[bcbirdclub] Warblers Increase on Compton Mt

  • From: "Roger Mayhorn" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "BCBC Listserve" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 00:29:26 -0400

Yesterday in spite of doing outside work that kept interfering with my birding 
I managed to log 40 species in the yard. (complete list at end of photos) I had 
10 warbler species: TENNESSEE, NORTHERN PARULA, CHESTNUT-SIDED, MAGNOLIA, a 
beautiful male BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACKBURNIAN, AMERICAN REDSTART, 
WORM-EATING, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and HOODED. 
The most unusual was the Chestnut-sided. It was a 1st year female, but it had a 
large white spot on each cheek. 

Here are some photos. The bird in this first photo is what a normal 
Chestnut-sided female should look like in fall plumage.



Now look at this bird. It has a white cheek patch on the right side



and on the left




This bird is probably a leucistic or partial albino. Some feathers fail to 
produce any melanin and remain white. 



40 species

Mourning Dove 6

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6

Red-bellied Woodpecker 1

Hairy Woodpecker 1f

Northern Flicker 2

Downy Woodpecker 3

Pileated Woodpecker 1

Eastern Phoebe 1

Red-eyed Vireo 2

Yellow-throated Vireo 1

Blue Jay 2

American Crow 4

Common Raven 1

Carolina Chickadee 2

Tufted Titmouse 1

White-breasted Nuthatch 2

Carolina Wren 2

Eastern Bluebird 4

American Robin 7

Brown Thrasher 3

Gray Catbird 2

European Starling 5

Cedar Waxwing 1

Tennessee Warbler 6

Northern Parula 1m

Chestnut-sided Warbler 1f with a white spot on each side of the face.

Magnolia Warbler 2 (1st of the season) 

Black-throated Blue Warbler 1m

Blackburnian Warbler 1m

American Redstart 1f

Worm-eating Warbler 1

Common Yellowthroat 1 (1st year f)

Hooded Warbler 1m

Scarlet Tanager  3 (2m, 1f)

Eastern Towhee 3

Song Sparrow 1

Northern Cardinal 5 (3m, 2f)

Indigo Bunting 5f

American Goldfinch 6

House Finch 4f



Roger Mayhorn

Compton Mt

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