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- To: "Carolina Birds listserve" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: NAMC
- From: harrol@tcia.net (Harrol Blevins)
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 23:09:11 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
From Grayson Co., VA
New River and surrounding area
Just North of Alleghany Co., NC
My wife and I decided to do things a little differently Saturday. Normally
we stay in the general area of our home and bird our property, our neighbors
property and along the New River. With the trees fully leafed out and a
forecast of hot weather, we decided to explore some of the upper elevations
(approximately 4000 feet) in the Comer's Rock area of Grayson Co. Later
that afternoon, we returned back to our home area and picked up some of the
river species. We had a great day birding. Broke our record for number of
species by a considerable margin. Total species count for the day was 88.
The full list follows, but the species of the day was a pair of Red
crossbills!. I got a good look at a female but couldn't get the second in
my binocs. Crossed mandibles were easily seen and both were doing their
"jeep" call note. Also found a small colony of Bank swallows East of Elk
Creek area and confirmed at least one pair was nesting (found their burrow
in the stream bank). This is my first sighting of Bank swallows in Grayson
Co. Other highlights included a Swainson's thrush, Rose-breasted grosbeaks
and Canada, Black-throated green, Worm-eating, Kentucky and Chestnut-sided
warblers. And finally, after a three year absense, we were able to locate a
single, lonely and forelorn male bobwhite calling.
Double-crested cormorant 1
Green heron 2
Canada goose 9
Wood duck 1
Mallard 1
Turkey vulture 9
Black vulture 4
Red-tailed hawk 1
American kestrel 1
E. wild turkey 3
Northern bobwhite 1
Killdeer 2
Spotted sandpiper 1
Rock dove 5
Mourning dove 12
Chimney swift 19
Ruby-throated hummingbird 4
Belted kingfisher 1
Red-bellied woodpecker 2
Norther flicker 2
Downy woodpecker 2
Hairy woodpecker 2
Pileated woodpecker 3
Eastern wood pewee 5
Acadian flycatcher 5
Willow flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 20
Great crested flycatcher 5
Eastern kingbird 16
White-eyed vireo 1
Yellow-throated vireo 3
Blue-headed vireo 6
Red-eyed vireo 45
Warbling vireo 3
Blue jay 11
American crow 45
Tree swallow 4
Bank swallow 15
Northern rough-winged swallow 5
Barn swallow 39
Tufted titmouse 20
Carolina chickadee 31
White-breasted nuthatch 5
Red-breasted nuthatch 1
House wren 2
Carolina wren 8
Blue-gray gnatcatcher 6
Eastern bluebird 30
Wood thrush 11
Swainson's thrush 1
American robin 24
Gray catbird 9
Northern mockingbird 7
Brown thrasher 3
European starling 111
Cedar waxwing 22
Northern parula 11
Chestnut-sided warbler 11
Black and white warbler 4
Black-throated blue warbler 7
Black-throated green warbler 11
Yellow warbler 11
Kentucky warbler 3
Canada warbler 4
Hooded warbler 3
Worm-eating warbler 5
Ovenbird 25
Common yellowthroat 2
Scarlet tanager 6
Eastern towhee 39
Field sparrow 4
Chipping sparrow 9
Grasshopper sparrow 1
Song sparrow 21
Dark-eyed junco 11
Rose-breasted grosbeak 2
Northern cardinal 24
Indigo bunting 60
Easten meadowlark 14
Red-winged blackbird 43
Common grackle 19
Brown-headed cowbird 4
Orchard oriole 4
Baltimore oriole 22
House finch 6
American goldfinch 38
House sparrow 2
Red crossbill 2
James, if you are the compiler, let me know and I'll send you the remaining
details.
Harrol & Velma
harrol@tcia.net