FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] 35 Cardinals, Pine Siskin, Ruffed Grouse

["Roger Mayhorn" <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Area Birders,
This evening 35 Northern Cardinals showed up at our feeders here on Compton Mt 
in Buchanan County. There were 17 males and 18 females. That was surprising 
because the males usually outnumber the females. 35 was a new high number for 
our yard. We had a new high number of 28 just a couple of weeks ago. It looked 
today as if we had decorated our trees and shrubs in red, appropriate for the 
season.
One lone Pine Siskin showed up among the 20 or so goldfinches this morning. It 
was still at the thistle seed sock this evening. That's the first one to show 
up for a couple of weeks.

I found a dead Ruffed Grouse in my yard today. It had flown against the window 
of an outbuilding. Oddly enough it is a rather small window. The bird looked to 
be a large healthy specimen up to that point. Grouse used to be a common site 
here on the mountain, but since a good portion of the mountain has gone from 
overgrown fields to tall trees, we don't see as many.

Enjoy the birds,

Roger Mayhorn
Grundy, VA
Buchanan County 

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