I birded Amelia WMA this morning. Of interest were singing BLACKPOLL WARBLERS
- per Birds of Virginia's South-Central Piedmont (ed. Dalmas et al), there are
no records for this species in Amelia County. This past week they have also
been singing consistently in my yard in southern Powhatan County, located less
than a mile from Amelia WMA as the warbler flies.
Also of interest was a pair of SPOTTED SANDPIPERS. This is the third time this
week that I have seen pairs of Spotted Sandpipers at three different locations
(Amelia WMA, Powhatan Lakes and a private lake in Powhatan County). My husband
has also seen a pair at a second nearby private lake in Powhatan County. My
suspicion is that they may be breeding, unfortunately I am not going to be
around the first two weeks in June to follow up. Spotted Sandpipers have very
interesting breeding behavior - see
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Spotted_Sandpiper.html
Location: Amelia WMA
Observation date: 5/25/08
Number of species: 32
Northern Bobwhite X
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Rock Pigeon 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Pileated Woodpecker X
Eastern Wood-Pewee X
Eastern Phoebe 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Yellow-throated Vireo X
Red-eyed Vireo X
American Crow 4
Tufted Titmouse X
Carolina Wren X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X
Eastern Bluebird X
Prairie Warbler X
Blackpoll Warbler X
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Summer Tanager 1
Scarlet Tanager X
Eastern Towhee X
Field Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 13
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Orchard Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 5
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Wendy Ealding
Powhatan County
