Hello all
This morning I lead a bird walk in Montgomery Hall Park with two member of the
Augusta Bird Club . We started out at 8:30am with a temp of a brisk 39 degrees
& ended at11 am with a temp of about 44 degrees . During this time we saw or
heard 46 species of birds . The cooler temps have brought in many Sparrow &
Warbler species into our area . Below is a full list of what we found .
Ruffed Grouse --1 saw a large bird jump down to the ground & a couple seconds
later it gave out its alarm call ( near leaf pile )
Black Vulture -- 11
Turkey Vulture
Sharp -- shinned Hawk
Am. Kestrel
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red -- bellied Woodpecker
Downy
No. Flicker
Blue -- headed Vireo -- 7
Blue Jay -- many flying south
Am. Crow
Tree Swallow -- 20+ flying south
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White -- breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper -- 2 thanks Tom for finding the first one
Carolina Wren --- 9 +
House Wren -- 1 new late date
Golden -- crowned Kinglet
Ruby - crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush -- 1
Am. Robin
Gray Catbird --1
No. Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing -- 50+
Chestnut -- sided Warbler -- 1 hatch year -- in your face look ( about 3ft.
away ) New late date
Yellow -- rumped Warbler -- 100 +
Black -- throated Green -- 4 +
Palm Warbler -- 1 this one also in your face look
Eastern Towhee -- 6
Chipping Sparrow -- 7
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's -- 2
Swamp -- 2
White -- throated -- 75 +
White -- crowned -- 1 heard singing
Dark -- eyed Junco -- 1
No. Cardinal
Indigo Bunting -- 1 Tomorrow will match late date for this one
Red -- winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Purple Finch -- 1 singing up a storm
House Finch
Am. Goldfinch
All in all not a bad morning for bird watching .
Allen Larner
Staunton
