Hello all
This morning after work ( instead of going home to bed ) I did some birding in
& around Augusta County . While most of the ponds & lakes were frozen we did
have some areas of open water & the waterfowl were in good numbers . At the
Quarry pond in Fishersville there were about 230 Canada Geese , 5 Cackling
Geese , Gadwall , Redhead , 2 Canvasback , Ring - necked Duck , 1 Common
Goldeneye , 1 Horned Grebe , Coot , Mallard .
McCune's was Frozen & have three duck hunters in the corn field . The pond at
the intersection of Longmeadow Rd ( Rt 608 ) & Kidsville Rd ( Rt 796 ) There
were about 200+ Canada , 4 Cackling Geese , & a few Mallards . In Waynesboro at
the Ivy St. ponds there are about 150+ Canada , 8 Cackling Geese , 2 Black Duck
, 1 Canvasback & quite a few Mallards . A private pond near Mint Spring had 2
Redhead Duck , 14 Canvasback , 1 Greater Scaup & 1 Common Goldeneye .
Smith's Pond in Swoope only had about 25 Green - winged Teal The pond behind
Hardee's in Verona had Canada Geese , one Bufflehead & one Long -tailed Duck .
Bells Lane had a few Canada Geese , about 30 Gadwall , 10 Hooded Merganser, 9
Redhead Duck , 3 Canvasback , one Bufflehead & a couple Coot . The Invista (
Waynesboro ) Pond had Canada Geese , 2 Bufflehead , Mallard , Coot & one Black
- crowned Night Heron .
All in all not a bad days worth of birding . ( Sleep NO -- Birding YES!!!!! )
Allen Larner
Staunton
