Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 17:36:35 -0700
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From: michael beohm <michaelbeohm@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: FDR State Park reports
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I used to live about 3 miles from the GPTV tower so naturally this is one of my favorite birding spots. I've only birded this location three times this fall and probably won't get a chance to go back this year.
Today, I found the following at the Pine Mountain Trail in Meriwether County:
October 4, 2005 Highlights
Golden-winged Warbler- female
Chestnut-sided Warbler- 3
Magnolia Warbler- 4
Tennessee Warbler- too many to count
Black-throated Blue- one male
Blackburnian Warbler- 1
Myrtle Warbler- 1
Black-throated Green Warbler- 1
Prairie Warbler- 1
Palm Warbler- at least one
Pine Warblers- many
Bay-breasted Warbler- 2
Blackpoll- 1
Worm-eating Warbler- 4 seen, a few also heard
Black-and-White Warbler- 10+
American Redstart- only 1
Ovenbird- 2
Hooded Warbler- 5
Baltimore Oriole- female with a white belly
Scarlet Tanagers
Acadian Flycatcher- 2 still calling
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks- several
Swainson's Thrushes- several
This is a good fall for Blackpolls. I think that the lingering hurricane in the Atlantic pushed them inland. The last fall Blackpoll that I remember before 2005 was at this same location in 1998. This fall Eric and I found one at Indian Springs and I spotted another on the Monroe County Fall Migration Count so this is the third time I've seen them this season and I'm birding less this year than in the past.
I don't recall so many Worm-eatings this late in the year.
On September 26, 2005 there were:
Worm-eating Warbler-2
Am. Redstart
Tennessee Warbler-3
Hooded Warbler-3
Black-and-White- 2
Chestnut-sided- 2
Swainson's Thursh- 10
Veery- 2
Acadians- several still calling
And the Philadelphia Vireo and Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Here is what I found on September 18, 2005 in Harris County at FDR State Park on the nature trail below Lake Delano:
Northern Parula- 2
Tennesse Warbler- 1
Blue-winged Warbler- female
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warblers
Bay-breasted Warbler- 1
Worm-eating Warbler- 1
Black-and-white Warbler- 2
American Redstart-3
Hooded Warbler
Black-throated Green- 1
Alder Flycatcher- observed at close range gave the "pip" note 4 times.
On May 27, 2005 I birded near the GPTV tower to try to find out how many Worm-eating Warblers were breeding in the area. I found two different pairs (4 birds) along the creek near the location where I found the babies back in 2003. There was also another bird singing near the swamp. Although I found no nests on this attempt it at least shows that several birds are in the area. There were also a pair of Black-and-White Warblers and a singing Yellow-throated Warbler.
Michael Beohm
Thomaston Upson County
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