2 States, 2 Counties, 2 April...hmm, coincidence?

April 2, 2008
Tennessee - Carter County - Roan Mountain
Blue Jay - feeder (3) + (1) in yard
Tufted Titmouse - feeder (1); elsewhere (1)
American Goldfinch - feeder (4)
Carolina Chickadee - feeder (3); elsewhere (1)
Dark-eyed Junco [slate-colored] - feeder (1); elsewhere (2)
Pine Siskin - feeder
American Crow (5)
Pileated Woodpecker - heard
Song Sparrow - yard
Salamander - pond (4) I need to learn to identify these
Small frog - pond
Bullfrog - pond (2)
Water Strider - pond
Red-winged Blackbird (m) sitting in an apple tree harmonizing with a Brown Thrasher
Brown Thrasher - sitting in an apple tree harmonizing with a Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Cardinal - feeder (m); elsewhere (m)
Eastern Towhee - heard
Eastern Bluebird (m)
Mourning Dove - heard
European Starling (2)
American Robin (2)
Common Grackle
Raccoon - porch

Tennessee - Carter County - Roan Mountain State Park
American Crow (4)
White-tailed Deer (2)

North Carolina - Avery County - Heaton
American Crow

North Carolina - Avery County - NC194 between Heaton and Banner Elk
Virginia Opossum - dead

North Carolina - Avery County - Banner Elk
American Crow (3)
American Robin

North Carolina - Avery County - Beech Mountain
American Crow (5)
American Robin
Mourning Dove (4)
Dark-eyed Junco [slate-colored]

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

and so ends March...

March 31, 2008
Tennessee - Carter County - Roan Mountain
American Crow (5)
American Robin (7)
Blue Jay - feeder (2); elsewhere (6)
Carolina Chickadee - feeder (2)
Dark-eyed Junco [slate-colored] - feeder (2)
Eastern Phoebe (2)
Eastern Towhee (m)
Northern Flicker [yellow-shafted]
Pileated Woodpecker - heard (2)
Raccoon - porch
Song Sparrow - feeder
Tufted Titmouse - feeder
White-throated Sparrow

Well March was a good birding month. Thirty-four year birds. Several lifers including the Eurasian Collared-Dove. Hope April can live up to March!

Blue-headed Vireo and two more year birds

March 30, 2008
Tennessee - Carter County - Roan Mountain
American Crow (3)
American Goldfinch - feeder
American Red Squirrel
American Robin (11)
Blue Jay - feeder (1); elsewhere (6)
Blue-headed Vireo - year bird
Brown Thrasher
Bullfrog - pond - first one this year
Bullfrog tadpoles - lots at the pond
Carolina Chickadee - feeder (2); elsewhere (2)
Carolina Wren - yard (1); elsewhere (1)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - yard (f) - year bird
Common Raven
Dark-eyed Junco [slate-colored] - feeder (1); elsewhere (4)
Eastern Towhee (m)
European Starling (2)
House Finch (2f, m)
Northern Cardinal - yard (f, m); elsewhere (f, m)
Pileated Woodpecker - heard
Pine Siskin - feeder (3); yard (16+)
Raccoon - porch
Red-breasted Nuthatch - feeder (1); elsewhere (1)
Salamander species - pond (2)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (2) - year bird
Song Sparrow - feeder; elsewhere (4)
Tree Swallow
Tufted Titmouse - feeder; elsewhere (4)
Turkey Vulture - yard (2)
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-throated Sparrow
Yellow-rumped Warbler

Rusty Blackbird & American Redstart

March 29, 2008
Tennessee - Carter County - Roan Mountain
Blue Jay - feeder (2) + yard (1); neighbor's (4+)
Tufted Titmouse - feeder (1); elsewhere (5)
American Robin - yard (13)
American Crow - yard (1); elsewhere (3)
Carolina Chickadee - feeder (2); yard (5)
Song Sparrow - feeder
Red-breasted Nuthatch - feeder
Northern Cardinal - feeder (m); elsewhere (2m, 2f)
American Goldfinch - feeder (2) + yard (2)
Dark-eyed Junco [slate-colored] - feeder (1); neighbor's (2)
Northern Flicker [yellow-shafted] (1m, 1?)
Red-winged Blackbird - yard (2m, 15f); neighbor's (32f)
Pine Siskin - feeder
Red-bellied Woodpecker - yard
Eastern Phoebe (2)
Rusty Blackbird - pond (4) - year bird
American Redstart - pond (2m) - year bird
American Red Squirrel (1m, 1?)
Brown Thrasher
Carolina Wren with nesting material
White-throated Sparrow
House Finch (f, 2m)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Great Blue Heron
Common Raven
Eastern Towhee - heard

Titmice to Coons

March 28, 2008
Tennessee - Carter County - Roan Mountain
Tufted Titmouse (3)
Blue Jay - feeder (2); neighbor's (1)
Dark-eyed Junco [slate-colored] - feeder (2); neighbor's (2)
American Goldfinch - feeder (6)
American Crow (7)
Carolina Chickadee - feeder; neighbor's
Song Sparrow - yard; neighbor's
Water Strider - pond
American Red Squirrel
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Towhee - heard
Northern Cardinal (m, 2f)
Carolina Wren
Turkey Vulture
Eastern Phoebe - feeder
Pine Siskin - feeder
American Robin
Eastern Bluebird (m)
Brown Thrasher
Red-breasted Nuthatch - feeder
White-breasted Nuthatch
Raccoon - porch (2)