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["Mayhorn" <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Area Birders,
In the Breaks Park today my wife and I found our FOS Northern Parula and our 
FOS  Broad-winged Hawk. There were also Blue-headed Vireos, Yellow-throated 
Warblers and Yellow-rumped Warblers singing.

Our FOS female Ruby-throat came in to the feeder on April 9th.

Early this morning our FOS White-eyed Vireo was singing near the edge of the 
yard. A White-crowned Sparrow (seen here only during migration) was at the 
feeder.

Our resident Yellow Warblers have not yet returned. We have had them as early 
as April 1st and as late as April 15, but they almost always arrive just as the 
apple trees are beginning to bloom. The first blossoms are just bursting free.

5 Purple Finches and 2 Juncos are still visiting the feeders.

4 Tree Swallows are checking out the gourds on our Martin House, and we have 9 
bluebird nests in the boxes of our bluebird trail, at least one with 5 eggs. A 
male Brown Thrasher is kept busy feeding his female from our suet feeder, as 
she flutters her wings and bats her eyes at him (Well, almost). 

Enjoy the birds,

Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
Buchanan County