First Chuck Will’s Widow we have ever heard at our house in Dahlonega. It was dark (9pm) and we did not see him/her. Only heard him/her.
Jack Wissner
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Date: 5/27/26 4:54 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 27 May 26
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>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Black Scoter (1 Glynn)
> Northern Bobwhite (5 Meriwether)
> Eurasian Collared-Dove (1 Cobb)
> Common Ground Dove (1 Meriwether)
> Laughing Gull (1 Hart)
> Great Black-backed Gull (1 Glynn)
> Wood Stork (1 McDuffie)
> Double-crested Cormorant (2 Murray)
> Tricolored Heron (3 DeKalb)
> Snowy Egret (1 Forsyth)
> Mississippi Kite (1 Gordon)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Charlton)
> American Kestrel (1 Gordon, 1 Gwinnett)
> Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (3 Gordon)
> House Crow (1 DeKalb)
> Bachman's Sparrow (1 Harris, 3 Meriwether)
> Chipping Sparrow (1 Chatham)
> Black-and-white Warbler (2 Bibb)
> Prothonotary Warbler (2 Union)
> American Redstart (1 Camden)
> Blackpoll Warbler (1 Wayne)
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1 Coweta)
> Dickcissel (1 Madison)
>
> ---------------------------------------------
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Date: 5/26/26 5:34 am From: Ted Antal <0000211cf2e4113a-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Conasauga River WMA
GM All,
Any recommendations for waterfowl here? We don't have 4 wheel drive. Thanks
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Date: 5/22/26 4:21 am From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 22 May 26
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (1 Stewart)
> Ring-necked Duck (1 Richmond)
> Hooded Merganser (1 Fulton)
> Black-billed Cuckoo (1 Cobb)
> Chuck-will's-widow (1 Fulton)
> Virginia Rail (1 Floyd)
> Black-necked Stilt (1 Richmond)
> Dunlin (1 Hart)
> White-rumped Sandpiper (1 Bartow)
> Semipalmated Sandpiper (3 DeKalb)
> Wood Stork (1 McDuffie)
> Double-crested Cormorant (1 Lumpkin)
> Tricolored Heron (1 Richmond)
> Broad-winged Hawk (1 Baker, 1 Emanuel)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (2 Baker)
> Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (1 Gordon)
> Red Crossbill (Appalachian or type 1) (1 Fannin)
> Savannah Sparrow (1 Forsyth)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Cherokee, 1 DeKalb, 1 Upson)
> Boat-tailed Grackle (1 Richmond)
> Blackpoll Warbler (1 Camden)
> Palm Warbler (1 Fulton)
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (1 Cobb)
>
> ---------------------------------------------
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Date: 5/21/26 5:46 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 20 May 26
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>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (5 Fulton)
> Ring-necked Duck (1 Richmond)
> Northern Bobwhite (1 Harris, 1 Talbot)
> Common Nighthawk (1 Cobb)
> Chuck-will's-widow (1 Fulton)
> Black-necked Stilt (1 Richmond)
> Stilt Sandpiper (1 Chatham)
> Pectoral Sandpiper (1 Gordon)
> Lesser Black-backed Gull (1 Chatham)
> Magnificent Frigatebird (1 Glynn)
> Tricolored Heron (1 Richmond)
> Western Cattle-Egret (1 Whitfield)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Appling, 1 Charlton, 1 Jones)
> Hairy Woodpecker (1 Chatham)
> American Kestrel (1 Oglethorpe)
> Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (5 Gordon)
> Chipping Sparrow (1 Chatham)
> White-throated Sparrow (1 Clarke)
> Baltimore Oriole (2 Cobb, 1 Pickens, 1 Pike)
> Boat-tailed Grackle (1 Richmond)
> American Redstart (1 Glynn)
>
> ---------------------------------------------
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Date: 5/19/26 6:31 am From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 18 May 26
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>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (1 Fulton)
> Black Scoter (1 Chatham)
> Northern Bobwhite (5 Jones, 2 Oglethorpe)
> Common Ground Dove (2 Jones)
> Chuck-will's-widow (1 Fulton)
