Georgia Birding List

[GABO-L] Huie, Clayton Co., 5/25/12

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:13:21 -0500

Birds at the northeast and south Huie ponds this afternoon: (the ponds &
Wetlands Center trail are open daily through the holiday weekend 7am-7pm)

N. Shoveler-1 m.
Pied-billed Grebe-1
Great Blue Heron-4
Great Egret-4
Green Heron-2
Red-shouldered Hawk
Semipalmated Plover-1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3-4
Least Sandpiper-15
White-rumped Sandpiper-1 (ne pond, apart from the other shorebirds)
Pectoral Sandpiper-2
Purple Martins
Tree Swallows
N. Rough-winged Swallows
Barn

[GABO-L] Gould continues North... and the World's most obliging clapper rails

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:50:10 -0500

GABO -

I sure am glad I posted the Gould was "presumably" on its breeding ground in Saskatchewan - because he has continued North to Great Slave Lake. Certainly looks like it is heading towards Alaska or the Mackenzie River Delta - making it the first link bewteen Georgia

[GABO-L] Binoculars

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:56:53 -0500

[GABO-L] Clapper Rail (photo) on St. Simon Is

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:54:27 -0500

Iris Schumacher and I birded GA coast last weekend. In a short one and half
day spending on St. Simon Is,Jekyll Is, Gould's Inlet, Harris Neck and
Savannah-Ogeechee Canal, we spotted 100 species! I am planning to draw a
map-species (for all the species we saw) and post on my website shortly.

Re: [GABO-L] Frog Slog Owl Prowl with State Herpetologist John Jensen

Thu, 24 May 2012 22:36:05 -0500

Birders and still-closeted Herpers:

Due to immediate responses from 20 newly un-closeted herpers on GABO-L, the
invitation to John Jensen's Frog Slog Owl Prowl of June 1 is closed at this
time. Wish more people could come, but groups of over 20 just can't gather
round John sufficiently enough to see whatever herp he's

[GABO-L] FWD:

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:53:55 -0500

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[GABO-L] Looks like Purple Martins are making adjustments.

Thu, 24 May 2012 19:17:20 -0500

I was just outside looking at my Martins and counted 20-30 babies that look like they are getting ready to fly. This is a lot earlier than last year.
I know I am not a scientist. But last year in June & July it was extremely hot here in SW Georgia

[GABO-L] AAS Tree ID & Bird Photography workshops

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:24:13 -0500

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to bring two Atlanta Audubon workshops coming up in June that may be of interest to you:

On June 2 from 9-11 AM, Chris Showalter from Fernbank will be teaching Summer Tree Identification for Birders at Blue Heron Nature Preserve in Atlanta. A few spots are left. Details

[GABO-L] Gray Kingbirds on Tybee

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:29:16 -0500

Greetings all,
Both yesterday and today I found a pair of Gray Kingbirds on Tybee on 6th street around Jones and Miller Avenues.
They were hanging out around the new electric power structure across from the Tybee YMCA. I saw one flying around a pole that was covered in

Re: [GABO-L] Fw: Audubon & Birding Friends, Help Needed

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:12:16 -0500

Hi Folks,
I want to thank Wayne for posting this message. On Jekyll have Wilson's
Plover chicks in the Jekyll Point area. Every year I hold my breath on
Memorial Day.
This year, I have Plover Patrol Surveyors in place to watch during the
critical times for the birds at the Jekyll Point area. I

[GABO-L] Northern Flicker Babies Heard Today, DeKalb County

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:36:46 -0500

When I arrived home at lunchtime today, I finally heard babies cheeping away in the Northern Flicker cavity in my backyard in NE Atlanta between Toco Hills and Emory University. A pair of Flickers recently excavated the cavity from scratch in a dead pine snag about 20 feet from my

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Thu, 24 May 2012 12:01:59 -0500

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[GABO-L] Fw: Audubon & Birding Friends, Help Needed - NO TRAINING NEEDED TO HELP

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:53:56 -0500

RE: Previous post "Help needed".
Here is some clarification of level of training needed to participate.

[GABO-L] Fw: Audubon & Birding Friends, Help Needed

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:25:50 -0500

If your Memorial Day plans include the Emerald Coast of Florida, then you might be interested in the following opportunities to serve at many marvelous locations.

