[bcbirdclub] Uncommon Birds for Breaks Park
- From: "Roger Mayhorn" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BCBC Listserve" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 20:59:01 -0400
After talking last night David Raines and I decided we would hike and bird the
Bike Trail in the Breaks Park this morning. We started about 8:30 with misty
fog and gray skies threatening rain. Lots of birds were on the move, possibly
because of that. The highlight of the morning was when we saw a vee of 18 birds
silhouetted against the light gray clouds. As they flew overhead we realized
they were not geese but Double-crested Cormorants, definitely an unusual
species for this area. At the same time in another part of the sky were two
Great Blue Herons flying with a Great Egret, another uncommon species. Earlier
at the beaver pond we had found another uncommon species, a Green Heron. A few
minutes after that an Osprey had flown over.
During the morning we also found 5 warbler species, a late hummer, 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Cedar Waxwings, Wood Thrushes and Rose-breasted
Grosbeaks. We counted 40 species for the day. Below is the complete list.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
Wood Duck 1m
Double-crested Cormorant 18
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Osprey 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 1
Chimney Swift 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 juv
Downy Woodpecker 2m
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 15
American Crow 9
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 9
Wood Thrush 6
American Robin 7
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 2
Cedar Waxwing 42
Tennessee Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 1m
Eastern Towhee 5 (4m, 1f)
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 5 (3m, 2f)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 8
American Goldfinch 1
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