It was just brought to my attention that I left out 2 species of birds in this
report . They are Barred Owl -- 2 & E. Starling -- 339 .
Allen Larner
Hello all
The other day I did a summary of our Big Spring Day with the highlights . On
April 26th 15 members from the Augusta Bird Club covered prime bird habitat
from high elevations to the valley floor . In this all day event we had a total
of 126 species of birds . Total misses were Bobwhite , Grouse & Loggerhead
Shrike . Temps ranged from 54 to 86 degrees . It started off with being partly
cloudy to full sun & ending up with thunder showers in the late evening . The
list of birds seen or heard are listed below .
Canada Goose -- 133 several adults with young --early date for young ( only
a day or two old )
Wood Duck -- 8
Mallard --125
Blue - winged Teal -- 1
Hooded Merganser -- 1
Ruddy Duck -- 1
Wild Turkey -- 1
Pied - billed Grebe -- 1
Great Blue Heron -- 15
Great Egret -- 2 one each at Quillen's & Smith's
Green Heron -- 2
Black Vulture -- 52
Turkey Vulture -- 101 -- new peak count
Osprey -- 2
Bald Eagle -- 1
Northern Harrier -- 1
Sharp - shinned Hawk -- 2
Cooper's hawk -- 1
Red Shouldered Hawk -- 1
Broad - winged Hawk -- 7 -- new peak count
Red - tailed Hawk -- 11
American Kestrel -- 5
Sora -- 1 - Matches date Shenandoah Wetlands Stuarts Draft area
Killdeer -- 13 -- one adult with one young -- early date for young ( about
week old )
Spotted Sandpiper -- 6
Solitary -- 18
Greater Yellowlegs -- 5
Lesser Yellowlegs -- 6
Least -- 2
American Woodcock -- 3 one with 2 almost grown young -- Sherando Lake area
Rock Pigeon -- 83
Mourning Dove -- 140
Great Horned Owl -- 1 with young in nest Sherando Lake area ( young was about
size of screech owl )
Chuck - will's -- widow -- 4
Whip - poor - will -- 26 -- peak count
Chimney Swift -- 40
Ruby - throated Hummingbird -- 3
Belted Kingfisher -- 2
Red - headed Woodpecker -- 4 -- peak count
Red - bellied Woodpecker -- 32
Downy -- 19
Hairy -- 5
Northern Flicker -- 13
Pileated Woodpecker -- 21 peak count
Eastern Wood - Pewee -- 1
Acadian Flycatcher -- 1 early date Shanandoah Mt. area
Eastern Phoebe -- 32
Great Crested Flycatcher -- 4
Eastern Kingbird -- 10
White - eyed Vireo -- 4
Yellow - throated Vireo -- 2
Blue - headed Vireo -- 52 peak count
Warbling Vireo -- 1
Red - eyed Vireo -- 52
Blue Jay -- 208
Am. Crow -- 154
Fish Crow -- 29 -- peak count
Common Raven -- 14
Horned Lark -- 1
Purple Martin -- 28
Tree Swallow -- 187
No. Rough - winged -- 30
Cliff -- 25
Barn -- 137
Carolina Chickadee -- 64 -- one on nest
Black - capped Chickadee -- 22 peak count
Tufted Titmouse - 104
Red - breasted Nuthatch -- 2
White - breasted Nuthatch -- 13
Carolina Wren -- 54
House Wren -- 27
Ruby - crowned Kinglet -- 9
Blue - gray Gnatcatcher -- 51
Eastern Bluebird -- 65
Wood Thrush -- 52 peak count
Am. Robin -- 118
Gray Catbird -- 11
No. Mockingbird -- 97
Brown Thrasher -- 37
Cedar Waxwing -- 9
No. Parula -- 17
Yellow Warbler -- 12
Chestnut - sided -- 11
Black - throated Blue -- 2
Yellow - rumped -- 91
Black - throated Green -- 22
Blackburnian -- 34 peak count
Pine -- 15
Cerulean -- 5
Black & White -- 57 peak count
Am. Redstart -- 49
Worm - eating -- 29 peak count
Ovenbird -- 64
No. Waterthrush -- 1
Louisiana Waterthrush -- 6
Kentucky -- 1
Common Yellowthroat -- 4
Hooded -- 11
Scarlet Tanager -- 9
Eastern Towhee--102
Chipping Sparrow -- 167
Field -- 41
Vesper -- 1
Savannah -- 10
Grasshopper -- 2
Song -- 84
White - throated -- 154
White - crowned -- 27
Junco -- 22
No. Cardinal -- 143
Rose - breasted grosbeak -- 2
Indigo Bunting -- 2
Painted Bunting -- 1 still coming to feeder in Verona
Bobolink -- 3
Red - winged Blackbird -- 287
Eastern Meadowlark -- 156
Common Grackle -- 314
Brown - headed Cowbird -- 124
Orchard Oriole -- 3
Baltimore Oriole -- 1
Purple Finch -- 4
House Finch -- 30
Am. Goldfinch -- 293
House Sparrow -- 102
Allen Larner
Staunton
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