The Mountwood Bird Club, led by Dick Esker, visited these 2 areas in Vinton
County today. Participants included Lucine Wright, Barb Hohman, Jason
White, and Terry Bronson.

We visited thw Lake Hope Iron Furnace, School House Road, Shea Road, Mace
Road, Atkinson Ridge Road, Baptist Church Road, and the Lake Hope Nature
Center.

Birds encountered included:

Canada Goose--dozens along the Hocking River at Athens
Wood Duck
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant--flying over the Hocking River at Athens
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird--several locations including 6 at the Lake Hope
Nature Center
Red-headed Woodpecker--3 locations including 4 at the Lake Hope Nature
Center
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren--heard calling only along Mace Road. A real surprise.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Brown Thrasher
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Tennesee Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Hooded Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Magnolia Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Scarlet Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch

Terry Bronson
Vienna, WV

On Sat, Sep 8, 2018, 7:08 PM Jon Benedetti <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Today's Mountwood Bird Club outing to Mountwood Park was attended by
> Jeanie Hilton, Terry Bronson, Gene Hilton, Mike Wine and I. It was a great
> morning weather-wise, but slow bird-wise.
>
> Birds:
>
> Mallard
> Wild Turkey - seen by Hiltons as they were driving to Mountwood. (the
> Hiltons, not turkeys, were driving)
> Double-crested Cormorant
> Great Blue Heron
> Green Heron
> Turkey Vulture
> Belted Kingfisher
> Red-bellied Woodpecker
> Downy Woodpecker
> Pileated Woodpecker
> Eastern Phoebe
> Red-eyed Vireo
> White-eyed Vireo
> Blue Jay
> American Crow
> Carolina Chickadee
> Tufted Titmouse
> White-breasted Nuthatch
> Carolina Wren
> Gray Catbird
> Cedar Waxwing
> American Goldfinch
> Eastern Towhee
> Song Sparrow
> Scarlet Tanager
> Northern Cardinal
>
> Jon
>
>
>
>
>

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