Hi All,
Yesterday morning turned out to be a great birding morning on the Mountaintop
Golf Course here on the mountain. While doing my weekly check of the bluebird
boxes I found 33 species, 11 of which were warblers.
The warblers were
American Redstart 2
Blackpoll 1m (Only the 5th spring record for the species in the Buchanan,
Dickenson area)
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Black-throated Green 1f
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1f
Magnolia Warbler 1m
Ovenbird 3
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1m
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Other notable species were
Brown Thrasher 3
Chipping Sparrow 5
Gray Catbird 1
Indigo Bunting 4m
Savannah Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Tree Swallow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Wood Thrush 1
Yellow-throated Vireo (Has been heard in the same area for weeks so believed to
be nesting there)
In the bluebird boxes I found 31 young bluebirds.
I came home to find a still lingering White-throated Sparrow under the feeders.
I also had 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks at the feeders and 1 female Indigo Bunting
in the yard stream.
In spite of the cloudy skies it was a great morning to be out. Get out and
enjoy it while migration and nesting are in full swing.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
Buchanan County
