FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Shady Valley / Mountain City CBC AREA C

[MerlinZ02@xxxxxxx]

Just got back in (literally)from the Shady Valley / Mountain City CBC 
--Beautiful day, high 44, low 32 -- too beautiful with steady to strong winds 
all day.  Missed some "usuals" but managed to pull out some good 
birds....(Wallace Coffey needs to look at the end of this report).

Best bird of day - SANDHILL CRANEjust across Beaver Dam Creek from the vantage 
point at Quarry bog --- It took off getting higher and higher and just when we 
thought it was going to leave the valley, it turned, stooped, and started 
coming back down in the area of Orchard Bog but we lost it behind the trees and 
didn't see it the rest of the day.

The rest of the list from AREA C is as follows:

Great Blue Heron 3
Mallard 38
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 14
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
American Kestrel 2
Common Snipe 3
Mourning Dove 34
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 351
Carolina Chickadee 23
Tufted Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 29
Eastern Bluebird 10
American Robin 6
Northen Mockingbird 3
European Starling 7
Northern Cardinal 14
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 41
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 5
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 26
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Eastern Meadowlark 16
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 33
House Sparrow 9

Party Members include: Ron Carrico (fearless leader), Howard Langdridge (secret 
weapon), Glen Eller (secret, secret weapon), Larry "Mad Dog" McDaniel, and Rob 
Biller(Flunkie).

Notable missed birds from our area were: Sreech Owl, Barred Owl(0ccasional), 
Great-horned Owl, Red-tailed Hawk, Pileated Woodpecker, Raven, and Northern 
Flicker.


*****THIS JUST IN******

Glen Eller just called to inform me that they had 6 Wild Turkeys on the other 
side of the road from Orchard Bog (Wallace Coffey's crew side) --- As they were 
leaving, Glen said that he and Howard were going to take the scenic route 
around Orchard Rd leaving (not poaching!!!) -- He wanted Wallace to know this 
to add to his list if he didn't get them when he was there....How is that for a 
scramble???

Rob Biller
Shady Valley/Mountain City Compiler
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