You should've held on Roger. We all know that "a bird in the hand, is better
than one in the birch"!
Daryl
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On Aug 28, 2015, at 12:04 AM, Roger Mayhorn
<rogermayhorn@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:rogermayhorn@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
You know the migrants must be on the move when they start coming inside to
visit. Yesterday morning about 8:00 while my wife and I were having breakfast
at home we heard a noise coming from another room. Investigating we found a
female Hooded Warbler inside the house trying to get out through a window. The
night before we had slept with the sliding window open about 6 or 8 inches, and
this Hooded Warbler had found her way inside, but was having a problem getting
out. I quickly captured her and took her to the kitchen window, which was
easier to open. I stuck my hand with the bird in it outside and opened it. The
Hooded just lay there and blinked, not realizing it could fly away. It stayed
in that position for about 30 - 40 seconds then suddenly took flight. She was
observed a few minutes later feeding in the birch tree over the pond.
Other migrants we had today were a Chimney Swift, 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds,
1 Red-eyed Vireo, 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 1 Gray Catbird, 2 Brown Thrashers, 1
male Black-throated Green Warbler, 1 Worm-eating Warbler, an adult male Hooded
Warbler, 2 Scarlet Tanagers and 1 Chipping Sparrow. The complete list is below.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
24 species
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3f
Mourning Dove 21
Downy Woodpecker 2 ( 1m, 1f)
Red-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Eastern Bluebird 5
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 6
Cedar Waxwing 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 1m
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Hooded Warbler 2 (1m,1f) (Female came inside the house through an open window)
Scarlet Tanager 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4f
House Finch 1f
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 1f