[GABO-L] GA Coastal Trip Report (May 17-20, 2012)

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:02:08 -0500

This past weekend, Kathy Miller and I enjoyed some â??End of Springâ?? time on
the Georgia Coast with a primary focus on Sapelo Island, Harris Neck, St
Simons Island and vicinity. We arrived Thursday evening before the storms
that passed across the state hit the coast, bringing high winds and much-
needed rain. We

[GABO-L] Brown Pelicans

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:56:20 -0500

GABO -
At least 9 of the Brown Pelicans released in Georgia after the Gulf Oil spill have returned to the Little Egg Island Bar colony. Several were clearly associated with nests, while others were loafing. Currently there are about 500 nests there.

Presumably the same "California" Brown Pelican has returned

[GABO-L] Whimbrel

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:42:07 -0500

GABO -
After considerable effort a few weeks ago (a monumental understatement), DNR and partners at William and Mary, GA IBA program and Manomet (aka Brad Winn) tagged Whimbrel in Bloody Marsh on St Simons Island.

One bird (named Gould) has already headed north, and is currently in Saskatchewan - presumably on

Re: [GABO-L] RFI: Willow Flycatchers

Wed, 23 May 2012 09:09:56 -0500

In the past, I have had better luck seeing and hearing the birds a bit north
of that location, still along Stekoa Creek but a ways up on the other side
of the bridge.

Marion M Dobbs
Rome (Floyd County) GA
http://www.mamomi.net
http://mamomi.smugmug.com

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[GABO-L] Young Birders of Georgia Facebook Group

Wed, 23 May 2012 09:06:20 -0500

Hi everyone,

I have created a Young Birders of Georgia Facebook group. I know many other
young birders who have groups in their own state, so I think it is time for
GA to have its own. If you're a birder age 18 or under then come join the
group! It is primarily a

Re: [GABO-L] RFI: Willow Flycatchers

Wed, 23 May 2012 03:56:43 -0500

There was a Willow Flycatcher at the Chick-fil-A in Clayton on 16 May 2012.
Frances Brown and I got this WIFL on the same day as we got 3 in
Blairsville.

The Clayton WIFL was in the usual area behind the drive-thru area in the
thick vegetation along the creek. As one

Re: [GABO-L] RFI: Willow Flycatchers

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:56:41 -0500

I should have looked last week when I was there for a dragonfly meeting! But
I was consumed with that and didn't think of the flycatchers. Unfortunately
I won't be back that way for a few weeks, but will check when I am there
again.

Marion

Marion M Dobbs
Rome (Floyd County) GA
http://www.mamomi.net
http://mamomi.smugmug.com

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[GABO-L] Frog Slog Owl Prowl with State Herpetologist John Jensen

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:18:30 -0500

[GABO-L] Wood Storks & a Spotted Sandpiper - two locations - Dougherty

Tue, 22 May 2012 21:37:40 -0500

After work today I checked a few ponds. I found 16 Wood Stork at the Eight Mile Road pond and 13 Wood Stork and a Spotted Sandpiper at the Piggly Wiggly-First Freewill Baptist Church pond on Westover Boulevard. eBird flagged the single Spotted Sandpiper.

Eight Mile Road pond
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/email?subID=S10819281

Piggly Wiggly-First Freewill Baptist

[GABO-L] RFI: Willow Flycatchers

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:31:07 -0500

Does anyone know if there are any Willow Flycatchers in Clayton this year?

--
Lois Stacey
North Augusta, SC (Aiken Cnty)
www.augustaaikenaudubon.org
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v299/croakie/Moths/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48760528@N02/

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[GABO-L] Grasshopper Sparrow, Dickcissel, 14-15 May, Murray Co. (Photos)

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:29:52 -0500

Last week Frances Brown and I wandered around north Georgia in search of
summer-resident birds. We hit many of the great high-altitude spots, but
these grassland species (especially in Murray Co.) seemed especially noisy
and plentiful. Photos (no audio used - just waited a bit):

Grasshopper Sparrow:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbinv/7208513306/in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbinv/7245102068/in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbinv/7245102708/in/photostream

Dickcissel:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbinv/7208513636/in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbinv/7208622496/in/photostream

Female Dickcissel with nesting material in

[GABO-L] Purple Gallinule, Wood Stork, Lee County Prison Pond, 22 May

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:29:34 -0500

Possibly the same PUGA reported by Tod and Wayne in April at this same pond.

eBird report (21 species) with location data and PHOTO of one of the Wood
Storks who wandered closer:

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10816192

Roy Brown (Albany & Ellijay)

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[GABO-L] interesting article: bird diet study

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:58:59 -0500

Some of you may be interested in this NY Times article "Relics With Much to Tell About Bird Diets May Be Lost to Time"
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/science/relics-with-much-to-tell-about-bird-diets-may-be-lost.html?_r=1

It's an interesting read about the earliest scientific study on birds' diets, how that information continues to be used, and what might happen to the original documents.

