[GABO-L] Rusty Blackbirds-Lake Worth Recreation Area (Dougherty)
Subject: [GABO-L] Rusty Blackbirds-Lake Worth Recreation Area (Dougherty)
From: Wayne Schaffner
Date: Wed, Feb 8, 2012, 7:54 PM
Hoping for more Forster's Tern activity along the Flint River we dropped in to the Rusty Blackbird hangout at the Georgia Power dam. No terns but the RUBL were still sitting tight in the wet cypress-hardwood bottom at the north end of the picnic area peninsula in the lake above the dam.
The Spotted Sandpiper was found in a favorite spot for this species at this site. We flushed it at the end of the boat ramp below the dam from about 30 feet away. It was hidden behind the concrete curb at the end of the ramp. It flew to some shoals and landed in the middle of a bunch of turtles sunning there. It didn't stay in that spot surrounded by the turtles for more than a minute.
Georgia Power Dam- Lake Worth Recreation Area, Dougherty, US-GA
Feb 8, 2012 12:45 PM - 1:25 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Observers: Wayne Schaffner and Tod Lanier.
27 species
Wood Duck 2
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Turkey Vulture 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Common Gallinule 6
American Coot 14
Spotted Sandpiper 1 Below dam at end of boat ramp. Flew to rocks in middle of river.
Mourning Dove 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Wayne only
Palm Warbler 1 Wayne only
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Chipping Sparrow 15
White-throated Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Rusty Blackbird X One seen. Multiple birds heard in hardwood bottom.
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Wayne Schaffner
Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia
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