- RBA

* Georgia * Georgia statewide * March 18, 2001 * GAGA0103.18

- Birds Reported

Surf Scoter Canvasback Lincoln's Sparrow King Rail Rough-Winged Swallow Blue-headed Vireo Purple Sandpiper Vermilion Flycatcher (not seen) Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Purple Sandpiper Ring-necked Ducks Lesser Scaup Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal

- Transcript

hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert date: March 18, 2001 number: 770-493-8862 to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@mindspring.com coverage: Statewide compiled: March 18, 2001 compiler: Jeff Sewell transcriber: Joel Hitt

This is the transcription of the Sunday evening, March 18 2001, Georgia Rare Bird Alert (RBA). The RBA is a service of the Georgia Ornithological Society. Jeff Sewell is the compiler and voice of the telephone reports (770-493-8862).

The following highlights have come to our attention over the past 10 days.

On March 10 Michael Bell reported a female SURF SCOTER and 11 CANVASBACKS on Lake Seminole in Seminole County. While there these birds were scattered by numerous boaters on the lake, and he did not relocate them. These birds were observed from Fairchild Park.

Giff Beaton reported that he and Tom Egan had a LINCOLN'S SPARROW and a KING RAIL on March 14 or 15 in Wheeler County. This was near the community of Scotland, and was at Clagg's Lake (DeLorme 52 A-4), just west of Hgy. 149 at the intersection of Hgy. 173.

Migrants have been arriving in the Atlanta area. Chuck Saleeby reports on March 12 seeing ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS and a BLUE-HEADED VIREO along the Chattahoochee River in Roswell.

Jeff Sewell and Carol Lambert birded Gould's Inlet and on the south tip of Sea Island and found a PURPLE SANDPIPER. One was reported last year at this location by Lydia Thompson. Perhaps this is the same bird.

Jeff and Carol did not find the VERMILION FLYCATCHER on March 12 at Reed Bingham State Park, between Adel and Moultrie in South Georgia.

At E. L. Huie Land Application Facility south of Jonesboro, Jeff saw 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and 21 PECTORAL SANDPIPER. These sightings were all on Sunday, March 18. The ponds at Huie are quite full and not conducive to shorebird stayovers. Overwintering ducks remain yet on the pond, such as RING-NECKED DUCKS, LESSER SCAUP, NORTHERN SHOVELER, GADWALL, and a few GREEN-WINGED TEAL.

This concludes the current edition of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert. For information about the Georgia Ornithological Society visit our website at http://www.gos.org, or email us at gos@hom.net. To join GOS, send a check for $16 to GOS, P.O. Box 5825, Valdosta GA 31603-5825.

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