Five Buchanan County Bird Club members braved the bad weather today to search
for more spring migrants in the Breaks Park. We were lucky to catch a break in
the weather. The rain quit just as we finished breakfast in the park restaurant
and except for a few sprinkles we had a nearly rain free morning. A Ruffed
Grouse was sighted inside the park not far from the park entrance. We found
Black-and-white Warblers, Black-throated Green Warblers, Louisiana
Waterthrushes and a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.
We also found both Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglet species and four
woodpecker species: Pileated, Northern Flicker, Red-bellied and Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker. Northern Rough-winged Swallows, a Tree Swallow and a Barn Swallow
were at Laurel Lake within the park. A Pied-billed Grebe was on the lake in the
company of 6 Wood Ducks.
Below is the day's complete list
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Those on the outing were Don and Dawn Carrier, Roger & Lynda Mayhorn and David
Raines.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
Buchanan County
31 species
American Robin 4
Barn Swallow 1
Black-and-white Warbler 3m
Black-throated Green Warbler 5 (4m, 1f)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Blue-headed Vireo 7
Blue Jay 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Carolina Chickadee 4
Chipping Sparrow 4
Cooper's Hawk 1
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Towhee 1f
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 2
Mourning Dove 1
Northern Cardinal 2m
Northern Flicker 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruffed Grouse 1
Tree Swallow 1
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Wood Duck 6 (3m, 3f)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1f
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