- RBA

* Georgia * Georgia statewide * August 19, 2000 (2nd Report) * GAGA0008.19

- Birds mentioned

Olive-sided Flycatcher Cerulean Warbler Canada Warbler Connecticut Warbler Roseate Spoonbill Wood Stork White Ibis Reddish Egret Whimbrel Swallow-tailed Kite Mississippi Kite American Golden Plover

- Transcript

hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert date: August 19, 2000 number: 770-493-8862 to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@mindspring.com coverage: Statewide compiled: August 19, 2000 compiler: Jeff Sewell transcriber: Joel Hitt

This is the Georgia Rare Bird Alert for Saturday evening, August 19, 2000, Jeff Sewell reporting. This is a expansion of the report preceding this one on Saturday morning, adding some sightings that came in during the day.

Jerry Brunner had an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER at the South Peachtree Creek Nature Preserve on Saturday morning in Decatur (DeKalb County). He was birding there at 9:00 AM. From Lawrenceville Highway and North Druid Hills Road proceed west toward Atlanta, pass North DeKalb Mall immediately on your right, and cross South Peachtree Creek. Go through the traffic signal at the QuikTrip, and take the next right onto Harrington Drive. Go about 3/4 mile and turn right onto Wood Trail Lane. As Wood Trail Lane curves to the left, park and walk out into the preserve on the path which leads to the boardwalk. Be careful in parking that you do not impede traffic flow on the street. Walk out the boardwalk and look for the bird in the hardwoods. The exact location of Jerry's sighting is not provided, but there was a late summer 1999 Olive-sided at this spot, and that area likely was the location of today's bird.

Bob Zaremba was able to check the Preserve later on Saturday but didn't turn up the Olive-sided. He did report 8 warbler species, however, including a CERULEAN WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER.

Alan Ashby (sp?) today called in a report of a ROSEATE SPOONBILL on the airport pond on Newport Road in Albany.

At the E. L. Huie Land Application Facility south of Jonesboro (Clayton County) today, the ponds yielded a 2 imm. WOOD STORKS and a WHITE IBIS in the big pond in the early afternoon. Shorebird conditions are excellent on these ponds right now.

Brad Winn reports on GABO that he had 3 immature REDDISH EGRETS and WHIMBREL at Gould's Inlet, St. Simon's Island, either Thursday or Friday.

Also from GABO, Dan Hall reports an Oconee County gathering of kites of both species. At about 1:30 PM today, he and his wife observed 3 SWALLOW-TAILED and 3 MISSISSIPPI KITES, with perhaps more than that present. The location in Oconee is at the intersection of GA 53 and Moore's Ford Road, about 2 miles east of US 78.

Bruce Dralle found an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER in southwest Bartow County on Saturday. This location is in Taylorsville (Delorme 19 E-7). From Cartersville take GA 113 southwest to Taylorsville and turn right on Euharlee Street. Proceed 0.6 mile and turn right at the sign for Sod Atlanta. Turn right and locate the main road going through the sod farm, and drive to an intersection where you will see 2 pillars. Turn right and proceed to the shed or small barn. The plover was seen at this location to the left of the shed.

Thus concludes this edition of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert. For information about GOS visit our website at http://www.gos.org, or email us at gos@hom.net. To join GOS, send a check for $16 to GOS, P.O. Box 5825, Valdosta GA 31603-5825.

-End transcript Lawrenceville GA 770-932-5513 (v/f) joel@hitt.com