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Thrushes/ and grosbeaks, red-breasted nuthatches
- To: Psbmt@aol.com, carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Thrushes/ and grosbeaks, red-breasted nuthatches
- From: Kate Finlayson <katefin@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 09:18:50 -0700 (PDT)
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Hello, Shelley,
I can imagine how excited you were-WOW!!!On Saturday,
we saw red-breasted Nuthatches(2), Rose-breasted
Grosbeaks, and Black throated Blue(1) around 10 am all
around our feeders(even the warbler). Kate
--- Psbmt@aol.com wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I've been waiting to see a Gray-cheeked Thrush
> this fall, saw my first
> one in the yard last fall. Well, yesterday noticed
> 2 Wood Thrushes behind
> the house, then saw a diff. thrush with them. From
> the quick look I got at
> it I decided it was a Swainson's, because it had
> some buff coloring on part
> of it's throat, but not sure, it might have been a
> Gray-cheeked but that was
> all I saw at the time. Definitely wasn't any of the
> others. Was kind of
> depressed, thought it would go down on my list with
> a question mark after it,
> (I have too many of those). Never saw them again
> yesterday.
> This morning was a different story. I glanced
> out the back window and
> saw a brown bird, flying low, had that thrush
> sillouette, uh-oh. I grabbed
> my binoculars and saw 3 birds on the ground at the
> wood's edge. 2 Wood Thr.
> and a Swainson's, this time I saw the eye ring and
> more buffy tones, a life
> bird. All the activity was centered around one
> Dogwood tree. I think there
> could have been between 6-10 Thrushes. They were
> hard to keep track of as
> they would grab a berry and fly off. Had some
> chasing eachother too. Did
> see at least 3 Wood, a Swainson's, and a
> Gray-cheeked, after I set up my
> scope on a section of the tree. They just wouldn't
> sit still and were
> blocked a lot by foliage, then would lose them as
> they flew into the woods
> between feedings. This kept up for an hour or so.
> Also was limited by the
> window views I had, was afraid to move outside
> during all the action and risk
> scaring them away.
> Also have a Hummer at the feeder still, saw
> Black-throated blue Warblers
> yesterday, and this morning had an Imm. fall
> Baltimore Oriole in with the
> Thrushes at times, with pinkish flanks.
> Had another life bird this weekend, a
> White-eyed Vireo, at the New Hope
> Cr. Impoundment.
>
>
> Shelley Theye
> Psbmt@aol.com
> N. Chatham County, NC
>
=====
Kate Finlayson
N. Chatham Co.,N.C.
katefin@yahoo.com
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