[bcbirdclub] Birding Southern Gap
- From: "Roger Mayhorn" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BCBC Listserve" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:55:54 -0500
On Sunday (Feb 9) Daryl Owens and I birded from Compton Mt down Slate Creek to
Grundy, then up Little Prater to Southern Gap (Poplar Gap) in hopes of finding
unusual winter birds. We didn't find anything that unusual, but we did have a
great raptor day with 2 Northern Harriers at Southern Gap, 2 Red-shouldered
Hawks, 3 Red-tailed Hawks and 4 American Kestrels. At Southern Gap we found
both Horned larks and Eastern Meadowlarks. We also had 5 woodpecker species for
the day.
The comeplete species list follows the photos below.
This Red-shouldered Hawk perched near the road which allowed me to get this
photo, though it was against an overcast sky.
This male American Kestrel searched for food during a misty rain.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
31 species
Great Blue Heron 1
Northern Harrier 2
Red-Shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 3
American Kestrel 4
Mourning Dove 27
Rock Pigeon 13
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 22
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 4
Carolina Wren 6
Eastern Bluebird 4
American Robin 7
European Starling 73
Eastern Towhee 4
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 8
Northern Cardinal 8
Eastern Meadowlark 9
Horned Lark 4
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 6
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