Rod Gardner’s ESVNWR list of October 5, 2011.
Each year Rod Gardner comes to Kiptopeke. He is independent, likes to make his
own lists. I promised him I’d broadcast the list below, made on the Eastern
Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge from the south end of Hallett Circle
where Ramp Lane leads off. Here ‘tis in the order he wrote ‘em down, 9:45
A.M.-1 P.M., DST.
sharp-shinned hawk 41, turkey vulture 17. black vulture 18. cedar waxwing 5.
Cooper’s hawk 16. broad-winged hawk 86. bald eagle 8. red-tailed hawk 3.
osprey 1. monarch 7. tree swallow 1000s. yellow-bellied sapsucker 1.
white-tailed deer 1.
Best to all. – Harry Armistead, Philadelphia.
