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| 9/7/26 5:38 pm |
James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> |
Common Nighthawks & bathing beauties |
| 9/7/26 9:23 am |
Bruni Haydl <bruni...> |
Labor Day Special |
| 9/5/26 5:18 pm |
James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> |
Common Nighthawks |
| 9/5/26 3:37 am |
Jack OConnell <jack...> |
Hummingbirds - Greenbrier Co. |
| 9/4/26 5:21 pm |
James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> |
Common Nighthawks & Dragonflies |
| 9/2/26 5:37 pm |
James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> |
Common Nighthawks |
| 9/1/26 5:27 pm |
James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> |
Common Nighthawks |
| 9/1/26 5:18 pm |
Cindy Ellis <cindy.ellis.bbc...> |
Nighthawks |
| 8/31/26 5:46 pm |
James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> |
Common Nighthawks |
| 8/31/26 4:10 am |
Jack OConnell <jack...> |
Nighthawks - Greenbrier Co. |
| 8/30/26 6:01 pm |
James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> |
Common Nighthawks |
| 8/29/26 3:50 am |
Jack OConnell <jack...> |
Nighthawks - Greenbrier Co. |
| 8/28/26 5:33 pm |
James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> |
Common nighthawks |
| 8/27/26 6:07 pm |
James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> |
Common Nighthawks |
| 8/26/26 5:22 pm |
James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> |
Common Nighthawks |
| 8/25/26 5:40 pm |
James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> |
Common Nighthawks |
| 8/23/26 6:42 am |
MFowler <monty...> |
Hummer update |
| 8/22/26 5:49 pm |
James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> |
Common nighthawks |
| 8/22/26 10:46 am |
James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
| 8/21/26 5:23 pm |
James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> |
Common Nighthawks |
| 8/20/26 7:59 am |
Bruni Haydl <bruni...> |
Little things add up |
| 8/18/26 6:03 pm |
James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> |
Common Nighthawks |
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Date: 9/7/26 5:38 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Common Nighthawks & bathing beauties |
Only had I nighthawk last night & 5 tonight.
We did have an interesting hour around 5 this evening watching the bird
bath. These birds enjoyed the water -
Yellow-throated warbler 2
Eastern Wood-pewee 2
N. Cardinal
Brown Thrasher
House Finch
Am. Goldfinch
Am. Robin
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
N. Mockingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Plus 11 specie that didn't bathe or drink including Blue-headed Vireo,
Magnolia & Tennessee Warblers.
73 degrees today much more pleasant than last week's 86!
Jim & Judy Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV
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Date: 9/7/26 9:23 am
From: Bruni Haydl <bruni...>
Subject: Labor Day Special |
Spotting two Yellow-billed cuckoos moving around my old crabapple tree out
front started a birdy morning. They were here for a good 15 minutes. Nice
to be able to see them out in the open, displaying the rufous coloring on
the wing. A Blue-gray gnatcatcher was in the same area. Always a treat to
see those little guys. A cute Flycatcher was busy getting insects.
The Spicebush berries are also attracting warblers. I was only able to
identify a Yellow warbler. The other one had a faint line above the eye,
not good enough to ID the species.
I was surprised to have a young Cardinal show up. Still had the dark
beak. Unusual this late in the year. Guess birds have "change of life"
babies too. A male Cardinal looks like he lost his toupee. The top of his
head is flat and minus feathers.
Lots of Hummingbird action. I have noticed that they do rest for longer
periods of time on perches I provide for them.
Just saw a Red-bellied woodpecker getting Spicebush berries. I didn't
know they liked them. A male Pileated was on the suet yesterday, the first
visit in several weeks.
This is one of those days where I wish I could be in two places at once.
Looking out the kitchen window there was a Yellow warbler in front of the
quince shrub. A few minutes later, possibly the same one, was sitting on
the railing right outside the front door.
During the bird slowdown in the last month and a half, the butterflies
and fascinating caterpillars have more than filled the void. So much to
learn and enjoy.
Bruni Haydl
Jefferson Co
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Date: 9/5/26 5:18 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Common Nighthawks |
3 nighthawks this evening. Had more coyotes than nighthawks.
Jim Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV
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Date: 9/5/26 3:37 am
From: Jack OConnell <jack...>
Subject: Hummingbirds - Greenbrier Co. |
This week has been up and down for hummingbirds. I started the week with so many hummingbirds that I was going through 1 1/2 quarts of nectar a day. By Thursday the birds had diminished to the point that I was going through only about 1/2 quart. Yesterday the numbers were back up and I went through a full quart again.
It is fun seeing the fluctuations as I recruit migrating birds. It will be over too soon...
Jack
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Date: 9/4/26 5:21 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Common Nighthawks & Dragonflies |
We had 45 nighthawks & 33 dragonflies(seemed to be Green Darners) this
evening.
Jim & Judy Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV
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Date: 9/2/26 5:37 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Common Nighthawks |
Saw 8 nighthawks this evening.