> White-rumped Sandpiper (1 Fannin)
> Pectoral Sandpiper (1 Fulton)
> Semipalmated Sandpiper (1 Cobb)
> Anhinga (1 Clarke)
> Black-crowned Night Heron (1 Clarke)
> Snowy Egret (5 DeKalb, 1 Warren)
> Mississippi Kite (1 Murray)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Jefferson, 2 Jones, 1 Richmond)
> American Kestrel (1 Chattooga, 1 Richmond, 4 Rockdale)
> Veery (1 Pickens)
> Bachman's Sparrow (1 Jones, 1 Richmond)
> Grasshopper Sparrow (1 Fulton)
> Chipping Sparrow (1 Chatham)
> LeConte's Sparrow (1 Rockdale)
> Savannah Sparrow (1 Rockdale)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Fulton)
> Boat-tailed Grackle (torreyi/alabamensis) (2 Glynn)
> Black-and-white Warbler (1 Glascock, 1 Jefferson, 2 Stewart, 2 Sumter)
> Prothonotary Warbler (1 Whitfield)
> Swainson's Warbler (1 Whitfield)
> Connecticut Warbler (1 Fulton)
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (1 Towns)
>
> ---------------------------------------------
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Date: 5/15/26 5:09 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 15 May 26
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (2 Fulton)
> Northern Bobwhite (4 Jones, 1 Upson)
> Rock Pigeon (1 Chatham)
> White-winged Dove (1 Lowndes)
> Chuck-will's-widow (2 Fulton)
> Eastern Whip-poor-will (2 Bulloch)
> American Avocet (1 Chatham)
> Semipalmated Plover (2 Fannin)
> Semipalmated Sandpiper (1 Fannin, 1 Fulton)
> Lesser Black-backed Gull (5 Chatham)
> Little Blue Heron (1 DeKalb, 1 Lamar)
> Mississippi Kite (1 Cobb)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Jasper, 1 Jones)
> American Kestrel (1 Gwinnett)
> Merlin (1 Chatham, 1 Clinch)
> Willow Flycatcher (2 Rabun)
> Cedar Waxwing (1 Chatham)
> Bachman's Sparrow (1 Jones)
> Chipping Sparrow (1 Chatham)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Fulton)
> Boat-tailed Grackle (1 Richmond)
> Northern Waterthrush (1 Camden, 1 Columbia, 1 Lowndes)
> Black-and-white Warbler (1 Bibb, 2 Bulloch, 1 Washington)
> Connecticut Warbler (1 DeKalb, 1 Forsyth, 5 Fulton)
> Magnolia Warbler (1 Bartow, 1 Columbia, 2 Floyd, 3 Richmond)
> Northern Yellow Warbler (1 Lowndes)
> Black-throated Blue Warbler (1 Richmond)
> Palm Warbler (2 Fulton)
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (1 Monroe, 1 Rabun)
>
> ---------------------------------------------
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Date: 5/13/26 4:09 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 13 May 26
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>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (1 Stewart)
> Ring-necked Duck (1 Richmond)
> Chuck-will's-widow (1 Fulton)
> King Rail (1 Greene)
> Sanderling (1 Bartow)
> Anhinga (2 Clarke)
> Glossy Ibis (1 Miller)
> Little Blue Heron (1 Fulton, 1 Lamar, 1 McDuffie)
> Snowy Egret (1 Greene)
> Northern Harrier (1 Bartow)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Baker)
> American Kestrel (1 Clarke, 1 Cook)
> Willow Flycatcher (3 Rabun)
> Loggerhead Shrike (1 Clarke)
> Black-capped Chickadee x Tufted Titmouse (hybrid) (1 Walker)
> Bank Swallow (2 Richmond)
> Grasshopper Sparrow (2 Fulton)
> Nelson's Sparrow (1 Chatham)
> Savannah Sparrow (1 Bartow, 1 Richmond)
> Eastern Towhee (White-eyed) (1 Clarke)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Clarke, 1 Cobb, 1 Fayette, 2 Greene)
> Boat-tailed Grackle (1 Bulloch, 1 Richmond)
> Blue-winged Warbler (1 Pickens)
> Prothonotary Warbler (3 Union)
> Tennessee Warbler (1 Clarke)
> Connecticut Warbler (1 Fulton)
> Cape May Warbler (2 Richmond)
> Magnolia Warbler (1 Muscogee)
> Bay-breasted Warbler (1 Catoosa)
> Northern Yellow Warbler (1 Muscogee)
> Palm Warbler (1 Richmond)
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (1 Rabun, 2 Richmond)
> Painted Bunting (1 Muscogee)
> Dickcissel (1 Hart, 1 Madison)
>
> ---------------------------------------------
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Date: 5/11/26 9:45 am From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 11 May 26
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>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Egyptian Goose (1 Bleckley)
