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Subject: Wilson's Phalarope - Bartow County Loop 5/11/08
From: Mark McShane <eagleeyed(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 11 May 2008 11:42am
Hi All,
Bill Wiggins and I birded Brandon Farm Road and Taff Road only this
morning hoping mainly to relocate the Wilson's Phalarope seen yesterday.
We couldn't relocate the phalarope this morning visiting the Brandon Farm
Road pond and the Taff Road ponds several times. We did get a lot of good
birds though, highlights included:
Brandon Farm Road (coming from Hwy 113, fields just after the first house
on the right, just over the top of the first hill on the right):
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel (maybe as many as 3 pair!)
Bobolink (30+)
Eastern Meadowlark
Had seen Orchard Oriole here last time as well.
Brandon Farm Road (at the first pond on the left)
Wood Duck
Mallard
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Loggerhead Shrike
Grasshopper Sparrow
Taff Road pond and area:
American Kestrel
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Blue Grosbeak (male and female)
Good Birding All!
Mark
Mark McShane
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia
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Subject: Brown Creeper and Red-breasted Nuthatch nesting,
Burrell's Ford Road, Rabun County, 5/1/08
From: Carol Lambert & Jeff Sewell <lambertsewell(AT)MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 11 May 2008 11:24am
A caller to the Rare Bird Alert reported seeing Bown Creepers nesting at =
the above location, this being the Georgia side of the Chattooga River =
and, I am assuming, where a pair was reported nesting a few years ago. =
He also saw nesting Red-breasted Nuthatches there.
Jeff
Jeff Sewell
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Georgia Ornithological Society
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Tucker, DeKalb Co., GA
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Subject: Gray Catbird
From: Linda Burgess <rami_46(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 11 May 2008 10:25am
We have had a Gray Catbird frequenting our suet feeder for the last couple
of days.Just put the suet feeder up hoping to attract woodpeckers and others.
Linda Burgess
Powder Springs, Ga
Cobb County
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Subject: Re: Wilson's Phalarope - Bartow County Loop 5/11/08
From: Deb Zaremba <debzarem(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 11 May 2008 3:45pm
Deb and I birded the same area later in the day today with about the same
results as Mark. We met Bill Lotz, Karen and Luke Theodorou and David
Hollie and his mom while we were there too. The only other birds of a note
were a couple of WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS that David, Karen and Luke pointed
out to us when we got there, a bunch of Pectoral and Semi-palamated
Sandpipers and a probably Merlin (fly by so fast caught us by surprise).
We had many singing Grasshopper Sparrows across the road from Brandon Farm
Road as well as a few Eastern Kingbirds. The Dunlin was a great looking
bird in breeding plumage. A quick stop at Legacy Sod farm turned up a group
of six dowitchers (looked to be paler and spotted in the throat, so probable
Short-billed) and a few more Least and Pectporal Sandpipers, Cliff Swallows
and the only Killdeer we saw all day.
As Stacy mentione d yesterday, Last night, we enjoyed seeing five Common
Nighthawks migrating over our yard around 7:30PM headed north and three
female Blackpoll Warblers taking turns in the birdbath. very cool!
Bob and Deb Zaremba
Marietta, GA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark McShane" <eagleeyed(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
To: <GABO-L(AT)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 11:42 AM
Subject: [GABO-L] Wilson's Phalarope - Bartow County Loop 5/11/08
> Hi All,
>
> Bill Wiggins and I birded Brandon Farm Road and Taff Road only this
> morning hoping mainly to relocate the Wilson's Phalarope seen yesterday.
> We couldn't relocate the phalarope this morning visiting the Brandon Farm
> Road pond and the Taff Road ponds several times. We did get a lot of good
> birds though, highlights included:
>
> Brandon Farm Road (coming from Hwy 113, fields just after the first house
> on the right, just over the top of the first hill on the right):
>
> Indigo Bunting
> Dickcissel (maybe as many as 3 pair!)
> Bobolink (30+)
> Eastern Meadowlark
> Had seen Orchard Oriole here last time as well.
