Date:         Wed, 27 Dec 2000 17:29:50 -0500
Reply-To:     Bob Zaremba <bobzarem@PRODIGY.NET>
Sender:       Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Bob Zaremba <bobzarem@PRODIGY.NET>
Organization: Prodigy Internet
Subject:      Tour du Georgia - Day 2
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GABO'ers;

Well,  day 2 of the "Tour du Georgia" has come to a close and it finds Earl
Horn and Tom Egan out to an early lead.   I (and my car) have been left in
the dust.   My plans to head south were changed when I had to bring the
truck in for service, so I had to be content with birding locally.  Deb and
I did turn up two Blue phase Snow Geese off Villa Rica Road in with a large
flock of Canada Geese.  Tom and Bud had much better luck.  Tom went back to
West Point dam and his efforts were rewarded with a White-winged Scoter off
the dam.   This is a species I already had earlier this year but Earl still
needs.   Tom's lead didn't last long though,  around 4PM this afternoon Earl
called to tell me he located two Yellow-headed Blackbirds in  a large flock
of blackbirds in Seminole county.  Persistence paid off well, and he and Tom
are now tied at 322.  Earl also mentioned that he had 2 Clay-colored
Sparrows at Elmodel WMA in Baker county earlier in the day.  A great find,
but one that all three of us had earlier in the year.   It looks like I'll
be up at 3AM and driving to Seminole in the hopes of relocating the
Yellow-headed Blackbirds again.   The insanity continues!

Bob Zaremba
Marietta, GA