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[Tyler Turpin <tylerturpin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

7 birders joined the trip leader for the April 26 trip to Lewis Ginter 
Botanical Gardens. 26 species were seen or heard.Higlights were  a tolerant of 
people Song Sparrow that perch and sang  for several minutes about 8 feet from 
the group,2 sightings of the Green Heron pair  in flight,  and a perching 
Eastern Kingbird.Green Herons are on several organiations  list of birds of 
concern.

 Yesterday my grandmother who lives just a bit west of Patterson and Horsepen 
reported her first ever yardbird sighting of a Rosebreasted Grosebeak in 56 
years of living at her house.Spcimen was a male no female was seen It came to 
her bird feeder. Her house has a wooded creek and floodplain area right across 
the street. I had a  male Rosebreasted Grosebeak  spend about 10 minutes 
perching in my bushes and visiting my birdfeeder this morning at my townhouse 
just west of I-64  and Parham . My townhouse backs up to a heavily wooded creek 
and floodplain area about 3/4 of a mile wide and 3 miles long. Grosebeak 
migration is well underway.

Sincerely,

Tyler Turpin

Location:     Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens
Observation date:     4/26/08
Number of species:     26

Canada Goose     X
Mallard     X
Great Blue Heron     X
Green Heron     X
Rock Pigeon     X
Mourning Dove     X
Belted Kingfisher     X
Red-bellied Woodpecker     X
Downy Woodpecker     X
Northern Flicker     X
Eastern Kingbird     X
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Fish Crow     X
Carolina Chickadee     X
Carolina Wren     X
Eastern Bluebird     X
Gray Catbird     X
Northern Mockingbird     X
Brown Thrasher     X
Song Sparrow     X
Northern Cardinal     X
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
House Finch     X
House Sparrow     X

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