[va-bird] Wrens and Kinglets

VA Birders,
Ed Talbott, vice president of the Buchanan County Bird Club, and I, Roger
Mayhorn, birded an overgrown strip site near Compton Mountain this morning
and had a total of 24 species. It was a day for wrens and kinglets with 7
CAROLINA WRENS, 3 WINTER WRENS, and 12 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS. The
highlight of the morning was when one of the Winter Wrens began to sing.
It's not something we hear very often in our area.
A FOX SPARROW was our most unusual sparrow of the day, and a YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER was the least common of the woodpeckers seen.
We heard a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK in the distance. We also came across 5 WILD
TURKEYS, and flushed 2 RUFFED GROUSE.

The small adult SHARP-SHINNED HAWK that I reported on the 22nd. was back at
my feeder again this morning giving the smaller birds fits. Finally 3 Tufted
Titmice came out and harassed him until he gave up and flew away.

Roger Mayhorn
Grundy, VA

Following is the complete list for today:

American Crow  16
American Goldfinch  3
Carolina Chickadee  6
Carolina Wren  7
Dark-eyed Junco  2
Downy Woodpecker  2 (at least one male)
Fox Sparrow  1
House Finch  2
House Sparrows  2 (1 male, 1 female)
Golden-crowned Kinglet  12
Mourning Dove  1
Northern Cardinal 3 (2 males, 1 female)
Northern Flicker  5
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Ruffed Grouse  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 (male)
Song Sparrow 5
Tufted Titmouse  4
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-throated Sparrow  3
Wild Turkey  5
Winter Wren  3  (1 singing)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1



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