird Count and the Breeding Bird
Survey.
This year there seems to be more opportunities then ever for birders of
varying skill levels to become involved. If every birder volunteered one
day to one of these efforts a tremendous amount of valuable data could
be amassed on our breeding species.
Painted Bunting Surveys: Georgia is participating in a multi-state
survey of Painted Bunting populations. This is a roadside survey that
needs to be run 3 times (can be run in one day - admittedly a long day).
These are located in the coastal plain, and there are still available
routes.
If you are interested, please contact Chris Depkin at Depkin(AT)aol.com or
myself, or visit http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/point/pabu/
Nightjar Surveys: These are also part of a multi-state effort, and
involve a nighttime roadside survey. They can follow existing Breeding
Bird Survey routes, or you can set them up close to your house. We are
hoping for good statewide coverage.
If you are interested please contact Mike Wilson at mdwils(AT)wm.edu, or
myself, or visit www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm
Cerulean Surveys: Especially if you are planning a trip to Ivy-log gap
anyway to look for Ceruleans, please consider stopping along the road at
pre-marked sites (correlate to forest management specifically for
Cerulean Warblers), and listen for 5 minutes, documenting presence or
absence. Reporting any Ceruleans encountered at other sites would be
great as well.
If you are interested please contact Nathan Klaus at
Nathan_Klaus(AT)dnr.state.ga.us
Laurens County Shrike Re-sighting: We are color-banding shrike this
year around Laurens County, where their numbers are relatively high. We
are hoping to relocate as many of these color banded Shrikes as we can.
If you are interested, you will be given the exact locations of where
they were banded, and try to re-locate them, or other shrikes in the
general area.
If you are interested, please contact Nathan or Charlie Muise at
cmmbirds(AT)yahoo.com
Breeding Bird Survey Routes: For the experienced birders out there,
able to identify Georgia’s breeding birds by sight and sound, there
are still some open breeding bird survey routes. Most are in the
coastal plain. This is a roadside survey that is run once a year, and
generally we encourage people to commit to running them year after year.
If you are interested, please contact Todd Schneider at
Todd_Schneider(AT)dnr.state.ga.us
Or visit http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBS/
Take care,
Tim Keyes
Wildlife Biologist
Nongame Conservation Section
116 Rum Creek Drive
Forsyth, GA 31029
(478) 994-1438
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Subject: E.L. Huie - 5/1/08
From: Nathan Farnau <natwan(AT)HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 1 May 2008 5:09pm
After a good morning at Kennesaw Mtn, I made a quick run out to E.L. Huie to
check for shorebirds.
On the big pond, there were around 70 LEAST SANDPIPERS, with 2 SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS and 1
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER among them.
I also noticed 3 AMERICAN PIPITS strutting around in the background. How long
into the spring is
this species usually found there?
Nathan Farnau
East Atlanta (DeKalb County)
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Subject: State Botanical Garden, Athens; 1May08 (21
warblers)
From: Joel McNeal <j.mcneal(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 1 May 2008 6:14pm
Hi GA birders,
DeeAnne Meliopoulos, Mark McShane, James Neves, and I
birded a little while this morning at the State
Botanical Garden in Athens. The chilly morning
started off well, with good looks at Summer Tanager,
Magnolia Warbler, Parula, and American Redstart before
we ever left the lower parking lot, and the songs of
Indigo Buntings, a Chat, Hooded, Kentucky, and Yellow
Throated Warblers luring us towards the powerline. We
were able to get great looks at the Yellow-throated
Warbler and Yellow Breasted Chat up in the canopy
there (with Mark offering his warbler-scoping
technique for us to get even better looks).
Immediately after Mark left (sorry Mark), we had a
fantastic looks at a singing Scarlet Tanager,
Baltimore Oriole, Cape May Warbler, and Louisiana
Waterthrush in close succession at the privet
eradication area. Down the white trail further we had
2 Northern Waterthrushes (including one pretty
persistent singer) and a downy Barred Owlet with a
parent (we had a second adult owl from a neighboring
territory further on). After DeeAnne and I had to
leave, James picked up a first-of-the-season Veery, as
well as a singing Ovenbird and 2 Cerulean Warblers on
the Orange Trail to bring the morning's warbler
species count to 21. Some highlights from our ebird
list were:
Barred Owl 1
Veery 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Northern Parula 9
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Magnolia Warbler 1
Cape May Warbler 8
Black-throated Blue Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 6
Blackpoll Warbler 6
Cerulean Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 4
American Redstart 9
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 2
Louisiana Waterthrush 3
Kentucky Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 3
Hooded Warbler 9
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Summer Tanager 6
Scarlet Tanager 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 12
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
Good birding,
Joel McNeal
Winterville (Athens-Clark Co.), GA
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Subject: 4/30/08- 5/1/08 Warblers depart
From: Carol Lambert & Jeff Sewell <lambertsewell(AT)MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 1 May 2008 7:00pm
Last night saw the departure of the small warbler flock that arrived =
Sunday, 4/27/08. As of yesterday, I estimate at least 3-4 Cape Mays, 2-3 =
Blackpolls and about the same number of Blackburnians, and, of course, =
Yellow-rumps, could be heard singing in the thick canopy around our =
house. Today, I heard only one Cape May. There were 1-2 more in the =
subdivision, but everything else had gone. The Cape Mays and Blackpolls =
arrived a little late this year, were in smaller numbers than in past =
years and didn't stay as long as they usually do. Maybe we'll have =
another wave come through.
