Date:         Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:14:31 -0500
Reply-To:     Mark McShane <eagleeyed@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Sender:       Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Mark McShane <eagleeyed@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject:      GA RBA, 1/29/2010

- RBA

* Georgia
* Georgia statewide
* January 29, 2010
* GAGA1001.29

- Birds Reported

IVORY GULL
VIRGINIA'S WARBLER

- Transcript

hotline:     Georgia Rare Bird Alert
date:        January 29, 2010
number:      770-493-8862
to report:   770-493-8862 or lambertsewell AT att.net
coverage:    Statewide
compiled:    January 29, 2010 (8:07 PM)
compiler:    Jeff Sewell
transcriber: Mark McShane

This evening the first Georgia record IVORY GULL, an adult, first found at
West Point Lake near West Point, Georgia in Troup County on the 25th, the
southernmost IVORY GULL on record, and seen, enjoyed, and photographed by
many this week, has passed away from injuries probably inflicted by a
large predator.  Please check Georgia Birders Online
(http://listserv.uga.edu/archives/gabo-l.html) for more posted details
conerning the gull.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1001&L=gabo-l&P=R16481
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1001&L=gabo-l&P=R18736
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1001&L=gabo-l&O=A&P=47556

A VIRGINIA'S WARBLER, Georgia's 2nd, continues daily at a private
residence in Valdosta, in Lowndes County.  First seen on the 15th, and
seen daily since, this warbler is most reliably showing up at first light
each morning for a brief period to visit a hummingbird feeder.  The
homeowner is welcoming folks to try for the bird, contact information is
in the second post following.
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1001&L=gabo-l&P=R10005
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1001&L=gabo-l&P=R10670
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1001&L=gabo-l&P=R11283
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1001&L=gabo-l&P=R11591
Today's post:
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1001&L=gabo-l&O=D&P=45534

Giff Beaton's book "Birding Georgia"
(http://www.gos.org/publications/publications.html#bg) and Ken
Blankenship's web site "Wings Over Georgia" (http://www.wingsoverga.com/)
Contain directions to some of these sites and many other great birding
locations in Georgia.

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 Membership, 108 W. 8th St., Louisville, GA 30434
-End transcript

Good Birding All,

Mark McShane
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, GA
eagleeyed AT bellsouth.net
http://neargareport.blogspot.com

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