Date:         Thu, 7 Jun 2001 23:58:28 -0400
Reply-To:     "Marion M. Dobbs" <marion@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Marion M. Dobbs" <marion@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Chattooga Co. 7June 2000: Nightjars and Songdogs
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I set out on Thursday, 7 June, to tidy up some loose ends in the Lyerly and
Summerville quads for the Breeding Bird Atlas, hoping for a few additional
species and some status upgrades.  Both quads are located in Chattooga Co.
I birded GA 100 north from GA 20 and the area between GA 114 and 337,
returning down US27 with a rainy side trip at Tidings.  Whip-poor-wills
and/or Chuck-wills-widows were calling at almost every stop before dawn.  My
second stop, still in Floyd Co., featured 1 WPWI with a background chorus of
coyotes - very nice.  I encountered a total of 19 nightjars: 8 CWWI, 11
WPWI.  Nothing else particularly noteworthy until my return to Rome where I
had an unusual overflight of 14 Cattle Egrets in the downtown area.

Marion M. Dobbs
Rome  GA
marion@mindspring.com