[bristol-birds] Rainy Birding
- From: "Mayhorn" <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol Birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 20:41:28 -0400
Area Birders,
I was gone most of the day and didn't get to bird this morning. When I got
home I had a message from the fellow who runs the Mountaintop Golf Course.
He said a flock of wild geese had landed on the course. The course is only a
2 minute drive so I drove out, hoping for a flock of Snow Geese. They were
Canadas instead, but geese of any species are uncommon in our county, so it
was nice to see the flock of 11 along with 9 Wild Turkeys feeding.
The rain kept falling, but for an hour or so this evening the rain from
Isidore let up and I headed outdoors again.
There was a bit of fog, but I was lucky and found 27 species around the
yard. The most interesting birds were 1immature male Redstart, 1 male Hooded
Warbler, 1 Magnolia, 1 Tennessee, 8 Scarlet Tanagers, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 1
Wood Thrush, 2 Gray Catbirds, 1 Brown Thrasher, 2 Pileated Woodpeckers, 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1 Northern Mockingbird ( another bird that isn't
common in Buchanan County), and 2 more Wild Turkeys.
In addition to the birds I saw 2 Chipmunks, 1 Eastern Cottontail, 2 Eastern
Gray Squirrels and 2 Woodchucks.
Enjoy the birds, and animals,
Roger Mayhorn
Grundy, VA
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