This morning David Hughes and I walked a few miles of the Washington Ditch
road. Early on a Wild Turkey walked ahead of us but didn't display or gobble.
The highlight was hearing our target, a FOY LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, right on
schedule. We also had a singing COMMON YELLOWTHROAT which was also FOY for
me. There were numbers of Rusty Blackbirds that were heard but never seen so I
don't know how many there were. We heard swan(s) overhead, but since we never
saw them, it's unknown how many there were. The morning's mammal list included
a White-tailed Deer, several squirrels, and my first Dismal Swamp coyote.
Spring Peepers were calling and a single Southern Leopard Frog was heard. The
butterflies picked up nicely on our return trip: Mourning Cloak (6), Eastern
Comma (2), Falcate Orangetip (4), Zebra Swallowtail (1), Questionmark (2),
Orange Sulfur (2).
My next walk will be on Tuesday, March 20, leaving the Jericho Ditch Lane
parking lot at 7:30am. No reservation is needed, just show up. I hope to see
you then. The complete birdlist for this morning's walk is behow.
Dismal Swamp NWR Washington Ditch, Suffolk, US-VA
Mar 14, 2012 7:20 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
38 species
Tundra Swan X Heard in flight overhead. Never seen. Number of birds
unknown.
Wood Duck 7 Several pairs, many in trees looking for nest cavities.
Wild Turkey 1 Single bird on dike road for about half an hour.
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Killdeer 1 Calling while flying over.
Mourning Dove 4
Barred Owl 3 One called on its own, the other two responded to our
vocalizations.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 10
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Carolina Wren 10
Winter Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Eastern Bluebird 3
Hermit Thrush 5
American Robin 2
Brown Thrasher 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Pine Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 10
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Rusty Blackbird X Many birds heard, but never seen.
Common Grackle 4
American Goldfinch 2
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/
