Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 10:13:01 -0500
Reply-To: Carol Lambert or Jeff Sewell <lambertsewell@MINDSPRING.COM>
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From: Carol Lambert or Jeff Sewell <lambertsewell@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject: Re: gulls
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I see flocks of between 100-300 at least a couple times every week while
commuting in the 285/675 area (where there is landfill somewhere down there
in south DeKalb). There've been large numbers in Henry County lately. Jeff
and I had about 1000 on Lake Spivey on Jan. 1, and there are currently about
200 on the Blalock Reservoir., which have been there off and on since early
Dec. We've not seen any Bonaparte's. I think they're just these big groups
that roam from landfill to lake and sometimes stay put on the lakes when the
fish are real near the surface as they seem to be lately. There's also a
good size flock that I've been seeing for years over Jimmy Carter Blvd. in
Gwinnett, that I'm sure go between nearby landfills and the DeKalb
Reservoir.
Carol Lambert
Tucker (Atlanta), Georgia
lambertsewell@mindspring.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Georgann Schmalz <georgann.schmalz@FERNBANK.EDU>
To: <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 2:38 PM
Subject: [GABO-L] gulls
> Has anyone else been keeping track of the ring-billed gulls that are
> passing over Decatur each day?
>
> I had close to 200 of them yesterday, 13 Jan., at 4:30 pm, swirling
> fairly low over Toco Hills, flying north. This was the first group this
> year that I
> have seen.
>
> Last winter we tracked them for nearly three months. It was decided
> that they must roost near L. Lanier or Allatoona and fly to a feeding
> ground in S. DeKalb or farther, Clayton County. They were like
> clockwork-
> south in the mornings at 9:00 am and north each evening around 4:00.
> They
> keep better hours than I do:-)
>
> Georgann Schmalz
> Fernbank Science Center
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