[bcbirdclub] Migrants and Lifebirds

From: "Roger Mayhorn" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "BCBC Listserve" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 07:56:54 -0400
Yesterday Daryl Owens came up to try to get some lifebirds from among the 
migrants passing through our property, and he wasn't disappointed. In spite of 
a couple of rain showers we logged 39 species and Daryl got 3 lifebirds, the 
Tennessee Warbler, Cape May Warbler and our FOS Magnolia Warbler. Other warbler 
species were Northern Parula, Yellow-throated Warbler, Black-and-white and 
Hooded.
Earlier, just after dawn, I had heard the distinct "chink" note of a FOS 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, though I never saw it.

In the neighbor's pasture the resident flock of 11 Wild Turkeys foraged among 
the Yellow winged-stem (locally known as Stick Weeds). We could see 4 of the 
young "gray" ones that, thanks to Cecelia Mathis of Sparta, NC, we now know is 
called "Smoke phase".
We also had a couple of Eastern Wood Pewees and an unidentifiable flycatcher of 
the genus empidonax. Some of this group can only be identified by their calls, 
and this one was silent. 

While taking a break for lunch a very large bird suddenly flew past our glass 
dining room door. It was the recently arrived juvenile Great Blue Heron 
dropping in to try his/her luck at the yard pond. It concentrated on the fish 
and frogs in the pond but as in the past few weeks went away without success. 
There are several farm ponds in the area where I'm sure it is having more 
success.

Following is the day's complete species list.

Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt 

39 species

Great Blue Heron 1

Wild Turkey 11 (4 smoke phase young)

Turkey Vulture 1

Mourning Dove 5

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6

Red-bellied Woodpecker 2

Hairy Woodpecker 1m

Northern Flicker 2

Pileated Woodpecker 1

Eastern Wood Pewee 2

Empid sp? 1

Red-eyed Vireo 2

Blue Jay 2

American Crow 1

Carolina Chickadee 2

Tufted Titmouse 2

White-breasted Nuthatch 1

Carolina Wren 3

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4

Eastern Bluebird 4

American Robin 2

Brown Thrasher 3

European Starling 33

Cedar Waxwing 15

Tennessee Warbler 3

Northern Parula 1

Magnolia Warbler 2 (FOS)

Cape May Warbler 2f 

Yellow-throated Warbler 2

Black-and-white Warbler 2 

Hooded Warbler 1m

Scarlet Tanager 3 (1m, 2f)

Northern Cardinal 8 (3m, 5f)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 (FOS)

Indigo Bunting 1

Eastern Towhee 5

Song Sparrow 4

House Finch 1f

American Goldfinch 3
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