July 3, 2010
Today was exceptionally busy at Proffitt's Prairie, the busiest day of the entire summer for us thus far actually. We ended the morning with 40 birds of 14 species! During the first net run of the morning, there were eight birds in one net, and all very "unpleasant"- 4 White-eyed Vireos, which scream and kick and try to bite, 2 Carolina Wrens, which are extremely squirmy and have a tendency to get extremely tangled in the net, and 2 Northern Cardinals, which scream and bite (hard!)
Bunting, Indigo 7
Cardinal, Northern 2
Chat, Yellow-breasted 7
Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray 1
Hummingbird, Ruby-throated 2
Ovenbird 1
Phoebe, Eastern 1
Tanager, Summer 3
Vireo, White-eyed 5
Warbler, Kentucky 3
Wood-Pewee, Eastern 1
Woodpecker, Downy 1
Wren, Carolina 4
Yellowthroat, Common 2
About Me
- Mike McCloy
- I'm Mike McCloy, a recent graduate from the Natural Resources Conservation and Management program at Western Carolina University who currently works as an Ecologist for an environmental consulting firm in Lawrenceville, Georgia. I have dabbled in seasonal/temporary ornithological field work through the lower 48 states in locations as diverse as Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Missouri, Tennessee, and North Carolina. I was raised in a small town in eastern North Carolina and have been an avid birder and curious naturalist since I was a wee little chap of about five years old. Unsurprisingly, birding is the primary motivation behind most of my travels. However, I am becoming increasingly fascinated with other cultural aspects of international travel as and aim to incorporate more of these experiences into my travels and writings in the future. In addition, I hope to use this blog to inspire other travelers (particularly birders and nature enthusiasts) to pursue their dreams both professionally and along the road as well as provide helpful trips and tricks for traveling on a shoestring budget (as I often seem to do!).
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