Date: 2/27/26 1:31 pm From: Vicki DeLoach <000020f947f27559-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] 15 Sandhill cranes over Crabapple just after Noon today!
I sent this in real time ... it hasn't gone through so I'll try again. We were meeting friends for lunch in Crabapple - when we opened our car doors we heard cranes - LOUD! They were flying low right over the parking lot - heading NE. We also heard some trumpeting over our house around 6pm on Wednesday above heavy cloud cover. Kind of late in the day for them - maybe headed to Fields Landing?
Vicki & Harry DeLoach Cherokee Co. / and from Crabapple
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We’ve had two groups fly over in last hour. First group was flying a
little bit lower and they were loud. Second group was higher. Both
treated us to their circling in a new formation. About 250 in total.
Marcia M.
Calhoun, Gordon County
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Heard, then saw about 60 Sandhill Crane flying over in a "V" having unequal lengths. As before, they were flying in a north northeasterly direction over Lilburn. Although faint, Merlin was able to hear and identify the species. Still a thrill. Rick Krause Lilburn, Gwinnett County.
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Date: 2/27/26 12:17 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 27 Feb 26
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Snow Goose (1 Whitfield)
> Blue-winged Teal (2 Fulton)
> Canvasback (6 Clayton)
> Greater Scaup (1 Muscogee)
> White-winged Scoter (1 Muscogee)
> Common Merganser (2 Fannin)
> Common Ground Dove (1 Greene)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 Glynn, 1 Lowndes)
> Rufous Hummingbird (1 Lowndes)
> King Rail (1 Greene)
> Virginia Rail (1 Greene)
> Limpkin (6 Clayton)
> Long-billed Dowitcher (1 Glynn)
> Least Sandpiper (1 Fulton)
> Parasitic Jaeger (1 Glynn)
> Wood Stork (1 Lowndes)
> American Barn Owl (1 McIntosh)
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow (2 Clarke, 1 Gwinnett)
> Winter Wren (1 Glynn)
> Lincoln's Sparrow (1 Clarke)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Gwinnett)
> Summer Tanager (1 Lowndes)
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1 Cherokee)
>
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Lowndes
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Date: 2/27/26 9:23 am From: vldeloach <000020f947f27559-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] 15 Sandhill cranes low over Crabapple!!
We're meeting friends for lunch in Crabapple ... opened car door and heard cranes - LOUD! Right over busy parking lot and LOW - 15 in line heading NE! VickiSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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Date: 2/26/26 12:41 pm From: Clyde Holler <0000225be1dc9f15-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Sandhill Cranes Over Mineral Bluff
About 3:00, we saw a flight of 35-40 Sandhills flying NW toward Mineral Bluff, which I believe they passed to the east over Dividing Ridge. I've been here since 1987, and this is the first Sandhill sighting.
Clyde Holler Fannin County
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Date: 2/25/26 2:17 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 25 Feb 26
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Snow Goose (3 Chatham, 1 Whitfield)
> Ross's Goose (2 McIntosh, 1 Whitfield)
> Canvasback (1 Floyd, 1 Fulton, 1 Gwinnett)
> Greater Scaup (1 Gwinnett)
> Common Ground Dove (1 McDuffie)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 Chatham, 2 Glynn)
> King Rail (1 Forsyth)
> Virginia Rail (2 Muscogee)
> Greater Yellowlegs (1 McDuffie)
> American White Pelican (3 Clay)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Charlton)
> Peregrine Falcon (1 Fulton)
> Purple Martin (1 Jones)
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow (2 Clarke, 1 Columbia)
> Barn Swallow (1 Forsyth)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (1 Fayette)
> Lincoln's Sparrow (2 Muscogee)
> Baltimore Oriole (2 Clarke, 1 Cobb, 1 DeKalb)
> Northern Waterthrush (1 Glynn)
> Tennessee Warbler (1 Clarke)
> Summer Tanager (1 Glynn)
> Western Tanager (1 Glynn)
>
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The confirmed female Rufous Hummingbird continues at my house in Winterville. She frequents the feeder on my front porch every day. I bought a special hummingbird feeder heater for cold days. She has been here since early December.