Tracey

[GABO-L] Alaska

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:03:12 -0500

[GABO-L] Dickcissel, Horned Lark Houston and Dooly Counties

Tue, 22 May 2012 07:08:40 -0500

Hi folks,

Because I was gone on a prescribed fire yesterday, I've not yet been able to compile the results of my Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) route through Houston and Dooly Counties on Sunday. But I did want to let you know that the ag fields in that area hosted several

[GABO-L] Oconee WMA, 5/20/2012

Mon, 21 May 2012 19:57:28 -0500

Hi, folks, I spent yesterday birding the Oconee WMA in Greene, Hancock &
Putnam Cos., walking several of the gated access roads in the Greene &
Hancock sections east of Lake Oconee, and around the waterfowl impoundments
on the west side of the lake in Putnam Co. There is still some water, and

Re: [GABO-L] Jekyll Island Operation Plover Patrol results & Altamaha WMA from Okefenokee Bird Club

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:38:23 -0500

That shrimp boat that passed really close and disturbed the high tide
roost might have been breaking the law - if it was within 1,000 feet
of shore.

>From the GA Coastal Resources Division (of GA DNR) website:
"Trawler operators are also reminded of the 1,000-foot Boating Safety
Zone along the beaches of Tybee Island,

[GABO-L] S. GA birds update w/ migrant, nesting, & late robin, etc.

Mon, 21 May 2012 14:18:32 -0500

Hey folks,

Hope you are fine. Here's a little more on S. GA birds since my 4/29 post.
All are by me unless otherwise stated.

WOOD STORK...5/9 Folkston (Charlton Co.) 6

AMERICAN ROBIN... all Waycross (Ware Co.): 4/30 & 5/1 1 my yard; 5/5 1 my
yard, sings & eats Red Mulberry fruit, once it

[GABO-L] Cedar Waxwings

Mon, 21 May 2012 11:31:00 -0500

Hello...
I've been watching cedar waxwings eating berries off the choke cherry tree two doors down from me the last 4 days. I know the choke cherry berries are way early this year but I don't remember cedar waxwings sticking around this late in the season. I also

[GABO-L] Least Bitterns and Purple Gallinules - Lake Worth (Dougherty)

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:29:42 -0500

Today I paddled two sections of Lake Worth in Dougherty County. First, I put in at Cromartie Beach boat landing and paddled approximately 1.2 miles east northeast to a group of maidencane stands. I heard Least Bittern chuckling calls at three different locations and heard two calling simultaneously. I didn't

[GABO-L] YB Chat & scarlet tananger-Bartow

Sun, 20 May 2012 21:06:39 -0500

Stopped on my bridge today (best place to find the birds it seems. My truck acting as a blind. 2 yellow breasted chats were chasing around and one landed about 8 feet away for a really good look. Then a scarlet tananger female perched nicely on a

[GABO-L] BBS route in Marion and Taylor Counties

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:46:37 -0500

Hi folks,

Yesterday I conducted the first of my 3 Breeding Bird Survey
(BBS) Routes for the year. It was a
beautiful day and the birding was good. Nothing stunning, but some nice looks at some nice birds.

For those who dont know, a BBS route consists of 50 stops,
each timed for 3 minutes

[GABO-L] Northern Waterthrush near Cartersville, GA

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:35:45 -0500

5/20/12 early afternoon-Etowah River at Cooper Furnace, we enjoyed
watching a Northern Waterthrush pick its way
along the bank, by Tali Stone and Richard McRee, Kennesaw, GA

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[GABO-L] Broad-winged Hawk in Burke County

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:39:25 -0500

Augusta-Aiken Audubon had a field trip to Yuchi WMA Saturday. We had 60
species of birds but the most unusual was a Broad-winged Hawk. It flew
over the road and we weren't sure what it was but shortly after we heard
it calling repeatedly.

--
Lois Stacey
North Augusta, SC (Aiken Cnty)
www.augustaaikenaudubon.org
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v299/croakie/Moths/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48760528@N02/

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[GABO-L] Macintosh and Glynn Counties; PUGA, BKNH, Whimbrel

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:33:19 -0500

I ran my Darien BBS route this morning. It starts just outside Altamaha
and dumps me out south of Jekyll. I usually eat lunch at the Visitor's
Center overlook but there was construction so I went onto the island.
Not much there.

