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Ridge Junction/Big Day!
- To: "Valley Birds" <jwcoffey@tricon.net>, "Carolinabirds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>, "Foothills Bird Club Listserv" <foothillsbirdclub@listbot.com>
- Subject: Ridge Junction/Big Day!
- From: "J. Dwayne Martin" <dlmartin@twave.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 20:44:19 -0400
- Reply-To: "J. Dwayne Martin" <dlmartin@twave.net>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Dwayne and I started this Sunday as usual---at Ridge Junction Overlook
(milepost 355.8 on the Blue Ridge Parkway), but it quickly became apparent
that things were going to be different. We had our best day this year as
far as species AND total individuals on our migration count (58
species---648 individuals). By 11:00am we had already seen 19 warbler
species, and decided that once things dropped off a bit we would head down
to the hawk watch at Mt. Pisgah south of Asheville, NC since we hadn't seen
any type of raptors. There weren't any hawks flying when we got there
though so we took off through the woods and found two more warbler species.
This was the most we'd ever had in one day and we were encouraged to press
on and find more!! And we did! We ended the day with 95 total species
including 25 Warbler Species, all the eastern thrushes, and 4 Vireo
species!! Below is our list for the day, with Ridge Junction Results first
and others thereafter.
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 (our first record for RJO)
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 19
3 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 (our first this season)
4 Downy Woodpecker 1
5 Hairy Woodpecker 2
6 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
7 Empidonax species 1
8 Tree Swallow 1 (kind of late!)
9 American Crow 3
10 Common Raven 3
11 Red-breasted Nuthatch 8
12 Winter Wren 1
13 Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
14 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 (our first this season)
15 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 17
16 Veery 21
17 Gray-cheeked Thrush 5
18 Bicknell's Thrush 2 (identified by call---our first ever at RJO)
19 Swainson's Thrush 2
20 Hermit Thrush 2 (kind of early and first ever at RJO)
21 Wood Thrush 3
--- Thrush Species 53 (too many to count---or HEAR!!!)
22 American Robin 1
23 Gray Catbird 1
24 Cedar Waxwing 40
25 Blue-headed Vireo 3
26 Yellow-throated Vireo 1
27 Philadelphia Vireo 1 (first of the season)
28 Red-eyed Vireo 7
29 Golden-winged Warbler 1 (first of the season)
30 Tennessee Warbler 103 (WOW!)
31 Nashville Warbler 1 (first ever at RJO)
32 Northern Parula 2
33 Chestnut-sided Warbler 8
34 Magnolia Warbler 13
35 Cape May Warbler 5
36 Black-throated Blue Warbler 26
37 Black-throated Green Warbler 33
38 Blackburnian Warbler 10
39 Yellow-throated Warbler 1
40 Palm Warbler 6 (first of the season)
41 Bay-breasted Warbler 10
42 Black-and-white Warbler 10
43 Worm-eating Warbler 1
44 Ovenbird 1
45 Common Yellowthroat 1
46 Hooded Warbler 2
47 Canada Warbler 1
48 Summer Tanager 1
49 Scarlet Tanager 43 (WOW!)
50 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 137 (SUPER WOW!)
51 Indigo Bunting 2
52 Eastern Towhee 6
53 Song Sparrow 1
54 Dark-eyed Junco 6
55 Baltimore Oriole 2
56 Red Crossbill 4
57 Pine Siskin 3
58 American Goldfinch 4
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59 Pied-billed Grebe--Lake Hickory
60 Great Blue Heron--I-40 in Asheville
61 Great Egret--Lake Hickory
62 Mallard--Lake Hickory
63 Blue-winged Teal--Riverbend Park
64 Turkey Vulture--Blue Ridge Parkway
65 Red-tailed Hawk--Oxford Access of L. Hickory
66 American Kestrel--hwy 70 in Conover
67 Killdeer--Lake Hickory
68 Rock Dove--here's an odd one---sitting on the Blue Ridge Parkway
69 Mourning Dove--everywhere
70 Belted Kingfisher--Oxford Dam
71 Northern Flicker--Claremont Park
72 Pileated Woodpecker--Blue Ridge Parkway
73 Eastern Phoebe--Oxford Access of L. Hickory
74 Blue Jay--Blue Ridge Parkway
75 Carolina Chickadee--Riverbend Park
76 Tufted Titmouse--Blue Ridge Parkway
77 White-breasted Nuthatch--Blue Ridge Parkway
78 Brown-headed Nuthatch--Wittenburg Access of L. Hickory
79 Carolina Wren--Riverbend Park
80 Eastern Bluebird--Wittenburg Access of L. Hickory
81 Brown Thrasher--Wittenburg Access of L. Hickory
82 European Starling--everywhere
83 Blue-winged Warbler--Lyle Creek
84 Yellow Warbler--Lyle Creek
85 Pine Warbler--Wittenburg Access of L. Hickory
86 Prairie Warbler--Wittenburg Access of L. Hickory
87 Blackpoll Warbler--Blue Ridge Parkway
88 American Redstart--Blue Ridge Parkway
89 Field Sparrow--field in Conover
90 Common Grackle--Claremont Park
91 House Finch--wire in Conover
92 House Sparrow--hard to find in Conover
93 Northern Cardinal--our feeder
94 Chimney Swift--field in Conover
95 Northern Mockingbird--Oxford Access of L. Hickory
We could easily have gotten more species if we hadn't run out of
daylight---and had decided to do a Big Day earlier than 2:30pm! We will not
be conducting our count next weekend because we are going to be attending
the Carolina Bird Club meeting in Charleston----but if you are not going and
are in that area, please let us know what you see!
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Dwayne & Lori Martin
Foothills Bird Club
Claremont, NC
dlmartin@twave.net