Georgia (Statewide) RBA
April 19, 2008
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RBA
* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* April 19, 2008
* GAGA0804.19
- Birds Reported
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Caspian Tern
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Pelican
Lincoln's Sparrow
Laughing Gull
Nashville Warbler
Snowy Plover
Least Tern
Cerulean Warbler
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: April 19, 2008, 8:15 pm
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: April 19, 2008
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Larry Russell
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Saturday
evening telephone report, April 19, 2008. The RBA is a service of the
Georgia Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
The YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDs first reported on the RBA on April 11th are
still present as of April 17th at the farm of Ruth Weaver, 338 Miller Rd.,
in Montezuma in Macon Co. This might be the largest flock of Yellow-headed
Blackbirds ever seen in Georgia. Three adult males, two adult females, and
one possible immature bird have been seen at this location. HORNED LARKs
have also been seen here. This location can be found at DeLorme 42-F2.
Directions can be found in the GABO archives, as well as in a link in the
last GA RBA transcription.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=31138
A SNOWY PLOVER was relocated on the south end of Jekyll Island on April
17th, in the company of several Piping Plovers. This bird has been seen in
this location since January. This is only the 2nd record of this species in
Georgia. Also seen were 3 WILSON'S PLOVERs, an AMERICAN AVOCET, and an
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, among others.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=32984
A LAUGHING GULL was seen in a Kroger parking lot in Macon in Bibb Co. on
April 19th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=32566
A NASHVILLE WARBLER was seen among other birds at the Clyde Shepherd Nature
Preserve in Dekalb Co. on April 19th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=32658
From the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Marietta, in Cobb
Co., one our state's hot-spots for neotropical songbirds, comes a report of
16 species of warblers, including CERULEAN WARBLERs, seen on April 19th.
[Transcriber's opinion only: This report is from the daily e-mail "KMT
Report", which is not normally posted to GABO. It should be. There is no
reason not to. Band codes? Learn them. Post a link on the GOS site to the
codes, as an educational resource, and include the link in the text of the
daily report. I've never understood why this great resource is limited to a
mailing list. Same with Ken Blankenship's new Cochran Shoals Report. I'm
sorry if I'm out of line here, but it's positively silly. Rant mode OFF.]
Seventeen species of warblers were among the 75 species reported from the
Dawson Forest WMA on April 19th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=32752
From the State Botanical Gardens in Athens, CERULEAN WARBLERs were seen on
the White Trail on April 15th and April 17th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=25854
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=27359
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=30607
On April 17th, 4 CASPIAN TERNs and a LEAST SANDPIPER were seen at the E.L.
Huie Land Application Facility in Clayton Co. This is a particularly large
flock of Caspian Terns seen inland.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=30175
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHs continue to be seen throughout the north Georgia
area. This year might be the biggest Red-breasted Nuthatch irruption ever
in GA. On April 17th, 3 were seen at Kennesaw Mountain in Cobb Co., and one
was seen in Dekalb Co.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=30842
A BROWN PELICAN was seen inland on April 17th in Talbot Co.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=29640
LINCOLN'S SPARROWs were seen on April 15th at Little Mulberry Park in
Gwinnett Co., and on April 16th at Oxbow Meadows near Columbus GA.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=12931
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=29150
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
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Good Birding!
Larry Russell
Roswell
Fulton County
Georgia
USA
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