This is the last day on the extreme dates in the Mountains and Valleys, for the
Merlin. So I was very surprised when one flew close by overhead, at Spruce
Creek Park, Nelson County. It was obviously a female. Another treat today was a
single female Bobolink on the Glenthorne Loop.
Species List:
Canada Goose - 6
Turkey Vulture - 1
Merlin - 1
Killdeer - 2
Wilson's Snipe - 2
Rock Pigeon - 7
Mourning Dove - 8
Chimney Swift - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 3
Eastern Kingbird - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 13
Blue Jay - 21
American Crow - 24
Tree Swallow - 9
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 8
Barn Swallow - 18
Carolina Chickadee - 3
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 8
Eastern Bluebird - 18
Wood Thrush - 1
American Robin - 11
Gray Catbird - 6
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Brown Thrasher - 4
European Starling - 17
Cedar Waxwing - 12
Nashville Warbler - 1
Yellow Warbler - 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 4
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 8
Field Sparrow - 8
Grasshopper Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 15
White-crowned Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 22
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
Blue Grosbeak - 3
Indigo Bunting - 20
Bobolink - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 9
Eastern Meadowlark - 20
Common Grackle - 25
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
Orchard Oriole - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 1
American Goldfinch - 21
Total Species - 55
Tim Hodge