> Ring-necked Duck (1 Dooly)
> Northern Bobwhite (2 Bartow, 1 Harris)
> Black-billed Cuckoo (1 Rabun, 1 Towns)
> Chuck-will's-widow (1 DeKalb, 1 Fulton)
> Eastern Whip-poor-will (1 Clay)
> Limpkin (1 Coweta)
> Black-bellied Plover (1 Bartow)
> Semipalmated Plover (1 Union)
> Short-billed Dowitcher (2 Macon)
> Long-billed Dowitcher (1 Glynn, 2 Macon)
> Stilt Sandpiper (2 Macon)
> Baird's Sandpiper (1 Bartow)
> White-rumped Sandpiper (2 Bartow, 3 Gwinnett, 2 Macon)
> Pectoral Sandpiper (2 Bartow, 3 Macon)
> Semipalmated Sandpiper (1 Paulding)
> Great Black-backed Gull (2 Glynn)
> Forster's Tern (1 Hall)
> Horned Grebe (2 Fannin)
> Little Blue Heron (3 DeKalb, 2 Lamar)
> Tricolored Heron (16 DeKalb, 1 Walton)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Charlton, 2 Jasper)
> American Kestrel (5 Forsyth)
> Peregrine Falcon (2 Clayton)
> Willow Flycatcher (1 Murray)
> Philadelphia Vireo (1 Douglas, 1 Towns)
> Common Raven (1 Murray)
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1 Catoosa)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (1 Cobb)
> Sedge Wren (1 DeKalb)
> Gray-cheeked Thrush (1 Towns)
> Swainson's Thrush (2 Chatham, 2 Glynn)
> Hermit Thrush (1 Gwinnett)
> Bachman's Sparrow (1 Jasper)
> Grasshopper Sparrow (1 Fulton)
> Savannah Sparrow (1 Baker)
> Lincoln's Sparrow (1 Hall)
> Swamp Sparrow (1 DeKalb, 1 Paulding)
> Bobolink (1 Towns)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Laurens)
> Boat-tailed Grackle (1 Richmond)
> Prothonotary Warbler (4 Union)
> Connecticut Warbler (2 DeKalb)
> Cape May Warbler (2 Chatham)
> Magnolia Warbler (1 Chatham, 5 Houston)
> Bay-breasted Warbler (4 Houston)
> Northern Yellow Warbler (2 Houston)
> Black-throated Blue Warbler (2 Chatham, 1 Glynn)
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak (3 Bibb, 1 Crawford, 1 Jeff Davis)
>
> ---------------------------------------------
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Date: 5/8/26 6:38 pm From: Cynthia Fleck <00001e6f7aec49da-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [GABO-L] Jim Hanna - First Birder to 19,000 Georgia eBird Complete Checklists / Other Georgia Birders Making eBird Top 100 Complete Checklist News!
👏👏👏
Happy Birding to all, even to us mere mortals!
Cheers,
Cynthia
On Fri, May 8, 2026, 8:46 PM Mark McShane <
<00001c91b59d7b85-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Super Congrats to Jim Hanna who just went over 19,000 eBird lifetime
> complete checklists for Georgia! Amazingly Jim is on a track to reach
> 20,000 by the end of the year!
>
> The next three Georgia birders who have the most all-time Georgia eBird
> complete checklists are James Gibson, James White, and Kathy Miller, who
> are all sitting basically somewhere within 535 checklists of each other
> right now, at over 14,000 eBird lifetime complete checklists for Georgia!
>
> - - -
>
> Interestingly, in the following eBird Major Regions the following minimums
> are needed to place in the eBird Top 100 for Complete Checklists right
> now. We have three Georgia Birders who have placed into some or all of
> these Top 100 lists! Special Congrats to James Gibson who is the first
> Georgia Birder in the Top 100 on every list!
>
> World Top 100 for Complete Checklists
> 21,214 minimum needed
> James Gibson 66th
>
> Western Hemisphere Top 100 for Complete Checklists
> 20,436 minimum needed
> James Gibson 61st
>
> ABA Area Top 100 for Complete Checklists
> 20,226 minimum needed
> James Gibson 58th
>
> North America Top 100 for Complete Checklists
> 20,177 minimum needed
> James Gibson 59th
>
> ABA Continental Top 100 for Complete Checklists
> 20,083 minimum needed
> James Gibson 57th
>
> USA Top 100 for Complete Checklists
> 18,889 minimum needed
> James Gibson 50th
> Jim Hanna 89th
> James White 96th
>
> USA Lower 48 Top 100 for Complete Checklists
> 18,673 minimum needed
> James Gibson 49th
> Jim Hanna 88th
> James White 94th
>
> Congrats to all three of these very dedicated Georgia birders on their
> multi-decade eBird Top 100 Complete Checklist accomplishments!
>
> - - -
>
> Good Birding All!
