[bcbirdclub] Lots of birds and Gray-cheeked Thrush (photos) - Compton Mt
- From: roger mayhorn <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Buchanan Bird Club <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:00:23 -0400 (EDT)
Just after sunrise on Wednesday morning the yard was a beehive of activity with
birds flying in all directions. A flock of at least 75 Cedar Waxwings were
feeding on wild grapes, poke berries and Virginia Creeper berries. Three
Blue-headed Vireos were finding caterpillars in the walnut trees in the yard. A
Nashville Warbler and a few Tennessee Warblers were working the Goldenrod and
Yellow Crownbeard at the edge of the yard. Later a Magnolia Warbler came down
to the yard stream to bathe. A lone Ruby-throated Hummingbird was gleaning
nectar from the orange Jewel Weed at the edge of the woods. Eastern Towhees
were calling from under every shrub and wildflower patch. The calls of
Swainson's Thrushes and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks could be heard in the
surrounding trees. A Summer Tanager posed long enough for a couple of photos on
a dead branch. A couple of Gray-cheeked Thrushes and several Wood Thrushes
were just inside the shadows of the woods feeding on wild grapes and poke
berries. I was able to get several photos of one Gray-cheeked when it came to
the yard stream. It was a very enjoyable, crisp, early fall morning.
The photos can be seen at http://www.pbase.com/mayhorn/2014_9_24
Below is the complete species list for the day.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
Buchanan County
Mourning Dove 19
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1m
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 4
Eastern Bluebird 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush 2
Swainson's Thrush 2
Wood Thrush 6
Gray Catbird 4
Brown Thrasher 3
European Starling 1
Cedar Waxwing 75
Tennessee Warbler 4
Nashville Warbler 1
Summer Tanager 1f
Scarlet Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee 8 (5m, 3f)
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4 (1m, 3f)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 (1m)
Indigo Bunting 3
House Finch 6 (1m, 5f)
American Goldfinch 6
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