A Statewide Rare Bird Alert (RBA) is supported by the Georgia Ornithological Society and compiled by Jeff Sewell. The RBA may be reached at (770) 493-8862 and is generally updated at least once per week.

Until August 2000, Brad Bergstrom and Lilla Kate Hart co-compiled the South Georgia/North Florida RBA. Although this RBA is no longer in operation, Brad Bergstrom's transcription archives of the South Georgia/North Florida Rare Bird Alert are still accessible on the GOS web site.
 
In addition to the taped messages, the RBA's may be viewed online via the National Birding Hotline Cooperative's (NBHC) BirdEast email listserve. Instructions for subscribing to BirdEast may be found at the NBHC's Web Site.

The Statewide RBA is transcribed courtesy of Steve Barlow, Lois Stacey, Larry Russell, Mark McShane and Jim Flynn.
 

The BirdEast transcriptions for the Statewide RBA and the South Georgia/North Florida RBA are archived on this site. The tables below contain the latest transcriptions of each hotline and contain links to access archive pages. Species that are boldfaced and CAPITALIZED are considered to be "review species," meaning that the Georgia Ornithological Society's Checklist and Records Committee requests documentation be submitted to them for these species. Although these species appear in the transcripts and in the transcript archives, acceptance of these sightings by the Records Committee is not implied.  A list of all Georgia reportable species may be obtained from the Checklists of Georgia Birds page.

Species that are boldfaced and in Title Case are review species as well, but that the identification is not 100% certain, have apparently left the area where they were discovered, or were reported from nearby states.

 
28 April 2011 - PACIFIC LOON, Clay-colored Sparrow. Blackpoll Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Semipalmated Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe, Short-billed Dowitcher

27 April 2011 - PACIFIC LOON, Clay-colored Sparrow, Red Knot, White-winged Scoter, Wilson's Phalarope, Lark Sparrow, Mourning Warbler, King Rail, Lincoln's Sparrow, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Surf Scoter, Anhinga, Snow Goose, Mississippi Kite, American Bittern

16 April 2011 - Black-necked Stilt, Forster's Tern, Caspian Tern, Bobolink, warblers, Swallow-tailed Kite, Snow Goose, Peregrine Falcon, American Bittern, Black-billed Cuckoo

9 April 2011 - Upland Sandpiper, American Golden-Plover, LIMPKIN, Snow Goose, warblers

5 April 2011 - Upland Sandpiper, American Golden-Plover, American White Pelican, Stilt Sandpiper

30 March 2011 - Black Scoter, American White Pelican, Red Knot, Stilt Sandpiper

27 March 2011 -Long-billed Dowitcher

26 March 2011 -American White Pelican, Common Loon, Greater White-fronted Goose, Great Cormorant (no reports)

18 March 2011 -American White Pelican, GREAT CORMORANT, Eared Grebe, Greater White-fronted Goose, Long-billed Dowitcher, Brewer's Blackbird, Black Scoter

12 March 2011 -Long-billed Dowitcher, Greater White-fronted Geese

2 March 2011 -GREAT CORMORANT, Glaucous Gull, Greater White-fronted Goose, HARRIS'S SPARROW, Red-throated Loon

26 February 2011 -  HARRIS'S SPARROW, "Krider's" Red-tailed Hawk, Purple Martin, GREAT CORMORANT, Greater White-fronted Goose, American Avocet, Red Knot, White-winged Scoter, Greater Scaup, Henslow's Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Glaucous Gull, Golden Eagle, Common Raven

19 February 2011 - American White Pelican, Glaucous Gull, Red-necked Grebe, Greater White-fronted Goose, CACKLING GOOSE, Black-legged Kittiwake, White-winged Scoter, RAZORBILL, Red Phalarope, Purple Sandpiper, American Oystercatcher, ROSS'S GOOSE, Long-billed Curlew, ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD, Short-eared Owl

12 February 2011 - Greater White-fronted Goose, ROSS'S GOOSE, Black- legged Kittiwake,
White-winged Scoter

8 February 2011 - ROSS'S GOOSE, Black-legged Kittiwake, Little Gull (possible), GREAT CORMORANT, Peregrine Falcon

5 February 2011 - ROSS'S GOOSE, Snow Goose, Black-legged Kittiwake, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD, BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD

29 January 2011 - White-winged Scoter, Black-legged Kittiwake, BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD, LAPLAND LONGSPUR

24 January 2011 - COMMON EIDER, Long-tailed Duck, WESTERN GREBE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, American Tree Sparrow (not seen)

21 January 2011 - AMERICAN TREE SPARROW

18 January 2011 - Greater White-fronted Goose, COMMON EIDER, Surf Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD, Broad-tailed Hummingbird (not reported), ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD, Western Kingbird, Horned Lark, Purple Martin, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, SNOW BUNTING, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW

15 January 2011 - WESTERN GREBE, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, HARRIS'S SPARROW

8 January 2011 - ROSS'S GOOSE, Red-necked Grebe, BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD, BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD, ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD, HARRIS'S SPARROW

7 January 2011 - ROSS'S GOOSE, Red-necked Grebe, BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD, BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD, ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD, HARRIS'S SPARROW

5 January 2011 -Greater White-fronted Goose, ROSS'S GOOSE, Canvasback, Red-necked Grebe, Long-billed Dowitcher, BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD, BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD, ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD, HARRIS'S SPARROW