[bcbirdclub] Re: osprey

  • From: "Roger Mayhorn" <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "BCBC Listserve" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:12:38 -0400

Congratulations Cheryl,
You beat last year's first reported Osprey by 5 days, which was the earliest 
date up to that point. That one was on the 31st. That report was yours also by 
the way. Either the birds are arriving a bit earlier or you birders out there 
are getting better at finding them. Our records show that in 2006 the first 
Osprey was found on the Levisa River near Weller Yard by Ed Talbott II (that is 
II not III) on April 7.

Cheryl, with your late date for an Osprey on November 3rd last year you now 
have the early and late date reports for that species in the area.

Last year on March 28 Lynda and I drove up into the Head of Slate Creek, the 
next large hollow past the road that turns up the mountain to our place, and 
found 3 Louisiana Waterthrushes and an early Black-throated Green Warbler.
So today we made the same trip, hoping to find some early arrivals, but it was 
not to be. The only birds we found at all were a couple of Downy Woodpeckers 
and a Carolina Chickadee.

If some of you don't remember the hollow I'm referring to, it's the one where 
the road crosses the creek several times and where we usually see the 
Swainson's Warblers. Lynda and I were sadly surprised to see heavy logging 
going on near the last house in the hollow. Fortunately, the best part of the 
hollow begins just past that, and so far it has not been disturbed. Let's hope 
it stays that way. 

Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Cheryl Thompson 
  To: bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 2:24 PM
  Subject: [bcbirdclub] osprey


  My sister just emailed me and said the "Buckeye" Osprey is back... She 
teaches school in Pike County and saw it on the way to school.

  Cheryl
  Conaway, VA

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