[bcbirdclub] Re: Russell County Observations
- From: "Roger Mayhorn" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mjt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "'bird club'" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:02:18 -0400
I'm late replying to your post Jerry, but as they say, "Better late than
never".
In my uninformed opinion I would think it strange if Great Blues nested near a
Red-tailed Hawk. Can you imagine, just when the young herons became good sized
nestlings, it might be too easy for an adult Red-tail to visit the GBH nest and
pick up easy food for its young.
Too bad the herons had to move.
Enjoyed the post,
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Thornhill
To: 'bird club'
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:08 PM
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Russell County Observations
I've noticed several things of note of the past few days.
1) Vultures are back in Russell County. I started seeing 1 or 2 at a
time about a week ago. Yesterday I had about 15 Turkey Vultures over the
pasture across the road from my house. Black Vultures are here as well.
2) Male Red-winged Blackbirds are staking out territories along Hayters
Gap Road (VA Route 80) and US 19. These two things are my spring markers.
3) It's clear that the GBH rookery on Elk Garden Creek will not be used
this year. I'm not sure what may have happened since both nests produced young
last year. However, see the next item.
4) The larger of the two GBH nests has been appropriated by a Red-tailed
Hawk this year. I saw an adult bird fairly clearly yesterday but did not have
my binocular. Today I've seen just the head above the rim of the nest. Could
this be the reason the Great Blues didn't return? What do you think?
Good birds,
Jerry
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