[GABO-L] GA RBA Feb 4 2012
Subject: [GABO-L] GA RBA Feb 4 2012
From: Stephen Barlow
Date: Thu, Feb 9, 2012, 8:34 AM
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or (email address filtered)
coverage: Statewide
compiled: Sat 4 Feb 2012 7:45 pm
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Steve Barlow
Species mentioned (CAPITALS in this list = review species):
ROSS'S GOOSE, SNOW-BUNTING (not seen), Rose-breasted Grosbeak, White-
crowned Sparrow
Directions to many of the sites mentioned can be found in Giff
Beaton's "Birding Georgia" or at Ken Blankenship's www.wingsoverga.com
The 2 apparent ROSS'S GEESE previously reported from Mashburn Rd pond
in Gordon Co. (go E on GA 136 from its intersection with GA 225 and
turn left on Mashburn Rd, the pond will be on your left) were not
present Feb 4. However, 3 distant small white geese were seen on the
W side of GA 225 just N of its intersection with GA 136 where,
however, this is no place to safely pull off the road. Accordingly,
these birds could have been Snow, Ross's, or hybrids
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1202&L=gabo-l&P=R1189
A good count of 21 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS was reported from Moss Rd
(off Pine Chapel Rd) in Gordon Co.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1202&L=gabo-l&P=R1189
Transcriber's note: 3 putative ROSS'S GEESE were reported from the
Mashburn Rd location on Sun 5 Feb
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1202&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P`34
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1202&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P967
The SNOW BUNTING at the N end of Tybee Is (see numerous reports from
Jan)
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind1201&L=gabo-l
has not been seen for 5 days, despite several observers searching, so
may have departed
A female ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK (rare in winter) was reported from
Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta 1 Feb, but was not
refound the next day
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1202&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&Pb8
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1202&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P99
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Stephen Barlow,
Principal Research Scientist,
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta GA 30332-0400, USA
phone: 404-385-6053
fax: 404-894-5909
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