FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Dickcissel in Buchanan County

["Ed Talbott" <etalbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Buchanan / Bristol Birders,

While at the post office in Grundy today I noticed a dead bird next to the 
sidewalk.  At
first glance, I thought it was a Palm Warbler but then I realized it was not a 
warbler at
all but a juvenile Dickcissel.  This is the first one I had ever seen and it 
has only been
seen in this county a couple of times by David Raines over at the Breaks.  I 
was getting
some strange looks as people walked by on the sidewalk - me in the gutter, 
handling a dead
bird.  The beak was chipped so I surmised the cause of death was probably a 
broken neck
from a collision with a vehicle or nearby window.  This is the third bird on my 
"death
list" (birds I have found dead but have never seen alive in the wild - please 
forgive my
crude naming of the list).  The list is now Barn Owl, Western Screech-Owl, and 
Dickcissel.
Now might be a good time to check the reclaimed strip mine areas.  Roger 
Mayhorn found a
Sedge Wren yesterday and the Palm Warblers are thick now in these areas.  Maybe 
we are
getting a few Dickcissels moving through the area.

Good Birding,

Ed Talbott
Buchanan County Bird Club


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