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Hickory, NC Migrants



Dwayne and I birded Glenn Hilton Park in Hickory both mornings this weekend
and had 65 species.  This includes 17 species of warbler and 4 species of
vireos!  Below is the list with Saturday's total (9/23) first and today's
total (9/24).  The "good" birds are in caps:

Great Blue Heron    --    1
American Coot  2  --
Pied-billed Grebe    1    2
Wood Duck   1    1
Mallard  10+   10+
Osprey    --    1
Cooper's Hawk  --  1
Red-should. Hawk  --  1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1  --
Eastern Screech Owl 1  --
Chimney Swift  10+  500+
Ruby-thr. Hummer  2  1
Belted Kingfisher  2  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2  2
Downy Woodpecker  1  1
Pileated Woodpecker  --  1
Flicker  --  1
E. Wood-Pewee  1  --
Empidonax Flycatcher  3  1
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER  1  --  (We are 99.5% sure this was a
yellow-bellied.  It was VERY yellow from it's throat all the way to it's
belly, and the lower mandible seemed to be especially light---it was very co
operative and let us view it for many minutes at about five feet!)
Eastern Phoebe  4  4
Eastern Kingbird  1  --
Great Crested Flycatcher  1  --
Blue Jay  10+  10+
American Crow  10+  10+
Fish Crow  1  1
Carolina Chickadee  7+  8+
Tufted Titmouse  10+  5+
Brown Headed Nuthatch  1  --
Carolina Wren  5+  5+
House Wren  2  1
Eastern Bluebird  2  5
Swainson's Thrush  1  1
American Robin  5+  20+
Gray Catbird  3  3
Mockingbird  --  1
White-eyed Vireo  2  --
Blue-headed (?) Vireo  1  --  (This bird just didn't look quite right.  We
felt as pale and "washed out" as the bird's coloration was, it could have
been a Bell's Vireo but decided to call it a young Blue-headed instead.)
Red-eyed Vireo  1  1
PHILADELPHIA VIREO    1  --
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER  1  2
Tennessee Warbler 15+  5+
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER  --  1  (We got an excellent look at this guy with
his streaky breast and had to consult the warbler book!  It was a first fall
of the CELATA subspecies.)
Northern Parula  3  1
Magnolia Warbler  5  7
Black-throated Green  2  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  --  2
Pine Warbler  --  1
Blackburnian Warbler  --  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  5  7
Bay-breasted Warbler  1  --
Ovenbird  --  1
Northern Waterthrush  1  --
Common Yellowthroat  2  1
Yellow-breasted Chat  1  --
Hooded Warbler  2  1
American Redstart  10+  10+
Common Grackle  --  7
Scarlet Tanager  1  1
Northern Cardinal  10+  10+
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  4  --
Eastern Towhee  1  --
Song Sparrow  1  --
House Finch  3  --
Goldfinch  3  4

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Dwayne & Lori Martin
Foothills Bird Club
Claremont, NC
dlmartin@twave.net