Date:         Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:34:39 -0400
Reply-To:     "James F. Flynn Jr." <jim.flynn@MINDSPRING.COM>
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From:         "James F. Flynn Jr." <jim.flynn@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Eastern Georgia, 7/13/2003
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Earl Horn and I birded a few areas in Warren, Glascock, Jefferson and Burke
Cos. today.  Still lots of stuff singing...Yellow-breasted Chats, Blue
Grosbeaks, Indigo Buntings, Summer Tanagers, Field Sparrows, etc., but also
a sizeable number of young birds begging for that one last catered
meal.  Purple Martins and Barn Swallows continue to congregate (we had a
couple of flocks of Barn Swallows consisting of over 50 birds each).  We
managed to dodge a lot of the rain and thunderstorms in the area most of
the day and ended up with about 88 species.  Highlights included:

Snowy Egret - 3, in a mud pit along GA 17 south of Old Town, Jefferson Co.

Little Blue Heron - 3 immatures, near Boiling Springs along Magruder Rd.,
western Burke Co.; 1 immature, in a mud pit along GA 17 south of Old Town,
Jefferson Co.; 1 immature, along GA 80 south of Warrenton, Warren Co.

Cattle Egret - 83 (including flocks of 45 and 25), scattered throughout
Jefferson Co.

Green Heron - only 1 the entire day, northwestern Warren Co.

Wood Stork - 2, southeastern Glascock Co.; 2, northwestern Jefferson Co.

Mississippi Kite - 7, scattered throughout southeastern Glascock Co.; 9,
scattered throughout Jefferson Co., most were southeast of Louisville

Broad-winged Hawk - 1, Buzzard Branch@Smith McCorckle Rd., eastern Glascock
Co.; 1, Jefferson Co.

Wild Turkey - flock of 10 (most were poults), southeastern Glascock Co.; 1,
northwestern Warren Co.

Solitary Sandpiper - 3, in a mud pit along GA 17 south of Old Town,
Jefferson Co.

Least Sandpiper - 2, in a mud pit along GA 17 south of Old Town, Jefferson Co.

Eastern Screech-Owl - 1, calling during the day on the Hancock Co. side of
the Ogeechee R. east of Powelton

Barred Owl - 1, calling during the day on the Glascock Co. side of the
Ogeechee R. east of Powelton

Chuck-will's-widow - 7 singing at dawn, along CR 142, northwestern Warren Co.

Red-eyed Vireo - good numbers in northwestern Warren Co. (11), but few and
far between elsewhere

Prairie Warbler - only 1, along CR 27, northwestern Warren Co.

Black-and-white Warbler - 6, western Warren Co.; 3, eastern Glascock Co.

Worm-eating Warbler - 1, Hancock Co. side of the Ogeechee R. east of
Powelton; 2, Buzzard Branch@Smith McCorckle Rd., eastern Glascock Co.

Ovenbird - 1, Buzzard Branch@Smith McCorckle Rd., eastern Glascock Co.

Louisiana Waterthrush - 1, Hancock Co. side of the Ogeechee R. east of Powelton

(11 Species of Warbler total - Northern Parula, Pine, Prairie,
Black-and-white, Worm-eating, Ovenbird, Louisiana Waterthrush, Kentucky,
Common Yellowthroat,  Hooded Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat)

Scarlet Tanager - 2 (ad. male and female); Buzzard Branch@Smith McCorckle
Rd., eastern Glascock Co.

Orchard Oriole - only 1, Jefferson Co.

American Goldfinch - small numbers scattered in Warren, Glascock and
Jefferson Cos.

Take care.

--
Jim Flynn
Forsyth Co., GA
jim.flynn@mindspring.com
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