NOTE: Special props to Ken Blankenship for summarizing the latest RBA for me...I am forwarding it on his behalf.

- RBA

* Georgia * Georgia statewide * December 7, 2006 * GAGA0611.26

- Birds Reported

WESTERN GREBE Red-necked Grebe Eared Grebe CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD

-Transcript

hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert date: December 7, 2006 number: 770-493-8862 to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com coverage: Statewide compiled: December 7, 2006 (9:27am) compiler: Jeff Sewell transcriber: Ken Blankenship

A WESTERN GREBE was sighted on Lake Walter F. George, Clay Co., on Wednesday, December 6. A RED-NECKED GREBE and EARED GREBES were also reported, from Lake Seminole (Seminole and Decatur Counties). The Western Grebe was seen from the dam. Lake Walter F. George lies on the Alabama/Georgia state line south of Columbus, GA. This is the first Western Grebe reported in many years and is a rare opportunity to see this species. The bird was seen on both the AL and GA side of the lake from the dam. http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0612&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=7030 [DeLorme: p. 48, grid G-1; Birding Georgia: p. 131]

A CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD has returned to a home in Decatur (DeKalb County) to the home of Patricia White. The same bird has returned for the last three years, and has been banded. The bird can be viewed by emailing the home owners; see the post to GABO-L at the link below for detailed information. http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0612&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=5910

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Ken Blankenship Marietta, GA (Cobb County) http://www.wingsoverga.com

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