I have also seen and heard fewer bluebirds and Carolina wrens and NO
kingfishers at the usual spots in my loop in Anderson county. Yes -- more
yellow-breasted chats and tons of indigo buntings.
I am trying to follow the June Challenge idea in Anderson county (it's done
in Florida per their listserv but involved always visual ID of birds). So
far just 72 species in Anderson county in June.
Pamela Graber
Anderson County
On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Barbara Dickison <ba.dickison@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I'm somewhat late with this information but thought I would provide it
none the less. My casual observations for here in Pendleton County are
specifically to the areas that I frequent the most - my farm and my 3 mile
loop that I do several times a week. Noticeably fewer in numbers this year
are the Eastern Bluebird and the Carolina Wren. Noticeably greater numbers
of Yellow Breasted Chats, Yellow-billed Cuckoos, and Bob White Quail. All
of these last 3 have been identified in twice the amount of areas than in
previous years.
Barb Dickison
Pendleton County