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Date: 2/23/26 2:47 am From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 23 Feb 26
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>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Snow Goose (1 Jackson)
> Greater White-fronted Goose (1 Bartow)
> Canvasback (1 Clayton, 12 Fulton)
> Greater Scaup (2 Muscogee, 5 Richmond)
> Common Ground Dove (1 Greene)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 Chatham, 1 Lowndes)
> Rufous Hummingbird (1 Lowndes)
> King Rail (1 Greene)
> Limpkin (1 Clayton)
> Short-eared Owl (2 Burke)
> Merlin (1 Webster)
> Peregrine Falcon (2 Fulton)
> Loggerhead Shrike (1 Clarke)
> White-crowned Sparrow (1 Fulton)
> Savannah Sparrow (1 Cobb)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Barrow, 1 Clarke, 1 DeKalb)
> Boat-tailed Grackle (westoni) (2 Richmond)
> Yellow-throated Warbler (1 Clarke)
>
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Date: 2/20/26 10:42 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 20 Feb 26
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Ross's Goose (3 McIntosh)
> American Black Duck (1 Glynn)
> Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) (1 Glynn)
> Redhead (1 Rabun)
> Greater Scaup (3 Richmond)
> Common Merganser (1 Murray)
> White-winged Dove (1 Bibb, 1 Decatur)
> Greater Yellowlegs (1 Cobb)
> Wood Stork (1 Grady)
> Snowy Egret (1 Grady)
> Bald Eagle (1 DeKalb)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Baker, 1 Thomas)
> Say's Phoebe (1 Mitchell)
> Eastern Kingbird (1 Baldwin, 1 Clarke)
> Northern House Wren (1 Clarke)
> Savannah Sparrow (1 Cobb)
> Baltimore Oriole (2 Clarke, 1 DeKalb)
> Boat-tailed Grackle (3 Richmond)
>
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Robert Emond
Lowndes
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Date: 2/19/26 1:07 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 18 Feb 26
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Snow Goose (1 Chatham, 3 Whitfield)
> Ross's Goose (2 McIntosh, 2 Whitfield)
> Greater Scaup (1 Muscogee)
> Common Merganser (3 Murray)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2 Glynn)
> Limpkin (3 Henry)
> Wood Stork (1 Coffee)
> Black-crowned Night Heron (3 Henry)
> Great Egret (2 DeKalb)
> American White Pelican (1 Coffee, 1 Decatur)
> Eastern Screech-Owl (1 Cobb)
> Short-eared Owl (Northern) (1 Burke)
> Short-eared Owl (1 Burke)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Charlton)
> Merlin (3 Clayton)
> Peregrine Falcon (1 Fulton)
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1 Clarke)
> Winter Wren (1 Chatham, 2 Glynn)
> Purple Finch (Eastern) (2 Early)
> Clay-colored Sparrow (2 Glynn)
> Henslow's Sparrow (1 Forsyth, 5 Glynn)
> Lincoln's Sparrow (5 Glynn)
> Bullock's Oriole (1 DeKalb)
> Rusty Blackbird (1 Chatham)
> Ovenbird (1 Grady)
> Northern Waterthrush (1 Richmond)
> Yellow-throated Warbler (albilora) (2 Glynn)
> Summer Tanager (2 Glynn)
> Western Tanager (1 Glynn)
>
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Robert Emond
Lowndes
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Sandhill cranes circling over our house in Dahlonega. Circled for several minutes, then formed a V and headed North.
It is going to be very cold in the North for a while. I hope they know what they are getting into!!
Jack Wissner <jdwissner...> (678) 576-1971
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Date: 2/17/26 4:47 pm From: Vicki Williams <000002847ef88933-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Huge movement of Sandhill Cranes Tues pm West Cobb County
Hello...
I was lucky enough this afternoon to get home just before a huge river of sandhill cranes moved over my house. So yay to working late.
From 4:50 to 5:10 there were 2 rivers of sandhills passing over. The first river was right down my street and many of the groups were low enough I could see their necks and feet with my naked eye. Later they changed their trajectory and were passing behind my house at an angle.
