On Sunday I made as comprehensive a search as possible of the monastery lands
(although I didn't have time to check a large block of woods way down the
valley) and found 61 species.
It definitely appears to me that the CAROLINA WRENS have suffered a real
decline since this last winter. I used to be able to find 2 or 3 pairs
separately at various brush or rock piles in the forest, but this spring I have
seen them only once in a while. On the other hand, KENTUCKY WARBLERS seem a
little more common this year. I have found 3 pairs, presumed nesting, and in
fact I watched one male carry food several times into the same tangle of vines.
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Yellow-thr. Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Crow
Tree Swallow
Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Titmouse
White-br. Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Bluebird
Wood Thrush
Robin
Brown Thrasher
Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Black-thr. Green Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black & White Warbler
Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
LA Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Meadowlark
House Finch
Goldfinch
Father John
Blue Ridge Parkway
Franklin County
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