[bcbirdclub] Re: Canada and Company

From: Ashley Peele <ashpeele@xxxxxx>
To: "mappalachian@xxxxxxxxx" <mappalachian@xxxxxxxxx>, Buchanan County Bird Club <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 09:15:54 -0400

Fantastic species list!  There was a big push of Cape May through the
Blacksburg area yesterday morning with a flock of at least five females, all
very drab, foraging in the trees outside of my office windows for several
hours.  Very cool to see when Buchanan County and surrounding areas get similar
(or usually bigger) pushes of migrants.

Just wanted to thank you all for sharing these great observations and photos.
I’m living vicariously through the BCBC list-serv postings this Fall, as I’m
usually stuck in an office these days.  Really enjoying following them, as
migration progresses.  Fingers crossed, I’ll get out to bird in your neck of
the woods in a couple weeks.

Cheers for excellent Fall birding!

Ashley Peele, PhD

Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas Coordinator

www.vabba2.org  |  ebird.org/atlasva

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ashpeele@xxxxxx

From: <bcbirdclub-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Michelle
<mappalachian@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: "mappalachian@xxxxxxxxx" <mappalachian@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 11:40 PM
To: Buchanan County Bird Club <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Canada and Company

Man, oh man, did I see some cool birds on Guesses Fork, today!

Warblers:

Canada

Blue-winged

Tennessee

Redstart

Pine

Magnolia

Hooded

Black-and-white

Worm-eating

Cape May (Daryl, it was sort of drab)

Black-throated Green

Chestnut-sided

Ovenbird

Bay-breasted (3 confirmed)

Blackpoll (1 confirmed)

A few unidentified warblers of the Baypoll variety

I saw the Canada on my way up the mountain in the morning, and about five hours
later, as I made my way back down, it (presumably the same bird) was SINGING.

Also, Blue-headed Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Scarlet Tanager, Red-shouldered
Hawk, Swainson's Thrush, Wood Thrush, Flicker, Downy, Hairy, and Red-bellied
Woodpeckers, Screech Owl, Barred Owl.

I had a Raincrow go cuckoo at my Screech Owl impersonation, probably  because
it wondered if it was hearing a Screech with a speech impediment, a whole new
species of owl, or an animal in dire straits giving a last yowl.

Happy fall birding,

Michelle

References:
- [bcbirdclub] Canada and Company
  - From: Michelle

[bcbirdclub] Re: Canada and Company

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