Hello everyone, Here's another list from recent surveys at Green River Game
Land (Polk Co, NC), this time at the Walcott tract on the Green River Cove
Road side on 5/16. This is a good birding spot throughout the year.
Directions can be found on the NC Birding Trail website:
http://ncbirdingtrail.org/sites/2012/8/1/green-river-game-land.html. From
the gate to the creek and back is approximately 3 miles roundtrip walk.
Green River Game Land Route I, Polk, North Carolina, US
May 16, 2016 6:01 AM - 8:26 AM
Comments: NCWRC point count survey of Walcott Tract.
35 species
Wild Turkey 2
Chimney Swift 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
White-eyed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 8
American Crow 7
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Brown Thrasher 3
Cedar Waxwing 2
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Swainson's Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Hooded Warbler 3
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 4
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 3
Scarlet Tanager 4
Northern Cardinal 2
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 8
American Goldfinch 4
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29763161
In addition to the birds detected during the surveys, I also had
yellow-throated vireo, 2 more Swainson's warblers, 3 more male and 1 female
blue grosbeak, a great blue heron, and a couple more prairie warblers. This
is also a good spot for Kentucky warblers. I didn't find one that day, but
was on a tight survey schedule.
Chris Kelly
Asheville, NC
