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Yesterday, 11/14/04, Michael Beohm and I birded Lake Seminole, GA. We got back late last night, and I thought I would
give a quick list of the birds we discovered there. I might update with more details later if I have time.
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER (1, near the dam. Quite a treat. It was moving south with other migrants. Probably well into
Florida by now though. Points off of Booster Club Road near the dam would be good spots to check.)
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD (1 male, and what may have been a female. In with the large flocks of blackbirds there.
I discovered this location years ago as a potential spot for them due to the large numbers of blackbirds there.)
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (8, amazing number. The high count for GA of this species is listed as 3 though I believe
a large group of birders on the coast once had 4. The birds were above Seminole State Park about 2 miles north
on Hwy 39. Take a left on Dresser Farm Road. Look for sparrows on the side of this dirt road for the next
mile. Do not go into the fields which are private property.)
PLEGADIS IBIS (2 GLOSSY/WHITE-FACED IBIS flew by over the lake. Any inland sighting in Georgia of a plegadis
ibis is noteworthy.
CATTLE EGRET (flock of 50 flew by the lake. The Birding GA lists them as absent or very
rare away from the coast this time of year.)
There were so many interesting birds that it is a bit hard to list them all:
Henslow's Sparrow (1)
White-crowned Sparrow (15)
Vesper Sparrow (50)
White Ibis (100)
Black-crowned Night-heron (7)
Tricolored Heron (1)
Barn Swallow (3)
Tree Swallow (50)
Canvasback (10+)
Redhead (8)
American Widgeon (6)
Greater Scaup (1)
Northern Pintail (2)
Common Loon (1)
Pine Siskin (2)
Brown Creeper (1)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (3)
Yellow-throated Warbler (2)
Blue-headed Vireo (10)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (2)
Orange-crowned Warbler (3)
Anhinga (30)
Common Moorhen (30)
Black Vulture (several groups of over 50)
Turkey Vulture (several groups of 50-100+)
Bald Eagle (maybe 20)
Osprey (10+)
Cooper's (6)
Sharp-shinned (9)
Lesser Yellowlegs (2)
Common Ground-dove (20+)
House Wren
Marsh Wren
By the way the lake was covered with fog until about noon. Also, the lake had many boaters on it, perhaps due to
a bass tournament. Gun shots could be heard around the lake at times. Points we covered included: areas around
the state park, Sealy Point, Hwy 253 and Hwy 310, and Booster Club Road. Anyway, it was fun to finally get out bird.
Good birding,
Eric Beohm
Griffin, GA
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