[bcbirdclub] Re: Lots of birds and Gray-cheeked Thrush (photos) - Compton Mt
- From: Daniel Kendrick <kendridge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:17:50 -0600
Awesome Roger. Don't ever move! The White crowned Sparrows showed up at my
feeders yesterday. They might as well have held up a sign 'Winter's Coming!'
Dan
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> On Sep 26, 2014, at 8:01 AM, roger mayhorn <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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