[bcbirdclub] Re: Enoch's Branch Birding
- From: "Jerry Thornhill" <mjt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'BCBC Listserve'" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 17:14:42 -0400
I think the vireo was probably reacting to what he was seeing rather than to
being photographed. I've seen many people wear that same expression when
they're around the trio he was up against.
Jerry
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Subject: [bcbirdclub] Enoch's Branch Birding
Yesterday, Don Carrier, Daryl Owens and I birded Compton Mt then drove to
Enoch's Branch near Grundy to bird the park there. We had some interesting
birds and logged 49 species for the day.
The biggest surprise during the birding at our place on Compton Mt was a
female Blackburnian Warbler found in our backyard by Don Carrier;
Blackburnians are high elevation nesters and we usually don't see them
during the nesting season. Sorry, no photo.
At the park we had White-eyed Vireos singing, as well as a Yellow-breasted
Chat and Field Sparrows. One White-eyed didn't want to show himself as he
sang from within an Autumn Olive bush, but we managed to get some shots
through a small opening in the foliage. From the bird's stern "facial
expression" he didn't seem very happy about being photographed (see photo).
Sharp-eyed Daryl spied a Cooper's Hawk near the top of a ridge as Wild
Turkeys fed on blackberries on the hill behind the ball field. Families of
Eastern Bluebirds and Eastern Phoebes fed along the fence in the park. The
BCBC has permission to erect bluebirds nest boxes in the park which we hope
to have in place by spring of next year. The area is excellent for
bluebirds. We counted at least nine in the park. August marks the end of
the nesting season for most local songbirds except for goldfinches which
have been found nesting in the area in September.
A bronze colored Fence Lizard basking in the sun at the park's observation
deck offered a photo op and Don and I took advantage of it (see photo).
Notice the blue throat patch that indicates this one is a male. Females and
juveniles are white underneath.
The complete species list for the day is below.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
49 species
Wild Turkey 5 (3 ad females and 2 juv)
Turkey Vulture 4
Cooper's Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9
Belted Kingfisher 1 (at Patterson)
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1juv
Downy Woodpecker 1f
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 6
White-eyed Vireo 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 33
Common Raven 1 (Compton Mt)
Purple Martin 8
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 9
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Eastern Bluebird 19 (9 at Enoch's Branch)
American Robin 6
Wood Thrush 1 (Loggy Bottom Rd)
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling 13
Cedar Waxwing 1
Yellow Warbler 1f
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1f
Yellow-throated Warbler 4
American Redstart 1f
Hooded Warbler 5
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Scarlet Tanager 1m
Northern Cardinal 9
Indigo Bunting 11 (10m, 1f)
Chipping Sparrow 12
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 5
Eastern Towhee 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 3 (1m, 2f)
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 3
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