Howdy all,
The last two days have really not brought us much in the way of rarer birds,
but a lot of the expected. We are starting to see a big decrease in our
neotropical migrants and a shift into our temperate migrants (what a lot of
people call the "winter" birds).
We did catch our first RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH of the season on the 12th and
then today we caught our first CHIPPING SPARROW as well. Nothing crazy, but
neat to see the changing happening.
Of course, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS are quickly coming in, so our numbers have
been a bit higher due to that population moving in (and I am ok with that!).
Here are the totals.
10/12:
American Redstart 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Black-thr. Blue Warbler 11
Black & white Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 46
Winter Wren 2
House Wren 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 first of the season
Golden-Crowned Kinglet 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Brown Creeper 3
Carolina Chickadee 1
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Gray Catbird 16
Brown Thrasher 1
TOTAL------------------------------ 106
10/13:
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 65
Black-thr. Blue Warbler 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
Chipping Sparrow 1 first of the season
Swamp Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 3
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Gray Catbird 8
Northern Mockingbird 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 1
TOTAL--------------------------------- 99
Cheers,
Jethro Runco
Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory
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