VA BIRDers,
I visited Leesylvania SP and then followed up with Julie Metz and then a
stop at The Point. Birding seemed slow today although an unexpected Common
Raven flying over the northside bluffs at Leesylvania SP was a complete
surprise. Both seen and heard and a Raven essentially flying over the
Potomac is first for me.
The balance of the day was relatively slow; kinglets took the show, a
handful of warbler species, and few hawks. On the way home I scoped Belmont
Bay from the marina and noted the Ruddy Duck numbers have greatly increased
and the American Coot numbers have almost doubled. And lots of Pied-billed
Grebes in the SAV. Below are total numbers for the day's notables at the 4
locations visited.
Kurt Gaskill
C. Goose 295
Wood Duck 2
American Wigeon 4
Mallard 22
No. Shoveler 9
No. Pintail 294 - most definitely "in" now, all one group on the ash ponds
at The Point
Green-winged Teal 1
Lesser Scaup 5
Ruddy Duck 120
Pied-billed Grebe 41
DC Cormorant 57
Great Blue Heron 9
Great Egret 11
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 16
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 4
Sharp-shinned 1
Cooper's 2
Red-shouldered 3
Red-tailed 1
Am. Coot 33
Killdeer 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
L. Gull 845
RB Gull 180
Herring Gull 3
Caspian Tern 3
Forsters Tern 7
bashful cuckoo 1, Lee SP
E. Screech Owl 2, at the Lee SP parking lot at 715, they kept goin' and
goin' and.
Chimney Swift 1, hmm.
Belted Kingfisher 1
YB Sapsucker 1
E. Wood Pewee 1
E. Phoebe 12
Red-eyed V 1
Com. Raven 1
No. Rough-winged Sw 3
Winter Wren 1
GC Kinglet 16
RC Kinglet 18
E. Bluebird 10
Gray Catbird 4
Brown Thrasher 2
Cedar Waxwing 4
No. Parula 5
Chestnut-sided 1
Yellow-rumped 50
Blackpoll 1
Black & White 2
Com. Yellowthroat 3
E. Towhee 1
Field Sp 3
Song Sp 11
Swamp Sp 6
White-thr Sp 13
DE Junco 3
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged BB 193
Com. Grackle 200 or more at The Point
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Baltimore O 2, Lee SP
House Finch 13
Am. Goldfinch 18
