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Subject: Dug Gap - 18-20 warblers, etc
From: adam smith <asmith(AT)PERPETUALMACHINE.COM>
Date: 7 May 2008 12:02am
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008, am, Base of Rocky Face ridge near Dug Gap:
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Today was a bit of a nice surprise with good variety, good views and =
lots of singing. =20
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Highlights: =20
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Yellow-rumped warbler - several
Black-throated Green warbler - several=20
Black and white warbler - many scattered about
Worm-eating warbler 1-2 (heard only)
Blackburnian Warbler 3-5 (heard only)
Black-throated blue warbler 3-5 [I saw zero here all of last spring]
Cape may Warbler 6-8
Magnolia Warbler 4-5 [always a striking spring bird]
Black poll Warbler 10-15=20
Yellow-breasted Chat 10-12 (lots of displaying)
Blue-winged Warbler -1 (good views)
Hooded Warbler -1=20
Pine Warbler - few scattered (heard only)
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1-2 (heard only)
AMERICAN REDSTART -1m [FOS]
CANADA WARBLER - 1-2 [FOS]
NORTHERN PARULA 4-5 [FOS] (first sighting of these at DG for me - nice =
surprise)
KENTUCKY WARBLER 1 [FOS] finally! (nemesis bird for me - observed this =
one well at close range)
also probable:
Cerulean Warbler 1-2 (heard only)
Bay-breasted Warbler - few (heard only)
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(4 unusual misses were Ovenbird, prairie, palm-getting late?, common =
yellow-throat)
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BLUE GROSBEAK - 1 [FOS]
Blue-gray gnatcatcher - several
Great Crested Flycatcher few (heard only)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1-2 (heard only)
Indigo bunting several
Pileated Woodpecker few
Great Blue Heron 1 flyover=20
Red eyed vireo many everywhere
Blue headed vireo 1-2 (heard only)
Summer Tanager - many
Scarlet Tanager - many
Wood thrush - several
Swainson's Thrush - several (some singing)
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Ruby-crowned Kinglets and White-throated sparrows did not appear.
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Adam Smith
Dalton (Whitfield County) NW Georgia=20
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Subject: Late Report from ORAS Saturday bird walk at Sandy
Creek Nature Center - Athens-Clark County
From: Ed Maioriello <edm(AT)MAIORIELLO.COM>
Date: 7 May 2008 7:07am
All,
Apologies for not getting this out sooner. <Insert standard excuses here.>
We had a nice morning out at the Sandy Creek Nature Center last Saturday. 13
souls braved the threat of yet another rainy Saturday to come out for the
Cooks Trail Cleanup walk. Happily, the rain held off for most of the morning
and we didn't get showers until around noon. Sadly, those few showers were
about all we got!
The theme for Saturday's walk apparently was Prothonotary Warblers - we had
11 of them some from closer than 10 feet while singing. Most were in pairs.
Other highlights included good looks at Black-throated Blue Warblers as well
as singing Yellow-breasted Chats and a Swainson's Warbler.
We counted 61 species, and here's our highlights from the day.
Great Egret 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Acadian Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 5
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 5
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 9
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 20
Veery 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 3
Gray Catbird 3
Cedar Waxwing 2
Northern Parula 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 3
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 6
Prothonotary Warbler 11
Swainson's Warbler 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Kentucky Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 4
Hooded Warbler 3
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Summer Tanager 2
Scarlet Tanager 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Indigo Bunting 16
Red-winged Blackbird 9
Brown-headed Cowbird 9
American Goldfinch 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird
v2(http://ebird.org<http://www.quicktopic.com/cgi-bin/link.cgi?link=http%3A%2F%2Febird.org&x=242031651.2>
)
Ed Maioriello
Athens, GA
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Subject: The Rascals Big Day
From: Leslie Curran <tlcurran(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 7 May 2008 7:55am
Saturday dawned early for us, Karen Osborne, Jackie Heyda and myself, in north
GA with the treat of rain in the air. We were keeping our fingers crossed that
it would hold off and not interfere too much with the birds. Well, it did have
and impact. We only got 18 warblers. They just weren't singing much, but we had
so many other fabulous birds to look at.
We were all very amazed by the number of Bobolinks we saw in several different
locations. Altamaha was truly incredible. The number of Glossy Ibis, egrets and
herons was wonderful. So many waders were nesting at Harris Neck, wow! The
Purple Gallinule's gorgeous blues sparkling in the sunlight was stunning.
