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GABO-L for Tuesday, December 22, 2009

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 Out of Area Rarity: Bare-throated Tiger Heron at Mission  Diane Reed   11:02am 
 Fw: eBird Report - Rum Creek WMA , 12/21/09  Trey Mccuen   12:41pm 
 Athens area CBC, section 14 (Watkinsville area) 12/19/2009  Mark Freeman   2:20pm 
 King Eider Watch - Winter 2009-10  Mark McShane   5:07pm 
 Crested Caracara Report - I-75 near Turner/Tift county line, near mile marker 73 - 12/22/09  Mark McShane   5:28pm 
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[ << | >> | ^^ ] Subject: Out of Area Rarity: Bare-throated Tiger Heron at Mission From: Diane Reed <dreedster(AT)AOL.COM> Date: 22 Dec 2009 11:02am I felt this was significant enough to post, but understand if not acceptab= le. I hope you'll give me one chance to let this go, since it's the holid= ay season. thanks Diane Reed St Augustine FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "David T. Dauphin" <dauphins@SBCGLOBAL.= NET>=20 To: <texbirds(AT)LISTS.TEXBIRDS.ORG>=20 Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 8:42 PM=20 Subject: [texbirds] Bare-throated Tiger Heron at Mission=20 =20 > Ah, cell phones! Rick Snider's and Rick Nirschl's finding of the new U.S= .=20 > species, Bare-throated Tiger-heron, at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley SP-WBC= > was=20 > fantastic for 11 of us. If you come for it, the bird was seen off the >= Main=20 > Mission Canal that runs east-west, directly behind the Park headquarters= .=20 > The bird is a tree-percher and was found about 100yds west down the Cana= l=20 > bank, from its intersection with the Park's main entrance road. It was= > seen=20 > on both sides of the Canal.=20 >=20 > Park at the Park's parking lot and walk down to and onto the levee (its= a=20 > short walk) to about 30yds west of the yellow valve structure. Do not >= drive=20 > onto and try to park on the levee, as the Border Patrol will ask you to= =20 > leave, and it is very difficult to turn around on this one-car-width roa= d.=20 > Bring a scope. Please do go where there are not DESIGNATED trails (and= =20 > there are none in this area). The levee puts you high enough that you ca= n=20 > see the trees to the south and the field to the north.=20 >=20 > Again, Mary has posted photos of this bird at=20 > http://marybirds.blogspot.com/2009/12/bare-throated-tiger-heron-hidalgo.= html=20 > .=20 >=20 > David T. Dauphin=20 > Mission, TX=20 > For Valley wildlife info. go to:=20 > http://www.thedauphins.net=20 >=20 > TEXBIRDS help file and Texas birding links at: > http://moonmountaingrou= p.com/texbirds=20 > =20 ********** To search GABO-L archives or manage your subscription, go to http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/gabo-l.html To contact a listowner, send message to GABO-L-request(AT)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU To view GABO-L information/guidelines, go to http://www.gos.org/gabo.html
[ << | >> | ^^ ] Subject: Fw: eBird Report - Rum Creek WMA , 12/21/09 From: Trey Mccuen <trey.mccuen(AT)YAHOO.COM> Date: 22 Dec 2009 12:41pm ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: "do-not-reply(AT)ebird.org" <do-not-reply(AT)ebird.org> To: trey.mccuen(AT)yahoo.com Sent: Tue, December 22, 2009 12:37:01 PM Subject: eBird Report - Rum Creek WMA , 12/21/09 Location: Rum Creek WMA Observation date: 12/21/09 Number of species: 30 Wood Duck 15 Gadwall 10 Mallard 20 Ring-necked Duck 2 Lesser Scaup 2 Pied-billed Grebe 14 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle 1 American Coot 1 Ring-billed Gull 100 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 American Crow 10 crow sp. 1 Carolina Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5 Eastern Bluebird 3 American Robin 1 Brown Thrasher 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 10 Common Yellowthroat 1 Song Sparrow 10 Swamp Sparrow 5 White-throated Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 10 Red-winged Blackbird 11 Trey Mccuen Macon, GA This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ********** To search GABO-L archives or manage your subscription, go to http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/gabo-l.html To contact a listowner, send message to GABO-L-request(AT)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU To view GABO-L information/guidelines, go to http://www.gos.org/gabo.html
