- RBA

* Georgia * Georgia statewide * October 15, 2000 * GAGA0010.15

- Birds mentioned

Fulvous Whistling-duck Thayer's Gull Nashville Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow

- Transcript

hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert date: October 15, 2000 number: 770-493-8862 to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell@mindspring.com coverage: Statewide compiled: October 16, 2000 compiler: Jeff Sewell transcriber: Joel Hitt

This is the Georgia Rare Bird Alert for Sunday evening, October 15, 2000, Jeff Sewell reporting.

Gene Keferl reports a fantastic observation of a flock of FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCKS on the wing over the Jekyll Island Causeway. They were seen around 8:15 AM 1/2 mile from US 17 over the causeway heading south. Several efforts by coastal birders to relocate the birds failed later in the day.

Gene also reports running across a couple of birders from Colorado who reported seeing a THAYER'S GULL on Jekyll's South Beach. Birders failed to relocate that bird as well.

Yesterday Bob Zaremba and others reported 5 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS at the Altamaha State Waterfowl Management Area south of Darien, out on the dykes. This of course is on the east side or the ocean side of US 17.

From the Atlanta area Bill Ellry reports a LINCOLN'S SPARROW and a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW from the Buford Fish Hatchery, between Cumming and Buford off GA 20 at the Chattahoochee River. A NASHVILLE WARBLER was also seen near the headquarters building on the left among a flock of other warblers.

The 3 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS reported from Saturday morning's AAS bird walk at the Cochran Shoals Unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation area have not been relocated.

This concludes the current 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.

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