Thursday Birding report

Went out this morning to do some birding with the boys and girls from the Tiadaghton Audubon Society. We went up to the Fire Tower on the north side of Mansfield, also known as State Game Lands 37. Of course there ain't no fire tower there any more, just a microwave cell phone tower but it's still a nice place to go for a ramble (if you don't mind the steep climb back to the parking lot). There were eight of us up there and only Gary and I had been there before. Things were actually a bit disappointing as far as the birds were concerned. They must have missed the memo about our outing or something. Perhaps they didn't like the very dry conditions at the top of the 2400 foot mountain in the oak-hickory forest. Even the food plots planted for game birds and mammals didn't hold much attraction when you can't wash down your seed breakfast. We did find a couple of spots where there were numerous individual birds but most of them were from the same species so our species count was quite low.

Anyway, here's the report:



Location: Fire Tower
Observation date: 8/16/07
Notes: Overcast to start but clearing with breeze. Temps in the 70s. Wind out of the SSW.
Number of species: 19

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 19
Black-capped Chickadee 11
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Gray Catbird 5
Cedar Waxwing 16
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
American Redstart 1
Eastern Towhee 5
Chipping Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2
American Goldfinch 3

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)