Georgia (Statewide) RBA
July 21, 2010
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- RBA
* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* July 21, 2010
* GAGA1007.21
- Birds Reported
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Common Moorhen
Upland Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Caspian Tern
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Painted Bunting
- Transcript
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: July 25, 2010
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT att.net
coverage: Statewide
compiled: July 21, 2010 (8:17 PM)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Mark McShane
The compiler noted that fall shorebird migration is really picking up, a
report came in on 7/21 of 17 shorebird species on Little St. Simons Island
in Glynn County on the Georgia coast.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1007&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=13800
5 OSPREYS and 3 COMMON MOORHENS were seen at the E.L. Huie Land
Application Facility ponds in Clayton County on 7/17. Common, but early,
migrating shorebords were seen there as well.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1007&L=gabo-l&P=R5462
On 7/16 and 7/17 post-breeding dispersal of SWALLOW-TAILED KITES in
Georgia was evidenced by sightings in Richmond County in the Augusta area.
This area is very near or on the Fall Line which is a geographical feature
in Georgia which marks the boundary between the Coastal Plain and the
Piedmont regions of the state.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1007&L=gabo-l&P=R5315
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1007&L=gabo-l&P=R5861
Also, an important post came out this week detailing results from aerial
survey work done along parts of corridors of the Satilla, Altamaha,
Ogeechee, and Savannah Rivers to document the current roosting status of
Georgia's SWALLOW-TAILED KITE population. Two more aerial surveys will be
flown next week, stay tuned to Georgia Birders Online for possible results
of those flights as well.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1007&L=gabo-l&P=R7264
At the Marshallville Super Sod Farm in Macon County 10 early UPLAND
SANDPIPERS were seen 7/17 and 6 were seen, probably relocated, at the same
site on 7/18 and by the same observer.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1007&L=gabo-l&P=R5403
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1007&L=gabo-l&P=R5729
On 7/21 an early adult LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was found at the American
Proteins ponds in Forsyth County.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1007&L=gabo-l&P=R6825
A very similar dowitcher was found on 7/18 at the Etowah Indian Mounds Sod
Farm on the Bartow County Loop but not positively identified to species.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1007&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=11341
On 7/21 a male WILSON'S PHALAROPE was found at the Pine Chapel Road ponds
in Gordon County.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1007&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=13684
Two CASPIAN TERNS were seen from the Hwy 136 bridge area at the Carters
Reregulation Lake in Murray County on 7/20.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1007&L=gabo-l&P=R6397
On 7/14 a breeding plumaged male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was found on
Cashes Valley Road in western Fannin County at a very low elevation of
1900 feet.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1007&L=gabo-l&P=R3943
A male PAINTED BUNTING has been reported in Buford in Gwinnett County
since May 21st, and the bird was reported again on 7/18. A possible female
was also seen, denoting a possible breeding pair. This pair would be the
northernmost breeding pair on record for Georgia if verified.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1007&L=gabo-l&P=R5520
Giff Beaton's book "Birding Georgia"
(http://www.gos.org/publications/publications.html#bg) and Ken
Blankenship's web site "Wings Over Georgia" (http://www.wingsoverga.com)
Contain directions to some of these sites and many other great birding
locations in Georgia.
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, 108 W. 8th St., Louisville, GA 30434.
- End transcript
Good Birding All,
Mark McShane
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, GA
eagleeyed AT bellsouth.net
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