April 23 - Year Bird #99 Black-throated Blue Warbler

April 23, 2008
Roan Mountain, Carter County, Tennessee
American Crow - (9)
American Goldfinch - feeder (m, f)
American Robin - yard (2); elsewhere (1 nesting)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - year bird #99
Blue Jay - feeder (3); elsewhere (4)
Carolina Chickadee - feeder
Common Grackle (2)
Dark-eyed Junco - feeder
Eastern Phoebe - yard
Eastern Towhee - feeder (m)
European Starling (36+)
Mourning Dove - yard (1); elsewhere (1)
Northern Cardinal - feeder (m, f); elsewhere (3)
Northern Flicker - heard
Pine Siskin - feeder This ornery little bird was sitting on the tube feeder grabbing sunflower seeds as fast as it could and throwing them far and wide. I don't know if it ever slowed down long enough to eat any but when I got back home this evening the seed level was down three inches!

Red-winged Blackbird - heard
Song Sparrow - heard
Tufted Titmouse - feeder
Bullfrog - pond
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Pipevine Swallowtail - FOS; elsewhere (2); yard (1)
Eastern Grey Squirrel (2)

Banner Elk, Avery County, North Carolina
American Crow (4)
Eastern Towhee - heard

Beech Mountain, Avery County, North Carolina
American Crow (11)
Dark-eyed Junco (2)
European Starling (6)
Mourning Dove
Tufted Titmouse

Elk Park, Avery County, North Carolina
American Crow
American Robin (7)
European Starling

Roan Mountain State Park, Carter County, Tennessee
American Crow (2)

Driving with the windows down sure makes it easier to hear the birds even if it is harder to see them while driving.