Great day, nice group including Pat and Neal Gause, Alex Minarik, Bob
Mooney, and Tim Barry. We walked north along Jerich Ditch past the second
powerline cut and back. The new bird for the year for me was Yellow-throated
Warbler singing from its usual big pine. Coming in along the entrance road
there were a few Common Yellowthroats as well as a couple of Louisiana
Waterthrushes. During the walk we had a nice performance from two Barred Owls
who responded to my calling, flew around quite a bit, called and cackled back
and forth. They were still fussing as we left them. Several flocks of
blackbirds flew over and a couple of nice bunches of Rusty Blackbirds posed for
us to look them over. The dwarf trillium were beginning to bloom. No mammals
were seen, but the Spring Peepers, a Green Frog, a Southern Leopard Frog, and
Carpenter Frog were heard. The butterfly show was spectacular and included:
Zebra Swallowtail (9), Horace's Duskywing (7), Spring Azure (60), Falcate
Orangetip (9), E. Tiger Swallowtail (3), Questionmark (1), Henry's Elfin (4),
Pearl Crescent (2), Palomedes Swallowtail (2), Orange Sulfur (3).
The next walk will be along Railroad Ditch, Tuesday March 27, leaving the
Dismal Swamp NWR headquarters parking lot at 7:30am. No reservation is
necessary, just show up. Hope to see you there. The complete list for today's
walk follows.
Dismal Swamp NWR Jericho Ditch, Suffolk, US-VA
Mar 20, 2012 7:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
39 species
Canada Goose 1
Wood Duck 3
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 3
Barred Owl 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Downy Woodpecker 7
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 5
Pileated Woodpecker 3
White-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 5
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 9
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 14
Gray Catbird 7
Brown Thrasher 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Pine Warbler 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 3
Field Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 8
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Rusty Blackbird 70
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
American Goldfinch 5
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Robert L. Ake
6603 Catherine Street
Norfolk VA 23505
I did an ABA Big Year in 2010 - If you'd like to review it, my blog is at
http://bobsbirds.blogspot.com/