[ << | >> | ^^ ] Subject: Athens area CBC, section 14 (Watkinsville area) 12/19/2009 From: Mark Freeman <roam4birds(AT)YAHOO.COM> Date: 22 Dec 2009 2:20pm Location: Athens area CBC, section 14 Observation date: 12/19/09 Notes: With Carole Ludwig, Bob Rumely. Section 14 of Athens area Christmas Bird Count, south end of circle. Highlights were Hooded Merganser, large number of Killdeer, American Woodcock, Loggerhead Shrike, White-crowned Sparrow, large blackbird flock. Notable misses were Pileated Woodpecker, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Pine Warbler, Swamp Sparrow. Section covers the Watkinsville area enclosed by the Oconee and Middle Oconee Rivers, US 441 business route, and the count circle, which runs roughly along Hardigree Bell Rd, passes just north of Astondale Rd, crosses midway thru Kirkland Rd, and meets the Oconee River near the Barnett Shoals dam. Number of species: 54 Canada Goose 84 Hooded Merganser 26 GA 15 pond 33.848439, -83.392429 Great Blue Heron 3 Black Vulture 7 Turkey Vulture 10 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern) 7 American Kestrel 1 Killdeer 155 American Woodcock 2 both seen in linear flight at Hardigree Wildlife Preserve 33.845045, -83.382384 Rock Pigeon 20 Eurasian Collared-Dove 12 Mourning Dove 31 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 16 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 Downy Woodpecker 4 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 6 Eastern Phoebe 14 Loggerhead Shrike 3 One at large pasture off Norton Rd 33.864188, -83.384189; another at west end Rose Creek Dr 33.831100, -83.401430; third at east end Rose Creek Dr 33.827005, -83.391846 Blue Jay 34 American Crow 125 Carolina Chickadee 16 Tufted Titmouse 25 Carolina Wren 21 Golden-crowned Kinglet 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 14 Eastern Bluebird 26 Hermit Thrush 2 American Robin 22 Northern Mockingbird 25 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 174 Cedar Waxwing 217 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 13 Palm Warbler (Western) 1 Eastern Towhee 15 Chipping Sparrow 56 Field Sparrow 3 Savannah Sparrow 16 Song Sparrow 37 White-throated Sparrow 49 White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern) 1 Colham Ferry Rd hay storage lot 33.824956, -83.408000 Dark-eyed Junco 23 Northern Cardinal 18 Red-winged Blackbird 577 Eastern Meadowlark 14 Common Grackle 11 Brown-headed Cowbird 11 blackbird sp. 5000 House Finch 5 American Goldfinch 2 House Sparrow 9 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ********** To search GABO-L archives or manage your subscription, go to http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/gabo-l.html To contact a listowner, send message to GABO-L-request(AT)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU To view GABO-L information/guidelines, go to http://www.gos.org/gabo.html
[ << | >> | ^^ ] Subject: King Eider Watch - Winter 2009-10 From: Mark McShane <eagleeyed(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET> Date: 22 Dec 2009 5:07pm Hi All, This fall and winter may be one of the biggest irruptions of eider into the coastal southeast in a long time! Common Eiders have been reported from both North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and regularly/weekly from the Carolinas! A King Eider has now been reported as seen this past Sunday near Fort Macon State Park in North Carolina! I would venture to say that it may even be likely that there may be King Eiders wintering in Georgia waters this season! The trick of course is finding them. So, if you are out sea/eider-watching this season keep a careful eye peeled around all of our coastal beaches, jetties, piers, docks, marinas, inlets, and sounds, etc., for eider species! Also, female King and Common Eiders can look very similar, especially at a distance. Good Birding All! Mark Mark McShane Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia http://neargareport.blogspot.com ********** To search GABO-L archives or manage your subscription, go to http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/gabo-l.html To contact a listowner, send message to GABO-L-request(AT)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU To view GABO-L information/guidelines, go to http://www.gos.org/gabo.html
[ << | >> | ^^ ] Subject: Crested Caracara Report - I-75 near Turner/Tift county line, near mile marker 73 - 12/22/09 From: Mark McShane <eagleeyed(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET> Date: 22 Dec 2009 5:28pm Hi All, Sue Aughey just arrived in Florida from Georgia and called with a report of a Crested Caracara she saw today while driving south on I-75 through south Georgia! Sue has lived in Charlotte County Florida and has seen Crested Caracaras for the past 25 years, and she is very sure she saw a Crested Caracara in south Georgia today and requested a post! Sue was southbound on I-75 between exits 75 and 71 (Willis Still Road), near the Turner/Tift county line when she spotted the bird on the west side of the highway standing on a post! Sue said it was near mile marker 73! Good Birding All! Mark Mark McShane Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia http://neargareport.blogspot.com ********** To search GABO-L archives or manage your subscription, go to http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/gabo-l.html To contact a listowner, send message to GABO-L-request(AT)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU To view GABO-L information/guidelines, go to http://www.gos.org/gabo.html

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