[bcbirdclub] Re: Compton Mt Fall Migration Totals
- From: "Roger Mayhorn" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mjt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 13:46:22 -0500
Okay Jerry, I now feel sufficiently chastised, and I promise that in the future
I will make more of an effort to identify and remember each individual bird
that I meet during the fall migration. I will begin by trying to remember the
names of at least some of the birds I encountered this fall.
Let's see.... I remember, Tweety Bird, Woody, Big Bird, Road Runner, Toucan
Sam, Heckle and Jeckel, a group of angry birds, but their individual names
escape me at the moment. Then there was Mary, Jim, Pete and Olaf. I think Olaf
was Scandinavian and may have been a new record for the area, but I didn't get
enough info from him to be sure. There was also Pedro. He definitely wanted to
get farther south before cold weather set in. There was also Robert the
Canadian snowbird that was on his way to his winter home in Florida. Oh, I
almost forgot Rufus the Hummer. This was his first trip through this area, but
he plans to come back.
Sorry, that's all I can remember at the moment, but If I remember more I will
let you know. I will be diligent in the future and try to maintain the
standards you expect. Of course I am sure you will also hold yourself to the
same high standard by remembering the individual names of all the birds you
find on the Christmas Bird Counts this year.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Thornhill
To: bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 10:49 AM
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Re: Compton Mt Fall Migration Totals
This possible duplicate counting of birds must cease! Surely you can
distinguish individual birds after all these years. How can we put any faith
in your records? Shape up Roger.
Jerry
On 12/3/2011 12:15 PM, Roger Mayhorn wrote:
Every fall I keep records of the birds that migrate through our property
here on Compton Mt. I just finished compiling the numbers for 2011 from August
23 to October 15. I couldn't watch birds every day but I had 41 days of actual
observation. A total of 66 species and 2036 birds passed through with 24
species being warblers. Below is the list of species in order of abundance.
Some birds may have been counted twice if they were present for more than one
day. There was no way to determine if that might be the case.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
Warblers in order of abundance - 24 Species - 446 birds
Tennessee Warbler 123
Cape May Warbler 61
Yellow-rumped Warbler 52
Magnolia Warbler 39
Yellow-throated Warbler 29
Worm-eating Warbler 21
Black-throated Green Warbler 16
American Redstart 14
Blackburnian Warbler 14
Palm Warbler 11
Bay-breasted Warbler 10
Chestnut-sided Warbler 9
Hooded Warbler 8
Nashville Warbler 7
Ovenbird 7
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Blackpoll Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 3
Kentucky Warbler 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Northern Parula 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Cerulean Warbler 1
Other migrating species in order of abundance - 42 Species - 1590 birds
Cedar Waxwing 424
Swainson's Thrush 124
Chipping Sparrow 102
Indigo Bunting 101
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 99
Scarlet Tanager 98
Northern Flicker 89
Brown Thrasher 74
American Robin 72
Gray Catbird 62
Wood Thrush 57
Blue Jay 54
Red-eyed Vireo 32
Gray-cheeked Thrush 22
White-throated Sparrow 21
Common Grackle 17
Yellow-throated Vireo 16
Common Nighthawk 14
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 13
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 12
Eastern Wood Pewee 8
Baltimore Oriole 7
Blue-headed Vireo 7
Purple Finch 7f
Philadelphia Vireo 6
Chimney Swift 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 5
White-eyed Vireo 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
White-crowned Sparrow 5 juv
Cooper's Hawk 3
Eastern Kingbird 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Summer Tanager 2
House Wren 2
Empidonax 2 sp?
Northern Harrier 1
Osprey 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
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