It was an awesome sight watching the waves coming over. Even more fascinating was looking at the waves over lapping so it was like looking at overlapping W's spread through the sky.
The first river was very noisy. The 2nd river was quieter. I'm sure I did an undercount but I reported 1823 sandhills on Ebird.
I did wonder if they were going to make it all the way up to Lake Allatoona and if the water level was low enough for there to be mudflats.
Fingers crossed others got to see and hear the sandhill crane rivers that passed through today.
Vicki Williams (Due West)
West, west Cobb County
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5:30-5:50: Just saw about 10 very large groups of Sandhill cranes fly over house just now. They are coming one group after another, in groups of 100-200. One group was about 500 cranes.
Does anyone know where they might be resting for the night? We are about 1.5 hours south of the Hiawassee Wildlife Refuge.
Marcia M. Calhoun, ga
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Date: 2/17/26 8:17 am From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 16 Feb 26
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> Date: February 16, 2026 at 7:27:02 PM EST
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Snow Goose (3 Chatham, 1 Whitfield)
> Greater White-fronted Goose (1 Forsyth)
> Trumpeter Swan (1 Coweta)
> Canvasback (1 Clayton, 3 Dawson, 2 Gwinnett, 2 Lumpkin)
> Redhead (2 Lumpkin)
> Greater Scaup (1 Oglethorpe)
> Common Eider (Dresser's) (2 Chatham)
> Common Goldeneye (3 Dawson, 1 Towns)
> Common Merganser (1 Laurens)
> Common Ground Dove (1 Cobb)
> White-winged Dove (1 Bibb)
> Blue-throated Mountain-gem (1 Coweta)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2 Chatham, 3 Glynn, 1 Lowndes)
> Rufous Hummingbird (1 Lowndes)
> Limpkin (1 Henry)
> Long-billed Dowitcher (1 Glynn)
> Parasitic Jaeger (1 Chatham, 4 Glynn)
> Horned Grebe (1 Floyd)
> Wood Stork (1 Grady, 1 Lowndes, 1 Tift)
> Great Egret (1 DeKalb)
> American White Pelican (2 Clay)
> Bald Eagle (1 DeKalb)
> Mississippi Kite (1 Berrien)
> Merlin (1 Bibb, 1 Pickens)
> Black-capped Chickadee (1 Spalding)
> Chestnut-backed Chickadee (1 Coweta)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (1 Cobb, 3 Fulton)
> Gray Catbird (1 Bartow)
> Oriental Magpie-Robin (1 Coweta)
> Purple Finch (Eastern) (1 Carroll, 1 DeKalb)
> Clay-colored Sparrow (1 Fulton)
> White-crowned Sparrow (1 Cobb)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Barrow, 1 Clarke, 3 Cobb, 1 DeKalb, 2 Fulton, 1 Gwinnett, 4 Paulding)
> Northern Waterthrush (2 Chatham)
> Black-and-white Warbler (1 Cobb, 1 Jackson, 2 Oglethorpe)
> Cerulean Warbler (1 Forsyth)
> Northern Parula (2 Decatur)
> Summer Tanager (1 Glynn)
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1 DeKalb)
>
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Date: 2/16/26 3:58 pm From: Chris O'Neal <00001cfdc84db394-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Woodcock in Johns Creek
Hello everyone!
I was just finishing a pram ride with my son in our neighbourhood, and a
strange bird flew over us low to the ground, making a whistling noise with
its wings. I looked up and saw its profile. Seconds later, I realised in
disbelief that it was an AMERICAN WOODCOCK! I’ve heard them peenting
before, but this was the first time I’d ever seen one, and certainly not
where I expected to! Needless to say, a new neighbourhood bird!
Eyes to the skies!
