Date:         Sat, 3 Apr 2010 12:06:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Charlie <cmmbirds@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Charlie <cmmbirds@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Panola Mountain SP Rockdale County
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Hi folks,

Another wonderful day to be outdoors.  Spring banding has begun!

Charlie Muise
Lamar County, GA

Location:     Panola Mountain SP
Observation date:     4/3/10
Notes:     Another beautiful day out!  Good flow of raptors, and some new spring birds.  Sad to see the geese driving off the other waterfowl.
Number of species:     57

Canada Goose     4     2 pair.  One bird was incubating while another was chasing off other waterfowl.
Wood Duck     4     4 ducks seen on 3 separate occasions.
Mallard     1     A lone drake.
Blue-winged Teal     4     4 birds seen chased off the water by goose 3 times.
Wild Turkey     2     LOTS of gobbling.  Likely more than 2.
Great Blue Heron     2     7 - 8 sightings of at least 2 birds.  One seen carrying nest material once.
Great Egret     1
Cattle Egret     1
Green Heron      2 (I missed these, but others had them)
Black Vulture     110
Turkey Vulture     12
Osprey     1
Bald Eagle     1     Very mottled undersides.
Northern Harrier     1     "brown" bird seen 3 times.
Red-shouldered Hawk     2
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Wilson's Snipe     9     Likely a lot more out there, but 9 was high count.
Mourning Dove     4
Barred Owl     1
Whip-poor-will     1     Heard only
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Downy Woodpecker     1
Pileated Woodpecker     2
Eastern Phoebe     1
White-eyed Vireo     1
Blue Jay     6
American Crow     5
Fish Crow     2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     4
Carolina Chickadee     2     Banded one bird, and recaptured another.
Tufted Titmouse     2
Brown-headed Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     3
Sedge Wren     2     2 different birds were heard both singing and chipping.  One was briefly seen.  They have been seen and banded here before.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     4     2 pair.  One staying in same tree where they nested last year.
Eastern Bluebird     4
American Robin     1
Northern Mockingbird     2
Brown Thrasher     1
European Starling     3
Cedar Waxwing     X
Yellow-rumped Warbler     2
Pine Warbler     1
Prairie Warbler     1     heard, then seen.
Palm Warbler (Western)     2     Banded one bird.
Palm Warbler (Yellow)     2     Banded one bird.
Common Yellowthroat     12     Recaptured 3 birds banded previously.  All 3 were male.
Eastern Towhee     1
Chipping Sparrow     2
Field Sparrow     2
Song Sparrow     10     Recaptured one bird.
Swamp Sparrow     75     Conservative estimate.  They were all over.  We banded 11 and recaptured 5 others.
Northern Cardinal     6     Banded one female.
Red-winged Blackbird     25
Common Grackle     1
Brown-headed Cowbird     6
American Goldfinch     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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