Michael Beohm, Paul Sanders, and I birded Lake Walter F. George on Friday, 11/25/05. This reservoir is just south of Eufaula NWR. We birded the GA side of the lake with stops at the dam and George T. Bagby State Park. We discovered the following birds:

Brown Pelican (1 juvenile circling near dam and Bagby)

American White Pelican (5 or more, circling near Bagby)

Red-throated Loon (1 flyby near dam)

Canvasback (30+)

Redhead (20+)

Greater Scaup (50+)

Red-breasted Merganser (22)

Lesser Scaup (200+)

Northern Pintail (12)

Gadwall (4)

Northern Shoveled (20+)

Green-winged Teal (14)

Blue-winged Teal (1)

Mallard (5)

Ring-necked Duck (150+)

Wood Duck (8)

Bufflehead (17)

Hooded Merganser (9)

Ruddy Duck (1)

Spotted Sandpiper (3)

Least Sandpiper (15)

Horned Grebe (6)

Common Loon (12)

Bald Eagles

Bonaparte’s Gull (8)

Herring Gull (3)

We couldn’t spend all day birding, but we managed to squeeze in a quick trip to the Bradley Unit to see if the Vermilion Flycatcher was still there. There was no time to look for the Leconte’s Sparrows which winter there.

Vermilion Flycatcher (1 relocated around 1pm)

Sedge Wren (1+)

Marsh Wren (1)

Fox Sparrow (1)

Sandhill Crane

Common Ground-dove

Barn Owl (1)

Eric Beohm