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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

April 1 - Passenger Pigeon & Carolina Parakeet

April 1, 2008
Tennessee - Carter County - Roan Mountain
American Crow - yard (1); elsewhere (20)
American Goldfinch - feeder (3)
American Red Squirrel (3) new high count. I can only remember seeing two at a time there before.
American Robin - yard; elsewhere (5)
Blue Jay - feeder (1); yard (6); elsewhere (1) doing hawk calls
Brown Thrasher - yard
Bullfrog - pond
Canada Goose (2) so close but not quite over the yard.
Carolina Chickadee - feeder (1) + yard (1); elsewhere (2)
Carolina Wren - heard
Common Raven - heard
Cooper's Hawk perched in a tree about thirty feet away. Then it swooped into a row of forsythia and flushed (6) European Starlings.
Dark-eyed Junco [slate-colored]
Eastern Bluebird (2m)
Eastern Phoebe - yard
Eastern Towhee - heard
European Starling (12)
House Finch (2m, 2f)
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal (m, f)
Pine Siskin - yard actually in a pine tree!
Salamander - pond
Song Sparrow - feeder (1); elsewhere (2)
Tufted Titmouse - feeder (1); elsewhere (1)
Turkey Vulture
Water Striders - pond

5 comments:

  1. So where were the Passenger Pigeon and Carolina Parakeet? Didn't see them on your list :-)

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  2. Looks like a good start for the month--no year birds yet--gotta get those 34 this month :-)

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  3. re: Passenger Pigeon & Carolina Parakeet

    Need I explain? Check the date!

    ;-p

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  4. re: good start

    Well, I thought 22 wasn't a bad day but I see you had 26 yard birds!

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  5. Yes, I checked the date--hence the grin :-)

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