Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:49:56 -0500
Reply-To: Brad_Bergstrom <bergstrm@VALDOSTA.EDU>
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From: Brad_Bergstrom <bergstrm@VALDOSTA.EDU>
Subject: Re: 02Mar03 Boat-tailed Grackles in Lowndes County
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Earl,
Boat-tailed Grackles hang around "the lakes" region (Valdosta limesink
region, which centers on the Lake Park area and straddles the state line)
most of the year, and at least 90% of them are of the Gulf race. That
large lake behind the welcome center is Ocean Pond, the largest natural
lake in Georgia, which has a healthy breeding population of Osprey, BTW.
We see BTGR pretty much every trip to Grassy Pond, a couple of miles to
the NW of Ocean, except for mid-winter, and Kristi Avera has documented
nesting there.
And in season BTGR can usually be found in the parking lots of the K-Mart
and adjacent Lowndes High School just off Exit 22 (along with Ring-billed
Gulls... in case anybody wants to do a Lowndes Co. Big Day or something!).
But, the fact that the species favors vast parking lots makes me wonder if
the inexorable growth of such ruderal habitats is aiding its northward
expansion.
Cheers,
Brad
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