[bcbirdclub] Birding the Breaks Park

From: "Roger Mayhorn" <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "A Buchanan County Bird Club" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:40:01 -0400

Five BCBC club members braved the bad weather today to search for more spring 
migrants in the Breaks Park. The forecast looked so bad that we had decided to 
just have breakfast in the park restaurant and possibly call it a day, but we 
were lucky to catch a break in the weather. The rain quit just as we finished 
breakfast and except for a few sprinkles we had a nearly rain free morning. A 
Ruffed Grouse was sighted inside the park not far from the park entrance. We 
found Black-and-white Warblers, Black-throated Green Warblers, Louisiana 
Waterthrushes and a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. The spot on the road going down to 
the Garden Hole where Camp Creek crosses the road was a hot spot.
We also found both Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglet species and four 
woodpecker species: Pileated, Northern Flicker, Red-bellied and Yellow-bellied 
Sapsucker. Northern Rough-winged Swallows, a Tree Swallow and a Barn Swallow 
were at Laurel Lake within the park. A Pied-billed Grebe was on the lake in the 
company of 6 Wood Ducks. Below is the day's complete list.
Those on the outing were Don and Dawn Carrier, Roger & Lynda Mayhorn and David 
Raines.

Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt

31 species

American Robin 4

Barn Swallow 1

Black-and-white Warbler 3m

Black-throated Green Warbler 5 (4m, 1f)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1

Blue-headed Vireo 7

Blue Jay 5

Brown-headed Cowbird 5

Carolina Chickadee 4

Chipping Sparrow 4

Cooper's Hawk 1

Dark-eyed Junco 1

Eastern Phoebe 1

Eastern Towhee 1f

Golden-crowned Kinglet 1

Louisiana Waterthrush 2

Mourning Dove 1

Northern Cardinal 2m

Northern Flicker 5

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6

Pied-billed Grebe 1

Pileated Woodpecker 2

Red-bellied Woodpecker 1

Red-winged Blackbird 2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2

Ruffed Grouse 1

Tree Swallow 1

Tufted Titmouse 8

White-breasted Nuthatch 2

Wood Duck 6 (3m, 3f)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1f

[bcbirdclub] Birding the Breaks Park

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