Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 23:33:27 -0500
Reply-To: Ken Blankenship <kenhblankenship@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Ken Blankenship <kenhblankenship@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: GA RBA, 1/1/2007
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- RBA
* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* January 1, 2007
* GAGA0701.01
- Birds Reported
Greater White-fronted Goose
Horned Grebe
"Krider’s" Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK
American Black Duck
Virginia Rail
Sora
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Marsh Wren
Sedge Wren
White-crowned Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Loggerhead Shrike
American White Pelican
WESTERN GREBE
Golden Eagle
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Canvasback
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Snow Goose (not seen)
Bullock’s Oriole (not seen)
-Transcript
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: January 1, 2007
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: January 1, 2007 (8:45pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Ken Blankenship
An immature GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen at the E.L. Huie ponds in
Clayton County. The individual appears to be injured or disoriented, and
is associating with a group of Canada Geese. Also seen at this location
were three HORNED GREBE in the pumphouse pond.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0701&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=141
http://www.wingsoverga.com/Piedmont.html#CLAYTON
[DeLorme: p. 26, grid F-3; Birding Georgia: p. 85]
A "KRIDER’S" RED-TAILED HAWK was again reported from Fite Bend Rd in
Gordon County. This bird may have been present for several months, if not
a resident first seen a little over a year ago at the same location.
[DeLorme: p. 13, grid G-7,8]
http://www.wingsoverga.com/RidgeAndValley.html#GORDON
A NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW was reported from the Re-regulation Lake
Dam (Carter’s Lake) in south Murray County. It is very unusual to see
this species in the winter time, particularly in the northern part of the
state.
[DeLorme: p. 13, grid G-10; Birding Georgia: p. 38]
http://www.wingsoverga.com/RidgeAndValley.html#MURRAY
A SNOW GOOSE (white-phase) was reported on 12/29/06 from the E.L. Huie
ponds in Clayton County. The bird was not seen the following day.
[DeLorme: p. 26, grid F-3; Birding Georgia: p. 85]
A report from 12/27/06 of a BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK at the Altamaha
Waterfowl Management Area, in Darien, GA (McIntosh County).
[DeLorme: p. 63, grid C-7; Birding Georgia: p. 192]
http://www.wingsoverga.com/Coast.html#MCINTOSH
Some highlights of the Floyd County CBC held on 12/30/06 included two
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, VIRGINIA RAIL, SORA, BALD EAGLE, two MERLIN, MARSH
WREN, SEDGE WREN, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, BREWER’S
BLACKBIRD, and LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0612&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=23774
From Lake Walter F. George in Clay County on 12/27/06, a report of three
AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, and a second report of this species along with
another sighting of the WESTERN GREBE that has been seen here sporadically
for the past three weeks.
[DeLorme: p. 48, grid G-1; Birding Georgia: p. 131]
http://www.wingsoverga.com/CoastalPlain.html#CLAY
From Lake Seminole (Decatur & Seminole Counties) on 12/27/06, from the
Spring Creek Area, a GOLDEN EAGLE was reported. Reported on the same day
were a RED-NECKED GREBE, an EARED GREBE, 600 CANVASBACK, 100 REDHEAD, and
20 GREATER SCAUP. Lake Seminole is by far the best place to see Canvasback
in the winter in Georgia.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0612&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=21957
From GA Hwy 39 in Early County, 200 BREWER’S BLACKBIRDS were reported on
12/27/06. On 12/26/06 twenty of the same species were seen in Spalding
County.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0612&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=21957
The adult male BULLOCK’S ORIOLE that was belatedly reported from Bulloch
County on 12/29/06 was not seen by a group of observers the next day. It
is likely that the bird is still in the area, but perhaps not in the same
pecan orchard in which it was first observed. It is possible that this is
the same bird seen associating with a group of wintering BALTIMORE ORIOLES
at the same location last year. Wintering Baltimore Orioles are uncommon
in the coastal plain region of Georgia, and are usually found relating to
pecan groves.
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0612&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=22961
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0612&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=22159
http://www.wingsoverga.com/CoastalPlain.html#BULLOCH
-End transcript
Ken Blankenship
Marietta, GA (Cobb County)
http://www.wingsoverga.com
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