Birding Year 2004

Here are some of the REVIEW SPECIES Michael and I found in Georgia in 2004. Some of these birds are not on the official list of Georgia birds. Some have been or will be added soon thanks to the birds being documented. All these birds will be submitted to the Records Committee if they have not been already.

I left off some of the more common birds Michael and I found like: Franklin's Gull, White-winged Dove, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Western Kingbird, etc. I may have left something out below. If so, I'll include it later.

Some of these birds never made it onto the RBA. However, some of these birds were enjoyed by birders from around the country.

I did very little birding in 2004. Almost all my birding was in part of January and around Thanksgiving. Michael was able to do a bit more.

Eric Beohm

GA's first Thayer's Gull!

Jan

Yellow-billed Loon (I found it the end of Dec, and it continued to April)

Ross's Goose (I found one the end of Dec that continued into Jan)

Mute Swan (4 appearing wild continue, first found by us)

Lapland Longspur (Henry County)

Golden-crowned Sparrow (one imm at Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center is one of the rarest birds we've found in Georgia. We were unable to relocate it or photograph it though.)

Feb

Northern Fulmar (Michael from Tybee Island)

From just south of the GA border I had:

Northern Fulmar

Manx Shearwater

Iceland Gull

March

Ross's Goss (Michael had one in Superton)

April

Lark Bunting (MIchael had one in Monroe County)

June

Limpkin (I had one near my house. Also it was relocated by another birder.)

Sep

Arctic Tern (Michael found one at Rum Creek WMA.)

Oct

Long-tailed Jaeger (Michael found one at Lake Walter F. George.)

Nov

Thayer's Gull (at West Point)

Black-throated Gray Warbler (Lake Seminole)

Dec

Brant (one at Cumberland Island by Michael)

Ross's Goose (one found by Michael in Upson County)