Georgia (Statewide) RBA
April 26, 2009
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RBA
* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* April 26, 2009
* GAGA0904.26
- Birds Reported
MOURNING WARBLER
PACIFIC LOON
SNAIL KITE
White-winged Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
American Bittern
Purple Gallinule
Dickcissel
Common Ground-dove
Black-crowned Night-heron
American Bittern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Least Bittern
Sedge Wren
Swallow-tailed Kite
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: April 26, 2009, 8:55 pm
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: April 26, 2009
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Larry Russell
The following is a summary of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA) Sunday
evening telephone report, April 26, 2009. The RBA is a service of the
Georgia Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the voice of the RBA.
[Transcriber's note: Most, if not all of the sites mentioned in this report
can be found in two excellent resources for birders, Giff Beaton's book
"Birding Georgia", and Ken Blankenship's web site "Wings Over Georgia",
http://www.wingsoverga.com.]
[Transcriber's note: This report may contain items not included in the
voice-recorded RBA, as noted by the * symbol. This was approved by the RBA
administrator.]
Two MOURNING WARBLERS were seen on April 26th at the Kennesaw Mountain
National Battlefield Park in Cobb Co. Location-specific directions are
contained in the link.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=49779
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=50172 Note
the correction to the directions in the above link.
There are now three PACIFIC LOONS being seen at Lake Richard B. Russell in
Elbert Co.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=35897
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=35012
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=36921
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=42453
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=41853
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=51258
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=49138
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=50751
MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen in several locations in Georgia this week,
including Macon, Richmond Hill in Bryan Co., and Oxbow Meadows in Muscogee.
Co. near Columbus.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=49043
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=48690
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=45141
The SNAIL KITE found near Bainbridge in Decatur Co. on April 23rd has not
been seen again.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=44557
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE was spotted on the west side of the Altamaha WMA near
Darien in McIntosh Co. this weekend. This area is on the west side of US17,
behind the white buildings on the north end of Butler Island.
A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was seen at the Tidelands Nature Center on Jekyll
Island in Glynn Co. on April 25th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=50017
A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the Cochran Shoals Unit of the
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in Cobb Co. on April 25th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=48449http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=50337
Another BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen in Murray Co. on April 24th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=47573
A PURPLE GALLINULE was seen at Oxbow Meadows near Columbus in Muscogee Co.
on April 20th, and was seen again on April 22nd.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=37900
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=42167
Two COMMON GROUND-DOVES were seen at the Bostwick Sod Farm in Morgan Co. on
April 24th A DICKCISSEL was seen there on April 25th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=47981
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=47008
The two AMERICAN BITTERNS continue at the Mercer Wetlands in the Koger
Office Park in Dekalb Co.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=32952
Some other interesting reports from the past week:
*A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was seen in Decatur in Dekalb Co. on April 26th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=49453
*A late-season SEDGE WREN was spotted at the State Botanical Gardens in
Athens in Clarke Co. on April 22nd.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=40903
*A LEAST BITTERN and a BALD EAGLE were seen at the Altamaha WMA on April
22nd.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=43687
*A SWALLOW-TAILED KITE and two MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen in Brantley Co.
on April 20th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=36335
*Another SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was spotted in Walton Co. on April 26th.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0904&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=50909
Georgia Birders Online (GABO) is a great resource for timely reports on
state-wide sightings. Some reports on GABO are not included in the periodic
RBAs. This site can be found at
http://listserv.uga.edu/archives/gabo-l.html. If you're reading this,
chances are you already know about it! Please contribute your sightings to
one of our state's best birding resources.
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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