GABO-L for Friday, May 9, 2008

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   All Women's Birding Bust   Nita Wynn    7:05am   Boston, Mass Places to Bird   Joseph D. Weissman,    7:36am   ADMIN: Was Re: Boston, Mass Places to Bird   Steve Holzman    8:13am   Chuck-Will's-Widow   Adrienne Myles    8:44am   Arrowhead (Floyd County) 5/9/08   Dan Roper    9:23am

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Subject: All Women's Birding Bust
From: Nita Wynn <wynnn(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 9 May 2008 7:05am

Our team, the Babe-Breasted Warblers, went out on May 6 for our All =
Women's Birding Bust. Four out of our five members were able to =
participate: Cheryl Kanes, Becky Valentine, Lynda Wiggins and Nita Wynn. =
Our day began at 5:00 am at Rum Creek WMA. We enjoyed hearing =
Whip-poor-will and Chuck-will's widow, as well as viewing the =
aeronautics of Common Nighthawk. During the early morning, we combed Rum =
Creek and Piedmont NWR. A few highlights from these areas were Bachman's =
Sparrow, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Northern Bobwhite, Yellow-billed =
Cuckoo, Prothonotary and Black-throated Blue Warblers, Northern =
Waterthrush and Cliff Swallows.

Next we headed to Macon; there the Baltimore Oriole cooperated =
beautifully. On Lower Poplar Street, we witnessed an Eastern Kingbird =
convention of easily 30-40 birds.

Afterwards, we interrupted our flight to the coast with a stop at Bond =
Swamp. Then, while eating our lunch in the car, we headed to McIntosh =
County. After investigating Harris Neck NWR and Altamaha WMA, we =
continued on to Jekyll Island. Highlights from these areas included =
Least Bittern, Purple Gallinule, Barred Owl, Marsh Wren, Mottled Duck, =
Roseate Spoonbill, Red Knot, Gray Kingbird, numerous Whimbrels, and =
Willet incongruously perched on telephone lines.

Finally we closed the birding bust on St. Simon's Island with a Great =
Horned Owl calling at 11:00 pm. It was a long, exhausting day after =
birding approximately 18 hours, but we had lots of fun and saw many =
marvelous birds. Our final count came to 135 species. We are already =
looking forward to 2009, when we plan to have more fun and see even more =
birds.

Nita Wynn

Gwinnett County

Snellville, GA

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Subject: Boston, Mass Places to Bird
From: "Joseph D. Weissman, M.D., Ph.D." <jdweissman(AT)nimonitor.com>
Date: 9 May 2008 7:36am

I will be travelling to Boston, Mass tomorrow and would like to spend 1-2 days
birding. Anyone familiar with any good locations nearby? Or a birding listserver
 for that location?

Joe Weissman

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Subject: ADMIN:  Was Re: Boston, Mass Places to
         Bird
From: Steve Holzman <steve_holzman(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 9 May 2008 8:13am

There are many new members to this list and to birding listservs in general. Â
 So I'd like to take this opportunity to point out a few sources of excellent
info.Â
Birding Listservs:  One of the best compendiums is
http://www.birdingonthe.net/birdmail.html
It has subscription information and archives for (almost) all of the North
American lists.  This should be the first website to visit when planning a
trip.  It is usually 100% more effective to email the listserv of the place
you are visiting for information.Â
Honestly, I use Google for most everything these days.  For example, googlingÂ
  for the info Joe asked about brings up:
http://www.massbird.org/links/index.htm#Places which has  a list of places to
bird in Boston.Â
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----- Original Message ----
From: "Joseph D. Weissman, M.D., Ph.D." <jdweissman(AT)NIMONITOR.COM>
To: GABO-L(AT)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sent: Friday, May 9, 2008 7:36:10 AM
Subject: [GABO-L] Boston, Mass Places to Bird

I will be travelling to Boston, Mass tomorrow and would like to spend 1-2 days
birding. Anyone familiar with any good locations nearby? Or a birding listserver
 for that location?

Joe Weissman

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Subject: Chuck-Will's-Widow
From: Adrienne Myles <adriennemyles(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 9 May 2008 8:44am

We heard a Chuck-Will's Widow the other night. I have not heard one
in my yard in about 7 years. Other birds I have had in the yard
recently are :

Blackpoll warbler
Cape May Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Scarlet Tanager-He has been singing for 10 days so I am thinking he
is staying!
Wood Thrush-Seems to be staying also.

Adrienne Myles
Social Site for Birders
http://www.birdwatcherbuddy.com
North Fulton County

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Subject: Arrowhead (Floyd County) 5/9/08
From: Dan Roper <RopersFive(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 9 May 2008 9:23am

Ladies and Gents,

Arrived at Arrowhead this morning at 6:10 a.m. and birded for two  hours.
Had a modest total of just 45 species, the best of which was a  singing male
yellow warbler.  The female hooded merganser with chicks  continues to "hang
out"
at pond #11.  Today she and six chicks - all now  about 3/4ths full-size,
were repeatedly diving.  Another female merganser  was in pond #2 (she's been
there for better than a month, but I haven't seen any  chicks with her in
weeks).

I didn't see the American bittern today.  I did see it near dusk last
Saturday (5/3).

Work on the dam for the lake on the north side of the property  continues.  I
think they'll have that lake filled sometime this year.   The addition of a
lake to the property ought to enhance waterfowl variety and  numbers next
winter.

Regards,

Dan Roper
Armuchee (Floyd County), GA

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