[bcbirdclub] FOS Purple Finch
- From: "Roger Mayhorn" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BCBC Listserve" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 05:12:57 -0400
Jerry and Jane Thornhill joined Lynda and me for some birding at our house
yesterday. In spite of the cool, cloudy, windy weather we managed to count 48
species. This early First of the Season Purple Finch (see photo) was a
surprise. We have only two other dates for that species in the county during
the month of September. We had 10 warbler species - Tennessee, Nashville,
Magnolia, Cape May (5 of them), Yellow-rumped, Palm, Bay-breasted,
Black-and-white, American Redstart, and Ovenbird. Some of the other highlights
of the day were 3 Cooper's Hawks and two Sharp-shinneds, Gray-cheeked,
Swainson's and Wood Thrushes and one immature male Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
(Day's complete list at bottom).
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
Turkey Vulture 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Wild Turkey 2
Mourning Dove 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3 (1m, 2f)
Hairy Woodpecker 1f
Northern Flicker 4 (1m)
Eastern Wood Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Empidonax 1 sp?
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2 (1m, 1f)
Carolina Wren 5
Eastern Bluebird 5
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Swainson's Thrush 4
Wood Thrush 4
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 5
Brown Thrasher 6
European Starling 60
Cedar Waxwing 41
Tennessee Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 3
Cape May Warbler 5 (1 ad m, 4f)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 1
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1f
American Redstart 1f
Ovenbird 2
Scarlet Tanager 3 (1f)
Eastern Towhee 3m
Chipping Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 6 (5m, 1f)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 juv m
Indigo Bunting 1f
Purple Finch 1f (FOS)
American Goldfinch 2 (1m, 1f)
House Finch 1m
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