Chris O’Neal
Fulton County
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Date: 2/13/26 4:35 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 13 Feb 26
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> Date: February 13, 2026 at 1:14:02 PM EST
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Snow Goose (2 Chatham, 1 Sumter)
> Ross's Goose (2 Hart)
> Greater White-fronted Goose (3 Hart)
> Blue-winged Teal (1 Fulton)
> Canvasback (2 Clarke, 1 Dawson, 1 Fannin, 2 Gwinnett, 2 Lumpkin, 2 Paulding)
> Greater Scaup (2 Lumpkin, 1 Paulding, 1 Richmond)
> Common Goldeneye (1 Dawson)
> Common Merganser (2 Lumpkin)
> Common Ground Dove (1 McDuffie)
> White-winged Dove (1 Bibb)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (4 Chatham, 3 Glynn, 1 Lowndes)
> Rufous Hummingbird (1 Clarke, 1 Lowndes)
> Limpkin (1 Chatham)
> Greater Yellowlegs (1 McDuffie)
> Parasitic Jaeger (1 Chatham)
> Great Egret (1 DeKalb)
> Broad-winged Hawk (1 Forsyth)
> Hairy Woodpecker (1 Chatham)
> Peregrine Falcon (1 Fulton)
> Western Kingbird (2 Glynn)
> Tree Swallow (1 Coweta, 1 Jackson)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (1 Fulton)
> Purple Finch (1 Chatham)
> Grasshopper Sparrow (1 Bartow)
> Orchard Oriole (1 Paulding)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Clarke, 1 Gwinnett)
> Boat-tailed Grackle (1 Richmond)
> Ovenbird (1 Clarke)
> Black-and-white Warbler (1 DeKalb)
> Orange-crowned Warbler (1 Catoosa)
> Northern Parula (2 Decatur)
> Northern Yellow Warbler (3 Glynn)
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1 Bibb, 1 Cobb, 1 Fulton)
>
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I saw about 100 flying over house in Calhoun about 6:00 pm yesterday. Noisy bunch! I could hear from within the house.
Marcia M. Calhoun, GA
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Date: 2/13/26 7:17 am From: RICHARD KRAUSE <0000197edd86a4b2-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Sandhill Cranes
At 3:15 p.m. Thursday, heard Sandhill Cranes. Then saw them; they were in a "V" of uneven lengths. Estimated to be about 70. Flying north over Lilburn. Rick Krause
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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:10:13 -0500
From: Ted Antal <tedantal...>
Subject: Camera Recs
Hi All,
We're looking for a DSLR, new or used, for bird IDing. Budget is $500
including lens.
Not sure that we need WiFi, image stabilization or mirrorless.
I'm thinking 200-300 mm telephoto lens. Something light in weight.
TIA for any recommendations.
Ted & Shally
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Date: 2/12/26 7:44 am From: Ted Antal <0000211cf2e4113a-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Camera Recs
Hi All,
We're looking for a DSLR, new or used, for bird IDing. Budget is $500 including lens.
Not sure that we need WiFi, image stabilization or mirrorless.
I'm thinking 200-300 mm telephoto lens. Something light in weight.
TIA for any recommendations.
Ted & Shally
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Date: 2/11/26 12:14 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 11 Feb 26
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> Date: February 11, 2026 at 9:32:02 AM EST
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Snow Goose (2 Chatham)
> American Black Duck (1 Glynn)
> Canvasback (5 Clarke, 1 Gwinnett, 3 Lumpkin, 1 Newton, 1 Paulding)
> Greater Scaup (1 Lumpkin, 1 Oglethorpe, 1 Paulding)
> Long-tailed Duck (1 Columbia)
> Common Goldeneye (2 Cobb, 1 Muscogee)
> Common Merganser (2 Lumpkin)
> Common Ground Dove (1 McDuffie)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2 Glynn)
> Parasitic Jaeger (1 Chatham)
> Bonaparte's Gull (1 Fulton)
> American Bittern (1 Fayette)
> Short-eared Owl (1 Sumter)
> Merlin (1 Franklin)
> Say's Phoebe (1 Mitchell)
