What a gorgeous day. Best birds were a Bittern which called continuously
for about an hour, but was never seen, a foraging flock of 41 Rusty
Blackbirds, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Northern Parula Warbler, and Common
Yellowthroat. List and notes below.
Paul Glass,
South Boston, VA
Location: Banister WMA South
Observation date: 4/5/09
Notes: Clear skies, 40F at dawn, 70F by noon, no wind.
Number of species: 46
Canada Goose 1
Wood Duck 7
Mallard 1 flyover
Hooded Merganser 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1 fishing in lilly pads
American Bittern 1 heard but not seen
Great Blue Heron 3 wearing plumes
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 2 1 missing tail feathers
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern) 1 chased by Crow
Rock Pigeon 1 flyover
Mourning Dove 1 singing before dawn
Barred Owl 1 calling before dawn
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 4 drumming and calling
Downy Woodpecker 6 drumming and calling
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2 1 roosting in Wood Duck box
Pileated Woodpecker 2 drumming and calling
Eastern Phoebe 1 building nest under bridge
Blue Jay 4 1 imitating RS Hawk
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 singing
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 singing
Eastern Bluebird 2
Hermit Thrush 1
European Starling 12 several building nests
Northern Parula 1 singing
Yellow-throated Warbler 2 singing
Pine Warbler 2 singing
Common Yellowthroat 1
Eastern Towhee 4 1 feeding on tree buds
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 6
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 9 1 male singing - others female
Rusty Blackbird 41 mixed sex flock feeding in marsh
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 2 male displaying for female
Purple Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2 flyover
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
