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Rich Mtn. Gap area, Watauga Cnty



Enjoyed a brief walk this morning along Rich Mtn Rd.--birds singing like
crazy.

Scarlet tanagers, indigo buntings, and gold finches adding color to song.
Scads of chestnut sided warblers.  A ruby crowned kinglet.  Still good
numbers of pine siskins.  Plus all the others usuals.

a Rich Mtn first for me:  a flock of 4 Eastern Kingbirds passing through the
tree tops.  Not only have I never seen kingbirds on this road, I've never
seen a flock of kingbirds, nor have I ever seen kingbirds in the tree tops,
but usually on a fence or wire or similar perch.  Is seeing a flock of them
in the tree tops typical during migration?

Curtis Smalling reports vesper sparrows at the gap of Rich Mtn., but no
yellow-winged warblers yet.

We are also awaiting the hopeful return of our lone grasshopper sparrow for
his fourth summer (I think that's right) as a bachelor in the gap.

Walton Conway
The Golden Cockerel, Boone, NC
www.goldencockerel.com
(828) 297-4653; 1-800-892-5409