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["Syon Abbey" <syonabbey@xxxxxxxx>]

This morning was such a pleasant contrast with yesterday morning, when we woke 
up to gray skies and a couple inches of snow, even though the afternoon was 
dramatically better. It really felt like spring this morning, and the frog 
chorus from the ponds was very loud.
The Bufflehead of yesterday were gone, and in their place were 4 Ring-necked 
Ducks, joined by 2 Canada Geese and a Great Blue Heron. Two Ravens were 
bothering a Red-tailed Hawk which was soaring over the field. While I was 
watching some Bluebirds I noticed a Pine Warbler on the ground beneath them, 
poking around at the edge of the yard, my first of the season.

Father John
Blue Ridge Parkway
Franklin County

36 species
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture 11

Canada Goose 2
Ring-necked Duck 4
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove 2

Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker  6
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker 3

Phoebe 4
Blue Jay 2
Am. Crow 8
Raven 2

Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 9
Carolina Wren 4

Bluebird 7
Robin
Starling 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Pine Warbler

Fox Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 28
White-thr. Sparrow 4
Junco 50

Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Meadowlark 2
Grackle
House Finch
Goldfinch 21
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