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["Roger Mayhorn" <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,
With the help of fellow birder, John Getgood of Floyd County, VA  we logged 47 
species here on the place yesterday.
The rain had not yet moved in so the yard stream was a busy place. The warblers 
noted were

American Redstarts
Bay-breasted Warbler (1st year female)
Black-throated Green Warblers (male and female)
Cape May Warblers (1adult male)
Common Yellowthroat (1st year female)
Hooded Warbler (male)
Palm Warbler 
Tennessee Warblers
Worm-eating Warbler
Yellow-throated Warblers
Yellow Warbler 

In the stream a Northern Flicker put on a show, which I photographed. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks showed up in the trees and in the stream.  An Eastern 
Phoebe and an Eastern Wood Pewee were busy feeding in the walnut trees in the 
backyard. Six Wild Turkeys were feeding in the neighbors field and later at the 
edge of the field they were making a lot of racket, as they flew up into trees 
to get at wild grapes. A first year male Baltimore Oriole visited the yard 
stream, as did several Indigo Buntings. There were as many as 8 Scarlet 
Tanagers moving through the area, and a few Gray Catbirds were on the move as 
well. At least 5 Swainson's Thrushes were occupied with Virginia Creeper 
berries in the backyard, and a Wood Thrush could be heard in the nearby trees. 
A Cooper's hawk made a fly-by and was later found perched in a maple tree not 
far away.

Photos of some of these can be seen at  http://www.pbase.com/mayhorn/migration_6

Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
Buchanan County