VA Birders,
Ed Talbott, vice president of the Buchanan County Bird Club, and I, Roger
Mayhorn, birded an overgrown strip site near Compton Mountain this morning
and had a total of 24 species. It was a day for wrens and kinglets with 7
CAROLINA WRENS, 3 WINTER WRENS, and 12 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS. The
highlight of the morning was when one of the Winter Wrens began to sing.
It's not something we hear very often in our area.
A FOX SPARROW was our most unusual sparrow of the day, and a YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER was the least common of the woodpeckers seen.
We heard a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK in the distance. We also came across 5 WILD
TURKEYS, and flushed 2 RUFFED GROUSE.
The small adult SHARP-SHINNED HAWK that I reported on the 22nd. was back at
my feeder again this morning giving the smaller birds fits. Finally 3 Tufted
Titmice came out and harassed him until he gave up and flew away.
Roger Mayhorn
Grundy, VA
Following is the complete list for today:
American Crow 16
American Goldfinch 3
Carolina Chickadee 6
Carolina Wren 7
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Downy Woodpecker 2 (at least one male)
Fox Sparrow 1
House Finch 2
House Sparrows 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Golden-crowned Kinglet 12
Mourning Dove 1
Northern Cardinal 3 (2 males, 1 female)
Northern Flicker 5
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Ruffed Grouse 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 (male)
Song Sparrow 5
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-throated Sparrow 3
Wild Turkey 5
Winter Wren 3 (1 singing)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
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