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Richard Hall
05-18-2013
11:16 AM ET (US)
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This morning at Lake Chapman I had 2 LAUGHING GULLS fly through. They didn't stop unfortunately. Also at Lake Chapman was one COMMON LOON, and Lake Herrick held a HORNED GREBE that has attained much of its breeding plumage.
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Steve Duke  05-18-2013
07:10 AM ET (US)
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So last month I saw Wild Turkeys - I stopped counting after 10 - on the side of Daniell's Bridge Road in Oconee County. They were not "nervous" at all and right out in the open. Wooded and suburban area about a mile from the Hog Mountain Road intersection. This is not the first time I have seen them. And, last evening I heard a Bobwhite Quail from my backyard within 100 feet of the same road. Along with the deer in abundance, this is becoming a sporting paradise... hopefully without the bullets or arrows.
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Jonathan
05-17-2013
04:20 PM ET (US)
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The Barred Owl was back again calling last night. The call is not the usual call that I hear from Barreds, just single hoots spaced 2 seconds apart roughly 7 hoots in total. 3 nights in a row now. It's not a long-eared owl, too high in register. Makes me wonder if it may be a juvenile or a separated mate. Since there has been no return call. Edited 05-17-2013 04:22 PM
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Mirko Basen
05-17-2013
11:04 AM ET (US)
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Still some migrants around. Yesterday morning SWAINSON'S THRUSH singing at Lake Herrick and 2 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, and today, same location YELLOW WARBLER in the willows near the parkind deck, PROTHONOTORY WARBLER singing from the Yellowthroat's corner of the main lake, and 3 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS.
And of course the LINCOLN'S SPARROW that shortly showed up on my back porch yesterday evening, then disappearing into the privet, escaping from my camera.
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Mirko Basen
05-16-2013
08:44 PM ET (US)
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Unbelievable - I had a LINCOLN'S SPARROW in my backyard.
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John Whigham
05-15-2013
10:52 PM ET (US)
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I stopped by the Botanical Gardens this evening after work to look for all these cool migrants I've been reading about for a week! After an hour of mediocre birding I finally heard the CONNECTICUT WARBLER singing at the power line cut in the big honeysuckle bush closest to the gate. I could hear him moving around in there but he never would come out. Much thanks to James for the tip on his location.
On the way back from the beaver pond to find the CT Warbler, I came across a friendly HOODED WARBLER who sang in the open 15 feet from me at the beginning of the Orange Spur trail.
Here he is:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnip/8742361447/
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Marianne Happek
05-14-2013
07:35 PM ET (US)
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I just (7:30 pm) heard an Olive-sided Flycatcher in my woods down on the floodplain on River Oak Way. Very clearly. Can that be?
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Richard Hall
05-14-2013
11:07 AM ET (US)
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(cross-posted to GABO-l)
This morning I found a WILLOW FLYCATCHER along the barbed wire fence running parallel to the railroad at the S Milledge Fields. Several other birders joined us, and other good species were located including at least 2 BANK SWALLOWS hawking over the Golf Course Pond (found simultnaeously by Clark Jones and James Neves), and a singing MARSH WREN picked up by James in the wet flush leading into the Golf Course ponds. A CONNECTICUT WARBLER continues to sing in the lower powerline cut between the deer fence and the river. I had it on the White Trail side, but James and Clark just reported that the bird is now singing from the Orange Trail side. Clark had a singing GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH at the bottom of the powerline cut, and when I got home I had one singing softly in my yard. Wish I had more time to bird!
My eBird report, with photos of the WIFL, is here:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14109923
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Mirko Basen
05-13-2013
12:54 PM ET (US)
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Although I missed all of Richard's good birds (Blackburnian & Canada Warbler and Gray-cheeked Thrush) in the Botanical Garden by 20 minutes or so, I had a great morning finding a calling and singing CONNECTICUT WARBLER in the privet just above my head on the Orange Trail midway between the Beaver Pond and the Powerline Cut - therefore probably a second bird, as Richard reported his 20 minutes earlier from the end of the privet eradication area.
Picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mb_birds/8735842722/
At the South Milledge Fields, I had 2 BANK SWALLOWS perched on the wire,later hunting at the pond.
Picture:http://www.flickr.com/photos/mb_birds/8734724599/in/photostream/
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Jonathan
05-13-2013
07:43 AM ET (US)
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Saturday along an extremely muddy Cook's Trail, I couldn't figure out why the Kentucky Warblers were so agitated, which lead me to my FOTS YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. Had a great view of it, probably within 20 feet or so.
Sunday at Lake Herrick was a great warbler day, along with a SPOTTED SANDPIPER at the small pond and a juvenile at Herrick. Did a pair possibly breed in the vicinity or did they arrive at the Lake as a family unit?
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Eugenia
05-12-2013
05:38 PM ET (US)
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I've been hearing a NORTHERN BOBWHITE, possibly two, calling for the last 10-15 minutes here in southeastern Clarke Co. (off Morton Rd.).
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Brown Widener
05-12-2013
02:34 PM ET (US)
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Kathy and I spent Wed. Thurs. and Fri. in the mountains of Pickens County. There were lots of birds but the most exciting thing was the number of nests we found. Ten different species. They were Carolina Wren, Phoebe, Blue Headed Vireo (2), Wild Turkey (3 eggs), Blackburnian Warbler (2), Black Throated Green Warbler, Black and White Warbler (my first), American Robin, Yellow Shafted Flicker, and Bluebird. At home the Red Shouldered hawks have 3 fuzzy headed chicks and a Hummingbird was sitting on a nest it had begun building last Sat. or Sunday.
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Richard Hall
05-12-2013
10:35 AM ET (US)
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It's been a good morning of birding so far. I had singing SEDGE WREN, BOBOLINKS and a late SWAMP SPARROW in the field opposite the entrance to Sandy Creek Park. Krista Gridley had a singing DICKCISSEL at the S Milledge fields. I didn't see that bird, but I did get a LINCOLN'S SPARROW there about halfway down the dirt road. Mirko just texted to say that the CONNECTICUT WARBLER continues in the privet eradication area.
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Eugenia
05-11-2013
06:48 PM ET (US)
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Two MISSISSIPPI KITES were sailing around over Broadlands/Hickory Hill subdivisions this afternoon.
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Mirko Basen
05-10-2013
10:14 AM ET (US)
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Birding was quite ok in the Botanical Garden 8.45-9.30 this morning, with a couple of migrants - several Blackpoll Warbler, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, CHESTNUT-SIDED and MAGNOLIA WARBLER (the latter two not singing!), and at least 2 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES joined the usual crowd of locals. Altogether 14 warbler species, and I missed rare ones, and 2-3 breeding species! Edited 05-10-2013 10:56 AM
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Mirko Basen
05-09-2013
11:50 AM ET (US)
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Unfortunately I cannot join you guys on Saturday.
I had a good hour (9-10) this morning. I was very lucky to find a female DICKZISSEL hidden in a bush along the railroad track in the South Milledge fields(by its "dick" call that I did not know before, but sounded unfamiliar). Later I found a Magnolia Warbler among a nice spectrum of other warblers in the privet eradication area.
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