>
> Mark
>
> Mark McShane (struggling for 5,000 Georgia eBird complete checklists)
> Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia
>
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Date: 5/8/26 5:46 pm From: Mark McShane <00001c91b59d7b85-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Jim Hanna - First Birder to 19,000 Georgia eBird Complete Checklists / Other Georgia Birders Making eBird Top 100 Complete Checklist News!
Hi All,
Super Congrats to Jim Hanna who just went over 19,000 eBird lifetime complete checklists for Georgia! Amazingly Jim is on a track to reach 20,000 by the end of the year!
The next three Georgia birders who have the most all-time Georgia eBird complete checklists are James Gibson, James White, and Kathy Miller, who are all sitting basically somewhere within 535 checklists of each other right now, at over 14,000 eBird lifetime complete checklists for Georgia!
- - -
Interestingly, in the following eBird Major Regions the following minimums are needed to place in the eBird Top 100 for Complete Checklists right now. We have three Georgia Birders who have placed into some or all of these Top 100 lists! Special Congrats to James Gibson who is the first Georgia Birder in the Top 100 on every list!
World Top 100 for Complete Checklists
21,214 minimum needed
James Gibson 66th
Western Hemisphere Top 100 for Complete Checklists
20,436 minimum needed
James Gibson 61st
ABA Area Top 100 for Complete Checklists
20,226 minimum needed
James Gibson 58th
North America Top 100 for Complete Checklists
20,177 minimum needed
James Gibson 59th
ABA Continental Top 100 for Complete Checklists
20,083 minimum needed
James Gibson 57th
USA Top 100 for Complete Checklists
18,889 minimum needed
James Gibson 50th
Jim Hanna 89th
James White 96th
USA Lower 48 Top 100 for Complete Checklists
18,673 minimum needed
James Gibson 49th
Jim Hanna 88th
James White 94th
Congrats to all three of these very dedicated Georgia birders on their multi-decade eBird Top 100 Complete Checklist accomplishments!
- - -
Good Birding All!
Mark
Mark McShane (struggling for 5,000 Georgia eBird complete checklists)
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia
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Date: 5/8/26 3:48 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 8 May 26
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> Date: May 8, 2026 at 03:18:02 EDT
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Snow Goose (1 Whitfield)
> Black Scoter (2 Glynn)
> Hooded Merganser (1 Newton)
> Northern Bobwhite (1 Bartow)
> Common Ground Dove (1 Jackson)
> Eastern Whip-poor-will (1 Fulton)
> Sandhill Crane (1 Macon)
> Short-billed Dowitcher (hendersoni) (1 Bartow)
> Short-billed Dowitcher (1 Union)
> Wilson's Snipe (1 Macon)
> White-rumped Sandpiper (2 Clarke, 1 Walton)
> Pectoral Sandpiper (2 Bartow)
> Semipalmated Sandpiper (1 Oconee, 1 Paulding)
> Laughing Gull (2 Bartow, 4 Clarke)
> Black Tern (1 Newton)
> Forster's Tern (1 Murray)
> Pied-billed Grebe (1 Murray)
> Anhinga (3 Clarke)
> Roseate Spoonbill (1 Ware)
> Little Blue Heron (1 Lamar)
> Tricolored Heron (15 DeKalb, 1 Forsyth, 1 Ware)
> Snowy Egret (1 Bartow)
> Northern Harrier (4 Glynn)
> Bald Eagle (1 DeKalb)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Charlton)
> American Kestrel (1 Gwinnett, 1 Jackson)
> Loggerhead Shrike (1 Clarke)
> Bank Swallow (6 Clarke, 1 Paulding)
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2 Chattooga, 1 DeKalb)
> Northern House Wren (2 Decatur)
> Marsh Wren (2 DeKalb)
> American Pipit (1 Bartow)
> Grasshopper Sparrow (1 Fulton)
> Chipping Sparrow (2 Chatham)
> Swamp Sparrow (3 Glynn)
> Boat-tailed Grackle (1 Ware)
> Dickcissel (1 Madison)
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> Thank you for subscribing to the <daily> Georgia Rare Bird Alert. The report below shows observations of rare birds in Georgia. View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35569 > NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.