> Tree Swallow (1 Fayette)
> Red Crossbill (1 Murray)
> American Tree Sparrow (1 Upson)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Clarke, 1 Gwinnett, 1 Oconee)
> Boat-tailed Grackle (1 Richmond)
> Ovenbird (1 Glynn)
> Black-and-white Warbler (1 Pike)
> Tennessee Warbler (1 Clarke)
> Northern Parula (1 Decatur)
> Yellow-throated Warbler (1 Thomas)
> Summer Tanager (1 Glynn)
> Western Tanager (1 Glynn)
>
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We didn't see them, but we sure did hear a group of sandhill cranes flying high over area east of Emory main campus. Patty Jenkins DeKalb County
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Date: 2/9/26 4:12 am From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 9 Feb 26
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> Date: February 9, 2026 at 6:21:22 AM EST
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Greater White-fronted Goose (1 Polk)
> Blue-winged Teal (1 Fulton)
> American Black Duck (2 Glynn)
> Canvasback (5 Clarke, 4 Fulton, 7 Gwinnett, 2 Newton)
> Greater Scaup (2 Whitfield)
> Long-tailed Duck (1 Columbia)
> Eurasian Collared-Dove (1 Cobb)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 Glynn, 1 Lowndes)
> Rufous Hummingbird (1 Lowndes)
> American Bittern (3 Fayette)
> Green Heron (2 Charlton)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Charlton)
> Western Kingbird (6 Glynn)
> Sedge Wren (1 Rockdale)
> Red Crossbill (1 Habersham)
> Lincoln's Sparrow (1 Cherokee)
> Yellow-breasted Chat (1 Glynn)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Clarke, 1 Gordon, 2 Gwinnett)
> Boat-tailed Grackle (2 Stewart)
> Ovenbird (1 Glynn)
> Orange-crowned Warbler (1 Bartow)
> Northern Parula (2 Decatur)
> Northern Yellow Warbler (5 Glynn)
> Summer Tanager (1 Glynn)
> Western Tanager (1 Glynn)
>
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Lowndes
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Date: 2/6/26 7:20 am From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 6 Feb 26
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> Date: February 6, 2026 at 1:05:16 AM EST
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Snow Goose (1 Chatham, 1 Decatur, 1 Richmond, 1 Rockdale)
> Ross's Goose (1 Richmond)
> Greater White-fronted Goose (1 Oconee, 1 Union)
> American Black Duck (1 Union)
> Canvasback (2 Clarke, 1 Dawson, 3 Gwinnett, 1 Newton, 1 Towns, 1 Union)
> Greater Scaup (2 Chatham, 1 Lumpkin, 1 Towns)
> White-winged Scoter (1 Muscogee)
> Common Goldeneye (1 Towns)
> Common Merganser (1 Lumpkin)
> Northern Bobwhite (1 Walton)
> Common Ground Dove (1 McDuffie)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 Chatham, 1 Glynn)
> Rufous Hummingbird (1 Chatham)
> Long-billed Dowitcher (1 Glynn)
> Dunlin (1 Dooly)
> Eared Grebe (1 Glynn)
> American Barn Owl (1 McIntosh)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Putnam)
> Tree Swallow (1 Cherokee)
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow (1 Cobb, 1 DeKalb)
> Barn Swallow (American) (1 Cherokee)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (1 Bibb)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Clarke, 1 Fulton, 1 Oconee)
> Boat-tailed Grackle (1 Effingham, 1 Richmond)
> Ovenbird (1 Clarke, 3 Glynn)
> Yellow-throated Warbler (1 Clarke)
> Prairie Warbler (1 Paulding)
> Summer Tanager (1 Glynn)
> Painted Bunting (1 Burke)
>
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Robert Emond
Lowndes
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Date: 2/5/26 2:27 am From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 4 Feb 26
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> Date: February 4, 2026 at 11:27:34 PM EST
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Snow Goose (1 Chatham)
> Blue-winged Teal (1 Clarke)
> Canvasback (1 Butts, 4 Clarke, 1 DeKalb, 1 Floyd, 3 Gwinnett, 1 Union)
