[VA-bird] 2 Loggerhead Shrikes on Featherbed Road, Clarke Co., Cackling Goose & Common Goldeneyes, Fauquier Co.
- From: "David Boltz" <david.boltz4@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Shenvalbirds" <shenvalbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:46:33 -0500
Bill Parkin and I drove over to Belvoir Pond on Belvoir Road, just off Rt. 17
in Fauquier County this morning. There was a pair of Common Goldeneyes, along
with about 50 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 Scaup Sp. (very distant, even with scope), a
pair of Mallards, and a few Canada Geese. There were Redhead, Lesser Scaups,
Buffleheads, and Hooded Mergansers further down on the pond on Harrison Road.
From there we headed to Sky Meadows State Park and environs. There we found a
Cackling Goose among over 60 Canadas on a farm pond along Gap Run Road,
adjacent to Sky Meadows.
However, the highlight of the day was finding 2 Loggerhead Shrikes in the same
field on Featherbed Road, on the same bush, and with a brief face to face and
beak to beak interaction (no pics of that). There has been one seen
intermittently in this same spot since October 30. It has been hard to find, at
best. But today, both were in plain sight for an extended period, right around
noon. Featherbed Road is Rt. 644, near Dinosaur Land and Double Tollgate (522 &
340). Go about a quarter mile south of Rt. 340. There is a very small pond
among the trees near the spot, and the bird(s) are usually seen in the open
field near the cedar bush along the perpendicular fence that cuts through that
field. Be patient. I check this road usually twice a week or more and have seen
the bird 10 times since late October. I spent time there every day during the
CBC count week and did not see the bird once. The day after count week, it
reappeared. Pics of the Shrikes, mine and Bill’s, can be seen on my ebird list
at
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S52932698 ;.
Dave Boltz
Lake Frederick
Frederick Co.
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