Hi all,Vic Laubach and I birded the day away today covering lots of territory
in Augusta County. Starting at sunrise at the Augusta Springs Wetlands we then
made our way through Swoope, across to Stuarts Draft, up to Waynesboro and
Fishersville before finishing in the Weyers Cave area at 6pm. We had a great
March day and in total found 78 species including several highlights. Our top
bird was a Marsh Wren located at the roadside marsh in Swoope along Trimbles
Mill Rd across from North Mtn Rd.
Below please find a list of our highlight birds with locations listed.Gabriel
MapelNew Hope
Blue-winged Teal 4 Bell's LaneHorned Grebe 1 Fishersville QuarryDouble-crested
Cormorant 1 InVista Pond (Waynesboro)BC Night-Heron 2 InVista Pond
(Waynesboro)Northern Harrier 2 Swoope
Bald Eagle 5 Swoope Nest (occupied by adults) and Stuarts Draft Nest (occupied
by adults and at least one eaglet)Wilson's Snipe 13 Various locationsHorned
Lark 4 Guthrie Rd & Stuarts Draft WWTPN. Rough-winged Swallow 2 Swoope (Hope
Lake, Boy Scout Camp) & Stuarts Draft WWTPBarn Swallow 1 Fishersville
QuarryBlack-capped Chickadee 1 Augusta Springs WetlandsWinter Wren 1 Augusta
Springs WetlandsMarsh Wren 1 Swoope (Trimbles Mill Rd)American Pipit 35 Guthrie
RdLouisiana Waterthrush 1 Augusta Springs WetlandsVesper Sparrow 1 Swoope
(Trimbles Mill Rd)Savannah Sparrow 26 All in SwoopeSwamp Sparrow 5 Augusta
Springs Wetlands & SwoopeRusty Blackbird 1 Guthrie Rd
