[bcbirdclub] Soggy Saturday Birding
- From: "David & Susan Raines" <rainbrk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 07:54:18 -0500
Roger, Don and I had planned to do a little birding in the Breaks area on
Saturday and then it rained. They both cancelled & I can't blame them with the
prospects of a couple of hours driving thru rain to get here only to go birding
in the rain! I decided to gear up & go ahead and check some of the spots we had
planned to try. The challenge of keeping optics dry was somewhat daunting but
the birds were around & I located some interesting species. Here at home,
besides the usual bunch, were a Ruby-cr Kinglet, N.Mockingbird,Rusty
Blackbird,R-W Blackbird,Field Sparrow & Wh-th Sparrow.
The Old Homeplace with it's pond & brushy margins produced a Sedge Wren,
Yellow-rumped Warblers, Chipping , Song & Wh-th Sparrows & Golden-cr Kinglets.
Lick Creek Recreational Area welcomed me with a Wild Turkey near the entrance
followed by Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Great-bl Heron, Kingfisher ,Robins,
Flickers & Waxwings.3
Came home by way of Beaver Knob where I found the gate in place. I hiked up to
the top & found about 10 Turkeys, Carolina Wrens, many Song & Wh-th Sparrows &
a lone Swamp Sparrow.
Back home in the PM I noted 11 Starlings, several Field Sparrows, a couple of
Bluebirds and a Towhee.
Wet but Satisfied, Dave Raines/Breaks
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