A photographer (my apologies for forgetting your name) with a bi-iig lens
noticed a barn owl
near the entrance. It was a great day for thrashers, orchard orioles and
towhees
Must be prime territory for Catbirds because they were everywhere. Raptors
were absent;
not even a Kestrel. Too froggy and cold for them to be up I guess. Keep
trying for Turkeys
here but so far no luck. Warblers were just about a bust. I was not out in
the woods very much today,
which may have accounted for that.
Got my first up close Chat!
Full list for Banshee Reeks and immediate vicinity:
Barn Owl -1
Chipping Sparrow 4
Field Sparrow 6
Common Grackles 30
Chat 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1) h
Flicker 1 h
Robin 15
Goldfinch 20
Carolina Wren 4
Rufous-sided Towhee 7
Catbirds 18
Carolina Wren 4 h
House Wren 2 h
Mourning Dove 20
Raven 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Black Vulture 2
Starlings 8
Bluebird 8 roughly because I could hear young in a nest box.
Mockingbird 6
Crow 4
Wood Thrush 3
Blue Jay 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Orchard Oriole 5 -note 3 males were chasing each other around.
Indigo Bunting 4
Blue Jay 6
Tufted Titmouse 3
Chickadee 1 h
Eastern Kingbird 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Pewee 2 h
Red-winged blackbird 2
Flicker 1 h
Canada Geese 6
Great Crested Flycatcher 8
Cardinals 4
Scarlet Tanager 2 h
Pileated Woodpecker 1 h
Red-eyed Vireo 2 h
Mallard 2
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