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["Mayhorn" <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

VA Birders,
I was gone this past week to Delaware's Bombay Hook Wildlife Refuge so you
had a rest from hearing about the birds in my yard.
However, this morning started out great with a GREAT BLUE HERON that flew
from  the top of the maple tree in the front yard. That's a first.
With overcast skies and light rain the passerines were fewer with 27 species
recorded. The most interesting of those were a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, 2
COMMON RAVENS, 1 EASTERN PHOEBE, 3 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, 1 SUMMER
TANAGER, 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH,  2 WOOD THRUSHES, the first YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER of the season, and the first 20+ YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS of the
season.
Below is the complete list.
By the way Bombay Hook was a treat with hundreds of SNOW and CANADA GEESE,
500+ AMERICAN AVOCETS, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS and a huge flock of varied
SANDPIPERS.

Enjoy the birds,
Roger Mayhorn
Grundy, VA

American Crow 4
American Robin 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Carolina Wren 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Common Raven 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Bluebird 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Towhee 4 ( 3 males, 1 female )
European Starling 11
Gray Catbird 1
Great Blue Heron 1 (in the top of the Maple in front yard)
House Finch 2
Mourning Dove 8
Northern Cardinal 5 ( 4 males 1 female) (1 male feeding on Giant Ragweed )
Northern Flicker 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 (1 immature male)
Song Sparrow 2
Summer Tanager 1
Swainson?s Thrush 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Wood Thrush 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 (male)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20+

Chipmunk 6
Eastern Gray Squirrel 4





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