For the first time in a long while I had a Bobolink today, at the marshy end of
our largest pond, along with a half dozen Song Sparrows and a couple of Common
Yellowthroats.
Again the forest was full of thrushes and warblers, but because of the overcast
skies many of the thrushes way up in the tupelos and grapevines were just
silhouettes. I saw one Gray-cheeked Thrush very clearly, and judging from the
call notes it is likely there were a few more.
A male Rose-breasted Grosbeak was giving an abbreviated version of his song,
and two Hooded Warblers were singing their mid-summer song. I heard a single
Ruffed Grouse drumming down the river.
Father John
Blue Ridge Parkway
Franklin County
49 species
Turkey Vulture 4
Red-tailed Hawk
Ruffed Grouse
Turkey 8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker
Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Phoebe 10
Blue Jay 23
American Crow 7
Raven
Carolina Chickadee 4
Titmouse 5
White-br. Nuthatch 6
Carolina Wren 6
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Bluebird 2
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 15
Wood Thrush 3
Robin 7
Catbird
Cedar Waxwing 75
Tennessee Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler 6
Black-thr. Blue Warbler 8
Black-thr. Green WArbler 3
Pine Warbler 2
Bay-breasted Warbler 2
Redstart
Ovenbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 4
Hooded Warbler 2
Scarlet Tanager 5
Towhee 5
Chipping Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 7
Cardinal 5
Rose-br. Grosbeak
Bobolink
E. Meadowlark 2
Goldfinch 4
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