On Saturday, March 15 12 birders in 4 cars caravanned to Augusta Springs Wetland via the beautiful Estaline Valley. We can report that the newly purchased walkie-talkies worked great, allowing quick notice of sightings and coordination of stops and starts. The weather was near perfect: real springtime, for a day at least. Highlights included some dazzling maneuvers by two Northern Harriers, two large rafters of turkeys, and great looks at male and female Rusty Blackbirds at Augusta Springs. A good time was had by all. Adrienne Bodie prepared the full lists of species below. -- Kerry Kilday
Canada geese
Mallards
Turkeys (2 separate rafters of them -- see An Exultation of Larks by James Lipton)
Grackles
Red-winged blackbirds
Rusty blackbirds
Starlings
Crows
Mourning doves
Rock doves
Robins
Red-bellied woodpeckers
Downy woodpeckers
Vultures: turkey and black
Bluebirds
Carolina wrens
Winter wren
Meadow larks
Cardinals
Phoebes
2 Harriers
Red-shouldered hawk
Song sparrow
Fox sparrow
White-throated sparrow
Mockingbird
Juncos
Nuthatches
Chickadees
Titmice
Golden-crowned kinglet
Yellow-rumped warbler
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