Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:19:39 -0500
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From: "James F. Flynn Jr." <jim.flynn@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject: GA RBA, 3/12/2005
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- RBA
* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* March 12, 2005
* GAGA0503.12
- Birds Reported
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Whimbrel
Greater White-fronted Goose
HARRIS'S SPARROW
Dowitcher sp.
Upland Sandpiper
-Transcript
hotline: Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date: March 12, 2005
number: 770-493-8862
to report: 770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT mindspring.com
coverage: Statewide
compiled: March 12, 2005 (9:15pm)
compiler: Jeff Sewell
transcriber: James F. Flynn, Jr.
Highlights of this report include a report AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN,
LONG-BILLED CURLEW, MARBLED GODWIT and WHIMBREL along the Jekyll Is.
Causeway; a nice sized flock of DOWITCHERS inland in Jackson Co.; 7 GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE continue in northern Forsyth Co.; UPLAND SANDPIPERS on
Cumberland Island; and although there are no updates on the HARRIS'S SPARROW
in Athens, it is assumed that the bird is still visiting a courtyard of
Lanier Gardens Retirement Community.
Jeff Sewell and Carol Lambert called in reports from Jekyll Island this
evening and yesterday evening, with the highlights being 9 AMERICAN WHITE
PELICANS near the Jekyll Island Causeway entrance structure on Friday
evening and a LONG-BILLED CURLEW, 5 MARBLED GODWITS and 5 WHIMBRELS in the
flats behind the Jekyll Island Visitors Center on Saturday. They did not
see the pelicans today, however. [DeLorme: p. 63, grid G-7; Birding
Georgia: p. 203]
Mark Freeman reports that 7 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE continue at a pond
near Coal Mountain in northern Forsyth Co. Directions: Take GA 400 north to
GA 369 (first light on GA 400 north bound); turn left (west) on GA 369 to GA
9 (first light); right (north) on GA 9 a short distance to Coal Mountain Dr.
The pond is on the northwest corner of GA 9 and Coal Mountain Dr. This is
private property; you'll need to scope the lake from the road. [DeLorme: p.
21, grid C-6]
Mark also discovered a nice sized flock of 33 DOWITCHERS in southwest
Jackson Co. near the Barrow Co. line. Mark believes that they were probably
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS but the distance and high winds prevented a positive
identification. Directions: Take I-85 exit 129, GA 53; head south from
I-85 on GA 53 and the pond and wetland is located on the right at a bend in
the road just past mile marker 8. [Delorme p. 21, grid F-9]
Dot Freeman, Betty Belanger, and Susan Bagwell reported finding 12 UPLAND
SANDPIPERS on Cumberland Island today in the dry grass beyond the wet marsh
south of Dungeness. [DeLorme: p. 71, grid C-7; Birding Georgia: p. 207]
This concludes the current edition of the Georgia Rare Bird Alert. For
information about the Georgia Ornithological Society, see www.gos.org, or
email us at information AT gos.org. To join GOS, send a check for $20 to
GOS, P.O. Box 181, High Shoals, GA 30645.
-End transcript
Take care,
Jim Flynn
Forsyth Co., GA
http://www.gos.org
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