[birdky] RPT: Cherokee Park & Nettleroth Bird Sanctuary 11/10/2008

Having raised some supercillia with my purple finch sighting at Nettleroth Bird 
Sanctuary on 11/05, I decided to go back and try again this morning even though 
I felt confident in my earlier ID. Well, I located house finches today. They 
weren't in the same tree but were in the same area of the park and feeding on 
the same seed pods. There were the same number of birds (four) as I'd seen on 
the 5th. Hmmm...I was certain of my ID because the bold white supercillia of 
the females seemed to confirm it. Last spring, I had nesting house finches in 
my blue spruce tree in the front yard. So I thought I knew a house finch when I 
saw one. Perhaps not. Today's highlight was a beautiful wood duck pair, male 
and female, in Beargrass Creek in Nettleroth proper. Here is my report:

Location:    Cherokee Park
Observation date:    11/10/08
Notes:    Location was on Cherokee Park Road,
part of the Scenic Loop, between the archery range near the end of
Beals Branch Drive and Maple Hill Road. Weather sunny with temperature
at 37F. 
Number of species:     9

Mourning Dove     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
American Robin     23
Eastern Towhee     2
White-throated Sparrow     13
Northern Cardinal     2
Common Grackle     2
House Finch     4    
American Goldfinch     14

Location:     Nettleroth Bird Sanctuary
Observation date:     11/10/08
Notes:     Weather sunny, temperature 37 increasing to 42F. 
Number of species:     12

Wood Duck     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     1
Pileated Woodpecker     1    
Blue Jay     2
Tufted Titmouse     1
Carolina Wren     1    
American Robin     57
European Starling     23
Cedar Waxwing     1  
White-throated Sparrow     8
American Goldfinch     6

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Rod Botkins
Jefferson Co.

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