Date: 10/23/26 7:37 am From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - East River Mountain Overlook, Mercer County, WV, Oct 22, 2026
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Subject: eBird Report - East River Mountain Overlook, Mercer County, WV,
Oct 22, 2026
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East River Mountain Overlook, Mercer County, WV, Mercer, West Virginia, US
Oct 22, 2026 12:05 PM - 1:35 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments: Unofficial Hawk Watch - 54 degrees, O cloud cover
and NE wind 0-2 mph gusting to 5 mph.
12 species
Wild Turkey 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Golden Eagle 1 adult
Bald Eagle 1 adult
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 3
Common Raven 2
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Date: 10/15/26 6:31 am From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Subject: Hummingbirds
Last week we went 3 days without seeing a hummingbird. Then had 1 for two days. Then 0 yesterday. Now we have 1 this morning. Jim & Judy Phillips Summers County Pipestem, WV
This morning, we had 2 rose-breasted grosbeaks, 21 waxwings, a black-throated green warbler and our FOS sapsucker. No hummingbirds for last 2 days. Jim & Judy Phillips Summers County Pipestem, WV
We were walking in a local cemetery Tuesday afternoon and spotted a bird flitting along the tree line. At first I thought it was a male Goldfinch, but it didn't have enough yellow, and didn't look like a female. It was about the size of a Goldfinch and had a goldish-yellow head and maybe throat, a faint black eye band and two white wing bars. Best guess is a Yellow-throated Vireo, a bird I had not seen around here before.
I haven't had my feeders up since Spring because the bears won't leave my feeders alone, but decided to take a chance a few days ago and put up one feeder. What a surprise to see a female rose-breasted grosbeak on the feeder this afternoon! The most prominent bird at my feeders is titmice. They empty my tube feeder by mid-day. Reminds me of my hummingbirds last month.
Knob Ridge Road, Pipestem, WV, Summers, West Virginia, US
Sep 26, 2026 6:31 AM - 6:59 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: clear skies, 43 degrees
10 species
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Gray Catbird 2
Veery 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush 3
Swainson's Thrush 5 More were coming down but I couldn't be sure of
the number.
Wood Thrush 3
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Date: 9/25/26 5:20 am From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Subject: Hummingbirds
Wednesday evening, we sat on our end porch, watching 3 hummingbird feeders. We had 6 birds visiting the feeders. Temperature was in the mid 60s Yesterday, we watched the same feeders mid-day. Temperature was 52 degrees. There were at least 20 hummers zooming all over the place while we watched. 42 degrees, this morning. One Hummer perched on a tomato plant. Jim & Judy Phillips Summers County Pipestem, WV