We were a little disappointed with the tides, but what are you going to do.
These are the times I wish I lived on the coast to try to understand them
better. We were surprised at how high they were. None of us had ever seen them
this high.
We had a great time and only saw the Wily Willets the whole day! We hope
everyone else had a good a time as we did. We finallly went to dinner at 8:30PM
to finish the day with our totals being 154.
Leslie Curran
Sandy Springs
Fulton county
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Subject: Painted Bunting in Henry County, GA
From: Pierre Howard <h_pierre(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 7 May 2008 12:51pm
To GABO:
An experienced observer reports that a male Painted Bunting
is visiting his feeder near McDonough in Henry County, GA.
The bird was seen on the evening of May 6, 2008 at the observer's
home near Big Cotton Indian Creek. He is on the lookout for a female
Painted Bunting, and future sightings will be reported to GABO.
I am unaware of other Henry County sightings for the species.
Pierre Howard
Atlanta, Fulton County, GA
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Subject: RFI-How to report a sighting of a banded Laysan
Albatross
From: Darlene Moore <djmoore67(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 7 May 2008 3:02pm
GABOers,
Sorry if this is an inappropriate topic, but if someone could email me off
list that would be wonderful. On closer inspection of my photos I took
yesterday off of Ka'ena Point Natural Area Reserve in O'Ahu, 2 of the
adults are banded.
link to the images:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/djmoore1657/
Thanks
Darlene Moore
On her way back to
Decatur, GA
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Subject: 23 warblers in 2 days at Dug Gap
From: adam smith <asmith(AT)PERPETUALMACHINE.COM>
Date: 7 May 2008 3:11pm
Wednesday, May 7, 2008, am, Base and Top (Pinhoti Trail) of Rocky Face =
ridge near Dug Gap:
I hate to clog the listserv with redundant posts, but today was another =
good day here. A brief period of light showers passed through just =
after daybreak. A really dense flock (mini fallout?) at the top started =
the morning off well. Therein were Tennesees, Palms, and FOS =
Bay-breasted (none of which showed up yesterday) as well as Black Polls, =
Yellowrumps, Magnolias,etc. Also, some reliable birds missed yesterday =
were found today such as Prairie, Oven, and Common YT. The high numbers =
of tanagers, flycatchers, grosbeaks, vireos, buntings, etc interspersed =
with the warblers early on during the light showers was quite a show - =
the kind of action we hope for this time of year! (I don't expect it to =
last too much longer.)
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Highlights for this morning:
Yellow-rumped warbler - several
Black-throated Green warbler - several
Black and white warbler - many scattered about
Worm-eating warbler 1-2 (heard only)
Blackburnian Warbler 1-2=20
Magnolia Warbler 3-4 [these birds almost pose sometimes]
Black poll Warbler - MANY scattered
Yellow-breasted Chat 4-5
Pine Warbler - few scattered=20
American Redstart - FEW
Canada Warbler 1-2=20
Tennessee Warbler - several (some calling)
Palm Warbler - 2-3 (early in morning)
Prairie Warbler 1-2 (heard only - calling continiously)
Ovenbird 2-3 (heard only)
Common Yellowthroat 1-2 (heard only)
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER [FOS] - 4-5+ in at least two different flocks
Possible: Orange-Crowned Warbler -1 (heard only)
(17-18 species today)
(23-25 in the last two days)
(29 warbler species sofar at DugGap this Spring)
Blue-gray gnatcatcher - few
Great Crested Flycatcher - several
Rose-breasted Grosbeak -several
Indigo bunting MANY
Red eyed vireo - MANY everywhere -CALLING LOUDLY
Blue headed vireo - few
Summer Tanager - many
Scarlet Tanager - many
Wood thrush - several
Swainson's Thrush=20
Other various
Adam Smith
Dalton (Whitfield County) NW Georgia
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Subject: Unusual Red Tailed Hawk behavior
From: William Laws <w_laws(AT)MSN.COM>
Date: 7 May 2008 2:54pm
I've had a large adult Red Tailed Hawk (?female) in a tree in my front yard=
the last couple of days that is totally unafraid of humans. I can get to w=
ithin five feet of the bird and it is unfazed. It does not seem sick in any=
way. We've watched it fly to other trees without difficulty and even obser=
ved it devour a marsh rabbit. Interestingly a similar bird was seen at the=
same time last year (?same bird) demonstrating the same behavior. It hung =
around for a week or so before disappearing. Any ideas why this bird would =
be acting in such a strange fashion? It isn't making any sound and no other=
Red Tails are in the vicinity. Doesn't appear to me nesting. Appreciate an=
y input.
