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["Roger Mayhorn" <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

VA Birders,
Members of the Buchanan County VA Bird Club and Bibbee Nature Club of
Bluefield, WV came to the home of Roger & Lynda Mayhorn today to enjoy their
annual Warbler Watch. Despite a foggy start 48 species were logged in and
around the Mayhorn property with 12 of them being warbler species. The
warblers were AMERICAN REDSTART 5, BLACK-AND-WHITE 2, BLACKBURNIAN 7,
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER 2, BLACK-THROATED GREEN 13, CHESTNUT-SIDED 2,
HOODED WARBLER 3, MAGNOLIA WARBLER 1, OVENBIRD 1, TENNESSEE WARBLER 38,
WORM-EATING WARBLER 2, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER 8.

All 4 species of Vireo were seen with RED-EYED having the high count of 8
with BLUE-HEADED AND YELLOW-THROATED both having a count of 7 and WHITE-EYED
having a count of 2.

Flycatchers made their appearance around the yard with ONE GREAT-CRESTED, 3
EASTERN WOOD PEWEES, 2 EASTERN PHOEBES and ONE unidentified EMPIDONAX.

4 BALTIMORE ORIOLES were noted, 9 SCARLET TANAGERS, 4 RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKERS, 14 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, 2 GRAY CATBIRDS, 6 BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHERS, 1 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and 1 COMMON RAVEN.
The complete list follows this message.

Everyone enjoyed the beautiful cool fall weather, the great birds, the good
food and good birding camraderie.
Those present from the Buchanan County Bird Club were Ed & Barbara Caudill,
Johnnie & Betty Ratliff, Roger & Lynda Mayhorn and young Todd Perkins, who
got a lifebird when he saw his first Blackburnian Warbler.
Members of the Bibbee Nature Club included Ann & Grady McCrae, Allen & Mindy
Waldron, Jim & Janet Myers and Jack & Helen Parris.

Enjoy the fall birds,

Roger Mayhorn


48 species
American Crow  3
American Goldfinch  3
American Redstart  5
American Robin  5
Baltimore Oriole  4
Black-and-White Warbler  2
Blackburnian Warbler  7
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  13
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  6
Blue-headed Vireo  7
Carolina Chickadee  2
Carolina Wren  1
Cedar Waxwing  20
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Chipping Sparrow  5
Common Raven  1
Downy Woodpecker  5
Eastern Bluebird  14
Eastern Phoebe  2
Eastern Towhee  5
Eastern Wood Pewee  3
Empidonax sp?  1
European Starling  15
Gray Catbird  2
Great-crested Flycatcher  1
Hooded Warbler  3
House Finch  3
Magnolia Warbler  1
Mourning Dove  5
Northern Cardinal  4
Northern Flicker  2
Ovenbird  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Red-eyed Vireo  8
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  10
Scarlet Tanager  9
Song Sparrow  6
Swainson?s Thrush  1
Tennessee Warbler  38
Tufted Titmouse  4
Turkey Vulture  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
White-eyed Vireo  2
Worm-eating Warbler  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  7
Yellow-throated Warbler  8



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