VA-birders,
Dave Hewitt, my husband Lee and I explored Greensprings Nature Trail behind
Jamestown High School in Williamsburg today, March 24. We had lots of birds and
great diversity (54 species) even though we didn't start until almost 11:00.
Mostly sunny skies and temp around 70 made excellent birding conditions.
Complete list from eBird follows, but highlights included:
- Our first Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and Common Yellowthroat of the season
- Up-close looks at several pairs of Green-winged Teal (from the new biking
boardwalk)
- Abundance of woodpeckers, with spectacular looks at Red-Headed Woodpeckers in
direct sunlight
- Clear views of numerous Swamp Sparrows
- 5 Cedar Waxwings flying overhead just after we arrived in the parking lot
- 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallows flying overhead as we were getting ready to
leave
Meredith Bell
Hayes, VA (Gloucester County)
merandlee@xxxxxxx
Location: Greensprings Nature Trail
Observation date: 3/24/07
Number of species: 54
Canada Goose 9
Mallard 4
Green-winged Teal 18
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 13
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon 15
Mourning Dove 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 5
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Eastern Phoebe 4
American Crow 15
Fish Crow 4
Tree Swallow 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown-headed Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Eastern Bluebird 3
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 15
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 4
European Starling 12
Cedar Waxwing 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
Pine Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 12
White-throated Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 28
Common Grackle 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org)
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