Birding Planning at Grandvue

I spoke with Rick Vargo and Bill Beatty today to set up a bird banding day at Grandvue. Since Saturdays are difficult to schedule we are looking at two monday possibilities. Monday, January 21 is MLK day. Monday, February 18 is Presidents Day. Both are non-school days and should be available. OK RICK AND BILL, HERE IS THE PLACE TO COMMENT ON SCHEDULING CONCERNS. I know we need favorable weather conditions: NO wind! Also, we need some snow that would bring more birds to the feeding stations. In addition we need to be able to cancel easily should we not have good conditions. Woody 304-830-0757 Bill 304-737-3777 Rick 304-280-6790

Grand Vue December 28, 2012

Today I hiked Grand Vue for about two hours. I set out to map the coordinates for each of all 12 nest boxes. When I first arrived around noon I noted many birds at the feeding stations. A pileated woodpecker as well as downey, hairy, and red bellied all were feeding at suet cakes. Many other birds but I took the time to count 43 mourning doves. I also noted a red breasted nuthatch as well as 3 white breasted nuthatches. After my walk I again counted a large flock of birds, this time 62 cowbirds!