Hi, folks, a belated message from this past Sunday (9/20). I was able to bird the Reregulation Lake near Carters Lake for about 20-30 minutes before I packed it in when the rain started mid-morning. Among the swirling 125 or so (mostly) Chimney Swifts and (few) Barn Swallows at the Talking Rock Creek/GA 136 bridge were 4 female/immature Purple Martins. They were easy to pick out due to the large size, different shape, behavior & overall darker coloration...and because they were not so swirling and flew low overhead a couple of times.

I knew at the time that it was a pretty good personal sighting but as it turns out it is the latest I have ever seen the species ever anywhere. The late date as of 2003 for GA is 25 Oct, so it wasn't even close to a record, but the late date for the Mountain region is 16 Aug according to the Annotated Checklist of GA Birds.

Take care,

Jim Flynn Forsyth Co., GA http://www.gos.org http://www.atlantaaudubon.org/ ******************************

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