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["Roger Mayhorn" <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,
Yesterday a few migrants continued to pass through our yard here on Compton Mt. 
A Blue-headed Vireo stopped by to bathe in the yard stream, as did a 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet and a couple of Palm Warblers. A small flock of Chipping 
Sparrows were still feeding here, and a Swamp Sparrow was feeding on the tops 
of goldenrod plants.
A late Indigo Bunting bathed in the stream. It missed the late date for that 
species by one day. A single Blue Jay stopped by to feed on sunflower seeds.

Seven Purple Finches (14 today) and a couple of Pine Siskins fed with the 
goldfinches on the black oil sunflower seeds. A flock of about 10 Yellow-rumps 
continue to inhabit the yard and the stream. A couple of Towhees, five 
White-throated Sparrows, three Song Sparrows and a lone Junco fed under the 
feeders. All of them scattered when an immature Cooper's Hawk made a fly-by of 
the feeders. (Today a small Sharp-shinned came in to check things out.)

A few photos can be found at http://www.pbase.com/mayhorn/birds_10_27_07

Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
Buchanan County