Today I perfomed my first season check of the bluebird boxes on the Mountain Top Golf Course here on Compton Mt. While there I heard my first of the season Yellow-throated Warbler and saw a FOS Vesper Sparrow. Also in one 30 yard spot on the fairway I counted 17 Northern Flickers feeding on the ground. I was also surprised to find 7 bluebird boxes with nests. No eggs yet. Below the species list is a photo of the only Purple Finch that I saw all winter. This one showed up on April 1. At first I thought it was a House Finch playing an April Fool joke. Also attached is a photo of a Tree Swallow checking out one of the yard nest boxes. Roger Mayhorn Compton Mt 17 species Wild Turkey 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed Hawk - diving on Turkey Vulture Mourning Dove 2 Northern Flicker 17 American Crow 2 Carolina Wren 2 Eastern Bluebird 4 (3m, 1f) American Robin 12 Brown Thrasher 2 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 FOS Eastern Towhee 2 (1m, 1f) Chipping Sparrow 4 Vesper Sparrow 1 FOS White-throated Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 1f Brown-headed Cowbird 14
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