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["Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

BURKE'S GARDEN
BIRD SURVEY
TAZWELL CO., VA.
May 18, 2005
PARTICIPANTS: Mike Hagy, Wallace Coffey, Randy Smith and Ron Harrington
Time in Field: 7:45 a.m. - 2:34 p.m. less 40 minutes for lunch

Miles Driven: 28.1 in the valley.   ON foot: Approximately 1

Weather: Clear and pleasant, with an early morning fog that quickly burned off. 
Temperature at the start: 48 degrees. Total Species: 72

Species in order of appearance:

Red-eyed Vireo: 9

Robin: 24

Tufted Titmouse: 6

Yellow-throated Vireo: 2

Wood Thrush: 2

Am. Song Sparrow: 13

Common Grackle: 28

Spotted Sandpiper: 6

Chestnut-sided Warbler: 3

Gray Catbird: 6

Am. Goldfinch: 25

Eastern Wood-Pewee: 9

Blue-headed Vireo: 1

Warbling Vireo: 1

Blue Jay: 11

Red-winged Blackbird: 70

Pileated Woodpecker: 1

Eastern Towhee: 4

Common Yellowthroat: 4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak: 5

Mourning Dove: 9

Field Sparrow: 5

Turkey Vulture: 30

Mallard Duck: 10

Red-tailed Hawk: 8

Yellow Warbler: 4

American Crow: 22

Black Vulture: 2

Willow Flycatcher: 2

Brown Thrasher: 3

Eastern Kingbird: 14

Muscovy Duck: 2 (domestic escape from captivity)

European Starling: 18

Green Heron: 1

Canada Geese: 5

E. Meadowlark: 31

E. Phoebe: 9

Indigo Bunting: 12

N. Cardinal: 3

Baltimore Oriole: 5

Red-headed Woodpecker: 4

Rock Pigeon: 9

Barn Swallow: 28

Tree Swallow: 8

House Sparrow: 13

E. Bluebird: 7

Bobolink: 9

Horned Lark: 2 (apparent "Prairie" race)

Vesper Sparrow: 3

Am. Bald Eagle: 1 (Mature)

Am. Kestrel: 2

Chipping Sparrow: 6

Killdeer: 6

Orchard Oriole: 1

White-breasted Nuthatch: 3

House Wren: 3

Northern Flicker: 2

Common Raven: 2

Cowbird: 2

Chimney Swift: 9

Carolina Chickadee: 2

Carolina Wren: 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker: 1

Least Flycatcher: 4

Great Crested Flycatcher: 1

Northern Rough-winged Swallow: 6

Scarlet Tanager: 3

Northern Mockingbird: 1

Savannah Sparrow: 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler: 1

American Redstart: 1

Dark-eyed Junco: 1 (on mountain road going out)

Great Blue Heron 1 (at pond in town of Tazwell)

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Field List by Mike Hagy
Compiled by Ron Harrington
Let's go birding.....

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN








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