Date:         Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:40:14 -0400
Reply-To:     Nathan Farnau <natwan@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Nathan Farnau <natwan@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Georgia Int. Horse Park (Rockdale Co.) - 17 Oct 2011

Patrick Addy and I birded the horse park this morning and, despite a dearth of warblers, had pretty
decent diversity (including some transients I only see occasionally on the property).  60 species.

Highlights:

Wood Duck 14
Mallard 8
Blue-winged Teal 9
Northern Shoveler 1, first eBird record for the property
Green-winged Teal 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 11, a nice count for mid-October here

Northern Harrier 1, I've only seen them here in fall
Cooper's Hawk 3

Chimney Swift 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
House Wren 1
Marsh Wren 2, one in the Big Haynes Creek wetland, the other in the "Mane" St powerline cut
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 40

Common Yellowthroat 6
Magnolia Warbler 2
Palm Warbler (Western) 6
Pine Warbler 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 12

Indigo Bunting 22, active in the powerline cut and in the pastures
Eastern Meadowlark 2, also strictly a transient here

Nathan Farnau
East Atlanta (Dekalb County)

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