Sixteen birders joined us at our house on Saturday for our 10th year of hosting Warbler Day for our fellow birders. We had good birders and birds, then we had CRAZY MIKE. LOL (see photo). We had a good day in spite of off and on rainy conditions. Even though the warbler numbers were down, probably due to the weather, we counted 12 warbler species with a total of 52 avian species for the day. The warbler species were Tennessee, Northern Parula, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Black-throated Green,Yellow-throated, Black-and-white, American Redstart, Worm-eating, Ovenbird and Hooded. Other migrants included Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, American Kestrel, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Northern Flicker, Great Crested Flycatcher, both Red-eyed and Yellow Throated Vireos, Blue jay, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, both Swainson's and Wood Thrush, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Scarlet Tanager, Chipping Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Indigo Bunting. The day's complete list is at the end of this message. Lynda Mayhorn prepared a great lunch of chicken, baked beans, potato salad, crescent rolls, spinach dip and hot dogs, which Mike Sanders had difficulty eating because of the chestnut spikes in his tongue. All side dishes and desserts brought by those attending were appreciated, but the talk of the kitchen was the beautiful chocolate cake made by Dawn Carrier in honor of our 10 years of Warbler Day. It was a visual work of art and contained 7 types of chocolate with ganache frosting and was topped with lindor and rocher chocolate candies. (see link below for photo). As a lover of chocolate I can certify that it was delicious. Several more photos of the day and other recent bird photos can be found at my Pbase site at http://www.pbase.com/mayhorn/warblerday2014 Roger Mayhorn Compton Mt 52 species Wild Turkey 3 Turkey Vulture 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 American Kestrel 1 Mourning Dove 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 13 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 3 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Red-eyed Vireo 3 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 1 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Carolina Wren 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Eastern Bluebird 7 Swainson's Thrush 3 Wood Thrush 5 Gray Catbird 1 Brown Thrasher 3 European Starling 56 Cedar Waxwing 24 Tennessee Warbler 6 Northern Parula 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Magnolia Warbler 2 Cape May Warbler 2 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Yellow-throated Warbler 3 Black-and-white Warbler 3 American Redstart 6 Worm-eating Warbler 2 Ovenbird 2 Hooded Warbler 4 Scarlet Tanager 5 Eastern Towhee 2 Chipping Sparrow 12 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 7 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5 Indigo Bunting 16 House Finch 4 American Goldfinch 3
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