Have been having 1-3 bats which is better than it has been. This evening
had 2 small ones & one big one.
The skunk was present and we heard coyotes just before we came in.
Jim & Judy Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV
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Date: 9/1/26 5:27 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Common Nighthawks |
Had 11 nighthawks this evening.
Jim & Judy Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV
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Date: 9/1/26 5:18 pm
From: Cindy Ellis <cindy.ellis.bbc...>
Subject: Nighthawks |
81 this evening! Gratifying to put the tally counter into use!
~Putnam County
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Cynthia D. Ellis
3114 Steel Ridge Rd
Red House, WV 25168
304 586-4135 h
681 234-9536 c
<cindy.ellis.bbc...> <cindy.ellis.bbc...>
The cricket is a small, black, ambulatory noise
surrounded by a sentimental aura. On occasion it lives in the open fields,
but its favorite habitat is behind a couch or under a bookcase in a room
where somebody is trying to read. ~Hal Borland
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Date: 8/31/26 5:46 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Common Nighthawks |
We had 52 nighthawks this evening.
Had a report of hundreds over Brush Creek Falls Rd & 273 in Athens, both
locations in Mercer County.
We are glad folks are getting to see them!
Jim & Judy
Summers County
Pipestem, WV
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Date: 8/31/26 4:10 am
From: Jack OConnell <jack...>
Subject: Nighthawks - Greenbrier Co. |
I'm not getting the numbers that Jim and others have reported, but observations have been at a relatively regular pace and all are heading South. Saw 11 between 7:00 and 7:50 PM yesterday.
Jack
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Date: 8/30/26 6:01 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Common Nighthawks |
We saw 22 nighthawks this evening. Also heard a barred owl & a great horned
owl.
Had a report of 100 nighthawks over Princeton, Mercer County.
We have a skunk that roams around our yard while we are watching for
nighthawks.
Jim & Judy Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV
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Date: 8/29/26 3:50 am
From: Jack OConnell <jack...>
Subject: Nighthawks - Greenbrier Co. |
After seeing Jim's posts about his nighthawks I decided that I'd better go out and take a look last evening. Bingo! I saw 12 between 7:00 PM and 7:50 PM.
Jack
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Date: 8/28/26 5:33 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Common nighthawks |
11 nighthawks between 7:39 & 8:12p.m.
Jim & Judy Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV
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Date: 8/27/26 6:07 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Common Nighthawks |
Counted 92 nighthawks here this evening, mostly 7:06 to 7:34.
Jim Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV
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Date: 8/26/26 5:22 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Common Nighthawks |
We counted 96 nighthawks from our porch this evening 7:45 - 8:12.
Jim & Judy Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV
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Date: 8/25/26 5:40 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Common Nighthawks |
Saw 18 nighthawks fly past our house last evening & 13 this evening.
Jim Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV
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Date: 8/23/26 6:42 am
From: MFowler <monty...>
Subject: Hummer update |
We have two pairs of Rubythroated hummers who visit the feeder regularly,
the males less than the females. I would characterize this as a normal level
activity for us, although it started about a month later than we're used to.
Monty Fowler
Beverly Hills area, Huntington
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Date: 8/22/26 5:49 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Common nighthawks |
Saw 12 nighthawks this evening between 7 & 8 o'clock.
Jim Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV
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Date: 8/22/26 10:46 am
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Olive-sided Flycatcher |
Just saw an Olive-sided Flycatcher along our driveway.
Jim & Judy Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV
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Date: 8/21/26 5:23 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Common Nighthawks |
I saw 10 nighthawks this evening between 7:25 & 8:12.
Jim Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV
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Date: 8/20/26 7:59 am
From: Bruni Haydl <bruni...>
Subject: Little things add up |
There is nowhere near the usual bird activity in the yard except for the
hummingbirds who are very busy fattening up for their migration.
One of them was sipping from the ant cup, something I hadn't seen before.
That was a good reminder to clean them as well when you replenish the
nectar.
A few times I've glimpsed a Blue-gray gnatcatcher in the trees out front.
The other day I was on my patio and got to see one darting in and out of
the quince shrub. They are sooo tiny. What a treat!
The Carolina wrens that nested in my hanging basket have fledged. It was
fun to have them right outside the front door.
When I cut grass, I'm sometimes followed by a Flycatcher. The mowing
stirs up insects. They often perch so close on a limb or garden wire that I
can almost touch them.
A young female Towhee has been coming to the birdbath. Still getting an
occasional Baltimore Oriole and some Robins.
With the increase in butterflies, moths and their cool caterpillars
things are never boring. Discoveries around every corner.
Bruni Haydl
Charles Town
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Date: 8/18/26 6:03 pm
From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...>
Subject: Common Nighthawks |
Saw 2 nighthawks fly by at 8:10 this evening.
Jim & Judy Phillips
Summers County
Pipestem, WV
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