Even though the monastery and our mountain top was socked in the clouds this
morning, we had 5 male Baltimore Orioles visiting the suet feeder. One was a
juvenile (his head and back was not yet black, sort of half-way, and the rest
which should be orange soon is still yellowish) who was very interested in what
was going on indoors. Several times today I found him clinging to the window
screen, looking in, and spending 4-5 minutes watching. There were also 4 Pine
Siskins at the sunflower feeder, and a young male Indigo Bunting who still had
a good bit of moulting to do.
When the thick fog/cloud cleared off after lunch I watched for hawks, and saw 4
Osprey, a Sharp-shinned, Cooper's, and 7 Red-tails migrating, as well as a good
few vultures and Blue Jays. There was also another Solitary Sandpiper poking
around the smaller pond.
Father John
Blue Ridge Parkway
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 16
Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 4
Osprey 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 7
Turkey 14
Solitary Sandpiper
Mourning Dove 4
R.T. Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Phoebe 5
Yellow-thr. Vireo 3
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 20
Crow 4
Barn Swallow
C. Chickadee 6
Titmouse 4
W.B. Nuthatch 5
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren
R.C. Kinglet 2
Gnatcatcher 3
Bluebird 2
Wood Thrush
Robin
Thrasher 2
Starling 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-thr. Green Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black&White Warbler
Redstart 2
Ovenbird 7
Hooded Warbler 4
Scarlet Tanager 2
Towhee 12
Chipping Sparrow 15
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow 13
White-thr. Sparrow 5
Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird 18
Meadowlark 4
Common Grackle
Cowbird 5
Baltimore Oriole 5
Purple Finch
House Finch 2
Pine Siskin 4
Goldfinch 80
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