Date:         Mon, 1 May 2006 23:35:22 -0400
Reply-To:     Joshua Spence <cojosh@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Joshua Spence <cojosh@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Mountain Arrivals - 5/1/06

I spent about an hour this morning at the marsh on Fox Bridge Rd. in
Murray County. Not a whole lot going on there, but did get 43 species,
with three new arrivals for me in the region. Highlights:

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - FOTS
Acadian Flycatcher - FOTS
SEDGE WREN - FOTS
Northern Parula - 4
Prothonotary Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Summer Tanager

I also made a stop at the Carters Reregulation Lake. By this time the wind
had increased, so there wasn't alot moving around. Highlights:

Red-breasted Merganser - hen
Bald Eagle - 3 - at least one nestling
Solitary Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Yellow Warbler - 3
Palm Warbler - 3
Orchard Oriole - 5

The GA ANNOTATED CHECKLIST has April 30 down as the extreme late date for
the RBME in this region. This is one day later. I was glad to see the Bald
Eagle nestling wobbling around on the nest. They usually lay two eggs,
sometimes one, rarely three. I couldn't make out any other young birds,
but the two parents were at the nest. Everything seems to be going great!

Joshua Spence,
Murray County

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