Date:         Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:43:52 -0400
Reply-To:     Pam Potter <ppotter@mindspring.com>
Sender:       Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Pam Potter <ppotter@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Bonaparte's gulls - Etowah Mound Sod & Soccer Fields- Bartow Co
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Hi all!  Was riding around checking out places for fall outs this afternoon.  Best sighting today was about 20 Bonaparte's gulls in a rain pool on the Etowah Mound sod farm nearly directly across from the soccer field parking lot.  Quite a few in their 1st yr plummage. The only time I saw a Bonaparte's was in Alaska last yr.

I may have seen the long billed dowitcher along with a killdeer and Canada goose in a pool near the river still on the sod farm which Mark reported but I'm not claiming it :*(


Also did a quick run up to Taff and Brandon Farm Rds where there wasn't much going on.  Saw 2 mallards on the far side of the big pond and there were about 6 smaller ducks too but no ID.  There were, however, 100+ swallows.  Most were tree swallows, but I did get a glimpse of some orange for barn swallows.

BTW the fields on Fite Bend Rd in Gordon Co I reported for last Friday are canola plants not mustard.  It was still awesome.

Pam Potter
White, GA
Barotw Co

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