Today, Michele Sparks, Sylvia Forward (nature photographer), and I added to our
list of NC birds by wandering the grounds of the Biltmore Estate. Highlights
were finding three Mimids in 5 minutes, a displaying mockingbird, and a pair of
Yellow-breasted chats sharing a perch.
Canada goose - 8
Mallards - 4
Bufflehead - 1
Hooded merganser - 1
Double-crested cormorant - 5
Turkey vulture - 2
Am. coot - 1
Mourning dove - 2
Red-bellied woodpecker - 2
Downy woodpecker - 1
E. phoebe - 1
Red-eyed vireo - 1
Am. crow - 1
Purple martin - 2
Tree swallow - 6
Car. chickadee - 2
Tufted titmouse - 2
E. bluebird - 2
Am. robin - 1
Gray catbird - 1
N. mockingbird - 2
Brown thrasher - 3
Yellow-breasted chat - 2
Rufous-sided towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Field sparrow - 1
White-throated sparrow - 1
Song sparrow - 1
N. cardinal - 4
House finch - 4
Lisa Tyler
Elizabethton, TN
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