>
> Brandon Farm Road (at the first pond on the left)
>
> Wood Duck
> Mallard
> Greater Yellowlegs
> Lesser Yellowlegs
> Solitary Sandpiper
> Spotted Sandpiper
> Least Sandpiper
> Loggerhead Shrike
> Grasshopper Sparrow
>
> Taff Road pond and area:
>
> American Kestrel
> Semipalmated Plover
> Killdeer
> Greater Yellowlegs
> Lesser Yellowlegs
> Spotted Sandpiper
> Semipalmated Sandpiper
> Least Sandpiper
> Pectoral Sandpiper
> Dunlin
> Short-billed Dowitcher
> Blue Grosbeak (male and female)
>
> Good Birding All!
>
> Mark
>
> Mark McShane
> Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia
> eagleeyed AT bellsouth.net
>
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Subject: Marshallville Super Sod Farm, etc.
From: Nathan Farnau <natwan(AT)HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 11 May 2008 7:04pm
The Marshallville Super Sod Farm today had at least one nice flock of shorebirds
including:
Short-billed dowitcher - 12
STILT SANDPIPER - 1
Lesser yellowlegs - 22
Dunlin - 2
Sanderling - 1
All birds were in alternate plumage except the sanderling, whose ghostly-white
winter color stood
out like a sore thumb against the warmer rufous and brown tones of the other
birds.
There were many pools of standing rainwater on the sod: good for birds, hard for
driving.
As an aside, I stopped (or TRIED to stop) at Bond Swamp NWR, but found the road
blocked by
storm debris and damaged powerlines. Upon circumnavigating the disaster zone
(30+ miles), I
made it to the swamp loop trailhead and found the kiosk destroyed by fallen
trees. The entire
forest here is a MESS with uprooted trees. It won't look the same there for
quite a while I imagine.
Think twice before hiking this trail, because it's blocked by significant debris
in more than a dozen
places.
Nathan Farnau
East Atlanta (DeKalb County)
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Subject: American Golden Plover Tybee North Beach
From: Diana Churchill <dichurch(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 11 May 2008 10:13pm
I went around to Tybee North Beach about 5 pm this evening. The first
bird I saw was a large plover standing alone in a tire track on the
upper part of the beach. As I photographed it, I thought it didn't
quite look like a Black-bellied. When it flew a short distance, there
were no dark armpits. Later, I found a breeding plumage Black-bellied
Plover on the beach as well.
This is the first time I have found American Golden Plover on the beach.
To see photos, visit my web site http://web.mac.com/dichurchbirds and
click on Diana's Blog.
Cheers,
Diana
Diana Churchill
Tybee Island, GA
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Subject: Georgia's 2nd Brown Creeper Nest, Rabun County,
5/11/08
From: Ken Blankenship <kenhblankenship(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 11 May 2008 10:21pm
Today I started at dawn surveying a unique area in Rabun County along
Billingsley Creek Rd and Overflow Creek Rd. This is the same area where I
had high hopes of "winter finches" or Northern Saw-whet Owl on New Year's
Day this year but instead enjoyed some snow and high temperatures below
freezing. The weather was wet this morning, but obviously much warmer than
my last visit. I had been planning to survey here for breeding Red-breasted
Nuthatch this spring, and had thoughts of other species of northern
affinity such as Brown Creeper or Golden-crowned Kinglet. Documentation of
Georgia's first Brown Creeper nest on Burrell's Ford Rd on May 1, 2008 by
field ornithologist and accomplished author Frank Renfrow confirmed what
had already been suspected for some time, and galvanized my efforts to
survey for these species in this habitat, which is not unlike that along
Burrell's Ford Rd. Reading some of Frank's work from the South Carolina
side of Burrell's Ford Rd where he has documented first breeding records in
that state of Brown Creeper, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and Golden-crowned
Kinglet gave me more to go on; he also personally gave me some tips on what
I might look for.
Low and behold, at my very first stop this morning at 6:50am, when I got
out of the car I heard a BROWN CREEPER calling and singing several times.
Over the next hour, I heard the bird on two other occasions, and finally on
the fourth encounter I got visual confirmation. However, I could not locate
a nest and the bird always seemed to fade away headed north before
appearing out of nowhere 20 minutes later in the same area near the road.
