VA Birders,
This morning I was out early again. David Raines, a member of our Buchanan
County Bird and veteran birder, came to enjoy the migration with me. In the
course of the morning we managed to log 39 species, though the number of
warblers seemed to be down a bit. I guess I shouldn't complain, right?
The bird of the day was a Warbling Vireo that gave us great looks from a
Shiny Sumac bush. The other birds of note were 6 Black-throated Green
Warblers, 4 Magnolia Warblers, 17 Tennessee Warblers, 1 Yellow-rumped
Warbler, 2 Swainson's Thrushes, 3 White-eyed Vireos, 1 Red-eyed Vireo, 1
female Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 5 Scarlet Tanagers, 23 Cedar Waxwings and 1
Cooper's Hawk. Later in the day after David had left I turned the corner of
the house and was staring a deer in the eye. It had been eating apples from
under the apple tree. Fawn spots were still barely visible on its coat. We
stared at each other for about 15 seconds, then I very slowly backtracked
hoping it would stay long enough so that I could go get my wife, Lynda. The
deer was still there unmoving, when I disappeared around the corner.
Unfortunately, by the time we got back it was gone.
Roger Mayhorn
Grundy, VA
For those interested the complete list follows:
American Crow 1
American Goldfinch 13
American Robin 9
Black-throated Green Warbler 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Blue Jay 2
Brown Thrasher 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 2
Cedar Waxwing 23
Chimney Swift 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Coopers Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker 2 (1 female)
Eastern Bluebird 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Eastern Wood Pewee 1
European Starling 80
Gray Catbird 1
House Finch 13
Magnolia Warbler 4
Mourning Dove 5
Northern Cardinal 3 (2 males, 1 female)
Northern Flicker 6
Northern Mockingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 (female)
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Scarlet Tanager 5 (1 female)
Swainsons Thrush 2
Song Sparrow 2
Tennessee Warblers 17
Turkey Vulture 1
Warbling Vireo 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-eyed Vireo 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Eastern Gray Squirrel 1
White tailed Deer 1
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