> Greater Scaup (1 Chatham)
> Common Goldeneye (1 Gilmer, 1 Hall, 1 Lowndes)
> Northern Bobwhite (1 Jones)
> Common Ground Dove (1 Jasper)
> Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1 Jones)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 Chatham)
> Rufous Hummingbird (1 Chatham)
> Long-billed Dowitcher (1 Glynn)
> Dunlin (1 Dooly)
> American Bittern (1 Fayette)
> Snowy Egret (1 Lowndes)
> Great Egret (American) (1 Glynn)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Jasper, 1 Jones)
> Eastern Wood-Pewee (1 Jones)
> Ash-throated Flycatcher (2 McIntosh)
> Red-eyed Vireo (1 Jones)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (1 Cobb)
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1 Jones)
> Sedge Wren (1 Cobb)
> Eastern Bluebird (Eastern) (1 Glynn)
> Baltimore Oriole (1 Clarke, 1 Fulton, 1 Gwinnett)
> Ovenbird (1 Glynn)
> Northern Waterthrush (2 McIntosh)
> Orange-crowned Warbler (1 Bartow)
> Summer Tanager (1 Lowndes)
> Blue Grosbeak (1 Jones)
> Painted Bunting (1 Bulloch, 1 Burke)
>
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Robert Emond
Lowndes
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Date: 2/3/26 3:20 am From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 2 Feb 26
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> Date: February 2, 2026 at 8:16:28 PM EST
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Snow Goose (2 Decatur, 4 Paulding, 1 Richmond)
> Ross's Goose (1 Richmond)
> Greater White-fronted Goose (1 Morgan)
> American Black Duck (1 Cobb, 2 Gwinnett)
> Canvasback (3 Cobb, 1 Dawson, 1 Douglas, 1 Fulton, 3 Gwinnett, 2 Newton, 2 Paulding, 1 Towns, 1 Upson)
> Greater Scaup (3 Chatham, 2 Paulding, 1 Towns)
> Common Ground Dove (1 McDuffie)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 Chatham, 2 Glynn)
> Wood Stork (1 Berrien)
> Black-crowned Night Heron (1 Henry)
> Merlin (1 Towns)
> Western Kingbird (1 Glynn)
> White-eyed Vireo (1 Clarke)
> Tree Swallow (1 Spalding)
> Purple Martin (2 Houston, 1 Lowndes)
> Gray Catbird (1 Bartow)
> Baltimore Oriole (2 DeKalb, 1 Fulton, 1 Gwinnett, 1 Oconee)
> Rusty Blackbird (1 Bryan)
> Nashville Warbler (1 Glynn)
> Palm Warbler (1 Dawson)
> Summer Tanager (1 Glynn)
> Western Tanager (1 Glynn)
>
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Robert Emond
Lowndes
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Date: 1/30/26 10:07 pm From: robert emond <00001a9505a6bf10-dmarc-request...> Subject: [GABO-L] Fwd: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert 30 Jan 26
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> Date: January 30, 2026 at 3:15:37 PM EST
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> Subject: [eBird Alert] Georgia Rare Bird Alert <daily>
>
> *** Species Summary:
>
> Snow Goose (1 Decatur, 1 Mitchell, 1 Murray)
> Ross's Goose (1 Decatur, 1 Murray)
> Greater White-fronted Goose (1 Oconee)
> Canvasback (1 Bartow, 1 Floyd)
> Greater Scaup (1 Paulding, 3 Whitfield)
> Common Goldeneye (1 Lowndes)
> White-winged Dove (1 Decatur)
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 Chatham, 1 Glynn)
> Wood Stork (2 Berrien, 1 Lowndes)
> Black-crowned Night Heron (2 Berrien)
> American White Pelican (1 Clay)
> Short-eared Owl (1 Burke, 1 Sumter)
> Red-cockaded Woodpecker (1 Richmond, 1 Thomas)
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow (1 Fulton)
> Henslow's Sparrow (1 Thomas)
> Lincoln's Sparrow (1 Greene)
> Orchard Oriole (1 Toombs)
> Baltimore Oriole (2 Clarke, 1 Gwinnett, 1 Morgan)
> Black-and-white Warbler (1 Oconee)
> Tennessee Warbler (2 Clarke)
> Orange-crowned Warbler (3 Bartow)
> Common Yellowthroat (1 Bartow)
> Summer Tanager (1 Lowndes, 1 Walker)
> Western Tanager (1 Glynn)
>
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Robert Emond
Lowndes
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