Date:         Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:37:12 -0700
Reply-To:     Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
Sender:       Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Steve Holzman <steve_holzman@MAIL.FWS.GOV>
Subject:      GABO-L Coastal Birds
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     GABO,
 
     This week I attended a workshop on shorebird management.  There were
     associated field trips.
 
     We birded south beach, and the HWY 17 Mitigation Site.  Nothing too
     exciting or unusual to report.
 
     Least, Western, and Semipalmated Sandpipers
     2 Whimberels (On Jekyll Causeway)
     Willets
     Semipalmated plover
     Black-bellied plover
     Sanderlings
     Dowitcher sp.
     Marbled godwits
     Merlin
     Peregrine Falcon
     18 Roseate spoonbills (perched on western tree line near mitigation
     site)
 
     There has been a steady easterly wind for the last 2 days, so we're
     hoping for something more exciting bird-wise.
 
     Banding at Jekyll has started off strong (not a day under 100 so far).
     No rarities yet.
 
     If you are interested in participating in the International Shorebirds
     Survey program visit the website http://www.manomet.org/ISS.htm
     or contact Brian Harrington (bharr@manomet.org)
 
     Essentially you survey an area every 10 days to census shorebirds
     during migration.  The size of the area is not important.
 
     Good Birding
 
     Steve Holzman
     Brunswick, Georgia
     steve_holzman@fws.gov