Patrick Addy and I birded the horse park this morning and, despite a dearth of warblers, had pretty decent diversity (including some transients I only see occasionally on the property). 60 species.

Highlights:

Wood Duck 14 Mallard 8 Blue-winged Teal 9 Northern Shoveler 1, first eBird record for the property Green-winged Teal 3 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 11, a nice count for mid-October here

Northern Harrier 1, I've only seen them here in fall Cooper's Hawk 3

Chimney Swift 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 House Wren 1 Marsh Wren 2, one in the Big Haynes Creek wetland, the other in the "Mane" St powerline cut Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Eastern Bluebird 40

Common Yellowthroat 6 Magnolia Warbler 2 Palm Warbler (Western) 6 Pine Warbler 9 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 12

Indigo Bunting 22, active in the powerline cut and in the pastures Eastern Meadowlark 2, also strictly a transient here

Nathan Farnau East Atlanta (Dekalb County)

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