Georgia (Statewide) RBA
April 25, 2008
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RBA
* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* April 25, 2008
* GAGA0804.25
- Birds Reported
Painted Bunting
Nashville Warbler
Bobolink
Dickcissel
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Swallow-tailed Kite
American Bittern
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: April 25, 2008, 9:52 pm
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: April 25, 2008
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Larry Russell
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Friday
evening telephone report, April 25, 2008. The RBA is a service of the
Georgia Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
A male PAINTED BUNTING was sighted at 10:15am this morning in Fayette Co.
in
Peachtree City behind the Church of Christ on Peachtree City Parkway in a
swampy pond area. This church is located on Peachtree City Parkway east of
the intersection with GA54. This is most unusual this far north in the
state. It was not relocated.
NASHVILLE WARBLERs, a rare but regular migrant, have been seen in several
areas in the state, including the State Botanical Gardens in Athens and at
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. Twenty species of warblers
have
been seen at Kennesaw recently.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=38707
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=41608
A possible BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD was seen at the Clyde Shepherd Nature
Preserve on April 24th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=40399
BOBOLINKs and DICKCISSELs have been seen in the Taff Rd./ Brandon Farm Rd.
area in Bartow Co. on April 24th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=40195
An AMERICAN BITTERN has been seen at the Arrowhead Environmental Learning
Center in Floyd Co. This may be the same bird seen last year at this
location.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=40943
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHs continue to be seen throughout the north Georgia
area.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=41289
SWALLOW-TAILED KITEs are being seen in south Georgia.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0804&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=39018
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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