Date: 11/28/25 6:55 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 28 Nov 25
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> Date: November 28, 2025 at 5:45:54 PM EST
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> *** Species Summary:
>
> American Black Duck (1 Clarke)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2 Chatham, 3 Glynn)
> Limpkin (2 Dougherty)
> Red-necked Phalarope (1 Glynn)
> Dunlin (1 Richmond)
> Black-crowned Night Heron (1 Ware)
> Green Heron (1 Ware)
> Eastern Kingbird (1 Harris)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (1 DeKalb)
> Sedge Wren (1 Rockdale)
> Swainson's Thrush (1 Laurens)
> White-crowned Sparrow (1 Fulton)
> Vesper Sparrow (2 Fulton)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Cherokee)
> Yellow-throated Warbler (1 Richmond)
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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.
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Lowndes
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Date: 11/26/25 3:41 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 26 Nov 25
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> Date: November 26, 2025 at 2:35:55 PM EST
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>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> American Black Duck (1 Clarke, 1 Fulton, 1 Hall)
> Greater Scaup (1 Clarke)
> Common Eider (1 Camden)
> Common Ground Dove (1 Greene)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 Chatham, 2 Glynn)
> Long-billed Dowitcher (2 Chatham)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Jasper)
> Peregrine Falcon (2 Fulton)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (1 Fulton)
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1 Bartow)
> Swainson's Thrush (1 Laurens)
> Bachman's Sparrow (1 Richmond)
> White-crowned Sparrow (1 Fulton)
> LeConte's Sparrow (1 Richmond)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Clarke)
> Black-and-white Warbler (1 Cobb, 1 Greene)
> Cape May Warbler (1 Burke)
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Lowndes
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Date: 11/24/25 12:55 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 24 Nov 25
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> Date: November 24, 2025 at 11:35:39 AM EST
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Common Merganser (1 Fannin)
> White-winged Dove (2 Chatham)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 Chatham, 2 Glynn)
> Limpkin (1 Lowndes)
> Long-billed Curlew (2 Glynn)
> Long-billed Dowitcher (1 Chatham)
> Wood Stork (1 Bibb, 2 Clay)
> Snowy Egret (1 Lowndes)
> Great Egret (1 Fulton)
> American White Pelican (1 Catoosa, 2 Clay)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (3 Jasper, 4 Jones)
> Merlin (1 Carroll)
> Ash-throated Flycatcher (1 Glynn)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (3 DeKalb, 1 Forsyth)
> Red Crossbill (Appalachian or type 1) (1 Fannin)
> Bachman's Sparrow (3 Jasper)
> White-crowned Sparrow (1 Fulton)
> Vesper Sparrow (2 Fulton)
> Henslow's Sparrow (1 Richmond)
> Lincoln's Sparrow (2 Fulton)
> Rusty Blackbird (1 Chatham)
> Boat-tailed Grackle (2 Calhoun)
> Black-and-white Warbler (1 Cobb, 1 DeKalb, 1 Fulton)
> Tennessee Warbler (1 Fulton)
> American Redstart (1 Bibb)
> Northern Parula (1 Bibb)
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Date: 11/21/25 4:39 am From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 21 Nov 25
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> Date: November 21, 2025 at 6:51:41 AM EST
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Snow Goose (6 Hart)
> Blue-winged Teal (1 Fulton)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 Chatham)
> Black-chinned Hummingbird (1 Chatham)
> Limpkin (1 Lowndes)
> Long-billed Curlew (1 Glynn)
> American Herring Gull (1 Gwinnett, 1 Hall, 6 Hart)
> Least Bittern (1 Glynn)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (1 Polk)
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Eastern) (3 Hart)
> Vesper Sparrow (1 Fulton)
> Henslow's Sparrow (2 Muscogee)
> Lincoln's Sparrow (1 Fulton)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Clarke)
> American Redstart (1 Glynn)
> Palm Warbler (Yellow) (2 Oconee)
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1 Fulton)
> Dickcissel (4 DeKalb)
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Lowndes
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Hello...
Time to put your listening ears on. We've had sandhill cranes pass through 2 separate days this week. I almost killed myself the first day making it outside because my brain wasn't comprehending what my ears were hearing. But I did manage to see them passing behind the house and ketteling. Than a friend texted me that they had just gone over Green Meadows park right after I saw them.
Today Victor was outside and heard them so banged on the window and yelled so I knew to run outside. They were high in the sky going down Due West Road..
So yes...keep your eyes and ears open. They seem a bit early this year. The past few years they waited until December to start going through. Many years ago, they did traditionally come through at this time in November. It will be interesting to see what they do this year.
