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["David Hollie" <featherbrain@xxxxxxxx>]

Today was a good day for birding at my house. The day started out with 2 
American Pipits (there may have been 4), Yard bird #133, followed by nearly 200 
Sandhill Cranes, with more to follow later on. I had 3 purple finches at the 
feeder (2 males and 1 female), they're starting to become more common now. 
Around 3:00 PM, my friend Zack Barrow and I saw 1 Fox Sparrow (yard bird #134!) 
It's amazing to get 2 yard birds in one day , it doesn't happen very often now 
days. A little while after the Fox Sparrow, we saw a male Ruby-crowned kinglet 
with his bright red crown up showing off to another kinglet.  Around 6:20 PM, 
another family  and I  headed to the "Woodcock grounds", where we observed the 
male from about 3 or 4 feet away at one time. In the past, I had thought I had 
seen females, but wasn't sure because we have bats, and when you get a quick 
glance at a woodcock flying, they look quite a bit like bats. Tonight, however, 
I have solid evidence of another woodcock (most likely female), we saw the bird 
fly over us while the male was calling. It landed nearby, but when I shone the 
light on it, it flew. The male didn't mind the presence of 6 people and a dog. 
David Hollie 
Ringgold, GA
Catoosa Co.
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