Area Birders, Yesterday (10/29/05) with temperatures hovering at the freezing point seven members of the Buchanan County Bird Club began their annual Sparrow Day near Hurley VA. With permission the club birded a reclaimed strip site area that has great sparrow habitat with fields of brambles, small shrubs, grasses and weeds. As usual sparrows were in anbundance with 11 species recorded, including Junco and Towhee. Chipping, Field, Grasshopper, Savannah, Song, Swamp, Vesper, White-crowned and White-throated were logged with White-throated being the most abundant and Vesper (one bird) being the least. 1 Tennessee, 1 Orange - crowned and 1 Yellow-rump were the three warbler species found. Both Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglets were seen. Woodpecker species observed were Pileated, Flicker, Sapsucker and Downy. 1 Ruffed Grouse was heard drumming. Noticeably absent were hawks, wrens and bluebirds. The day's complete list is below. After a morning of birding the group gathered for its annual wiener roast. Photos can be seen on the club website at http://www.bcplnet.org/birdclub/events/Sparrow2005.htm Enjoy the birds, Roger Mayhorn (Near) Grundy Buchanan County American Crow 4 American Goldfinch 12 American Robin 17 Belted Kingfisher 1 Blue Jay 8 Carolina Chickadee 1 Cedar Waxwing 59 Chipping Sparrow 8 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Downy Woodpecker 4 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Eastern Towhee 2m Field Sparrow 19 Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 Mourning Dove 9 Northern Cardinal 3 Northern Flicker 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Pileated Woodpecker 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5 Ruffed Grouse 1 Savannah Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 38 Swamp Sparrow 4 Tennessee Warbler 1 Tufted Titmouse 2 Turkey Vulture 1 Vesper Sparrow 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-crowned Sparrow 3 (juv) White-throated Sparrow 44 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1