While I was staking out this bird, I heard some tiny high-pitched chip
notes that I at first dismissed as a Carolina Chickadee. When I finally
detected some movement, I found a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET foraging up in the
canopy. The bird was not giving its typical "trill" call, nor was it
singing. I was only able to observe this bird for about three minutes
before I lost it.
After a full 30 minutes and no sign of the Brown Creeper, I reluctantly
headed off down the road. While birding in this area I found lots of other
cool birds (see highlights below). Finally, at 9:30am, I stopped in an area
that looked good – lots of dead pines with loose bark, a creek audible in
the background. I began walking the road, and soon made out a distinct call
note. It was not as long as a typical Brown Creeper trill call, and was
certainly not their song. But the voice was just… right. Incredibly, within
a few minutes I saw a BROWN CREEPER hitching up a tree trunk! I got on the
bird, saw that it had a moth in its bill, and soon lost it as it flew
towards a huge dead pine. Not long after, the bird re-appeared near this
same tree, this time moth-less, and flew off again. I searched up and down
that tree, and did find some large areas of loose bark. To my utter
amazement, when I heard the bird calling again it came in to the same tree
with a bug in its bill, landed on a patch of loose bark, and quickly ducked
underneath! He popped back out a few seconds later to head off to forage. A
nest! Over the next 45 minutes I observed this bird foraging in the
vicinity within a radius of about 50 yards of the nest. He returned to the
nest nine times total, usually with a moth but sometimes with other bugs.
On the seventh delivery, he came out with a fecal sack and deposited it on
a nearby tree trunk before continuing to forage. I was watching the nest
constantly, and I do not believe there were two active birds; it is my
guess that the female is incubating eggs at this time and the male is
tending to her. Obviously, I was elated at such dumb beginners luck in
finding these cool breeding birds of Georgia!
Recent confirmed or suspected breeding records of Brown Creeper in Georgia:
5/1/08 nesting confirmed at Burrell's Ford Rd (Frank Renfrow)
5/21/06 one bird found at Burrell's Ford Rd (AAS Warbler Workshop)
6/19/04 two birds found at Burrell's Ford Rd (Bill Lotz, Jeff Sewell)
Annotated Checklist of Georgia Birds (Beaton et al., 2003)
"Uncommon transient and winter resident over entire state except rare in
extreme south, 20 Sept (1964) – 12 May (1983). Mountain extreme dates 30
Sept – 14 Apr, Piedmont 20 Sept – 18 Apr, Coastal Plain 14 Oct – 12 May,
and Coast 8 Oct – 16 Apr. A summer record 27 June 1981 at Grassy Ridge
(Rabun County) at 1065 meters suggests the possibility of nesting (Oberle
and Haney 1997). An additional record 31 May 2000 at Blackrock Mountain
(Rabun County) may be either a late migrant or another summer record (O
65:67)."
Here are the highlights from a few spots in the mountains today:
Billingsley Creek Rd = BCR
Overflow Creek Rd = OCR
Dillard Loop = DL
N. Panther Creek Rd / Yonah Dam Rd = PCR/YDR
Wood Duck 1, DL
Black Vulture 3, outside Toccoa
Whip-poor-will 1, OCR
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1, PCR/YDR
Hairy Woodpecker 4, BCR
Eastern Wood Pewee 1, BCR
Acadian Flycatcher 4, BCR; 2, OCR
Eastern Kingbird 1, DL; 4, PCR/YDR
White-eyed Vireo 1, PCR/YDR
Blue-headed Vireo 2, BCR; 1, OCR
Red-eyed Vireo, several locations
Purple Martin 3, DL
Tree Swallow 5, DL
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 35, DL
BANK SWALLOW 6, DL
Barn Swallow 15, DL
BROWN CREEPER 2, including nest, BCR
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2, DL
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET 1, BCR
Wood Thrush 1, BCR; 1, OCR; 2, PCR/YDR
Gray Catbird, tons on DL (the cabbage fields are now strawberries – they
must love it!)
