[bcbirdclub] Fw: Birding Eastern Buchanan County
- From: Laverne Hunter <lavernehunter52@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Buchanan County <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 12:36:34 -0700 (PDT)
oops meant to send this to you personally.
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From: Laverne Hunter <lavernehunter52@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>; BCBC Listserve
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Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2013 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [bcbirdclub] Birding Eastern Buchanan County
Roger,
Having not been on your list serve for a few days I finally had an opportunity
to read this e-mail. . Finding 42 bird species in eastern Buichanan County
appears to be an astronmical feat. Keep up the good work.
Laverne
From: Roger Mayhorn <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: BCBC Listserve <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 10:56 PM
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Birding Eastern Buchanan County
Today fellow birder Daryl Owens and I went in search of the First Of the Season
Louisiana Waterthrush in the county and the first Blue-headed Vireo. First I
got to see the Common Redpoll at my feeder again this morning feeding with the
goldfinches. Daryl logged the birds at his house on Dismal before coming up.
After birding a bit at my place we went to Harry's Branch in Whitewood to see
if a waterthrush might be found along that stream. We birded the length of the
hollow, coming out at the head on top of Compton Mt, but no waterthrush or
vireo. We then drove to Slate Creek and turned up into the hollow at the head
of Slate Creek. We had to cross the stream there several times as we made our
way up the hollow. After stopping several times to play a waterthrush call and
listen, we finally heard a Louisiana Waterthrush. It came in and gave us the
opportunity for some good looks. We stopped the call and left the bird to go
about his
business of trying to call in a female.
We came out again on the top of Compton Mt and drove out to the Mountain Top
Golf Course which was nearly empty of players. We found lots of Robins as we
checked the bluebird boxes around the course. One box had a complete nest, but
no eggs. We saw several Bluebirds and a pair of Tree Swallows, but never found
a vireo. When we got back to my house we were searching the sky for a Raven
that was calling and high against the white clouds we found a Sharp-shinned
Hawk circling then watched it head westward. We took my scope out on my birding
trail and looked at the Red-tailed Hawk on her nest down in the hollow. Through
the scope we could see her watching us, but we were too far away to be of
concern to her. Her mate called a few times and she answered. We counted 42
species for the day. Below is the day's list.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
42 species
Ruffed Grouse 1
Wild Turkey 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 (one on nest)
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 (1m, 3f)
Hairy Woodpecker 1f
Downy Woodpecker 3(2m, 1f)
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 16
American Crow 45
Common Raven 2
Tree Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 6
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 10 (4m, 6f)
American Robin 49
Brown Thrasher 3
European Starling 23
Louisiana Waterthrush 1m (FOS)
Chipping Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 2m
Dark-eyed Junco 20
Northern Cardinal 17 (10m, 7f)
Brown-headed Cowbird 14 (8m, 6f)
Red-winged Blackbird 1m
Purple Finch 1m
House Finch 3 (1m, 2f)
Common Redpoll 1f
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 40
House Sparrow 5 (3m, 2f) 4 at Bluebird boxes (1m carrying nesting material)
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