Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 21:49:09 -0500
Reply-To: "James F. Flynn, Jr." <jflynn@AMERICA.NET>
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From: "James F. Flynn, Jr." <jflynn@AMERICA.NET>
Subject: Polk & Harlason Cos., 10/28/01
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Earl Horn and I birded several areas in Polk and Haralson Cos. today,
with the highlight being the sparrows at J. L. Lester WMA in Polk Co.
We had 9 species of sparrows, including a Lincoln's Sparrow across
Antioch Rd. from the jeep trail to the pond, and about 10 White-crowned
Sparrows a little further up the dirt road, also across the road from
the trail entrance, and 6 Vespers Sparrows, most near the jeep trail.
In the fields around the pond itself, we observed hundreds of Savannah
Sparrows, and had a decent selection of waterbirds.
In Harlason Co., we made several stops along stream crossings in the
eastern part of the county, and also stopped at Evelyn S. Wade Lake, aka
Lake Olympia, aka Lake Buchanan. Few highlights in Harlason Co., but we
did find a Brown Creeper and a couple of Winter Wrens. Wade Lake
produced a flock of Ring-necked Ducks, a few Hooded Mergansers, and one
lone male Lesser Scaup.
A quick stop on the way back to Atlanta at Sweetwater Creek produced
only a handful of Ruddy Ducks and a few Cormorants.
Here are the results from the day:
J L Lester WMA [DeLorme p.18 grid G-5]
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Great Blue Heron 1 Brown-headed Nuthatch 4
Canada Goose 88 Carolina Wren 6
Gadwall 3 House Wren 2
Mallard 6 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Blue-winged Teal 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Green-winged Teal 23 Eastern Bluebird 5
Northern Harrier 2 Hermit Thrush 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 American Robin 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Northern Mockingbird 3
Northern Bobwhite 15 Brown Thrasher 2
Killdeer 75 European Starling 4
Greater Yellowlegs 7 American Pipit 35
Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Pine Warbler 5
Least Sandpiper 1 Palm Warbler 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 2 Eastern Towhee 5
Common Snipe 18 Chipping Sparrow 2
Mourning Dove 3 Field Sparrow 2
Belted Kingfisher 1 Vesper Sparrow 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Savannah Sparrow 300+
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Song Sparrow 42
Downy Woodpecker 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Northern Flicker 3 Swamp Sparrow 20
Eastern Phoebe 4 White-throated Sparrow 30
Loggerhead Shrike 2 White-crowned Sparrow 10
Blue-headed Vireo 1 Dark-eyed Junco 6
Blue Jay 9 Northern Cardinal 6
American Crow 70 Red-winged Blackbird 70
Tree Swallow 8 Eastern Meadowlark 35
Carolina Chickadee 7 American Goldfinch 8
Tufted Titmouse 6
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Haralson Co., various stops
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Turkey Vulture 3 Tufted Titmouse 11
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Brown-headed Nuthatch 9
Rock Dove 4 Brown Creeper 1
Eastern Screech-Owl 1 Carolina Wren 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Winter Wren 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet 10
Downy Woodpecker 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7
Hairy Woodpecker 1 Hermit Thrush 6
Northern Flicker 3 Northern Mockingbird 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 18
Eastern Phoebe 5 Eastern Towhee 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1 Song Sparrow 5
Blue Jay 2 Swamp Sparrow 1
American Crow 6 White-throated Sparrow 5
Carolina Chickadee 11 Northern Cardinal 1
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Evelyn S. Wade Lake, Harlason Co. [DeLorme p. 24, grid A-5...noted as
"Lake Olympia"]
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Pied-billed Grebe 5 Blue Jay 2
Great Blue Heron 1 American Crow 3
Canada Goose 75 Tree Swallow 9
Ring-necked Duck 35 White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Lesser Scaup 1 Savannah Sparrow 3
Hooded Merganser 3 Song Sparrow 1
American Coot 116 Swamp Sparrow 1
Killdeer 2 Eastern Meadowlark 2
Belted Kingfisher 1 American Goldfinch 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Take care.
--
Jim Flynn
Cumming, GA
jflynn@america.net
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