Today six of us from the Buchanan County Bird Club birded the Breaks Park looking for spring arrivals, and we weren't disappointed. We found 51 species including Black-throated Green Warblers, Pine Warblers, a Black-and-white Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrushes, Blue-headed Vireos and a White-eyed Vireo that broke the early date record by 3 days. We also had Rusty Blackbirds,an Eastern Meadowlark, 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers and 7 Kinglets. We were hoping for a Yellow-throated Warbler but didn't find one in the Breaks. Later when Daryl Owens and I arrived at my house a Yellow-throated Warbler was singing in a tree in my yard. The birders today in alphabetical order were Don Carrier, Sheri Hite, John Kelly, Roger Mayhorn, Daryl Owens and David Raines. Below the list is a photo of the Yellow-throated Warbler. Roger Mayhorn Compton Mt 51 species Wood Duck 4 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 3 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 3 White-eyed Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 7 Blue Jay 7 American Crow 4 Common Raven 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallows 8 Carolina Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 5 Carolina Wren 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5 Eastern Bluebird 4 American Robin 8 Northern Mockingbird 1 Brown Thrasher 4 European Starling 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Black-throated Green Warbler 3 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 2 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 3 Eastern Towhee 4 Chipping Sparrow 11 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 6 Swamp Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 3 Dark-eyed Junco 2 Northern Cardinal 6 Red-winged Blackbird 5 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Rusty Blackbird 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 House Finch 4
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