Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 21:06:31 -0500
Reply-To: "James F. Flynn, Jr." <jflynn@AMERICA.NET>
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From: "James F. Flynn, Jr." <jflynn@AMERICA.NET>
Subject: South Georgia, 3/17/2002
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Earl Horn and I birded south Georgia yesterday, concentrating on Reed
Bingham SP (Cook & Colquitt Cos., west of Adel) and Paradise Public
Fishing Area (Berrien Co., east of Tifton). Both of these areas have
produced some pretty neat stuff over the past year or so, and although
we didn't find anything rare, we did see a lot of birds.
We started early in the morning looking for owls in Cook, Colquitt and
Berrien Cos. It was one of those quiet windless nights and the Barred
and Eastern Screech-Owls were very vocal. At one location along the
Little River on the Cook/Colquitt Co. line outside of Lenox, GA, we had
five Barred Owls and one Ea. Screech Owl calling at once. At another
location along Warrior Creek in eastern Colquitt Co. we had seven Ea.
Screech Owls calling at once. We also had five Barred Owls in Berrien
Co., although three of the five were heard during the day at various
locations.
Yellow-throated Vireos were found in several areas; Northern Parulas
were everywhere, as were White-eyed Vireos and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
(we found one female gathering lichens for her nest); a couple of Vesper
Sparrows outside of Reed Bingham SP in Colquitt Co.; Barn Swallows were
in several locations (but not in the abundance they will be over the
next couple of weeks); three Cattle Egrets north of Nashville; and at
Reed Bingham State Park, we observed 6 Boat-tailed Grackles (I assume
the Q. m. westoni race; I know that they are regularly found here and in
scattered locations in south Georgia, but it is just really cool to see
this species so far inland in Georgia).
Here is a run down of the species that we observed yesterday in various
areas:
Reed Bingham SP, Cook Co. side
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Great Blue Heron 1 Barn Swallow 2
Great Egret 1 Carolina Wren 2
White Ibis 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Black Vulture 20 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Wood Duck 1 Eastern Bluebird 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Northern Mockingbird 2
Killdeer 1 Cedar Waxwing 10
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Northern Parula 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 11
Downy Woodpecker 2 Pine Warbler 2
Eastern Phoebe 1 Chipping Sparrow 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Jay 2 Red-winged Blackbird 8
American Crow 2 Common Grackle 10
Fish Crow 2 Boat-tailed Grackle 1
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Reed Bingham SP, Colquitt Co. side
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Pied-billed Grebe 3 Tufted Titmouse 1
Great Egret 3 Carolina Wren 2
Canada Goose 16 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Wood Duck 6 Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Osprey 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
Common Moorhen 3 Eastern Bluebird 2
American Coot 350 Hermit Thrush 1
Killdeer 1 Brown Thrasher 1
Mourning Dove 3 Northern Parula 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 18
Downy Woodpecker 3 Pine Warbler 5
Pileated Woodpecker 2 Palm Warbler 1
Eastern Phoebe 2 Common Yellowthroat 2
White-eyed Vireo 4 Chipping Sparrow 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Jay 6 Boat-tailed Grackle 5
American Crow 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Fish Crow 6 American Goldfinch 1
Carolina Chickadee 5
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Colquitt Co. (west and north of Reed Bingham SP)
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Double-crested Cormorant 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Black Vulture 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Turkey Vulture 33 Eastern Bluebird 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Hermit Thrush 2
American Kestrel 1 American Robin 1
Common Ground-Dove 1 Gray Catbird 3
Eastern Screech-Owl 7 Northern Mockingbird 11
Barred Owl 2 Brown Thrasher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Cedar Waxwing 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Northern Parula 5
Downy Woodpecker 7 Yellow-rumped Warbler 25
Northern Flicker 2 Pine Warbler 7
Pileated Woodpecker 1 Palm Warbler 9
White-eyed Vireo 5 Ovenbird 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1 Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Eastern Towhee 6
American Crow 4 Chipping Sparrow 30
Fish Crow 2 Vesper Sparrow 2
Barn Swallow 1 Savannah Sparrow 1
Carolina Chickadee 3 White-throated Sparrow 12
Tufted Titmouse 7 Northern Cardinal 7
Carolina Wren 6
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Cook Co. (north and west of Reed Bingham SP)
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Black Vulture 4 Barn Swallow 1
Canada Goose 1 Carolina Chickadee 3
Mallard 3 Tufted Titmouse 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 House Wren 2
American Kestrel 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Killdeer 17 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Common Snipe 1 Eastern Bluebird 2
Rock Dove 2 Hermit Thrush 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 3 Gray Catbird 1
Mourning Dove 4 Northern Mockingbird 4
Eastern Screech-Owl 1 Brown Thrasher 2
Barred Owl 5 European Starling 15
Belted Kingfisher 3 Northern Parula 2
Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Pine Warbler 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Palm Warbler 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2 Common Yellowthroat 2
Loggerhead Shrike 2 Eastern Towhee 2
White-eyed Vireo 2 Chipping Sparrow 9
Blue-headed Vireo 1 Swamp Sparrow 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Northern Cardinal 14
Blue Jay 2 Eastern Meadowlark 3
American Crow 2 Common Grackle 20
Fish Crow 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Purple Martin 5 House Sparrow 15
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Berrien Co. (Nashville area)
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Great Blue Heron 2 Carolina Wren 5
Cattle Egret 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Canada Goose 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Wood Duck 4 American Robin 4
Hooded Merganser 2 Northern Mockingbird 2
Rock Dove 9 Brown Thrasher 3
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 European Starling 20
Mourning Dove 4 Northern Parula 1
Great Horned Owl 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Barred Owl 5 Pine Warbler 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Common Yellowthroat 2
Downy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Towhee 4
Pileated Woodpecker 2 Field Sparrow 2
White-eyed Vireo 3 Northern Cardinal 12
Blue Jay 3 Red-winged Blackbird 4
American Crow 1 Common Grackle 15
Fish Crow 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Carolina Chickadee 10 American Goldfinch 3
Tufted Titmouse 4 House Sparrow 15
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Paradise Public F.A., Berrien Co.
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Pied-billed Grebe 35 Tufted Titmouse 1
Double-crested Cormorant 250 Brown-headed Nuthatch 3
Anhinga 4 Carolina Wren 8
Great Blue Heron 3 House Wren 3
Great Egret 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Canada Goose 17 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Mallard 2 Eastern Bluebird 4
Ring-necked Duck 41 Hermit Thrush 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Gray Catbird 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Northern Mockingbird 2
Common Moorhen 4 Northern Parula 1
American Coot 53 Yellow-rumped Warbler 30
Least Sandpiper 21 Pine Warbler 7
Mourning Dove 4 Palm Warbler 7
Common Ground-Dove 4 Common Yellowthroat 1
Downy Woodpecker 2 Eastern Towhee 4
White-eyed Vireo 2 Chipping Sparrow 6
Blue Jay 3 Field Sparrow 1
Fish Crow 6 Swamp Sparrow 2
Barn Swallow 6 Red-winged Blackbird 2
Carolina Chickadee 4 House Finch 2
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Take care.
--
Jim Flynn
Forsyth Co., GA
jflynn@america.net
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