Vicki & Victor Williams
West Cobb County (Due West on the map)
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Date: 11/19/25 11:55 am From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 19 Nov 25
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> Date: November 19, 2025 at 3:57:56 AM EST
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> American Black Duck (1 Hall)
> Common Ground Dove (1 Greene, 1 McDuffie)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 Clarke)
> Green Heron (1 Ware)
> Merlin (1 Paulding)
> Vermilion Flycatcher (2 Glynn)
> White-eyed Vireo (1 Clarke)
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow (1 Paulding)
> Northern House Wren (1 Clarke)
> White-crowned Sparrow (1 Fulton)
> Vesper Sparrow (3 Fulton)
> Lincoln's Sparrow (3 Fulton)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Clarke)
> Brewer's Blackbird (3 Clarke)
> Ovenbird (1 Fulton)
> Black-and-white Warbler (1 Cobb)
> Nashville Warbler (1 Cobb)
> Indigo Bunting (1 Fulton)
> Dickcissel (1 DeKalb)
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Date: 11/17/25 11:30 am From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 17 Nov 25
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> Date: November 17, 2025 at 1:15:08 AM EST
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Snow Goose (2 Fulton)
> American Black Duck (1 Clarke, 1 Hall)
> Common Merganser (1 Fannin)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 Chatham, 1 Cobb, 1 Lowndes)
> King Rail (1 Greene)
> Virginia Rail (1 Greene)
> Limpkin (1 Lowndes)
> Dunlin (2 Dooly, 2 Lee, 2 Sumter)
> White-rumped Sandpiper (1 Glynn)
> Bonaparte's Gull (1 Fannin)
> American Herring Gull (1 Forsyth, 1 Hall)
> Merlin (1 Butts, 1 Greene, 1 Lincoln)
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow (1 DeKalb)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (1 Columbia, 1 DeKalb, 1 Fulton)
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1 DeKalb, 1 Greene)
> Northern House Wren (1 Clarke)
> Sedge Wren (2 Rockdale)
> Marsh Wren (1 Gwinnett)
> White-crowned Sparrow (5 DeKalb, 2 Fulton)
> Vesper Sparrow (2 Fulton)
> Nelson's Sparrow (Interior) (1 DeKalb)
> Lincoln's Sparrow (2 Rockdale)
> Ovenbird (1 Fulton, 2 Richmond)
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2 Fulton)
> Dickcissel (6 DeKalb)
>
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Date: 11/15/25 2:56 am From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 14 Nov 25
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> Date: November 14, 2025 at 10:10:34 PM EST
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Snow Goose (3 Wayne)
> American Black Duck (1 Hall)
> Greater Scaup (1 Clarke)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2 Chatham, 1 Early, 1 Glynn)
> Stilt Sandpiper (1 Glynn)
> Bonaparte's Gull (1 Fannin)
> Mississippi Kite (1 Hall)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Jones)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (1 Cobb)
> Red Crossbill (1 Fannin)
> Yellow-breasted Chat (1 Chatham)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Clarke)
> Tennessee Warbler (1 Cobb, 1 Columbia)
> Cape May Warbler (1 Columbia)
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1 Fulton)
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Lowndes
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Date: 11/10/25 4:04 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 10 Nov 25
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> Date: November 10, 2025 at 4:04:04 PM EST
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> American Black Duck (1 Hall)
> Greater Scaup (1 Clarke)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2 Early, 2 Glynn)
> Bonaparte's Gull (1 Chatham, 1 Floyd, 1 Richmond)
> Common Loon (1 Clarke)
> Snowy Egret (1 Effingham)
> American Barn Owl (1 Thomas)
> Acadian Flycatcher (1 Glynn)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (1 Fulton)
> Henslow's Sparrow (3 Rockdale)
> Lincoln's Sparrow (3 Rockdale)
> Tennessee Warbler (1 Cobb)
> Northern Parula (1 Camden)
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1 Gwinnett)
>
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Lowndes
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Date: 11/8/25 6:09 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 7 Nov 25
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> Date: November 7, 2025 at 10:29:03 AM EST
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Greater White-fronted Goose (2 Hall)
> American Black Duck (1 Hall)
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1 Glynn)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 Chatham, 1 Cobb)
> American Herring Gull (1 Hall)
> Common Tern (1 Glynn)
> Eastern Wood-Pewee (2 DeKalb)
> Great Crested Flycatcher (1 Chatham)
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow (2 Paulding)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (1 Forsyth, 1 Fulton, 1 Murray)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Fulton)
> American Redstart (1 Muscogee)
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1 DeKalb)
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Robert Emond
Lowndes
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Date: 11/5/25 1:16 am From: Mark McShane <00001c91b59d7b85-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] All-Time Georgia eBird Complete Checklists - 18000!
Hi All,
Just this past March Jim Hanna reached 17000 Georgia eBird complete checklists (a new record), since then on October 21st Jim reached 18000 (another new record)! In fact, every time Jim submits another Georgia eBird complete checklist he breaks his own and the Georgia all-time record. Jim thinks that there's a chance that he may very well reach 20000 sometime next year in 2026, if not he should in 2027!
