Date:         Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:49:23 -0500
Reply-To:     Patty McLean <plm108@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Patty McLean <plm108@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Purple Finches, Pine Siskins and Winter Wrens

Kathy Miller and I birded the Johnson Ferry Unit off Riverside Drive in
Cobb County this morning.  It was cloudy, cold and windy, and just about
the time we started to think we were crazy, a hungry Cooper's Hawk showed
up and changed our minds. In all, a great morning with numerous sparrows,
finches, and woodpeckers (a slam, in fact). Plus two BARRED OWLS, calling
back and forth across the river around mid-morning.  Here's the list:

Canada goose
Mallard
Turkey vulture
Bald eagle (Kathy's bird/not mind)
Cooper's hawk
Red-shouldered hawk
Red-tailed hawk (2 - they appeared to be 'flirting' with each other as they
performed some impressive acrobatics in the strong winds)
Rock pigeon
Mourning dove
BARRED OWL
Belted kingfisher
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Red-bellied woodpecker
Yellow-bellied sapsucker
Downy woodpecker
HAIRY WOODPECKER
Northern Flicker
Pileated woodpecker
Blue jay
American crow
Caroline chickadee
Tufted titmouse
White-breasted nuthatch
Brown-headed nuthatch
Carolina Wwren
House wren
WINTER WREN (6)
Golden-crowned kinglet
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Eastern bluebird
HERMIT THRUSH
American robin
Northern mockingbird
Brown thrasher
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
Yellow-rumped warbler
Pine warbler
Eastern towhee
Chipping sparrow
Field sparrow
Song sparrow
Swamp sparrow
White-throated sparrow
Dark-eyed junco
Northern cardinal
Common grackle
PURPLE FINCH
House finch
PINE SISKIN
American goldfinch

Patty McLean
Tucker GA

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