April 8 - New season high Bullfrog and Tiger count

April 8, 2008
North Carolina - Watauga County - Beech Mountain
American Crow (3)
American Goldfinch
American Robin (4)
Carolina Chickadee
Dark-eyed Junco [slate-colored] (3)
Downy Woodpecker
Mourning Dove
Pine Siskin (4)
Purple Finch (2m, 3f)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (2)
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red Squirrel

North Carolina - Watauga County - Beech Mountain - Genesis Wildlife/Buckeye Lake
American Robin
Carolina Chickadee
Dark-eyed Junco {slate-colored}
Mourning Dove - heard
Northern Cardinal (f)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (4)
Song Sparrow
Gray Squirrel (4)

North Carolina - Avery County - Fall Creek
Dark-eyed Junco {slate-colored}

North Carolina - Avery County - Heaton
American Crow (2)

North Carolina - Avery County - Elk Park
American Crow
Common Grackle (2)
Mourning Dove
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Tennessee - Carter County - Roan Mountain
American Crow (5)
American Goldfinch - yard (2m, 3f)
American Robin
Carolina Chickadee - yard (2)
Eastern Towhee - heard
European Starling (5)
Mourning Dove (2)
Tufted Titmouse - feeder
Bullfrog - pond (3) season high count
Eastern Chipmunk
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (2) season high count

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

North Carolina - Avery County - Beech Mountain
American Robin (2)
Dark-eyed Junco {slate-colored}
Mourning Dove (3)

April 7 - FOS Tiger Swallowtail

April 7, 2008
Tennessee - Carter County - Roan Mountain
American Crow - yard (2); elsewhere (2)
American Goldfinch - feeder
Blue Jay - feeder (1); yard (1) + heard (3) others
Carolina Chickadee - feeder (2); elsewhere (1)
Common Grackle (2)
Cottontail - dead
Dark-eyed Junco [slate-colored] - feeder (2)
Eastern Phoebe
Killdeer
Mourning Dove (2)
Northern Cardinal - (m, f) under our mostly empty feeder, he would find a sunflower seed, shell it, and run over and feed it to her.
Pileated Woodpecker - heard
Song Sparrow - feeder
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - first of season
Tufted Titmouse - feeder (1) + another (1) heard at the same time

Tennessee - Carter County - Roan Mountain State Park
White-tailed Deer

North Carolina - Avery County - Elk Park
American Crow
Common Grackle (5)
European Starling
Virginia Opossum - dead

North Carolina - Avery County - Heaton
Northern Rough-winged Swallow

North Carolina - Avery County - Banner Elk
American Crow
Unidentified Hawk - probably Red-tailed

North Carolina - Avery County - Beech Mountain
American Crow

North Carolina - Watauga County - Beech Mountain
American Robin
Carolina Chickadee
Dark-eyed Junco [slate-colored] (3)
Mourning Dove
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-tailed Deer (2)

North Carolina - Watauga County - Beech Mountain - Genesis Wildlife/Buckeye Lake
American Crow - heard
Carolina Chickadee (3)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (f)
Dark-eyed Junco [slate-colored] (4)
Eastern Phoebe (2)
Eastern Towhee (m)
European Starling
Gray Squirrel (3)
Mourning Dove
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (2)
Pied-billed Grebe
Song Sparrow - heard

April 6 - A snake like no other

April 6, 2008
Tennessee - Carter County - Roan Mountain
American Crow - yard (2); elsewhere (3)
American Goldfinch (7)
American Robin (2)
Blue Jay - yard (1); elsewhere (5+)
Carolina Chickadee (2)
Carolina Wren - yard: there were two but I only got to see one
Eastern Phoebe (2)
European Starling
Northern Cardinal (f)
Pileated Woodpecker - heard
Pine Siskin (3)
Red-shouldered Hawk I don't remember one of these around here for a long time if ever
Turkey Vulture (3)
Water Striders - pond
Common Garter Snake - boggy area at edge of yard: best guess, that's what it looked most like but it didn't MATCH any of the 200+ pictures I scanned online. I did read many, many times that the coloration was HIGHLY variable. It was about 2 feet long, very slender, with a clearly defined, thin back stripe, little checker-board spots along the side, with a lighter band before the belly. Sounds like the written descriptions but no luck finding a picture match.

April 5 - Brown-headed Cowbird

April 5, 2008
Tennessee - Carter County - Roan Mountain
American Crow (6)
American Goldfinch - feeder
American Robin (8)
Blue Jay - feeder
Brown-headed Cowbird (2) following a flock of unidentified blackbirds
Bullfrog - pond
Canada Goose (2)
Carolina Chickadee - feeder (1); elsewhere (4)
Dark-eyed Junco [slate-colored]
Eastern Towhee - heard
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal (2f, 2m)
Pileated Woodpecker - heard
Raccoon - porch
Salamander - pond
Tufted Titmouse - feeder (1); elsewhere (2)
Water Strider - pond

April 4 - Not a great birding day

April 4, 2008
Tennessee - Carter County - Roan Mountain
American Crow - heard
American Goldfinch - feeder
Blue Jay - feeder
Bullfrog - pond
Carolina Chickadee - feeder (1); elsewhere (1)
Dark-eyed Junco [slate-colored] - feeder
Northern Cardinal - feeder (f); elsewhere (f)
Raccoon - porch
Salamander - pond (2)
Small frogs - pond (2)
Tufted Titmouse - feeder
Water Striders - pond

April 3 - last Killdeer seen at 9:55 pm

April 3, 2008
Tennessee - Carter County - Roan Mountain
American Crow (8)
American Goldfinch - feeder (8)
American Robin (5)
Blue Jay - feeder (2)
Blue-headed Vireo
Carolina Chickadee - feeder, yard (3); elsewhere (2)
Dark-eyed Junco [slate-colored] - feeder (1); elsewhere (2)
Eastern Bluebird (m)
Eastern Towhee (m)
European Starling (2) mating
House Finch (3m, f)
Mourning Dove - heard
Northern Cardinal - feeder (f), yard (m,f); elsewhere (2m, f)
Pileated Woodpecker (m)
Pine Siskin - feeder (2)
Red-breasted Nuthatch - feeder
Song Sparrow (3)
Tufted Titmouse - feeder (1); elsewhere (1)
Turkey Vulture (2)
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-tailed Deer (4+)
White-throated Sparrow (2)

Tennessee - Carter County - Hampton
Virginia Opossum - dead
Rock Pigeon (2)

Tennessee - Carter County - Valley Forge
Rock Pigeon (2)

Tennessee - Cater County -Elizabethton
American Crow
American Robin
European Starling (8)
Killdeer (4)
Mourning Dove (2)
Rock Pigeon (2)