12 Birders participated in the Hampton Roads Bird Club field trip to the
Great Dismal Swamp this morning, 4/18/09. We covered the Railroad Ditch from
app. 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and spent about 2.5 hours of the early afternoon in
Jericho Ditch/Lane. The group tallied 69 species for the day, with 15 warbler
sp. in the Swamp: No. Parula (Railroad only), Yellow-Rumped, Black-throated
Green (Jericho only), Yellow-Throated (Railroad only), Pine, Prairie, Yellow
Palm (Railroad only), Black-and-white (Jericho only), American Redstart,
Prothonotary, Swainson's (One singing on Jericho D. just N. of banding
station), Ovenbird, Louisiana Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, and Hooded
Warbler.
Other highlights included 4 Vireo sp.: White-eyed, Red-eyed,
Yellow-throated, and Blue-headed; Great-Crested Flycatchers calling all over, a
Blue Grosbeak at Railroad D., atleast 2 Northern Bobwhite calling in Railroad
D., a lingering Ruddy Duck on Lake Drummond, my FOS Ruby-throated Hummer
(Jericho), and singing Rusty Blackbirds: 6 in Railroad D. and app. 4 in Jericho
Ditch. Also, the group noted an Eastern Meadowlark and Eastern Kingbird along
White-Marsh Road en route to the Ditches.
I will post lists of the birds that I detected in each ditch below. Thanks,
Nick Flanders.
Newport News.
Location: Great Dismal Swamp NWR--Railroad Ditch
Observation date: 4/18/09
Number of species: 54
Wood Duck 8
Ruddy Duck 1
Northern Bobwhite 2
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Mourning Dove 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 7
White-eyed Vireo 5
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 3
Tree Swallow 25
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 12
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 13
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Parula 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 7
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 5
Prairie Warbler 6
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 3
American Redstart 7
Prothonotary Warbler 16
Ovenbird 10
Louisiana Waterthrush 4
Common Yellowthroat 27
Hooded Warbler 5
Eastern Towhee 8
White-throated Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Rusty Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
American Goldfinch 6
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Location: Great Dismal Swamp NWR--Jericho Ditch
Observation date: 4/18/09
Number of species: 27
Wood Duck 4
Turkey Vulture 7
Cooper's Hawk 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
American Robin 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6
Pine Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 13
Prothonotary Warbler 12
Swainson's Warbler 1
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 11
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Rusty Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 10
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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