[Bristol-Birds] Burke's Garden Sunday by Foryth Audubon Society of NC
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 18:06:55 -0500
Subject: Burke's Garden today
Date: Sun Feb 9 2014 17:51 pm
From: Eric Harrold
Today I accompanied members of the Forsyth Audubon chapter to Burke's Garden
in Tazewell County. We were pleasantly surprised with our finds given the
skies that seemed to be on the verge of socking us in. One piece of advice I
would give folks contemplating a Sunday visit is to remember that the
Burke's Garden Country Store is not open on Sundays and therefore you should
either bring a lunch up or plan accordingly. There is also therefore no
place to use a restroom when the store is closed.
Inside the Garden we were immediately rewarded with both Golden Eagle and
Rough-legged Hawk almost instantly, which is the first time I've come up
with both in the first 20 minutes or so of a visit. We saw one adult and
possibly two different immature eagles. The pair of resident Bald Eagles
were perched in the grove with the nest tree. We had a few American
Kestrels, one Northern Harrier, and a couple Red-tailed Hawks to add to the
raptor variety. Also enjoyed nice looks at 6 Green-winged Teal and a lone
Black Duck amid about 50 Mallards on the creek.
Eric Harrold
Hays, NC
Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:30 PM
15 birders in Burke's Garden
Forsyth Audubon Society of Winston Salem NC
Philip Dickinson, Ron Morris
18 species
1 American Black Duck
90 Mallard
5 Green-winged Teal
1 Great Blue Heron
2 Golden Eagle
2 Bald Eagle
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Rough-legged Hawk
1 Downy Woodpecker
2 American Kestrel
1 Blue Jay
12 American Crow
8 Common Raven
1 Tufted Titmouse
4 Eastern Bluebird
120 European Starling
40 Dark-eyed Junco
15 American Goldfinch
Additional species seen by Philip Dickinson:
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Black-capped Chickadee
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