[bcbirdclub] Re: Osprey,Hooded Mergansers...
- From: "Roger Mayhorn" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "David Raines" <rainbrk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "BCBC Listserve" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:54:13 -0500
Great day of birding David. The Buffleheads are another great sighting for our
area. As we discussed on the phone, the Osprey you sighted is a new late date
for that species in the area. Sorry Cheryl (Thompson) your November 3rd
sighting in 2007 was the late date until yesterday :(
On Wednesday I had both male and female Purple Finches at my feeder. On
Thursday a female showed up during the Thanksgiving Day Window Watch. On Friday
and this morning there was a single female here.
Late Thursday night before going to bed I turned on the outside light as I
usually do and saw what at first I thought was a fox in the shadows in the
yard. After getting a good look I realized it was too tall and too large to be
a fox. It was staring at a possum that was near the back door. In a few seconds
it turned to leave the yard, and I could see that it was a coyote. That's the
first one I have seen here in the yard. I'm not sure if it was comig after the
possum or could smell where we had fed the foxes some turkey scraps.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
----- Original Message -----
From: David & Susan Raines
To: bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 8:11 AM
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Osprey,Hooded Mergansers...
Yesterday morning I had time to do a little birding in the Breaks Park. The
first bird, after stepping out of the truck, was an Osprey at the Garden Hole
of the Russell Fork River. The river also produced 3 Hooded Mergansers huddled
together under the branches of a fallen tree . I started up the trail that runs
up river and instantly saw a big Tom Turkey working the trail & moving away
from me. I followed quietly for several minutes until I ran into a small
feeder-flock of birds that includedGolden-cr Kinglets and Carolina Chickadees.
I also noted a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker,Pileated Woodpecker & Carolina Wren
along the trail. There were lots of beaver cuttings in the birches & hemlocks
along the river.
After leaving the river, I checked on the water-fowl at Laurel Lake & was
surprised to find 5 Bufflehead(3m,2f). This is only the 3rd time in 30+ years
of birding this area for that species for me! There were also 3 Hooded
Mergansers & 2 Pied-billed Grebes present. Other birds around the lake
included: Belted Kingfisher,Blue Jay & Eastern Bluebirds.
Later in the afternoon, on a walk with Dad & my brother Jim we found another
male Hooded Merganser on the Beaver Pond. We also found a Brown
Creeper,Golden-cr Kinglets & Chickadees at the Mill-rock Point overlook. An
Eastern Phoebe and Winter Wren at the Lover's Leap overlook were the last birds
of record for a very good late November day of birding.
Dave R/Breaks VA
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