I surprised myself and found a little time to look for inland goodies that
Hurricane Katrina might have
blown our way. I picked up Michael Beohm and
Richard Beohm; then made the long drive to Lake Seminole. We had enough time
to scan the lake for a few hours. Though how efficiently I’m not sure, since we
all had to share my scope. Here
are the highlights of the Georgia birds we
found at Lake Seminole:
Since I own the “Annotated Checklist of Georgia Birds” 2003 edition, I checked
it to see the status of the birds that we found. I included the information in
brackets for people who do not have the checklist.
Magnificent Frigatebird (1 adult female) [Accidental inland, about 6 records]
Sandwich Tern (3) [Accidental inland, one record/report of 2 birds in 1989]
Bridled Tern (1, yes!) [Accidental inland, one record/report of one in 1998]
Sooty Tern (1) [Accidental
inland]
Least Tern (1) [Rare inland]
Caspian Tern (4) [Rare inland]
Common Tern (14)
Forster’s Tern (30+)
Black Tern (150+) [Listed inland high count of 51 in 1964]
Laughing Gull (82) [Listed inland high count
of 31 in 1967; rare inland]
Sanderling (10)