Cedar Waxwing, DL and PCR/YDR
Northern Parula 5, BCR; 1, PCR/YDR
YELLOW WARBLER 1, DL
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1, OCR
Black-throated Green Warbler, BCR and OCR
Yellow-throated Warbler 3, BCR; 2, OCR; 1, PCR/YDR
Pine Warbler 3, BCR
Palm Warbler 1, DL
Blackpoll Warbler 3, DL
Black-and-white Warbler 1, BCR; 1, OCR; 2, PCR/YDR
American Redstart 2, DL
Worm-eating Warbler 4, BCR
SWAINSON'S WARBLER 1, BCR; 1, PCR/YDR
Ovenbird, several locations
Northern Waterthrush 1, DL
Louisiana Waterthrush 4, BCR; 2, OCR; 1, PCR/YDR
Common Yellowthroat 3, PCR/YDR
Hooded Warbler, several locations
Yellow-breasted Chat 5, PCR/YDR
Scarlet Tanager 4, BCR; 1, OCR; 1, PCR/YDR
Dark-eyed Junco 1, BCR
Indigo Bunting, several locations
Red-winged Blackbird, nest-building on DL
Eastern Meadowlark 1, DL
Orchard Oriole 1, PCR/YDR
American Goldfinch, several locations
Ken Blankenship
Marietta, GA (Cobb County)
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Subject: Cedar Waxwings, House Wren nest
From: Vicki DeLoach <VLDELOACH(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 11 May 2008 10:51am
CEDAR WAXWINGS have been whistling in the yard daily for the past week.
This morning at the Publix at Hickory Flat we watched a flock of roughly 200
waxwings descend on some small trees in the parking lot, their yellow banded
tails flashing.
The HOUSE WREN has been singing atop a previously empty bird house. I
checked it earlier this week and it was stuffed full of twigs. Don't know if
he's
found a mate yet.
It's not extraordinary to have WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS in May, but I don't
recall having them this late before. The last two we spotted were on May 4.
DRAGONFLIES: A couple of recent dragonflies were Lancet Clubtail and
Yellow-sided Skimmer. Bluet damselflies are everywhere and dancers are
starting to
appear.
Vicki DeLoach
SE Cherokee Co./yard
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Subject: GA RBA, 05/10/08
From: Steve Holzman <steve_holzman(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 11 May 2008 10:12am
- RBA
* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* May 10,2008
* GAGA0805.10
- Birds Reported
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
Connecticut Warbler
Painted Bunting
King Rail
Mississippi Kite
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Bobolink
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Stilt Sandpiper
Black-billed Cuckoo
Dickcissel
-Transcript
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: May 11, 2008
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: May 10,2008
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Holzman
A WILSON'S PHALAROPE was found in Bartow County on Sat. May 10
The bird was on Brandon Farm Road on the left side past the power lines near
the cattle pond.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=13482
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen in Catoosa County on Monday May 5.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=5745
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.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=9536
A KING RAIL was reported on Friday May 9th, from Cochran Shoals.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&P=R5944
MISSISSIPPI KITES have been reported in various areas including:
Washington County:
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=13952
Houston County:
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=11757
Murray County:
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=11419
Lamar County:
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=7251
On Saturday May 10th, A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was observered at its
traditional locaiton near McDonough along King Mill Rd. A male Scissor-tail
was perched on the power lines near the power transmission structure where
this species has nested in the past.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=14861
BOBOLINKS were reported from Forsyth County:
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&P=R2209
Bartow County: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&P=R6752
and 2500 in Laurens County:
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&P=R2052
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS are at the Altmaha River Waterfowl Management
Area
A STILT SANDPIPER was observed at American Proteins in northern Forsyth Co. on
May 7th along the edge of the largest settling pond. Also there: 8 Least
Sandpipers,
1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 3 Spotted Sandpipers
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&D=1&O=D&P=10307
A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was reported from Cherokee County
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&P=R5426
DICKCISSELS reported from Baldwin County
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&P=R6752
and Monroe & Lamar Counties
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&P=R4745
and Bartow County:
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=gabo-l&P=R6425
This concludes the current edition of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert. For
information about the Georgia Ornithological Society, see www.gos.org, or
email us at information AT gos.org. To join GOS, send a check for $20 to
GOS, P.O. Box 181, High Shoals, GA 30645.
-End transcript
Steve Holzman
North High Shoals, GA
Oconee County,
USA
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