This is the species list for the bird walk this past Saturday led by David
Raines. Eight birders attended and had a great day of birding with beautiful
weather and a great variety of birds with eight species of warblers found along
with seven raptor species including a Peregrine Falcon at the State Line
Overlook.
It was nice having Bob Sweaney and Shirley along for the walk, and to finally
meet Bob face to face. Bob is a subscriber to the listserve and sometimes posts
some interesting birds from over in Pike County Ky. It was also a pleasure to
bird with newcomer Josh Blockmon of Pikeville. We hope he becomes a regular at
our outings.
After birding the Breaks Park part of the group drove over to Beaver Knob near
Elkhorn City Ky. There we found Common Ravens, and two Solitary Sandpipers that
were chased by a Merlin. Our biggest surprise came later on the Russell Fork
River when we found 3 Common Mergansers, a rather uncommon species for that
area.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 1
Blue-winged Teal 2
Common Merganser 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Broad-winged Hawk 4
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue-headed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 10
Common Raven 4
Purple Martin 3
Tree Swallow 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 9
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 7
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 1
Northern Parula 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 7
Yellow-throated Warbler 5
Pine Warbler 4
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Ovenbird 4 (FOS)
Louisiana Waterthrush 3
Hooded Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 11
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 2
