[obol] Benton Co Birdathon, April 28

[Karan & Jim Fairchild]

Hi Obol-

  Just to have closure on our Birdathon yesterday, for which we've already generated 3 postings, we ended up with 115 species for 
Benton County.  Nothing more really interesting, but plenty of recent arrivals like BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, CASSIN'S VIREO, LAZULI 
BUNTI NG, CHIPPING SPARROW, YELLOW WARBLER, and others.  At Finley, near Pigeon Butte, we saw a GOLDEN EAGLE and a short time later, 
two juvenile BALD EAGLES. Also a MERLIN hunting fast along a hedgerow.  Singing going on everywhere, and we felt that AMERICAN 
GOLDFINCHES were singing madly at every single stop we made.  We also heard a LESSER GOLDFINCH sing a long and complicated song that 
included imitations of many other birds.  It was a great day to be out and we had tons of fun!

Karan and Jim Fairchild