A Carolina wren in a sycamore tree
Recently a visitor to the abbey made a list of the birds she identified here during a few days of birdwatching. The visitor is a friend of Ken’s, Rebecca, from Washington D.C. Here is her list of birds seen at or near Acorn Abbey:
1. Loggerhead Shrike
2. Carolina Wren
3. American Crow
4. Barred Owl
5. Carolina Chickadee
6. Common Yellowthroat
7. Cooper’s Hawk
8. Northern Cardinal
9. Red-bellied Woodpecker
10. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
11. Tufted Titmouse
12. Eastern Phoebe
13. Eastern Bluebird
14. Cerulean Warbler
15. Chipping Sparrow
16. Scarlet Tanager (en route to Acorn Abbey)
17. White-breasted Nuthatch
18. Pileated Woodpecker (Hanging Rock)
19. Wild Turkey (Hanging Rock)
20. Turkey Vulture (Hanging Rock)
21. Black Vulture
22. Eastern Towhee
23. House Sparrow
24. Mourning Dove
25. Northern Mockingbird
26. Brown-headed Cowbird
27. Pine Warbler
28. Indigo Bunting
29. American Redstart
30. Brown Thrasher