This evening a short while before sunset I was doing some yard work and looked up to see a small flock (16) of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS feeding over the neighbors pasture. (attached photo) These are the first ones for me this season. Earlier in the day I had 34 species in the yard including 6 warbler species - 2 BLACK-THROATED GREENS, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED, 2 (FOS) MAGNOLIAS, 6 TENNESSEES, 1 WORM-EATING and 1 YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. Other birds of interest were 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 6 SCARLET TANAGERS in fall plumage, 1 WHITE-EYED VIREO and 4 RED-EYED VIREOS, 2 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, 2 PILEATED WOODPECKERS, and 6 INDIGO BUNTINGS. The complete list follows. Roger Mayhorn Compton Mt 34 species Black-throated Green Warbler 2f Chestnut-sided Warbler 1f Magnolia Warbler 2f (First of the Season) Tennessee Warbler 6 Worm-eating Warbler 1 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 American Robin 3 Eastern Bluebird 4 Blue Jay 2 Cedar Waxwing 5 House Finch 3 (1m, 2f) Downy Woodpecker 2 (1m, 1f) Northern Flicker 1m Pileated Woodpecker 2 (1f) Red-bellied Woodpecker 1f Chipping Sparrow 2 Eastern Towhee 6 (2 ad m, 2 juv m, 2 juv f) Brown Thrasher 1 Gray Catbird 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Indigo Bunting 6f Mourning Dove 9 Northern Cardinal 7 (2m, 5f) Common Nighthawk 16 Red-eyed Vireo 4 White-eyed Vireo 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 (1f) Scarlet Tanager 6 (4m, 2f) Carolina Wren 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 1
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