Pending any very late checklist submittals (which could change the numbers), 2013 was the first year that a single birder submitted more than 1000 Georgia eBird complete checklists in a single year! Including and since 2013 up until the present Jim has submitted the most Georgia eBird complete checklists for 7 of those 13 years, including an all-time Georgia single-year record of 2085 in 2018! Jim also is the checklist leader for 4 Georgia counties and is in the Top 10 in 29 others!
The available eBird data for years with over 1000 Georgia eBird complete checklists submitted breaks down by year, leader's number, leader, how many other birders submitted over 1000 checklists that year (and who they were in order of total checklists submitted that year, most first), as follows:
2025 - 1545 - Jim Hanna, 1 other over 1000 (Aidan Rodriguez) (as of this writing)
2024 - 1359 - Jim Hanna, 0 others over 1000
2023 - 1121 - Jim Hanna, 2 others over 1000 (Anne Thompson, Joshua Spence)
2022 - 1112 - Joshua Spence, 3 others over 1000 (Anne Thompson, James White, Jim Hanna)
2021 - 1309 - Yve Morrell, 4 others over 1000 (James White, Jim Hanna, James Gibson, Kathy Miller)
2020 - 1345 - James White, 3 others over 1000 (Jim Hanna, Eliot VanOtteren, Patrick Brisse)
2019 - 1413 - Jim Hanna, 5 others over 1000 (Lionel Xavier Horn, James White, Kathy Miller, James Gibson, Eliot VanOtteren)
2018 - 2085 - Jim Hanna, 2 others over 1000 (James White, Kathy Miller)
2017 - 1860 - Jim Hanna, 4 others over 1000 (James Gibson, Kathy Miller, James White, Mark McShane)
2016 - 1930 - James Gibson, 3 others over 1000 (Jim Hanna, Kathy Miller, James White)
2015 - 1260 - James White, 4 others over 1000 (Kathy Miller, Jim Hanna, James Gibson, Patty McLean)
2014 - 1985 - James Gibson, 2 others over 1000 (Josiah Lavender, James White)
2013 - 1582 - Jim Hanna, 2 others over 1000 (Jim and Allison Healy, James Gibson)
Congratulations once again to Jim on reaching a new milestone and on his many Georgia eBird complete checklist related contributions and accomplishments, and to all of the very many Georgia eBirders who have submitted so many Georgia eBird complete checklists on their contributions and accomplishments as well!
There are currently 6 Georgia birders who have submitted more than 10000 all-time Georgia eBird complete checklists (and relatively soon hopefully one of them will have submitted 20000)!
There are currently 25 Georgia birders who have submitted between 5000 and 9999 all-time Georgia eBird complete checklists!
Would ATGeBCC be a good acronym for All-Time Georgia eBird Complete Checklists?
Good Birding All,
Mark
Mark McShane
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia
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Date: 11/4/25 10:25 am From: Sargent, Bob <bob.sargent...> Subject: [GABO-L] GOS Scholarships for Two Teens to Attend Hog Island Birding Camp in Maine in 2026
For teen birders (ages 15-17) and their parents:
Want to attend Maine Audubon's famous Hog Island Birding Camp next June for free?
The GOS will send two lucky teenagers to the renowned Hog Island Camp in Maine to participate in the June 21-26, 2026, session of Coastal Maine Bird Studies for Teens. The society will cover the cost of the registration fee and up to $650 reimbursement for the airline ticket expense. GOS will also pay the $100 transportation cost for the camp staff to pick up the teens at the airport in Portland, ME, bring them to the camp, and bring them back to the airport at the end of the week. (Note: Scholarship recipients arrange their own travel. Food and lodging are included in the registration cost.)
How to apply: Applicants must be at least 15 and no older than 17 during the camp session and must be a Georgia resident. Complete the application form located at www.gos.org/YoungBirderScholarship and follow the submission instructions below. You will need to write an essay (350 word minimum) about your interest in birds and birding, your involvement in the Georgia birding community, what you will do with the knowledge you will gain from this camp, your career goals, and how you will spread your interest in birds to friends. Include at least three letters of recommendation with the application. Scholarship recipients are expected to write an article with pictures describing their experiences at the camp for the GOShawk newsletter. To see issues of this newsletter, visit www.gos.org/GOSHawkarchive
Note: You are not eligible to apply if you have previously received two birding camp scholarships from GOS.
The application deadline is January 15, 2026. The winner will be selected in early February 2026. If you scroll to the bottom of www.gos.org/youngbirderscholarship, you will see the past recipients of birding camp scholarships provided by GOS. Don't you want to see your name added to the list?
Applications (i.e., the form, essay, and letters of recommendation) must be submitted electronically (Subject: Hog Island GOS Scholarship) in PDF format to <bobsargent.ncs...>
Bob Sargent
Macon, GA
Bibb County
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