Issue # 27
Current Sponsors: Jerry & Debbie Bird, and Stacy & Laura Peterson
Date: March 10, 1999
Phone: (228) 435-RBA7 (435-7227)
Report (same as above) or email: SJPeterson@aol.com
To immediately report very rare birds, PAGE Stacy at 228-880-5179
enter your phone number, and wait for a quick call right back--if I'm in the
area!
Compiler: Stacy Peterson
Coverage: While the hotline is centered on the Mississippi Coast, we
encourage (and yeah, solicit) reports from the rest of the state
as a service to all callers / readers.
More MS bird info: http://members.aol.com/BirdsInMs/Misslist.html
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LEGEND:
Birds in CAPS are new sightings mentioned since the last update.
3X5 = those birds whose status in that region (S-statewide; C-coastal; I-
interior) is poorly documented. 3X5 report cards requested. Email
<SJPeterson@aol.com> for more information.
MOS-RS = Mississippi Ornithological Society Review Species -
Please submit your documentation of all Review Species & "3X5" species (as
noted in the text below) to:
Terry Schiefer, MOS BRC Chair
Mississippi State University
PO Box 9775
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9775
email: tschiefer@entomology.msstate.edu
##### Birds Mentioned by Region of Mississippi #####
Lower (six southern counties; town of Wiggins south to the coast)
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER -- MOS-RS
migrants...
Middle (Hattiesburg north to Yazoo City)
Northern (rest of state north of Yazoo City)
##### Hotline Transcript #####
This is Laura Peterson updating Issue # 27 of the Mississippi Coast bird
hotline for Stacy Peterson on Wednesday, March 10. It's 10:45 p.m. To skip the
rest of the hotline report and just leave your message for us, press the pound
key (#) at any time.
New reports for today's update are for the ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER in Jackson
County and assorted migrants along the Gulf Coast.
***** Pascagoula River Marsh, Jackson County *****
An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER has again been seen at the Pascagoula River Marsh
in Jackson County. This may be the same bird seen a while back by Ken
Hackman. Our latest report comes from Tuesday, March 9. The bird is often
seen in the company of a phoebe and mockingbird, but to find it sometimes you
just have to drive the dikes at the marsh empoundments until the bird shows
up. Let us know of your success or failure at this venture.
***** assorted counties *****
Migrants are beginning to trickle into the Gulf Coast area. Recent reports
are of BARN and NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS in Mississippi. Louisiana
birders are reporting fair numbers of NORTHERN PARULAS and even assorted
vireos, so keep your eyes open in the field. And don't forget to let us know
what you see!
Finally, we apologize for the delay in getting word to you on a few of these
birds. Stacy and I were in Virginia for the past several days, and our
original plans of easy communication between home and our hotel was not as
easy as we'd planned. Hence we had to wait until our return today.
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That's it for the 27th update of the Mississippi Coast bird hotline. We
generally update the tape late in the evenings whenever new reports come in,
and we'll keep viable reports on here until they're just about a week old. So
if you have birds to tell us about, including the continued presence of any
birds mentioned on this tape, please do so after the tone, and thank you for
using our hotline.
Until later, HAVE FUN and GOOD BIRDING.
[COMPILER'S NOTE: Birders with email access can send bird reports or comments
directly to me. <SJPeterson@aol.com>. Similarly, if you would like private
copies of this transcript emailed to you directly, please email me and request
so. This includes those who may not wish to receive the bulk of RBA
transcripts from BIRDCNTR.]