Bill Laws
Glynn County=
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Subject: Loggerhead Shrikes in Macon
From: Anne Davis <anaclef(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 7 May 2008 4:12pm
A few minutes ago (at 3:35 p.m.), I spotted three (!!) Loggerhead Shrikes at
the CVS at the corner of Northside Drive and Forest Hill here in Macon. I
quickly turned around and pulled into the parking lot to check them out.
They were in the grass and on the yellow fire hydrant right by the street.
One was a juvenile--I saw one of the other ones poking food in its mouth. I
watched for several minutes as they hopped around no more than 10 feet in
front of the car. What a surprise and cool sighting!
Anne Davis
Bibb County
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Subject: Connecticut Warbler 3rd day in a row! -- Catoosa
Co.
From: David Hollie <featherbrain1223(AT)GMAIL.COM>
Date: 7 May 2008 5:02pm
This morning Zack Barrow and his mom Beth Barrow came over to try for the
Connecticut. I was doubtful because of the weather, it was very cloudy
suggesting rain, and it did end up raining on us for about 15 minutes. We
went into the thick forest for some protection from the rain, and had a
Kentucky Warbler in there. After it stopped raining we went to the area
where we've had the Connecticut the past 2 days. It took about 10 minutes,
but we finally heard the bird. Zack actually got a quick glimpse of the
bird, but I just saw the movement. Life bird for Zack!
A few other highlights:
Northern Waterthrush - 1 - singing
Cape May Warbler - 1 singing
Magnolia Warbler - 1 male singing (FOS)
American Redstart - 1 male singing and a female
Good Birding!
David Hollie
Ringgold, GA
Catoosa Co.
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Subject: Dickcissels - Monroe
From: Charlie <cmmbirds(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 7 May 2008 5:51pm
Hi folks,
Today 4 year-old Allan and I went after Loggerhead Shrikes (LOSH) in
Monroe and Lamar Counties. Our normal route usually includes
Forsyth-Yatesville Road, where some good sightings have occurred
lately.
With all the Mississippi Kites I've seen, and the big numbers
reported there, I was very excited. But weather changes, and birds
move and... well, we saw ONE Mississippi Kite. Sigh.
However, we did locate FIVE Dickcissels! There were 3 separate birds
singing in the location mentioned earlier. There was also a PAIR on
Lee Williamson Road, which is also a dirt road, only a couple miles
away.
Allan had fun learning the calls and appearance of the many Blue
Grosbeaks, Indigo Buntings, Yellow-breasted Chats, etc. He got good
looks at both oriole species.
We ended up banding 2 of the 9 LOSH we found. Interestingly, we
found none in one of the most productive areas - that of Lee
Williamson, Parks Road and the eastern end of Brent Roads.
Cheers,
Charlie Muise
Lamar County
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Subject: Stilt Sandpiper, Forsyth Co.
From: "James F. Flynn Jr." <jim.flynn(AT)MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 7 May 2008 10:58pm
Hi, folks, I stopped by American Proteins in northern Forsyth Co. this
evening and observed a single Stilt Sandpiper along the edge of the largest
settling pond. Also there: 8 Least Sandpipers, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 3
Spotted Sandpipers.
Take care,
Jim Flynn
Forsyth Co., GA
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Subject: Reed Creek Park 5/04/08 (Columbia County)
From: Eugene Zielinski <zielinskiee(AT)GMAIL.COM>
Date: 7 May 2008 11:27pm
A belated report...
I paid a short late morning visit to Reed Creek Park in Martinez, just
outside of Augusta, on Sunday (May 4). Birds were not numerous, but variety
was pretty good, especially for warblers -- American Redstart (2, male &
female), Northern Waterthrush (2, possibly 3, singing), Yellow Warbler
(male, singing a very odd song), Blackpoll Warbler, Prairie Warbler
(singing), Black-and-White Warbler (heard only), as well as Northern Parula
(nests here) and Common Yellowthroat (year-round resident).
Gene
Eugene Zielinski
Augusta (Richmond Co)
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