In the morning when running my route I had an

[GABO-L] AAS Field Trip Hard Labor Creek State Park 5-19-2012

Sun, 20 May 2012 11:09:01 -0500

Hard Labor Creek State Park, Morgan, US-GA
May 19, 2012 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: Bright sunny day, with a cool and breezy start. I had 3 participants for this walk. We started in the parking lot of the Office/Trading Post, then drove

[GABO-L] Carters Lake, Fort Mountain State Park

Sun, 20 May 2012 08:58:30 -0500

5-20-12
Carters Lake, Hidden Pond/Songbird Trail
Green Heron, 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Tree Swallow, lots
N. Parula
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
American Redstart
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blue Grosbeak

Powerhouse Rd. Area
Double-crested Cormorant, 3
Wild Turkey
Bald Eagle, 1 ad.
Turkey Vulture, lots
Black Vulture, 2
Tree Swallow, lots
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Common Grackle
Orchard Oriole

Fort Mountain State Park, Big Rock Trail
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Great-crested Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American

[GABO-L] N GA Mtns., early/mid-May

Sun, 20 May 2012 08:56:39 -0500

Heres some highlights from Fannin and Union Cty. early/mid May.
Overall migrants seemed more scarce than last fall.

Curtis Switch Access, Toccoa River
Wood Duck
N. Parula
Yellow-throated Warbler
Hooded Warbler

Horseshoe Bend Park, Toccoa River
Spotted Snadpipiper
Cedar Waxwing
N. Parula
Yellow-throated Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler, 1M, brief look on May 9
Scarlet Tanager
Orchard Oriole

5-4-12
Indian Grave Rd., Union Cty.
Canada Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler

5-5-12
Brasstown Bald,

[GABO-L] Okefenokee NWR International Migratory Bird Day 5/12

Sun, 20 May 2012 02:09:09 -0500

Hey folks,

Hope you are fine. Here is a list of the birds encountered by the Okefenokee
Bird Club in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge uplands & edges
(Charlton Co.) during International Migratory Bird Day on 5/12.

The OBC members led an 8:00 a.m.--10:00 a.m. bird caravan along the Entrance
Rd starting at the HQ

[GABO-L] Jekyll Island Operation Plover Patrol results & Altamaha WMA from Okefenokee Bird Club

Sun, 20 May 2012 02:08:13 -0500

Hey folks,

Hope you are fine.

Here are the species lists & highlights from the 5/16-17 Jekyll Island
(Glynn Co.) (Operation Plover Patrol plus) and Altamaha Wildlife Management
Area (McIntosh Co.) trips w/ a few members of the Okefenokee Bird Club.

For the 5/16 Operation Plover Patrol on Jekyll Is., it was interesting to
spend awhile

[GABO-L] Arrowhead=Floyd County-White Ibis update

Sat, 19 May 2012 20:00:49 -0500

Richard White called me at 6:30PM (Sat) this evening and stated he was back at Arrowhead Lakes and that the White Ibis was still there and was around Pond #12 now. Richard also reported seeing an immature Orchard Oriole and several warbler species.

Ann Stewart
Rome,Ga.
Floyd Co.

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[GABO-L] Chickasawhatchee WMA 5-19-12

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:48:03 -0500

I got a late start today because of a neighborhood watch meeting. I hit Chickasawhatchee WMA to see
what was happening there and maybe get a good photo. Well birds were plentiful and I did pick up a
photo I have been trying to get for a very long time. A decent

[GABO-L] Mt Purple Martin colony

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:39:39 -0500

I kust went out on my back porch to gaze the back yard before sundown. All of my
Purple Martins are soaring around calling and hawking dragonflies and other bugs.
What a sight and sound. Its hard to count them all but there is at least 70 in my
colony, maybe more. Some

[GABO-L] Lamar Co: Swallow-Tailed Kite

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:07:33 -0500

This morning (10:45ish) Allan and I were treated to a Swallow-Tailed Kite flying over the intersection of Hwy 341 and MLK in Lamar County. My first thought when I saw it was Swallow-tailed; then I thought no must be a Mi**issippi Kite. But as it got closer it banked right

[GABO-L] BREWER'S BLACKBIRD, Cleveland, GA 19 May 2012

Sat, 19 May 2012 17:29:22 -0500

The Oconee Rivers Audubon Society led a bird walk to the mountains today
around Blairsville. On our way there, we were stopped at the light
northbound at the Rt. 129 and Rt. 75 intersection in Cleveland, when I
looked to my right and noticed a yellow-eyed non-grackle, non-rusty
blackbird. The BREWER'S BLACKBIRD

[GABO-L] Connecticut Warbler-NO, Acadian Flycatcher-NO

Sat, 19 May 2012 16:06:01 -0500