I did a little scouting this morning in preparation for the Big Spring
Day count to be held this Saturday jointly by the Roanoke Valley and
Lynchburg Bird Clubs, covering the Peaks of Otter count circle. I
covered primarily just open country as I refreshed my memory of some of
the county roads. Highlights were a Loggerhead Shrike found in its
regular area, a soaring Osprey, a Lesser Yellowlegs with a few Solitary
Sandpipers in a wet meadow near a creek, a single Bobolink, and singing
White-crowned Sparrows in at least one and perhaps two locations. Below
is the full count.
Gene Sattler
Lynchburg
Location: Bedford area
Observation date: 5/1/08
Number of species: 66
Canada Goose 3
Mallard 1
Northern Bobwhite 2
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 8
Turkey Vulture 12
Osprey 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 11
Chimney Swift 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 4
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 50
American Crow 10
Common Raven 1
Purple Martin 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 21
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 15
House Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 25
Wood Thrush 4
American Robin 15
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 20
Brown Thrasher 5
European Starling 35
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Prairie Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Eastern Towhee 5
Chipping Sparrow 35
Field Sparrow 5
Grasshopper Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 3
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 30
Blue Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 4
Bobolink 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Eastern Meadowlark 10
Common Grackle 35
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Orchard Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 5
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 17
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