Jeff and Carol
Jeff Sewell
Georgia Rare Bird Alert
Georgia Ornithological Society
770-493-8862
Tucker, DeKalb Co., GA
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Subject: Cochran Shoals Report 5/1/08
From: Ken Blankenship <kenhblankenship(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 1 May 2008 9:04pm
17:00-19:40
Sunny; 77F
Observers: KB, RC
A highly-anticipated arrival today were two SEDGE WRENS in the sparrow
field; they use this field extensively in fall and it was great to see
them in spring as well. The KING RAIL was still present, TIK-TIK-TIK-ing
away but a bit deeper in the swamp/marsh this time. Rachel spotted a GREEN
HERON ruffled up in a tree in the same area acting spooky. The male
ORCHARD ORIOLE was again singing away, and a surprise SOLITARY SANDPIPER
flushed from a wet area in the sparrow field. Among a good-sized group of
INDIGO BUNTINGS on the west trail headed back to the car, I found a pair
of BLUE GROSBEAKS (male and female). I saw a BELTED KINGFISHER out on the
river who had caught a fish that must have been 8" long! He didn't know
exactly what to do with it, but he wasn't letting go :)
WODU Wood Duck 1
PBGR Pied-billed Grebe 1
DCCO Double-crested Cormorant 1
GBHE Great Blue Heron 21
GRHE Green Heron 1
TUVU Turkey Vulture 1
OSPR Osprey 1
COHA Cooper's Hawk 1
RSHA Red-shouldered Hawk 3
RTHA Red-tailed Hawk 2
KIRA King Rail 1
SOSA (fots) Solitary Sandpiper 1
SPSA Spotted Sandpiper 3
CHSW Chimney Swift 3
BEKI Belted Kingfisher 1
RHWO Red-headed Woodpecker 1
HAWO Hairy Woodpecker 1
EAPH Eastern Phoebe 1
GCFL Great Crested Flycatcher 2
EAKI Eastern Kingbird 1
WEVI White-eyed Vireo 2
REVI Red-eyed Vireo 2
FICR Fish Crow 1
NRWS Northern Rough-winged Swallow 22
BARS Barn Swallow 5
HOWR House Wren 1
SEWR (fots) Sedge Wren 2
BGGN Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9
EABL Eastern Bluebird 1
CEDW Cedar Waxwing 25
YRWA Yellow-rumped Warbler 11
PIWA Pine Warbler 1
PAWA Palm Warbler 2
COYE Common Yellowthroat 3
SWSP Swamp Sparrow 5
WTSP White-throated Sparrow 6
BLGR Blue Grosbeak 2
INBU Indigo Bunting 6
RWBL Red-winged Blackbird 12
OROR Orchard Oriole 1
HOFI House Finch 1
AMGO American Goldfinch 13
Ken Blankenship
Marietta, GA (Cobb County)
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Subject: GA Brown Creeper nest
From: Frank Renfrow <frankrenfrow(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 1 May 2008 8:47pm
Upon returning to an area on the Georgia side of Burrell's Ford where I had
heard a Brown Creeper singing?during the breeding season last year, I was able
to locate an active Brown Creeper nest today, with the pair carrying nesting
materials under a bark slab where considerable nesting material was already in
evidence. I was able to obtain a number of documenting photographs of the
creepers entering and leaving the nest. Also present was one Red-breasted
Nuthatch calling nearby. Several Pine Siskins were also heard near the Burrell's
Ford Campground parking lot on the SC side and a Brown Creeper and a
Red-breasted Nuthatch heard about .2 mile farther up n the SC side. A raven was
also seen flying over while I was watching the GA Brown Creeper nest.
Frank Renfrow
Fort Thomas, KY
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