Georgia (Statewide) RBA
April 13, 2008
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RBA
* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* April 13, 2008
* GAGA0804.13
- Birds Reported
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Cerulean Warbler
Hooded Merganser
Eastern Phoebe
Swallow-tailed Kite
(Audubon's) Yellow-rumped Warbler
Upland Sandpiper
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: April 13, 2008, 9:24 pm
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: April 13, 2008
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Larry Russell
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Sunday
evening telephone report, April 13, 2008. The RBA is a service of the
Georgia Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
The YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDs first reported on the RBA on April 11th are
still present at the farm of Ruth Weaver, 338 Miller Rd., in Montezuma in
Macon Co. This might be the largest flock of Yellow-headed Blackbirds ever
seen in Georgia. Three adult males, two adult females, and one possible
immature bird have been seen at this location. HORNED LARKs have also been
seen here. Directions are included in the first link below.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=19837
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=15421
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=25064
[Transcriber Note: This report is not technically included in the RBA
transcription since it is beyond the date range for the report, but I feel
that it should be included since it indicates a more recent time-sensitive
report than the RBA recording indicates, especially for such an important
sighting. My apologies for protocol violations, but transcription delays on
my part should not delay more recent reports.]
From the Marshallville Sod Farms just north of Montezuma comes a report of 8
UPLAND SANDPIPERS seen on April 10th.
An AUDUBON'S YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen at the Johnson Ferry Unit of the
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area on April. This is the 2nd or
3rd report of the Audubon's version of the Yellow-rumped Warbler reported
since the first of the year.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=18233
From the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Marietta, in Cobb
Co., one our state's hot-spots for neotropical songbirds, comes a report of
the first-of-the season (FOTS) Cerulean Warblers, along with 11 other
warbler species. Check out the park maintenance areas just off of the main
parking lot as they can be very good this time of year, and indeed, many of
this year's birds have been seen there.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=19550
From the Arrowhead Environmental Center in Floyd Co. comes a report of
breeding HOODED MERGANSERs. A female on one pond was seen with 8 chicks and
another female on another pond was seen with 7 chicks. This is unusual
because Hooded Mergansers usually breed much further north.
From the State Botanical Gardens in Athens, 14 species of warblers were
reported on April 12th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=20562
EASTERN PHOEBEs are breeding at the Phinizy Swamp in Augusta in Richmond Co.
Standing Boy Wildlife Management Area in NW Muscogee Co. north of Columbus
is a great area for migrants, with 14 species of warblers being reported
from there on April 12th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=20313
A SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was seen at Jekyll Island on April 10th. This bird is
not often seen here.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=19233
This concludes the current edition of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert. For
information about the Georgia Ornithological Society, see
www.gos.org, or email us at information AT gos.org. To join GOS, send a
check for $20 to GOS, P.O. Box 181, High Shoals, GA 30645.
- End transcript
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Good Birding!
Larry Russell
Roswell
Fulton County
Georgia
USA
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