>
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Robert Emond
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Date: 5/7/26 3:39 am From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 6 May 26
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> Date: May 7, 2026 at 01:36:08 EDT
> To: <robert.emond2015...>
> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Ring-necked Duck (1 Richmond)
> Black Scoter (2 Glynn, 1 McIntosh)
> Northern Bobwhite (1 Bartow, 3 Jones)
> Common Ground Dove (1 Jackson, 1 Jones)
> White-winged Dove (1 Lowndes)
> Eastern Whip-poor-will (1 Emanuel)
> King Rail (2 Charlton)
> Purple Gallinule (1 Decatur)
> Limpkin (1 Decatur, 1 Dougherty, 1 Lee)
> Black-necked Stilt (2 Richmond)
> Upland Sandpiper (1 Colquitt)
> Long-billed Dowitcher (1 Chatham)
> Ruddy Turnstone (1 Banks)
> Stilt Sandpiper (1 Glynn)
> Semipalmated Sandpiper (1 Banks, 1 Oconee)
> Forster's Tern (1 Murray)
> Anhinga (3 Clarke, 1 Newton)
> White Ibis (1 Harris)
> Glossy Ibis (1 Decatur, 3 Richmond)
> Little Blue Heron (1 Lamar)
> Tricolored Heron (28 DeKalb, 1 Fulton)
> Brown Pelican (1 Putnam)
> Bald Eagle (2 Cobb, 1 DeKalb)
> Mississippi Kite (4 Cobb, 1 Fulton)
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1 Cobb)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (2 Jones)
> American Kestrel (1 Jackson)
> Peregrine Falcon (1 Clarke, 1 Rabun)
> Willow Flycatcher (1 Rabun)
> Least Flycatcher (1 Cobb)
> Eastern Warbling Vireo (1 Clarke)
> Bank Swallow (2 DeKalb)
> Northern House Wren (2 Decatur)
> Veery (1 Chatham, 1 Richmond)
> Purple Finch (1 Fulton)
> White-crowned Sparrow (1 Burke)
> Swamp Sparrow (1 Douglas)
> Boat-tailed Grackle (4 Richmond)
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (1 Chatham, 2 Richmond)
> Dickcissel (2 Madison)
>
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> Thank you for subscribing to the <daily> Georgia Rare Bird Alert. The report below shows observations of rare birds in Georgia. View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35569 > NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.
>
> eBird encourages safe, responsible birding. Some reports may be from private property. Respect access restrictions and follow the rules wherever you bird. For more information, visit the eBird and Merlin Community Guidelines: https://ebird.org/community-guidelines. Stay connected to the global birding community with eBird Updates: https://mailchi.mp/cornell/ebird-updates-sign-up-page.
Robert Emond
Lowndes
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Date: 5/2/26 3:35 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 1 May 26
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> Date: May 1, 2026 at 15:58:46 EDT
> To: <robert.emond2015...>
> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Northern Shoveler (2 Clarke, 1 Glynn)
> Ring-necked Duck (1 Richmond)
> Northern Bobwhite (1 Clarke)
> Ruffed Grouse (1 Murray)
> Eastern Whip-poor-will (1 Twiggs)
> Limpkin (1 Henry)
> Sandhill Crane (1 Glynn)
> Long-billed Dowitcher (1 Bartow, 2 Chatham)
> Dunlin (1 Bartow, 1 Muscogee)
> Common Tern (1 Douglas)
> Anhinga (3 Clarke)
> Turkey Vulture (Northern) (1 Muscogee)
> Northern Harrier (2 Camden)
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1 Pickens)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Charlton)
> American Kestrel (1 Gwinnett)
> Blue-headed Vireo (2 Bibb)
> Philadelphia Vireo (1 Paulding)
> Loggerhead Shrike (2 Clarke)
> Bank Swallow (1 Richmond)
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2 Chatham)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (4 Cobb)
> Brown Creeper (1 DeKalb)
> Sedge Wren (6 Cobb)
> Marsh Wren (1 Cobb, 4 Richmond)
> Hermit Thrush (1 Barrow)
> Purple Finch (1 Habersham)
> Dark-eyed Junco (1 Murray, 1 Polk)
> Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (1 Murray)
> White-crowned Sparrow (1 Houston)
> Swamp Sparrow (1 Columbia, 5 Richmond)
> Eastern Towhee (White-eyed) (1 Clarke)
> Boat-tailed Grackle (6 Richmond)
> Prothonotary Warbler (1 Union)
> Magnolia Warbler (2 Muscogee, 1 Richmond)
> Canada Warbler (1 Muscogee)
>
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> Thank you for subscribing to the <daily> Georgia Rare Bird Alert. The report below shows observations of rare birds in Georgia. View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35569 > NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.
>
> eBird encourages safe, responsible birding. Some reports may be from private property. Respect access restrictions and follow the rules wherever you bird. For more information, visit the eBird and Merlin Community Guidelines: https://ebird.org/community-guidelines. Stay connected to the global birding community with eBird Updates: https://mailchi.mp/cornell/ebird-updates-sign-up-page.
Robert Emond
Lowndes
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